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Further, at the state’s call centers, less than 1 percent of callers reached an EDD staff member.”[pullquote size='medium' align='left' citation=\"Jim Patterson, Republican state assemblymember from Fresno\"]‘We’re just seeing the result of a bureaucratic system that wasn’t capable of doing its fundamental mission.’[/pullquote]The Legislative Analyst’s Office report also revealed that the Employment Development Department mischaracterized the number of people seeking jobless benefits that it was disqualifying or denying in reports to the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the start of the pandemic to June 30, 2021, the department sent weekly dispatches to the Legislature. During that period, the department reported that it had disqualified or denied 705,000 unemployment benefits claims, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office’s report. 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Through that process, he added, he saw how confounding the communication from the department to unemployed people sometimes is. “They write to constituents as if they’re creating a treatise for a master’s degree in confusion,” Patterson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just seeing the result of a bureaucratic system that wasn’t capable of doing its fundamental mission,” Patterson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The LAO’s report makes over a dozen suggestions to remedy the issues it identifies, including recommendations for how to limit improper claim denials, minimize delays and simplify benefits applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature is investing in modernizing the system and bolstering cybersecurity resilience, Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, a Democrat from Costa Mesa who chairs the Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, said in a statement. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to officially admonish commissioner Ann Hsu, saying a racist statement she made on a recent candidate questionnaire was “hurtful and perpetuates harmful stereotypes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board wrote that Hsu’s comments, “come at a time when the Board is in the process of reforming its behaviors and processes to produce better outcomes for students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The emotional meeting prompted an outpouring of comments from many Black, Latinx and Asian families, all of whom expressed hurt and pain over the discussion. At one point during public comment, dueling camps of families shouted “Racist! Racist!” and “Support Ann Hsu!” at each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu voted for her own admonishment. Speaking to the crowd, she said systemic biases need to be overcome, “but canceling one another is not the way to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board’s condemnation — which falls short of asking Hsu to step down — comes amid a growing chorus of groups, officials and community leaders calling for her resignation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Hsu’s statement came to light last month, the backlash against her has been swift. But that outcry is also being countered by a significant contingent of voices calling for Hsu to hold on to her job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that Hsu, a leading advocate of the recall campaign that ousted three school-board members in February, has already publicly apologized for the comments and should be allowed to learn from her self-acknowledged biases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is keeping track of the fast-growing list of organizations and officials standing behind or against Hsu in yet another incident in a long string of recent school-board controversies that has divided this city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#who-wants-hsu-to-resign\">Who wants Hsu to resign?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#who-wants-hsu-to-remain\">Who wants her to stay put?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: Organizations and officials who weigh in on Hsu will be added to this list as we get wind of them. If you know of a group or person we’re missing, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:jrodriguez@kqed.org\">jrodriguez@kqed.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu came under fire for her recently unearthed written remarks that reinforced racist stereotypes about Black and brown families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of a \u003ca href=\"https://secureservercdn.net/45.40.152.202/o40.3f1.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FORMATTED-Ann-Hsu-English.pdf\">school board candidate survey\u003c/a> she filled out for a parent advocacy group, ahead of the November 2022 election, Hsu wrote that Black and brown families do not adequately support their children’s educations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement came in response to a question about how she would improve outcomes among marginalized students in San Francisco. Hsu wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>From my very limited exposure in the past four months to the challenges of educating marginalized students especially in the black and brown community, I see one of the biggest challenges as being the lack of family support for those students. Unstable family environments caused by housing and food insecurity along with lack of parental encouragement to focus on learning cause children to not be able to focus on or value learning. That makes teachers’ work harder because they have to take care of emotional and behavioral issues of students before they can teach them. That is not fair to the teachers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hsu \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907806/mayor-breed-appoints-3-sfusd-parents-to-fill-school-board-seats-vacated-after-historic-recall\">was one of three new board members appointed \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907806/mayor-breed-appoints-3-sfusd-parents-to-fill-school-board-seats-vacated-after-historic-recall\">by Mayor London Breed\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907806/mayor-breed-appoints-3-sfusd-parents-to-fill-school-board-seats-vacated-after-historic-recall\"> in March\u003c/a> after San Francisco voters overwhelmingly removed Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga from the city’s Board of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Hsu ostensibly still plans to run in November for a full term on the board, that path was called into question Tuesday when her social media accounts appeared to be deleted, and a campaign website for a coalition of candidates she is part of was taken offline. \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2022/07/ann-hsu-laine-motamedi-lisa-weissman-ward-all-in-for-sf-kids/\">Reporting by Mission Local\u003c/a> indicates the change was due to the other candidates seeking to distance themselves from her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu apologized for her remarks shortly after they were revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was trying to understand and address a serious problem and seek solutions, and in doing so I said things that perpetuated biases already in the system,” Hsu wrote on Twitter, adding, “I made a mistake, and I am deeply sorry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED reached out for an interview, Hsu shared her previously tweeted statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As public scrutiny of Hsu intensifies, other statements she has made also have recently been questioned as racially insensitive, including one made during a May school board meeting, in which she said her son enjoyed online learning \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BivettB/status/1550894694615306240\">since he didn’t have to deal with “riff-raff.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, though, the question over whether Hsu should stay or go is complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former supervisor and mayoral candidate Jane Kim told KQED that other Asian immigrants may gain an important perspective from seeing Hsu, as a public official, acknowledge her mistake and learn from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly, for members of the Chinese community that share her perspective, it would be really helpful for them to watch her go through a public process where she grows from this moment,” Kim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the other hand, Kim acknowledged that Hsu is an appointed representative who sets policy for children, including Black children, and understands why many want her to step down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"sf-school-board\"]“Once you’re a representative,” Kim said, “we have to have a good sense of what we tolerate as the beginning point for you to represent us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A sometime entrepreneur who emigrated from China and worked for 20 years in the tech sector, Hsu now describes herself as a full-time family caregiver who has lived in the Richmond District for more than 30 years. Her twin sons attend Galileo Academy of Science and Technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an odd twist of fate that it was the successful campaign to recall three school board members that galvanized Hsu’s run for a seat in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins, who is Black, faced backlash from Asian communities for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867599/censured-sf-school-board-member-alison-collins-sues-district-colleagues-for-constitutional-rights-violations\">series of unearthed tweets\u003c/a> she wrote in 2016 — discovered and publicized by a parent activist who opposed her policies — that disparaged Asian Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins later explained she was trying to broach how people of color can remain divided. But many cited her failure to offer a straightforward apology as a political misstep that contributed to her downfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu, whose political fortunes rose from the ouster of Collins and two other board members, now faces a similar line of fire.\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That comparison has been heavily noted in conversations on social media and in community meetings, as residents question the kind of message it will send if an Asian American school board member who makes disparaging statements against Black and brown people is offered amnesty, even after her Black counterpart was recalled for similarly prejudiced remarks against Asian people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many elected officials in the city, the decision over whether to support Hsu or call for her resignation is a difficult balancing act. That’s particularly true for members of the Board of Supervisors, and their challengers in Districts 4 and 6 — representing South of Market, downtown and the Sunset District — who are on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, the Asian electorate in San Francisco is far larger than the Black one, which some political insiders said may affect the political calculus of certain elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who-wants-hsu-to-resign\">\u003c/a>Who wants Hsu to resign?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The SF NAACP\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, members of the group voted 105-0 in favor of Hsu’s resignation. Yulanda Williams, the group’s third vice president, told KQED that Hsu’s statement shook her in a personal way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For this lady to make these types of comments is insulting. It’s harassment. It’s racist,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement, Williams said, also upended the Black-Asian community-building efforts she had been working on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu’s comments “drive a wedge in the entire process that I have been working on with many strong Asian leaders and avid supporters of unity in our community that we all want,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1551378773513097216\">In a statement sent last week\u003c/a>, shortly after meeting with Hsu, the SF NAACP said, “Her comments indicate a profound disconnect between Hsu and the Black community and blame the \u003cem>effects\u003c/em> of systemic racism on the \u003cem>targets\u003c/em> of that racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hsu’s explanation to us concerning her statements was that she has very limited knowledge of Black people, and that she is a scientist by profession, not a politician. These reasons not only ring hollow but are illogical on their face. Scientists gather empirical evidence to disprove a theory before stating it as fact. Yet she chose to make shockingly false statements about Black students and families while having no meaningful knowledge about them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The SF Latinx Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on Twitter, the group said: “Ann Hsu ignores the Latino community, doesn’t even attempt to contact us after racist remarks are made. Hsu herself said she is ‘committed to listening, learning and growing as a person.’ Then why did she ignore the Latino community on outreach? Ann Hsu’s silence and lack of reaching out to specifically brown, Latino families clearly demonstrates her continued biases to the Latino community. The SFLDC, our community leaders and organizations have received no communication, both public and private, on setting up time for discussions to apologize and listen to the Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This unwillingness to even attempt to engage our community demonstrates an even further inability to represent Latino students in SFUSD.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1551378773513097216\">Also via Twitter\u003c/a>: “Commissioner Ann Hsu’s racist assertion that Black and Brown families do not ‘focus on or value learning’ is inexcusable, and she must resign. We appreciate her service, apology, and acknowledgment of her own bias and ignorance; and that bias and ignorance is disqualifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Commissioner Hsu cannot expect the communities she has denigrated to wait for her to unlearn her biases while representing them. She cannot continue to serve a public that has not elected her, and whose trust she has now betrayed. This is yet another damaging distraction for a struggling district. We hope Commissioner Hsu puts students first to do the right thing and resign. If she wishes to serve, she must run and re-earn the trust of the public. She cannot and must not continue in an unelected position.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The San Francisco Democratic Party\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democratic Party board voted late Wednesday night, July 27, to put the party on record asking Hsu to resign. In the \u003ca href=\"https://app.box.com/s/sawt6229gay1fcw961p60x18w9dmp8ji\">resolution it voted to approve\u003c/a>, the board states, “RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Democratic Party stands firmly with the Black community in ensuring that the San Francisco Board of Education is free of racial bias and animus, and urges Board Member Ann Hsu to resign immediately and withdraw her candidacy for San Francisco Board of Education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Labor Council\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council represents 100 affiliate unions, including more than 100,000 working people in the city. \u003ca href=\"https://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/07-22-22-KTavaglioneStatement-HsuShouldResign.pdf\">On its website\u003c/a>, the group said: “The San Francisco Labor Council is calling upon School Board Member Ann Hsu to step down from her newly appointed position. Fresh off the recall from earlier this year, San Francisco cannot afford to get tied up in another racist scandal in our School District. Hsu, who was a leader in the recall effort, must abide by the same principles that she used against former school board members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asian and Pacific Islander Council\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, which represents more than 50 Asian and Pacific Islander organizations in the city, has received some blowback from individual members who didn’t agree with its statement, made via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/api_council/status/1550299213505761281\">Twitter\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Asian and Pacific Islander Council of San Francisco condemns the careless and racist remarks that have surfaced from (Ann Hsu) … as an organization that stands in solidarity with communities of color, these comments are unacceptable and unbecoming of a leader who is in the position of education and influencing the futures of our diverse student population. We acknowledge that an apology has been issued by Commissioner Hsu, but do not believe that it absolves the Commissioner from the harm that has been caused. We respectfully ask Commissioner Hsu to resign from her position as School Board member.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice is one of two prominent LGBTQ political clubs in San Francisco and a regularly sought-after endorsement in elections. The club’s statement, via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AliceLGBTQDems/status/1550220687570116611\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “Racism, Xenophobia, and other discriminatory language and behavior is simply unacceptable. To have this situation come up again from the governing body overseeing the well-being of San Francisco’s children is appalling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We join the community voices in respectfully asking School Board Commissioner Ann Hsu to step down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t need more examples of harmful behavior and language being accepted in this country, and certainly not in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enough is enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Black Wallstreet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its public response, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBlackWallSt/status/1550292439675445248\">the organization said\u003c/a>: “We believe Hsu’s statements were informed by her inherent racist biases and reflected her true beliefs regarding 36 percent of Black and Brown students attending school in the San Francisco Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Beliefs like Hsu’s are how slavery and Jim Crow laws that dehumanized Black people and enforced segregation and inequality were able to prevail for over 400 years in America. In the last 50 years, communities of color have experienced astronomical financial and educational gains as a result of the Civil Rights Movement led by the Black Community seeking better access to quality education and living wages. Hsu’s statements were offensive and erased our community’s history of fighting for quality education for our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Black & Asian Alliance Network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, founded by a person of \u003ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2021/05/28/megan-thomas-and-johnathan-gibbs-on-being-black-asian-in-2021/?jwsource=cl\">mixed Black and Asian background\u003c/a>, issued its statement via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BAANorg/status/1552068403451543555\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “We recognize the many people who Hsu and her supporters continually erase with conversations that put non-engagement from parents and issues of poverty at the feet of ‘Black and Brown’ students. Operating from a framework that divides ‘Black and Brown’ students from Asian students, many of whom also live in poverty, many of whom also live in environments where there is a lack of parental leadership, is operating directly from the book of the Model Minority Myth and White Supremacy. It is racist, full stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Young Democrats\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its statement, via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFYD/status/1550532522471174145\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “We join @SFBlackWallSt, @SFLatinxDems, @api_council, @harveymilkclub, @AliceLGBTQDems, Coleman Advocates, @UESF, @shamannwalton, @conniechansf, @DeanPreston, & community members across SF in strongly condemning BOE Commissioner Ann Hsu’s racist remarks & urging her to resign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>United Educators of San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, UESF President Cassondra Curiel said: “It is sad and stunning that someone who is supposed to represent the interests of all San Francisco public school students responded in a written candidate survey with racist and offensive comments. Ann Hsu has no place in the education of our children and must resign and get out of the school board race.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Rose Pak Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The club advocates for issues in Asian communities and beyond in San Francisco. Via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosePakDemClub/status/1552076352823562241?s=20&t=JyasMda9tZA6fJ7ksf8cKA\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “In cases like this, RPDC must listen and center our conversation around the groups harmed–Black and Brown communities. They have spoken clearly … A year ago, we wrote in a statement that, “the Chinese community continues to be painted with a single brush stroke by those who refuse to acknowledge the nuances of our existence.” The same can be said about our Black and Brown families. Hsu has regretfully shown herself to be an active participant in this narrative. The Rose Pak Democratic Club has no choice but to formally call on Commissioner Ann Hsu to resign from the San Francisco Board of Education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>African American Parent Advisory Council\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parent group’s statement, via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BivettB/status/1550272794616688640?s=20&t=EVF7QwXUPcn4fD_zUErZlQ\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “How can we as Black families trust the Board to revise the district’s values and goals with our children in mind when members so boldly spew hateful and harmful ideas about students and families with no response from the rest of the Board? If the Board allows racism within its own ranks to stand with only a Twitter apology as acknowledgment, what message does that send throughout the entire district?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement issued \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/2022_07_21_Statement_on_Commissioner_Ann_Hsu%27s_Remarks.pdf\">at the Board of Supervisors\u003c/a>, Walton said Hsu should resign: “This is flat out wrong and racist to perpetuate harmful stereotypes on Black and Brown students and their families who have been disenfranchised by systemic racism for decades. It is disheartening that someone in a position responsible for making decisions for 50,000 children lead with racism and stereotypical characterizations. There’s no learning curve for how to treat people and respect people of different cultures when you’re in a leadership\u003cbr>\nposition as a Commissioner on the Board of Education. Bottom line, these statements are reflective of how a person really feels and it is evident that anyone with these beliefs should not be responsible for making decisions for our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan, who represents the Richmond District, where Hsu lives, wrote \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/conniechansf/status/1550152832480776192\">on Twitter\u003c/a>: “I am disappointed and disheartened by Commissioner Ann Hsu’s anti-Black and racist statements made and reported in at least two occasions by the media. Her words perpetuate racist stereotypes and further divide communities of color in a time when we need to stand united against hate. I thank Commissioner Hsu for her service and respectfully ask her to step down from her position on the Board of Education so that we can get back on track to ensure all students and their families can receive the quality, equitable public education they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DeanPreston/status/1550520310419492869\">Twitter, Preston said\u003c/a>: “I join my colleagues and many others in unequivocally condemning appointed school board member Ann Hsu’s racist comments. Her written comments suggesting that Black and brown parents do not value learning show prejudice, ignorance, and a lack of fitness to serve the families and students who rely on our public schools. Her apology was an important step in addressing the harm she has caused for the community. However, if this is how she views Black and brown families, it is hard to see how she can be an effective member of our Board of Education. I join my colleagues @shamannwalton and @conniechansf in urging appointee Ann Hsu to resign from the School Board. I further urge her to drop out of the race for School Board in this election cycle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Ahsha_Safai/status/1550624601780019201\">a statement on Twitter\u003c/a>, Safaí said: “[Ann Hsu] should resign from the SF BOE. Her racist statements about Black and Brown children and their parents perpetuates decades long stereotypes. We need leaders who respect and are willing to learn from all communities. Let us remember – serving on the BOE is a privilege.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART Board Member Bevan Dufty\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BevanDufty/status/1551333825128562689\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “I believe that [Hsu] should resign in the interest of current and future @SFUSD African American & Latino families. Her answer on a campaign questionnaire was deliberate and revealed a deep ignorance that can’t be glossed over by a select handful of staged appearances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Board of Education candidate Alida Fisher\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This local parent is running for SF Board of Education. Her statement, via her website: “The conversation triggered by Commissioner Hsu’s racist statement is taking us backwards to the toxic divisions that we experienced a year ago. The statement showed a lack of understanding of our communities in San Francisco. Racial and ethnic groups are again being pitted against each other. This needs to stop now for the health and wellbeing of our children and youth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Berniecrats\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local chapter of the national Berniecrats group wrote publicly: “Hsu’s statement perpetuates racist stereotypes of Black and Brown familial situations and values. This reflects a pattern of behavior that Hsu has exhibited, both prior to and during her appointed term on the Board of Education, a deep-seated bias that, we believe in good faith, cannot be unlearned expediently enough to avoid voting on future School Board motions to the detriment of our Black and Brown communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who-wants-hsu-to-remain\">\u003c/a>Who wants Hsu to remain in office?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chinese Parent Advisory Council\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CPACSF/status/1549971631560224768\">statement on Twitter\u003c/a>, the group said: “CPAC recognizes systemic, social & economic factors that prevent Black & Brown students from achieving education potential. Commissioner Hsu’s wordings were not chosen w care & caused harm. She has shown leadership in her unconditional apology & commitment to repairing that harm. We are confident that she will take this opportunity to leverage her unique perspective & reaffirmed equity focus in fighting for all students in closing the achievement gaps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mayor London Breed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a number of public statements, Breed has defended Hsu and said this should be a teaching moment. The mayor made the point, publicly and repeatedly, that Hsu made a genuine apology, unlike Collins, and that this should serve as a learning opportunity for the rookie politician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/lihanlihan/status/1550527537997963265\">SF Standard\u003c/a>, Breed said: “It was very disappointing and hurtful to the Latino and African American communities, her comments. But what I appreciated about what she did, she immediately, unlike other people who have been in the position and made comments that were hurtful to communities, she came forward and apologized. And apologized for her comments and how it impacted other communities, and she went further than that and said she wants to use this as an opportunity to have a better understanding. What I am hopeful is that we don’t just dismiss this and say ‘she needs to resign.’ How do we come together and make this a teaching moment? How do we prevent this from becoming politically divisive?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a group petition: The Chinese American Democratic Club, Friends of Lowell Foundation, SFCAUSE, United Peace Collaborative, 300+ individual signatories\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A petition supporting Hsu was signed by more than 300 individuals, including former San Francisco Democratic Party chair Mary Jung, former San Francisco supervisor Tony Hall, former redistricting commissioner Lily Ho, and by numerous Asian San Francisco groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That petition reads, “We understand that she made a mistake. She is human. But we also know that she did not do so out of any malice. She has apologized and taken responsibility for her words. She has vowed to make amends by listening, improving her own understanding, and taking critical action at the Board of Education to help all students. Ann has vowed to help bridge the communities within San Francisco. We believe, as Mayor Breed has said, that this can be a ‘teaching moment.’ Ann has already begun the work to make it one. We do not believe that Ann should resign. We do not accept that as an appropriate action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Guardians\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, now under a new name, played a central role in the February San Francisco Board of Education recall election, moving to oust the commissioners in that election. Via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfguardians/status/1550644839624019968?s=21&t=NYrrW_-iEavraKjtuhzVqQ\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “We don’t expect our leaders to be perfect but we do expect them to acknowledge, listen & grow when they make mistakes. Ann has demonstrated that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 96% of SF Guardians voted to support Ann, Lainie & Lisa for the school board. And we’ll be campaigning to elect them this fall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Supervisor Gordon Mar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar, who represents the heavily Asian Sunset District and other westside neighborhoods, is running for reelection this November, and is therefore walking a fine line on this issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar told KQED, by text message: “I spoke with Commissioner Hsu this weekend and believe that she is sincere in her apology, to learn from her mistakes and to repair the harm her insensitive and racist comments have had on African American and Latinx families. In several months, voters will decide whether she’s qualified to continue serving in this important role, so I’m calling for her to proactively follow through on her commitments to African American and Latinx families rather than for her resignation at this time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Board of Supervisors candidate Leanna Louie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie was a central figure in pushing for last year’s recall of three San Francisco school board members. She also helped drive the recall of former District Attorney Chesa Boudin, arguing he did not make the Asian community safe. Now she’s channeling that political energy to run for District 4 supervisor against incumbent Gordon Mar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie told KQED, by text message: “Ann Hsu should not resign. She was speaking based on the statistics of academics reports provided by the SFUSD. There was NO intent to hurt anyone. There is too much spin and not enough understanding from the people who are calling her to resign. Ann is genuinely working hard to find solutions for better education for every student. Let’s work together, not against each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED asked Louie if she believed Hsu’s comments were rooted in fact, she replied, “Yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Board of Supervisors candidate Honey Mahogany\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahogany, a former legislative aide to now-Assemblymember Matt Haney, is also running in November’s election to represent San Francisco’s District 6, which includes South of Market, downtown and Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahogany told KQED, via text message: “While I am hurt and upset by Ann Hsu’s words, I also think we all need time to process this and figure out a way to bring our communities together. Too many times I have seen our divisions exploited and made worse instead of doing the work to bring us together. I think there is a teachable moment here and a restorative justice approach that can be taken. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Entertainment Commissioner Cyn Wang\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cynyurita/status/1549859525649244161\">Twitter\u003c/a>, Wang said: “[Ann Hsu’s] answer to @SFParents questionnaire perpetuated racist stereotypes & deserves scrutiny. I’m encouraged by her apology + acknowledgment of systemic racism & cmmitmt to learning, but she must re-earn trust & demonstrate how she will show up for black & brown families. I also want to acknowledge that [Hsu] and her colleagues have made tremendous progress in centering student outcomes and improving governance over the last few months. I believe she’s earned the opportunity to re-earn that trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to officially admonish commissioner Ann Hsu, saying a racist statement she made on a recent candidate questionnaire was “hurtful and perpetuates harmful stereotypes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board wrote that Hsu’s comments, “come at a time when the Board is in the process of reforming its behaviors and processes to produce better outcomes for students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The emotional meeting prompted an outpouring of comments from many Black, Latinx and Asian families, all of whom expressed hurt and pain over the discussion. At one point during public comment, dueling camps of families shouted “Racist! Racist!” and “Support Ann Hsu!” at each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu voted for her own admonishment. Speaking to the crowd, she said systemic biases need to be overcome, “but canceling one another is not the way to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board’s condemnation — which falls short of asking Hsu to step down — comes amid a growing chorus of groups, officials and community leaders calling for her resignation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Hsu’s statement came to light last month, the backlash against her has been swift. But that outcry is also being countered by a significant contingent of voices calling for Hsu to hold on to her job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that Hsu, a leading advocate of the recall campaign that ousted three school-board members in February, has already publicly apologized for the comments and should be allowed to learn from her self-acknowledged biases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is keeping track of the fast-growing list of organizations and officials standing behind or against Hsu in yet another incident in a long string of recent school-board controversies that has divided this city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#who-wants-hsu-to-resign\">Who wants Hsu to resign?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#who-wants-hsu-to-remain\">Who wants her to stay put?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: Organizations and officials who weigh in on Hsu will be added to this list as we get wind of them. If you know of a group or person we’re missing, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:jrodriguez@kqed.org\">jrodriguez@kqed.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu came under fire for her recently unearthed written remarks that reinforced racist stereotypes about Black and brown families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of a \u003ca href=\"https://secureservercdn.net/45.40.152.202/o40.3f1.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FORMATTED-Ann-Hsu-English.pdf\">school board candidate survey\u003c/a> she filled out for a parent advocacy group, ahead of the November 2022 election, Hsu wrote that Black and brown families do not adequately support their children’s educations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement came in response to a question about how she would improve outcomes among marginalized students in San Francisco. Hsu wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>From my very limited exposure in the past four months to the challenges of educating marginalized students especially in the black and brown community, I see one of the biggest challenges as being the lack of family support for those students. Unstable family environments caused by housing and food insecurity along with lack of parental encouragement to focus on learning cause children to not be able to focus on or value learning. That makes teachers’ work harder because they have to take care of emotional and behavioral issues of students before they can teach them. That is not fair to the teachers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hsu \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907806/mayor-breed-appoints-3-sfusd-parents-to-fill-school-board-seats-vacated-after-historic-recall\">was one of three new board members appointed \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907806/mayor-breed-appoints-3-sfusd-parents-to-fill-school-board-seats-vacated-after-historic-recall\">by Mayor London Breed\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907806/mayor-breed-appoints-3-sfusd-parents-to-fill-school-board-seats-vacated-after-historic-recall\"> in March\u003c/a> after San Francisco voters overwhelmingly removed Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga from the city’s Board of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Hsu ostensibly still plans to run in November for a full term on the board, that path was called into question Tuesday when her social media accounts appeared to be deleted, and a campaign website for a coalition of candidates she is part of was taken offline. \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2022/07/ann-hsu-laine-motamedi-lisa-weissman-ward-all-in-for-sf-kids/\">Reporting by Mission Local\u003c/a> indicates the change was due to the other candidates seeking to distance themselves from her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu apologized for her remarks shortly after they were revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was trying to understand and address a serious problem and seek solutions, and in doing so I said things that perpetuated biases already in the system,” Hsu wrote on Twitter, adding, “I made a mistake, and I am deeply sorry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED reached out for an interview, Hsu shared her previously tweeted statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As public scrutiny of Hsu intensifies, other statements she has made also have recently been questioned as racially insensitive, including one made during a May school board meeting, in which she said her son enjoyed online learning \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BivettB/status/1550894694615306240\">since he didn’t have to deal with “riff-raff.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, though, the question over whether Hsu should stay or go is complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former supervisor and mayoral candidate Jane Kim told KQED that other Asian immigrants may gain an important perspective from seeing Hsu, as a public official, acknowledge her mistake and learn from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly, for members of the Chinese community that share her perspective, it would be really helpful for them to watch her go through a public process where she grows from this moment,” Kim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the other hand, Kim acknowledged that Hsu is an appointed representative who sets policy for children, including Black children, and understands why many want her to step down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Once you’re a representative,” Kim said, “we have to have a good sense of what we tolerate as the beginning point for you to represent us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A sometime entrepreneur who emigrated from China and worked for 20 years in the tech sector, Hsu now describes herself as a full-time family caregiver who has lived in the Richmond District for more than 30 years. Her twin sons attend Galileo Academy of Science and Technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an odd twist of fate that it was the successful campaign to recall three school board members that galvanized Hsu’s run for a seat in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins, who is Black, faced backlash from Asian communities for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867599/censured-sf-school-board-member-alison-collins-sues-district-colleagues-for-constitutional-rights-violations\">series of unearthed tweets\u003c/a> she wrote in 2016 — discovered and publicized by a parent activist who opposed her policies — that disparaged Asian Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins later explained she was trying to broach how people of color can remain divided. But many cited her failure to offer a straightforward apology as a political misstep that contributed to her downfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu, whose political fortunes rose from the ouster of Collins and two other board members, now faces a similar line of fire.\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That comparison has been heavily noted in conversations on social media and in community meetings, as residents question the kind of message it will send if an Asian American school board member who makes disparaging statements against Black and brown people is offered amnesty, even after her Black counterpart was recalled for similarly prejudiced remarks against Asian people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many elected officials in the city, the decision over whether to support Hsu or call for her resignation is a difficult balancing act. That’s particularly true for members of the Board of Supervisors, and their challengers in Districts 4 and 6 — representing South of Market, downtown and the Sunset District — who are on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, the Asian electorate in San Francisco is far larger than the Black one, which some political insiders said may affect the political calculus of certain elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who-wants-hsu-to-resign\">\u003c/a>Who wants Hsu to resign?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The SF NAACP\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, members of the group voted 105-0 in favor of Hsu’s resignation. Yulanda Williams, the group’s third vice president, told KQED that Hsu’s statement shook her in a personal way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For this lady to make these types of comments is insulting. It’s harassment. It’s racist,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement, Williams said, also upended the Black-Asian community-building efforts she had been working on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu’s comments “drive a wedge in the entire process that I have been working on with many strong Asian leaders and avid supporters of unity in our community that we all want,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1551378773513097216\">In a statement sent last week\u003c/a>, shortly after meeting with Hsu, the SF NAACP said, “Her comments indicate a profound disconnect between Hsu and the Black community and blame the \u003cem>effects\u003c/em> of systemic racism on the \u003cem>targets\u003c/em> of that racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hsu’s explanation to us concerning her statements was that she has very limited knowledge of Black people, and that she is a scientist by profession, not a politician. These reasons not only ring hollow but are illogical on their face. Scientists gather empirical evidence to disprove a theory before stating it as fact. Yet she chose to make shockingly false statements about Black students and families while having no meaningful knowledge about them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The SF Latinx Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on Twitter, the group said: “Ann Hsu ignores the Latino community, doesn’t even attempt to contact us after racist remarks are made. Hsu herself said she is ‘committed to listening, learning and growing as a person.’ Then why did she ignore the Latino community on outreach? Ann Hsu’s silence and lack of reaching out to specifically brown, Latino families clearly demonstrates her continued biases to the Latino community. The SFLDC, our community leaders and organizations have received no communication, both public and private, on setting up time for discussions to apologize and listen to the Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This unwillingness to even attempt to engage our community demonstrates an even further inability to represent Latino students in SFUSD.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1551378773513097216\">Also via Twitter\u003c/a>: “Commissioner Ann Hsu’s racist assertion that Black and Brown families do not ‘focus on or value learning’ is inexcusable, and she must resign. We appreciate her service, apology, and acknowledgment of her own bias and ignorance; and that bias and ignorance is disqualifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Commissioner Hsu cannot expect the communities she has denigrated to wait for her to unlearn her biases while representing them. She cannot continue to serve a public that has not elected her, and whose trust she has now betrayed. This is yet another damaging distraction for a struggling district. We hope Commissioner Hsu puts students first to do the right thing and resign. If she wishes to serve, she must run and re-earn the trust of the public. She cannot and must not continue in an unelected position.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The San Francisco Democratic Party\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democratic Party board voted late Wednesday night, July 27, to put the party on record asking Hsu to resign. In the \u003ca href=\"https://app.box.com/s/sawt6229gay1fcw961p60x18w9dmp8ji\">resolution it voted to approve\u003c/a>, the board states, “RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Democratic Party stands firmly with the Black community in ensuring that the San Francisco Board of Education is free of racial bias and animus, and urges Board Member Ann Hsu to resign immediately and withdraw her candidacy for San Francisco Board of Education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Labor Council\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council represents 100 affiliate unions, including more than 100,000 working people in the city. \u003ca href=\"https://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/07-22-22-KTavaglioneStatement-HsuShouldResign.pdf\">On its website\u003c/a>, the group said: “The San Francisco Labor Council is calling upon School Board Member Ann Hsu to step down from her newly appointed position. Fresh off the recall from earlier this year, San Francisco cannot afford to get tied up in another racist scandal in our School District. Hsu, who was a leader in the recall effort, must abide by the same principles that she used against former school board members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asian and Pacific Islander Council\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, which represents more than 50 Asian and Pacific Islander organizations in the city, has received some blowback from individual members who didn’t agree with its statement, made via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/api_council/status/1550299213505761281\">Twitter\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Asian and Pacific Islander Council of San Francisco condemns the careless and racist remarks that have surfaced from (Ann Hsu) … as an organization that stands in solidarity with communities of color, these comments are unacceptable and unbecoming of a leader who is in the position of education and influencing the futures of our diverse student population. We acknowledge that an apology has been issued by Commissioner Hsu, but do not believe that it absolves the Commissioner from the harm that has been caused. We respectfully ask Commissioner Hsu to resign from her position as School Board member.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice is one of two prominent LGBTQ political clubs in San Francisco and a regularly sought-after endorsement in elections. The club’s statement, via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AliceLGBTQDems/status/1550220687570116611\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “Racism, Xenophobia, and other discriminatory language and behavior is simply unacceptable. To have this situation come up again from the governing body overseeing the well-being of San Francisco’s children is appalling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We join the community voices in respectfully asking School Board Commissioner Ann Hsu to step down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t need more examples of harmful behavior and language being accepted in this country, and certainly not in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enough is enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Black Wallstreet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its public response, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBlackWallSt/status/1550292439675445248\">the organization said\u003c/a>: “We believe Hsu’s statements were informed by her inherent racist biases and reflected her true beliefs regarding 36 percent of Black and Brown students attending school in the San Francisco Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Beliefs like Hsu’s are how slavery and Jim Crow laws that dehumanized Black people and enforced segregation and inequality were able to prevail for over 400 years in America. In the last 50 years, communities of color have experienced astronomical financial and educational gains as a result of the Civil Rights Movement led by the Black Community seeking better access to quality education and living wages. Hsu’s statements were offensive and erased our community’s history of fighting for quality education for our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Black & Asian Alliance Network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, founded by a person of \u003ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2021/05/28/megan-thomas-and-johnathan-gibbs-on-being-black-asian-in-2021/?jwsource=cl\">mixed Black and Asian background\u003c/a>, issued its statement via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BAANorg/status/1552068403451543555\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “We recognize the many people who Hsu and her supporters continually erase with conversations that put non-engagement from parents and issues of poverty at the feet of ‘Black and Brown’ students. Operating from a framework that divides ‘Black and Brown’ students from Asian students, many of whom also live in poverty, many of whom also live in environments where there is a lack of parental leadership, is operating directly from the book of the Model Minority Myth and White Supremacy. It is racist, full stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Young Democrats\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its statement, via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFYD/status/1550532522471174145\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “We join @SFBlackWallSt, @SFLatinxDems, @api_council, @harveymilkclub, @AliceLGBTQDems, Coleman Advocates, @UESF, @shamannwalton, @conniechansf, @DeanPreston, & community members across SF in strongly condemning BOE Commissioner Ann Hsu’s racist remarks & urging her to resign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>United Educators of San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, UESF President Cassondra Curiel said: “It is sad and stunning that someone who is supposed to represent the interests of all San Francisco public school students responded in a written candidate survey with racist and offensive comments. Ann Hsu has no place in the education of our children and must resign and get out of the school board race.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Rose Pak Democratic Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The club advocates for issues in Asian communities and beyond in San Francisco. Via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RosePakDemClub/status/1552076352823562241?s=20&t=JyasMda9tZA6fJ7ksf8cKA\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “In cases like this, RPDC must listen and center our conversation around the groups harmed–Black and Brown communities. They have spoken clearly … A year ago, we wrote in a statement that, “the Chinese community continues to be painted with a single brush stroke by those who refuse to acknowledge the nuances of our existence.” The same can be said about our Black and Brown families. Hsu has regretfully shown herself to be an active participant in this narrative. The Rose Pak Democratic Club has no choice but to formally call on Commissioner Ann Hsu to resign from the San Francisco Board of Education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>African American Parent Advisory Council\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parent group’s statement, via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BivettB/status/1550272794616688640?s=20&t=EVF7QwXUPcn4fD_zUErZlQ\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “How can we as Black families trust the Board to revise the district’s values and goals with our children in mind when members so boldly spew hateful and harmful ideas about students and families with no response from the rest of the Board? If the Board allows racism within its own ranks to stand with only a Twitter apology as acknowledgment, what message does that send throughout the entire district?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement issued \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/2022_07_21_Statement_on_Commissioner_Ann_Hsu%27s_Remarks.pdf\">at the Board of Supervisors\u003c/a>, Walton said Hsu should resign: “This is flat out wrong and racist to perpetuate harmful stereotypes on Black and Brown students and their families who have been disenfranchised by systemic racism for decades. It is disheartening that someone in a position responsible for making decisions for 50,000 children lead with racism and stereotypical characterizations. There’s no learning curve for how to treat people and respect people of different cultures when you’re in a leadership\u003cbr>\nposition as a Commissioner on the Board of Education. Bottom line, these statements are reflective of how a person really feels and it is evident that anyone with these beliefs should not be responsible for making decisions for our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan, who represents the Richmond District, where Hsu lives, wrote \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/conniechansf/status/1550152832480776192\">on Twitter\u003c/a>: “I am disappointed and disheartened by Commissioner Ann Hsu’s anti-Black and racist statements made and reported in at least two occasions by the media. Her words perpetuate racist stereotypes and further divide communities of color in a time when we need to stand united against hate. I thank Commissioner Hsu for her service and respectfully ask her to step down from her position on the Board of Education so that we can get back on track to ensure all students and their families can receive the quality, equitable public education they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DeanPreston/status/1550520310419492869\">Twitter, Preston said\u003c/a>: “I join my colleagues and many others in unequivocally condemning appointed school board member Ann Hsu’s racist comments. Her written comments suggesting that Black and brown parents do not value learning show prejudice, ignorance, and a lack of fitness to serve the families and students who rely on our public schools. Her apology was an important step in addressing the harm she has caused for the community. However, if this is how she views Black and brown families, it is hard to see how she can be an effective member of our Board of Education. I join my colleagues @shamannwalton and @conniechansf in urging appointee Ann Hsu to resign from the School Board. I further urge her to drop out of the race for School Board in this election cycle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Ahsha_Safai/status/1550624601780019201\">a statement on Twitter\u003c/a>, Safaí said: “[Ann Hsu] should resign from the SF BOE. Her racist statements about Black and Brown children and their parents perpetuates decades long stereotypes. We need leaders who respect and are willing to learn from all communities. Let us remember – serving on the BOE is a privilege.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART Board Member Bevan Dufty\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BevanDufty/status/1551333825128562689\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “I believe that [Hsu] should resign in the interest of current and future @SFUSD African American & Latino families. Her answer on a campaign questionnaire was deliberate and revealed a deep ignorance that can’t be glossed over by a select handful of staged appearances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Board of Education candidate Alida Fisher\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This local parent is running for SF Board of Education. Her statement, via her website: “The conversation triggered by Commissioner Hsu’s racist statement is taking us backwards to the toxic divisions that we experienced a year ago. The statement showed a lack of understanding of our communities in San Francisco. Racial and ethnic groups are again being pitted against each other. This needs to stop now for the health and wellbeing of our children and youth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Berniecrats\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local chapter of the national Berniecrats group wrote publicly: “Hsu’s statement perpetuates racist stereotypes of Black and Brown familial situations and values. This reflects a pattern of behavior that Hsu has exhibited, both prior to and during her appointed term on the Board of Education, a deep-seated bias that, we believe in good faith, cannot be unlearned expediently enough to avoid voting on future School Board motions to the detriment of our Black and Brown communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"who-wants-hsu-to-remain\">\u003c/a>Who wants Hsu to remain in office?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chinese Parent Advisory Council\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CPACSF/status/1549971631560224768\">statement on Twitter\u003c/a>, the group said: “CPAC recognizes systemic, social & economic factors that prevent Black & Brown students from achieving education potential. Commissioner Hsu’s wordings were not chosen w care & caused harm. She has shown leadership in her unconditional apology & commitment to repairing that harm. We are confident that she will take this opportunity to leverage her unique perspective & reaffirmed equity focus in fighting for all students in closing the achievement gaps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mayor London Breed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a number of public statements, Breed has defended Hsu and said this should be a teaching moment. The mayor made the point, publicly and repeatedly, that Hsu made a genuine apology, unlike Collins, and that this should serve as a learning opportunity for the rookie politician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/lihanlihan/status/1550527537997963265\">SF Standard\u003c/a>, Breed said: “It was very disappointing and hurtful to the Latino and African American communities, her comments. But what I appreciated about what she did, she immediately, unlike other people who have been in the position and made comments that were hurtful to communities, she came forward and apologized. And apologized for her comments and how it impacted other communities, and she went further than that and said she wants to use this as an opportunity to have a better understanding. What I am hopeful is that we don’t just dismiss this and say ‘she needs to resign.’ How do we come together and make this a teaching moment? How do we prevent this from becoming politically divisive?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a group petition: The Chinese American Democratic Club, Friends of Lowell Foundation, SFCAUSE, United Peace Collaborative, 300+ individual signatories\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A petition supporting Hsu was signed by more than 300 individuals, including former San Francisco Democratic Party chair Mary Jung, former San Francisco supervisor Tony Hall, former redistricting commissioner Lily Ho, and by numerous Asian San Francisco groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That petition reads, “We understand that she made a mistake. She is human. But we also know that she did not do so out of any malice. She has apologized and taken responsibility for her words. She has vowed to make amends by listening, improving her own understanding, and taking critical action at the Board of Education to help all students. Ann has vowed to help bridge the communities within San Francisco. We believe, as Mayor Breed has said, that this can be a ‘teaching moment.’ Ann has already begun the work to make it one. We do not believe that Ann should resign. We do not accept that as an appropriate action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Guardians\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, now under a new name, played a central role in the February San Francisco Board of Education recall election, moving to oust the commissioners in that election. Via \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfguardians/status/1550644839624019968?s=21&t=NYrrW_-iEavraKjtuhzVqQ\">Twitter\u003c/a>: “We don’t expect our leaders to be perfect but we do expect them to acknowledge, listen & grow when they make mistakes. Ann has demonstrated that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 96% of SF Guardians voted to support Ann, Lainie & Lisa for the school board. And we’ll be campaigning to elect them this fall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Supervisor Gordon Mar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar, who represents the heavily Asian Sunset District and other westside neighborhoods, is running for reelection this November, and is therefore walking a fine line on this issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar told KQED, by text message: “I spoke with Commissioner Hsu this weekend and believe that she is sincere in her apology, to learn from her mistakes and to repair the harm her insensitive and racist comments have had on African American and Latinx families. In several months, voters will decide whether she’s qualified to continue serving in this important role, so I’m calling for her to proactively follow through on her commitments to African American and Latinx families rather than for her resignation at this time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Board of Supervisors candidate Leanna Louie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie was a central figure in pushing for last year’s recall of three San Francisco school board members. She also helped drive the recall of former District Attorney Chesa Boudin, arguing he did not make the Asian community safe. Now she’s channeling that political energy to run for District 4 supervisor against incumbent Gordon Mar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie told KQED, by text message: “Ann Hsu should not resign. She was speaking based on the statistics of academics reports provided by the SFUSD. There was NO intent to hurt anyone. There is too much spin and not enough understanding from the people who are calling her to resign. Ann is genuinely working hard to find solutions for better education for every student. Let’s work together, not against each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED asked Louie if she believed Hsu’s comments were rooted in fact, she replied, “Yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Board of Supervisors candidate Honey Mahogany\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahogany, a former legislative aide to now-Assemblymember Matt Haney, is also running in November’s election to represent San Francisco’s District 6, which includes South of Market, downtown and Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahogany told KQED, via text message: “While I am hurt and upset by Ann Hsu’s words, I also think we all need time to process this and figure out a way to bring our communities together. Too many times I have seen our divisions exploited and made worse instead of doing the work to bring us together. I think there is a teachable moment here and a restorative justice approach that can be taken. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Entertainment Commissioner Cyn Wang\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cynyurita/status/1549859525649244161\">Twitter\u003c/a>, Wang said: “[Ann Hsu’s] answer to @SFParents questionnaire perpetuated racist stereotypes & deserves scrutiny. I’m encouraged by her apology + acknowledgment of systemic racism & cmmitmt to learning, but she must re-earn trust & demonstrate how she will show up for black & brown families. I also want to acknowledge that [Hsu] and her colleagues have made tremendous progress in centering student outcomes and improving governance over the last few months. I believe she’s earned the opportunity to re-earn that trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It comes a day after the governor signed a package of eight other bills aimed at further restricting access to guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flanked by state Attorney General Rob Bonta, lawmakers and gun violence survivors, Newsom signed the bill at Santa Monica College, where six people were killed in 2013 when a gunman opened fire with an AR-15-type semi-automatic assault weapon that the shooter assembled using component parts without serial numbers. Under the new law, victims of so-called ghost guns will be allowed to sue the companies that manufacture and sell them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom called the legislation “perhaps the most impactful thing we have done in California in decades … allowing 40 million Californians to enforce the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Referring to gun rights’ supporters and the firearm industry lobby, Newsom said, \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We are sick and tired of being on the defense in this movement. 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Other measures require schools to periodically inform parents about the safe storage of firearms, prohibit gun sales on state property, boost inspections of gun dealers, and add child and elder abuse to the list of crimes that block gun ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago Newsom signed another bill introduced by San Francisco Democratic Assemblymember Phil Ting that allows individuals, as well as state and local governments, to sue gun manufacturers for negligence that results in injury or death. 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Other measures require schools to periodically inform parents about the safe storage of firearms, prohibit gun sales on state property, boost inspections of gun dealers, and add child and elder abuse to the list of crimes that block gun ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago Newsom signed another bill introduced by San Francisco Democratic Assemblymember Phil Ting that allows individuals, as well as state and local governments, to sue gun manufacturers for negligence that results in injury or death. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday tapped Brooke Jenkins to be the city’s next district attorney, choosing a homicide prosecutor who left the DA’s office last year and became a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrookeJenkinsSF/status/1533282427493183488\">leading critic of her former boss Chesa Boudin\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appointment comes a month after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">55% of voters in the city opted to recall Boudin from office\u003c/a>, midway through his first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins described herself as a “progressive prosecutor,” but also said she intended to rebalance the office’s approach to crime and punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Black and Latina woman, I have seen the imbalances and disproportionate impacts of our criminal justice firsthand,” Jenkins said at a City Hall press conference Thursday evening, after Breed introduced her. “I have had family members on both sides of the courtroom. My family has seen and felt the impacts of police violence. The inequity in the criminal justice system is not theoretical to me. It is part of my lived experience. Working together, I know we can make San Francisco a stronger, safer and more just place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED in April, Jenkins criticized Boudin’s charging decisions and said the plea deals he made were often far too lenient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11916212\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/Image-from-iOS-5-1020x680.jpg\"]“When you execute a plea deal, it needs to be one that’s responsible. Right? It needs to be one that’s proportionate to your criminal history and your current crime, and it needs to also put you in a position not to reoffend,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins also found fault with what she saw as Boudin’s rigid adherence to progressive policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Much of the issue with Chesa that I see is that refusal to change course, even when he sees policies aren’t working,” she said. “Even when the public is screaming out, ‘Hey, we support reform, but this type of reform is not effective in balancing public safety.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins now inherits \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/She-s-a-progressive-homicide-prosecutor-who-16556274.php\">an office she once called “a sinking ship.”\u003c/a> On Thursday, she acknowledged that lingering instability, vowing to “restore office morale to a much higher place,” and pledging equal treatment for DA prosecutors hired before and after Boudin’s arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed emphasized that Jenkins, like Boudin, is committed to criminal justice reform. “This is not just about locking people up and throwing away the key,” she said. “This is not what we’re about in this city. This is about striking a balance and doing what’s right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the numerous candidates Breed interviewed for the job, Jenkins “stood out” as someone who not only recognized the need for compassion and understanding in the prosecutorial process, but also prioritized accountability and justice, the mayor said. “That balance of fairness is what made her stand apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, 40, was born and raised in the Bay Area and worked in private practice before joining the DA’s office in 2014 as a prosecutor in the misdemeanors unit. She worked her way up to the general felonies unit, where she prosecuted hate crimes for nearly two years, and then served in the homicide unit until her resignation in protest last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11919024 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling woman covered in shadow walks across a room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooke Jenkins, Mayor London Breed’s pick for district attorney, enters a press conference at City Hall on July 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Set to be sworn in Friday, she will take over an office that has seen more than its share of turnover in recent years. Former DA Kamala Harris left the position to become California Attorney General in 2011, and her replacement, George Gascón, resigned in 2019 to run for Los Angeles DA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cristine Soto DeBerry, executive director of the progressive Prosecutors Alliance of California, and a Boudin supporter, said the new DA’s first task should be preventing a mass exodus of attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s better for victims and survivors of crime to not have a lot of turnover of their case from one lawyer to the next and one advocate to the next,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, however, won’t have much time to get comfortable in the job. In November, voters will decide whether she or another candidate fills out the remaining year in Boudin’s term. If she wins, Jenkins will face voters again in 2023 if she decides to seek a full four-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a source familiar with the process, the mayor has spent “every day” since last month’s recall election thinking about this appointment, and held more than a dozen meetings at City Hall with community groups, former DA office staff, judges and various law enforcement officials. She also met with advocates for crime victims, as well as supporters and opponents of Boudin’s recall, the source said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed reportedly asked potential appointees for their take on issues such as how to prosecute domestic violence, drug arrests and weapons charges. According to the mayor’s office, Breed wanted someone with prosecutorial experience who also was a supporter of criminal justice reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Breed did not take a formal position on Boudin’s recall, she had openly criticized his leadership, and it was evident she supported his removal from office, two-and-a-half years after he edged out her handpicked appointee, Suzy Loftus, in a very close election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919059\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11919059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor London Breed stands at a podium, her right hand extended,with a California and American flag behind her, introducing Brooke Jenkins - standing to her right — as San Francisco's new district attorney.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New San Francisco district attorney Brooke Jenkins listens to Mayor London Breed introduce her during a press conference at City Hall on July 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to Jenkins, the mayor also reportedly considered Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Nancy Tung, who ran unsuccessfully for the job in 2019. Other potential candidates included SF Superior Court Judge Eric Fleming, a former prosecutor in the DA’s office, and Supervisor Catherine Stefani, who endorsed Boudin’s recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to recall Boudin, a progressive reformer, began not long after he took office in 2020, just as the pandemic began turning life upside down. San Francisco’s courts were included in the mass shutdown of in-person government operations, resulting in much slower prosecutions and resolutions of pending cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin’s tenure also coincided with a sharp rise in anti-Asian hate crimes — both in San Francisco and across the country — as well as viral videos of organized “smash-and-grab” incidents at upscale stores in Union Square that fueled a general but often unfounded perception that crime was rising and Boudin was to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people being alone, people being isolated and existing through social media kind of led to a heightened sense that our city wasn’t safe, and [Boudin] took the blame for it,” said former police commissioner and recall opponent John Hamasaki. “He took the fall for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamasaki, who was a strong critic of the San Francisco Police Department while he served as commissioner, noted that although the recall was framed by national media as a referendum on Boudin’s progressive policies, “within the recall crowd, there was never any specificity as to what they wanted — just that Boudin is doing a bad job and needs to be recalled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, shortly after the election, Breed insisted that she was not looking for a DA who would turn away from criminal justice reforms, which are broadly popular in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment was echoed by DeBerry.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11916701,news_11913102,news_11908825\"]“I think it would be extremely unfortunate for San Francisco to move away from reform,” she said. “There has been a long history in this city and county of looking for better approaches [than tough-on-crime policies] to creating safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1470830101348577285\">Breed has been critical of what she sees as the city’s lax response to crime\u003c/a>, the DA can only prosecute suspects that the SFPD actually arrest. Many city officials and residents have criticized the police department for its extremely low arrest rates for common crimes like auto break-ins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But attorney Doug Chan, who supported the recall, said that, within the Chinese community, “the perception was that the continued tenure of Chesa Boudin in the DA’s office constituted, in effect, a public health hazard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, post-election analyses showed that some of the highest levels of support for the recall came in neighborhoods with large percentages of Asian American voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t believe there is a great groundswell of support in this town, in the Chinese community, to jail our way out of the issue,” Chan said. But, he added, “there has to be a better means of holding individuals accountable for doing bad acts out on the streets and for injury and, in some cases, even death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin, who had been a public defender but never a prosecutor, kept many of his campaign promises, including his increased reliance on diversion programs as alternatives to prosecution and incarceration, and of holding police accountable for misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that Breed has made her choice for the city’s top prosecutor, she will own perceptions, as well as realities, about crime in the city and how police, the DA and the courts are responding to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin has not ruled out another run for the office, which would set up an epic clash and likely more hyperbolic coverage of San Francisco by national media outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming Jenkins wins in November, she will be on the ballot with Breed as the mayor seeks reelection in 2023, and Breed will no doubt do everything she can to help her succeed.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday tapped Brooke Jenkins to be the city’s next district attorney, choosing a homicide prosecutor who left the DA’s office last year and became a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrookeJenkinsSF/status/1533282427493183488\">leading critic of her former boss Chesa Boudin\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appointment comes a month after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">55% of voters in the city opted to recall Boudin from office\u003c/a>, midway through his first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins described herself as a “progressive prosecutor,” but also said she intended to rebalance the office’s approach to crime and punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Black and Latina woman, I have seen the imbalances and disproportionate impacts of our criminal justice firsthand,” Jenkins said at a City Hall press conference Thursday evening, after Breed introduced her. “I have had family members on both sides of the courtroom. My family has seen and felt the impacts of police violence. The inequity in the criminal justice system is not theoretical to me. It is part of my lived experience. Working together, I know we can make San Francisco a stronger, safer and more just place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED in April, Jenkins criticized Boudin’s charging decisions and said the plea deals he made were often far too lenient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“When you execute a plea deal, it needs to be one that’s responsible. Right? It needs to be one that’s proportionate to your criminal history and your current crime, and it needs to also put you in a position not to reoffend,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins also found fault with what she saw as Boudin’s rigid adherence to progressive policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Much of the issue with Chesa that I see is that refusal to change course, even when he sees policies aren’t working,” she said. “Even when the public is screaming out, ‘Hey, we support reform, but this type of reform is not effective in balancing public safety.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins now inherits \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/She-s-a-progressive-homicide-prosecutor-who-16556274.php\">an office she once called “a sinking ship.”\u003c/a> On Thursday, she acknowledged that lingering instability, vowing to “restore office morale to a much higher place,” and pledging equal treatment for DA prosecutors hired before and after Boudin’s arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed emphasized that Jenkins, like Boudin, is committed to criminal justice reform. “This is not just about locking people up and throwing away the key,” she said. “This is not what we’re about in this city. This is about striking a balance and doing what’s right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the numerous candidates Breed interviewed for the job, Jenkins “stood out” as someone who not only recognized the need for compassion and understanding in the prosecutorial process, but also prioritized accountability and justice, the mayor said. “That balance of fairness is what made her stand apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, 40, was born and raised in the Bay Area and worked in private practice before joining the DA’s office in 2014 as a prosecutor in the misdemeanors unit. She worked her way up to the general felonies unit, where she prosecuted hate crimes for nearly two years, and then served in the homicide unit until her resignation in protest last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11919024 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling woman covered in shadow walks across a room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/001_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooke Jenkins, Mayor London Breed’s pick for district attorney, enters a press conference at City Hall on July 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Set to be sworn in Friday, she will take over an office that has seen more than its share of turnover in recent years. Former DA Kamala Harris left the position to become California Attorney General in 2011, and her replacement, George Gascón, resigned in 2019 to run for Los Angeles DA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cristine Soto DeBerry, executive director of the progressive Prosecutors Alliance of California, and a Boudin supporter, said the new DA’s first task should be preventing a mass exodus of attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s better for victims and survivors of crime to not have a lot of turnover of their case from one lawyer to the next and one advocate to the next,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, however, won’t have much time to get comfortable in the job. In November, voters will decide whether she or another candidate fills out the remaining year in Boudin’s term. If she wins, Jenkins will face voters again in 2023 if she decides to seek a full four-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a source familiar with the process, the mayor has spent “every day” since last month’s recall election thinking about this appointment, and held more than a dozen meetings at City Hall with community groups, former DA office staff, judges and various law enforcement officials. She also met with advocates for crime victims, as well as supporters and opponents of Boudin’s recall, the source said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed reportedly asked potential appointees for their take on issues such as how to prosecute domestic violence, drug arrests and weapons charges. According to the mayor’s office, Breed wanted someone with prosecutorial experience who also was a supporter of criminal justice reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Breed did not take a formal position on Boudin’s recall, she had openly criticized his leadership, and it was evident she supported his removal from office, two-and-a-half years after he edged out her handpicked appointee, Suzy Loftus, in a very close election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919059\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11919059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor London Breed stands at a podium, her right hand extended,with a California and American flag behind her, introducing Brooke Jenkins - standing to her right — as San Francisco's new district attorney.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57119_005_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New San Francisco district attorney Brooke Jenkins listens to Mayor London Breed introduce her during a press conference at City Hall on July 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to Jenkins, the mayor also reportedly considered Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Nancy Tung, who ran unsuccessfully for the job in 2019. Other potential candidates included SF Superior Court Judge Eric Fleming, a former prosecutor in the DA’s office, and Supervisor Catherine Stefani, who endorsed Boudin’s recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to recall Boudin, a progressive reformer, began not long after he took office in 2020, just as the pandemic began turning life upside down. 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With billions of dollars up for grabs, California campaign-watchers expect that spending from Native American tribal governments on one side and sports gambling companies on the other could shatter ballot-measure records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And experts say that while voters could technically approve both measures, it’s unlikely both can simultaneously become law because of their contradictory language — creating the potential for a post-election legal battle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot at stake, which is why the advertising campaigns are going to be dominating the airwaves over the next couple of months,” said Daniel Wallach, co-founding director of the Sports Wagering and Integrity Certificate program at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door for states to legitimize sports gambling when it \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611213995/high-court-strikes-down-law-that-made-sports-gambling-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struck down a longstanding federal ban\u003c/a>. Legalizing the betting market in California, Wallach said, could net up to $5 billion annually for gaming operators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is poised to basically be the gold standard and the holy grail of U.S. sports-betting markets,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"gambling\"]Two years ago, state legislators tried, but failed, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825635/supporters-of-sports-gambling-legalization-halt-effort-for-2020-ballot-measure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forge a compromise\u003c/a> to legalize sports gambling, with one lawmaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821371/should-california-legalize-and-tax-sports-betting-voters-could-decide\">likening the process to\u003c/a> “trying to solve Middle East peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, voters are left to arbitrate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 26, backed by dozens of California tribes, would allow sports betting, but only in person at casinos on tribal lands, along with a handful of horse-racing tracks — not online. It would also fulfill a pair of longstanding tribal goals by allowing tribes to sue cardrooms and other venues over specific games they are offering, instead of waiting for state investigators to take action, while also sanctioning dice games and roulette at tribal casinos (which currently are not allowed).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tax revenue on profits would mostly flow into the state’s general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the second measure — Proposition 27 — online gaming operators like DraftKings, FanDuel and BetMGM, who are seeking to legalize online and mobile wagers in California — would have to partner with an Indian tribe, with 85% of tax revenue earmarked for statewide housing and homeless services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Grove, partner emeritus at Eilers and Krejcik Gaming, an Irvine-based research and consulting firm, described the ballot fight as “fairly close to existential territory for the primary parties involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Digital gambling operators need access to California’s market to continue to show growth for investors, said Grove. And for tribal governments, the addition of craps and roulette is of similar importance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Proposition 26 campaign has raised the stakes by hitting the airwaves early to sell its message. In campaign filings through March, the tribal coalition reported spending $14.7 million on TV airtime and production costs — the vast majority on ads that attack the mobile gaming measure for attempting to “break the promise” between the state and tribes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re laying the foundation, if you will, for voters,” said Kathy Fairbanks, a spokesperson for the Coalition for Safe, Responsible Gaming. “We think that [Proposition 26] is the more responsible approach to sports betting in California because it is highly regulated. You can ensure that people who come to bet are 21 or over. You can physically check their ID, look at the person face-to-face.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With large campaign war chests on both sides of the sports-betting debate, some political consultants think spending could surpass the current high-water mark: the $224 million spent by the campaigns supporting and opposing Proposition 22, the 2020 initiative that exempted companies such as Uber, Lyft and Instacart from state labor law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just think we’re going to see record, record numbers of how much money is spent specifically on these ballot measures,” said Marva Diaz, a political strategist and editor of the California Target Book. “What I don’t think people are understanding is that the [TV ad] purchasing time is already started, so the time for October, September, August, they’re already being bought up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So is it normal? Not necessarily, but it’s smart,” Diaz said of the early spending. “If you’re a ballot measure committee that has a very complicated issue, you’re going to use every single moment to try to educate the voters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Proposition 27 campaign, meanwhile, has amassed more than $100 million from commercial operators around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a long campaign to go,” said campaign spokesperson Nathan Click, noting that TV and digital ads will be rolling out in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In states that have legalized sports gaming, mobile betting has proven far more popular — and lucrative — than in-person wagering. 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