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He’s garnered individual donations and endorsements, and stumped at the meetings of local political clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, a growing number of the city’s political activists are splitting their endorsements in his favor, and their stances on the recall could help drive voter opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jim Ross, political consultant\"]‘By putting a face on it, Moliga is making it tough to just say, ‘Let’s get rid of this faceless organization.”[/pullquote]In recent weeks, the Alice B. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the summer of 2020, Robert Abeyta was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and admitted into Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and really could have gotten out very quickly if I had the financial resources,” said Abeyta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abeyta is 39 and grew up in Oakland’s Fruitvale District. He said he was completely broke at the time of his arrest. But even though his bank account was empty, there were resources available that he could have used to post bail and return to his life on the outside. He just couldn’t access them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These resources are \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">economic impact payments initially established by the CARES Act\u003c/a>, and, even though incarcerated people are eligible for this money, their fight to get it started almost as soon as it became available to them. Nearly two years later, some people are still waiting. KQED has spoken with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, advocates, attorneys and detention facility staff to better understand how this happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The law and the lawsuit\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the early days of the pandemic, Congress passed the CARES Act, a more than $2 trillion aid package meant to provide a lifeline to the many Americans whose worlds got turned inside out by the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of this package included stimulus payments, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/03/what-to-know-about-all-three-rounds-of-coronavirus-stimulus-checks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which have since been expanded, and add up to around $3,200 per individual\u003c/a>. The stimulus money is distributed by the IRS, so to get it, you had to have filed a tax return. The eligibility requirements for these funds are quite broad: Essentially, if you are a citizen or permanent resident, you aren’t a dependent for tax purposes and you don’t make over $75,000 for individuals, you should qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the CARES Act passed, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/05/18/checks/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May of 2020\u003c/a>, the IRS determined that incarcerated people weren’t eligible for the stimulus payments and asked over 950,000 incarcerated people to return more than $1 billion worth of payments the IRS had already distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prison authorities around the country took note of that and started to treat any attempt by somebody in their custody to apply for or obtain those funds as some form of misconduct,” said Yaman Salahi, a partner at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein in San Francisco — even to the extent, Salahi said, that, “we were hearing from people who said, [they were] sent to the hole, which is solitary confinement, because [they] tried to do this, or all of [their] correspondence about this [had] been confiscated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salahi helped argue the \u003ca href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">class action suit\u003c/a> that would confirm incarcerated people are in fact eligible for the stimulus payments initially established by the CARES Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we took a look at the issue, we determined that the IRS’s position was almost certainly unlawful because it had no basis in the law that Congress passed,” said Salahi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LieffCabraser/status/1316811868577513473\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A judge agreed, and in October of 2020, the IRS reversed its policy and again began issuing the checks to incarcerated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The barriers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Robert Abeyta went into jail in July of 2020, so the doubt the IRS raised about eligibility and the back and forth it caused happened while he was incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though we were eligible to receive those checks, the jail would not receive the checks,” said Abeyta. “They would send them back. The checks or the debit cards, didn’t matter. They’d send them back to the Treasury Department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dean White, who served as programs supervisor of the Inmate Services Unit at Santa Rita Jail, confirmed that the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office did have a policy against receiving tax refund money. This meant that people at Santa Rita needed to find a third party to receive payments on their behalf to avoid having them be returned to the IRS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abeyta said, “It was very, very messy because, you know, not everybody has the social support to have, you know, somebody offer an address for them to use to file their taxes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even getting this far was a feat. Abeyta didn’t have H&R Block or even the internet, and he could only use the phone for set periods of time.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Robert Abeyta\"]‘It’s really hard when you’re in a cage all the time … there’s something about that environment that really exhausts a person.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, if the forms got flagged by the IRS, trying to get through to figure out what happened and how to fix it felt nearly impossible with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/23/irs-1040-hotline/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wait times on the agency phone lines\u003c/a>. It wasn’t easy to stay hopeful and persistent, Abeyta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The driving factor was just believing in what we were doing. It’s really hard when you’re in a cage all the time … there’s something about that environment that really exhausts a person,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abeyta said one saving grace was consistent support from advocates on the outside, like the \u003ca href=\"https://nlgsf.org/programs-committees/nlg-sfba-programs/santa-rita-jail-hotline/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Rita Jail Hotline\u003c/a>, an affiliate of the National Lawyers Guild’s San Francisco/Bay Area chapter, who gave support over the phone and helped distribute explainer packets with the filing forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salahi from Lieff Cabreser said, after the class action confirmed incarcerated people were eligible for the stimulus, the courts also told the IRS it was obligated to send notices to incarcerated people confirming they were eligible, and to officials at detention facilities explaining the same, and asking them not to interfere with the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Santa Rita’s White said, as of December 2021, the facility has never heard directly from the IRS about the stimulus funds. White said he and his colleagues became aware of their residents’ eligibility through the advocacy group Bay Area Legal Aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If they’ve committed crimes, why should I care if they get their money?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Abeyta, and many other incarcerated folks seeking out these funds, have committed serious crimes, so many people may not be sympathetic about them struggling to get their money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Gregoratos, who directs the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office’s unique in-house advocacy department, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsheriff.com/services/jail-services/prisoner-legal-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prisoner Legal Services\u003c/a>, gets it. But, he also says, “Ninety-nine percent of the people here in our jail right now are not convicted of a crime. They’re awaiting trial.” Gregoratos says those waits have gotten even longer during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His colleague, Nubia Aguilera, pointed out that the funds can also go to offset basic amenities incarcerated people need in prisons, which, under normal circumstances, they would likely buy with money from friends and family on the outside. Because of the pandemic, these friends and family may not have enough resources to go around even at home, much less to send out to support folks inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the people locked up aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from these funds, Aguilera said: “I know a lot of them have been, you know, filling out release forms to let their money go to family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the incarcerated people whom Aguilera and Gregoratos have supported through this process is 64-year-old Vincent Jacobo from San Francisco. He’s been incarcerated in the San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno for a little over eight years, awaiting trial for murder.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Vincent Jacobo\"]‘I was just happy that I could help them because I’ve never done anything for [my family] before in my life.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobo had never filed taxes before he submitted a return to get his stimulus money, so it was easier for his checks to get snagged, because the IRS didn’t have a previous record of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobo said he didn’t want the money for himself: “The only thing I would do is spend it all on commissary. So I released it to a friend of mine here and he put it in Western Union and sent it, I’ve sent it down to help my kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobo’s daughter and grandchildren live in Southern California. When he finally got his money, Jacobo says, they were able to pay down bills and rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just happy that I could help them because I’ve never done anything for them before in my life. So it was, yeah, I was happy I could do something for them,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December of 2020, Robert Abeyta, back at Santa Rita Jail, finally got his money. His bail was a little over a thousand dollars, he said, so getting his stimulus money also meant getting his freedom. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In California, it costs about \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/covid-19-response-efforts/#CJI\">$94 a day to jail a person\u003c/a>, so state taxpayers likely doled out over $14,000 to cover Abeyta’s time in lockup while he waited for federal money he was due. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His public defender, Joseph Goldstein-Breyer, said Abeyta has used the extra time on the outside to start turning his life around: “Since he was out of custody, Mr. Abeyta had the opportunity to jump through so many hoops to get his life together. I had a laundry list I could bring to the district attorney to say, ‘Don’t interrupt this wonderful, healthy momentum he has.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the year that Abeyta has been out of jail, said Goldstein-Breyer, he has enrolled in treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues. He has also been hired as an agent for a government support program to distribute what are colloquially known as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.truconnect.com/lifeline?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=wefi_targeting&gclid=CjwKCAiAksyNBhAPEiwAlDBeLJat-pzrCBwmz68Awx81c1kfOmwhXVQSq4uF0PoW1mnsAD6FmfCpaRoCeQ4QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obamaphones\u003c/a>” to people with lower incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a hat and blue shirt holding a device stands next to a white SUV with a sign that reads \"Assurance\" and the trunk opened.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Abeyta helps people sign up for Assistance Wireless, a government program to supply free phone plans to people with lower incomes, in Castro Valley on Dec. 14, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Abeyta is taking biology and history classes at Coastline College and has had his driver’s license restored. “At first, he was renting a car to get to all of these commitments, and then, because of saving money through work and improving his credit score, he was able to buy a 2019 Kia Niro, which he’s so proud of,” Goldstein-Breyer added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Abeyta resolved his most recent charge without receiving additional jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where are we now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to Santa Rita Jail’s Dean White, as of the end of August 2021, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is no longer returning stimulus payments it receives on behalf of people incarcerated there. That means, for about 10 months after the class action suit confirmed that people locked up were eligible for this money, those incarcerated at Santa Rita were still having to use workarounds to get their money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White says the jail also established a hotline connecting its residents with tax assistance volunteers through the Alameda County Social Services Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to advocates at Bay Area Legal Aid, after considerable back and forth between their team and officials at Santa Rita, the jail set up a process to give people more flexibility around phone use, and to allow them to use a fax machine to send documents to the IRS if they have gotten stuck on hold three times for 45 minutes. Santa Rita’s White corroborated the details of the current process, with slight adjustments, saying the residents needed to be stuck on hold for an hour and that Santa Rita would lend them support by emailing the IRS as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates at the Santa Rita Jail Hotline also say they are no longer receiving regular calls from people incarcerated there about stimulus payment issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregoratos at the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office says his office has been receiving checks on behalf of folks incarcerated in the county throughout the pandemic. To date, they have assisted over 200 people in getting their money and have released about 100 payments to family members of those incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are currently around 150,000 people incarcerated in California \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/population-reports-2/\">prisons\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bscc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Jail-Pop-Trends-Through-Q2-2021.pdf\">jails\u003c/a>. This reporting represents experiences of people only in county jails; it does not speak to how folks in state prisons have fared. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told KQED it is not tracking how many incarcerated people have received payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it would be really helpful to have some transparency about what the current status is of the backlog. If the IRS thinks it needs more resources to get through that expeditiously, then I think it would be good for the public to know that and for Congress to act,” said Lieff Cabreser’s Salahi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For incarcerated people who have yet to pursue the funds, Salahi said the IRS has said it will still accept their tax returns. For those who’ve already submitted returns, it’s unclear how many haven’t gotten their stimulus money, but, he said, his office continues to get calls and letters almost daily from people still waiting for their money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re getting into almost two years after the first set of stimulus payments were passed and authorized by Congress. The whole point, and it’s in the law that Congress passed, was to have the IRS issue [the payments] as rapidly as possible. And I think two years later is not rapid,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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His bail was a little over a thousand dollars, he said, so getting his stimulus money also meant getting his freedom. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In California, it costs about \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/covid-19-response-efforts/#CJI\">$94 a day to jail a person\u003c/a>, so state taxpayers likely doled out over $14,000 to cover Abeyta’s time in lockup while he waited for federal money he was due. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His public defender, Joseph Goldstein-Breyer, said Abeyta has used the extra time on the outside to start turning his life around: “Since he was out of custody, Mr. Abeyta had the opportunity to jump through so many hoops to get his life together. I had a laundry list I could bring to the district attorney to say, ‘Don’t interrupt this wonderful, healthy momentum he has.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the year that Abeyta has been out of jail, said Goldstein-Breyer, he has enrolled in treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues. He has also been hired as an agent for a government support program to distribute what are colloquially known as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.truconnect.com/lifeline?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=wefi_targeting&gclid=CjwKCAiAksyNBhAPEiwAlDBeLJat-pzrCBwmz68Awx81c1kfOmwhXVQSq4uF0PoW1mnsAD6FmfCpaRoCeQ4QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obamaphones\u003c/a>” to people with lower incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11899089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a hat and blue shirt holding a device stands next to a white SUV with a sign that reads \"Assurance\" and the trunk opened.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52928_005_CastroValley_RobertAbeyta_StimulusChecks_20211214-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Abeyta helps people sign up for Assistance Wireless, a government program to supply free phone plans to people with lower incomes, in Castro Valley on Dec. 14, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Abeyta is taking biology and history classes at Coastline College and has had his driver’s license restored. “At first, he was renting a car to get to all of these commitments, and then, because of saving money through work and improving his credit score, he was able to buy a 2019 Kia Niro, which he’s so proud of,” Goldstein-Breyer added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Abeyta resolved his most recent charge without receiving additional jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where are we now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to Santa Rita Jail’s Dean White, as of the end of August 2021, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is no longer returning stimulus payments it receives on behalf of people incarcerated there. That means, for about 10 months after the class action suit confirmed that people locked up were eligible for this money, those incarcerated at Santa Rita were still having to use workarounds to get their money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White says the jail also established a hotline connecting its residents with tax assistance volunteers through the Alameda County Social Services Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to advocates at Bay Area Legal Aid, after considerable back and forth between their team and officials at Santa Rita, the jail set up a process to give people more flexibility around phone use, and to allow them to use a fax machine to send documents to the IRS if they have gotten stuck on hold three times for 45 minutes. Santa Rita’s White corroborated the details of the current process, with slight adjustments, saying the residents needed to be stuck on hold for an hour and that Santa Rita would lend them support by emailing the IRS as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates at the Santa Rita Jail Hotline also say they are no longer receiving regular calls from people incarcerated there about stimulus payment issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregoratos at the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office says his office has been receiving checks on behalf of folks incarcerated in the county throughout the pandemic. 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"content": "\u003cp>Central Valley Congressperson Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) this week joined two other veteran California members of Congress in announcing they would not seek reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nunes is stepping down early to take a job with former President Donald Trump's new media venture, and he does so as the Citizens Redistricting Commission is finalizing new maps that could make it harder to hold onto this job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also leaving Congress: Southern California Democrat Karen Bass, who is running for mayor of Los Angeles, and Bay Area incumbent Jackie Speier, who told NPR \"it's time to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1227734317.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11898658\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1227734317-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a blue and grey business suit jacket and glasses stands behind a podium with a microphone in front of her with a blue flag in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1227734317-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1227734317-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1227734317-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1227734317.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) speaks during a news conference to discuss an upcoming House vote regarding statues on Capitol Hill on July 22, 2020, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And they might not be the last ones. So what does that loss of seniority mean for California’s clout in Washington?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Certainly seniority is a key component of how Congress operates,\" Speier told KQED this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seniority determines committee assignments, including the ability to chair important committees, and it means just knowing how Congress works. That’s what gets lost when a veteran legislator retires. Still, Speier said, \"if you do your homework, if you're competent, if your colleagues see that you are sincere and committed, you can gain traction pretty fast.\"[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"U.S. Rep. 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I've learned how to do all of that in Sacramento,\" Mullin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Congressperson Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) disagrees that experience trumps all other attributes. Five years ago he knocked out fellow Democrat Mike Honda, an incumbent with 16 years of seniority. He says while relationships built over years of service are helpful, Congress needs more than experience, it needs fresh blood — especially now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Renewal, in my view, is more important than just longevity,\" Khanna said this week. \"And I've never been of the view that you ought to just hold these seats as lifetime entitlements.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As New York Rep. 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So when she decides to retire and I don't know when that will be, it will be a huge hit for our region and for the state,\" Speier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1326141374.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11898659\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1326141374.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a business suit sits at a table with a microphone in front of him and a sign that says \"Nunes.\"' width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1326141374.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1326141374-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1326141374-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/GettyImages-1326141374-160x108.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. 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Californians deserve better and I promise you, this is just the beginning. We will do everything in our power to hold those who violate our housing laws, and all laws, to account and bring them to justice.”[aside postID=\"news_11868037,news_11793299,forum_2010101875112\" label=\"Related Posts\"]\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-announces-judgment-against-real-estate-investment-company?print=true\">While part of the settlement\u003c/a>, which Wedgewood has agreed to, awaits court approval, the firm must pay $2.75 million to wrongfully evicted tenants and $750,000 in civil penalties and programs that support tenants or help combat homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also must submit regular updates to the attorney general’s office to demonstrate compliance with eviction laws, provide adequate notice and compensation to tenants when properties are sold, and educate its staff on tenants’ rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an unsigned statement sent from a generic company email, Wedgewood denied any wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, Wedgewood made the business decision to reach a settlement and move forward with our ongoing commitment to revitalize and recirculate residential properties back into California’s housing supply, creating thousands of homeownership opportunities across the state,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife, who formerly led a grassroots group that supported Moms 4 Housing, Wednesday’s announcement came as a welcome surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m excited that there’s been some action by the attorney general to listen to what the people’s legal teams have been saying, which is there needs to be attention to how Wedgewood operates in California,” she said. “And it’s a big deal because we also will utilize this as evidence that we will hold you accountable if you’re engaged in practices that harm tenants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Tara Siler and Erin Baldassari contributed reporting to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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And he noted that the state constitution says that “districts may not be drawn for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against an incumbent, political candidate, or political party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>State Senate and Assembly\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Democrats have a supermajority in the state Legislature, and, under the draft maps, that doesn’t appear likely to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-redistricting-in-progress-2020-cd-map.netlify.app/partisan-comparison.html?chamber=assembly&initialWidth=780&childId=partisan-comparison-assembly&parentTitle=California%20redistricting%3A%20How%20much%20will%20party%20power%20shift%3F-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F12%2Fcalifornia-redistricting-party-politics%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the PPIC analysis, which uses data from the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://planscore.campaignlegal.org/#!2020-statehouse\">PlanScore site\u003c/a>, 14 Assembly seats and 11 Senate seats are likely to change party control at least once in the next decade — a slight increase from 12 and 9 with the current districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission — which is \u003ca href=\"https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ccrc/pages/374/attachments/original/1638211311/Schedule_Rv_2%2811-28-21%29.pdf?1638211311\">discussing Assembly maps this week\u003c/a> and state Senate districts the week of Dec. 14 — does not take into account the current district lines, or where incumbents live. That’s why the draft maps place as many as 29 state Assembly members and 14 state senators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/11/california-redistricting-incumbents/\">in a district with another incumbent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators would have to move to another district to avoid running against a fellow lawmaker, though enforcement of the law has been weakened. The final lines also will determine who can challenge incumbents and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/1465806246573797380?s=20\">run for open seats\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-redistricting-in-progress-2020-cd-map.netlify.app/partisan-comparison.html?chamber=senate&initialWidth=780&childId=partisan-comparison-senate&parentTitle=California%20redistricting%3A%20How%20much%20will%20party%20power%20shift%3F-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F12%2Fcalifornia-redistricting-party-politics%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One factor that is already influencing the potential partisan breakdown: legislators who are leaving voluntarily. Democratic Assemblymember Ed Chau of Monterey Park in Los Angeles County, for example, was appointed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to a judgeship. Chau represents the only Asian-majority legislative district not just in California, but the continental U.S., according to redistricting expert \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/paulmitche11/status/1465442490207518722\">Paul Mitchell\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, Democratic Assemblymembers \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kevinmullin/status/1463196997511352322?s=20\">Kevin Mullin of San Mateo County\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/10/school-walkout-2021-california/?utm_source=CalMatters+Newsletters&utm_campaign=b8c718bc04-WHATMATTERS&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_faa7be558d-b8c718bc04-150256405&mc_cid=b8c718bc04&mc_eid=498adde128#h-other-stories-you-should-know\">Rudy Salas of Bakersfield\u003c/a> and state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/1465459497367859201?s=20\">Sydney Kamlager of Los Angeles\u003c/a> all are eyeing U.S. House seats. Assemblymember Marc Levine of Marin County is running for insurance commissioner, and fellow Democratic Assemblymember Richard Bloom of Santa Monica is running for Los Angeles County supervisor, while \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsmFrazier/status/1466143183503380488?s=20\">Assemblymember Jim Frazier, a Fairfield Democrat\u003c/a>, announced Dec. 1 that he’s stepping down Dec. 31 to seek a transportation job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with some departures, however, Republicans have no realistic hope of winning a majority in the Legislature. But getting rid of the Democratic two-thirds supermajority — which \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/californias-supermajority-what-the-legislature-can-do/\">allows Democrats to pass tax increases\u003c/a> or put constitutional amendments on the ballot without any Republican votes — is conceivably within reach.[aside tag=\"redistricting\" label=\"More on CA redistricting\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Republicans were able to \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/californias-supermajority-what-the-legislature-can-do/\">flip at least seven seats in the Assembly and five in the state Senate\u003c/a>, they would have more influence over taxes and policy choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic leaders shied away from commenting on the potential impact of the new districts while the commission is still at work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In keeping with the distinct roles established by voters for the Legislature and the Citizens Redistricting Commission, we will not be able to provide comment on the draft maps,” state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon of Lakewood said in a joint statement provided Tuesday to CalMatters by a spokesperson. “While the Citizens Redistricting Commission does its job, the Legislature will continue to do ours — building upon the historic and transformative accomplishments that we have made in this legislative session.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-u-s-house\">U.S. House\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In comparison, the competition and the stakes for California’s congressional seats could be a little higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the PPIC analysis of the preliminary maps, 13 U.S. House seats are likely to change party control at least once in the next decade, compared to 10 within the existing districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-redistricting-in-progress-2020-cd-map.netlify.app/partisan-comparison.html?chamber=congress&initialWidth=780&childId=partisan-comparison-congress&parentTitle=California%20redistricting%3A%20How%20much%20will%20party%20power%20shift%3F-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F12%2Fcalifornia-redistricting-party-politics%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, \u003ca href=\"https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown\">Republicans only need to flip five seats in 2022\u003c/a> to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. And they’re well on their way, just from the GOP-controlled redistricting already completed, according to analyses of new congressional districts by \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/interactives/2022/congressional-redistricting-maps-by-state-and-district/\">Politico\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps/\">FiveThirtyEight\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not by accident: In most other states, redistricting is done by state legislatures, most of which \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Partisan_composition_of_state_legislatures\">are under Republican control\u003c/a>. That includes states that gained congressional seats after the 2020 census, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/republicans-gerrymandering-north-carolina-supreme-court/620625/\">North Carolina\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/interactives/2022/congressional-redistricting-maps-by-state-and-district/texas/\">Texas\u003c/a>.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>(California \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/04/california-congress-census/\">lost a seat for the first time ever\u003c/a>, complicating the redistricting process.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In states where legislators drew the lines, nearly 90% of congressional races over the last decade were easy wins for one party or the other, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/18/redistricting-house-congressional-maps-522862\">Politico reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause, which has led the charge for independent redistricting commissions statewide and on the local level, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/_jonathanstein/status/1465353046234329094?s=20\">noted\u003c/a> that while the process has been “disruptive,” the alternative as seen in other states is a lot \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/aggressive-gerrymandering-may-make-elections-far-less-competitive-experts-say-n1284179\">more gerrymandering and less competition\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Democrats are likely to keep 40 of 52 House seats, 62 Assembly seats and 31 Senate seats, says the Public Policy Institute of California, or PPIC, analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those party breakdowns could shift in the final districts that the \u003ca href=\"https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ccrc/pages/374/attachments/original/1638211311/Schedule_Rv_2%2811-28-21%29.pdf?1638211311\">commission will be working on the next several weeks\u003c/a> before adopting them just before Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fredy Ceja, communications director for the commission, said that when seeking public comment, the commission didn’t ask for political affiliation. And he noted that the state constitution says that “districts may not be drawn for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against an incumbent, political candidate, or political party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>State Senate and Assembly\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Democrats have a supermajority in the state Legislature, and, under the draft maps, that doesn’t appear likely to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-redistricting-in-progress-2020-cd-map.netlify.app/partisan-comparison.html?chamber=assembly&initialWidth=780&childId=partisan-comparison-assembly&parentTitle=California%20redistricting%3A%20How%20much%20will%20party%20power%20shift%3F-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F12%2Fcalifornia-redistricting-party-politics%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the PPIC analysis, which uses data from the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"https://planscore.campaignlegal.org/#!2020-statehouse\">PlanScore site\u003c/a>, 14 Assembly seats and 11 Senate seats are likely to change party control at least once in the next decade — a slight increase from 12 and 9 with the current districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission — which is \u003ca href=\"https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ccrc/pages/374/attachments/original/1638211311/Schedule_Rv_2%2811-28-21%29.pdf?1638211311\">discussing Assembly maps this week\u003c/a> and state Senate districts the week of Dec. 14 — does not take into account the current district lines, or where incumbents live. That’s why the draft maps place as many as 29 state Assembly members and 14 state senators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/11/california-redistricting-incumbents/\">in a district with another incumbent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators would have to move to another district to avoid running against a fellow lawmaker, though enforcement of the law has been weakened. The final lines also will determine who can challenge incumbents and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/1465806246573797380?s=20\">run for open seats\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-redistricting-in-progress-2020-cd-map.netlify.app/partisan-comparison.html?chamber=senate&initialWidth=780&childId=partisan-comparison-senate&parentTitle=California%20redistricting%3A%20How%20much%20will%20party%20power%20shift%3F-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F12%2Fcalifornia-redistricting-party-politics%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One factor that is already influencing the potential partisan breakdown: legislators who are leaving voluntarily. Democratic Assemblymember Ed Chau of Monterey Park in Los Angeles County, for example, was appointed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to a judgeship. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Republicans were able to \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/californias-supermajority-what-the-legislature-can-do/\">flip at least seven seats in the Assembly and five in the state Senate\u003c/a>, they would have more influence over taxes and policy choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic leaders shied away from commenting on the potential impact of the new districts while the commission is still at work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In keeping with the distinct roles established by voters for the Legislature and the Citizens Redistricting Commission, we will not be able to provide comment on the draft maps,” state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon of Lakewood said in a joint statement provided Tuesday to CalMatters by a spokesperson. “While the Citizens Redistricting Commission does its job, the Legislature will continue to do ours — building upon the historic and transformative accomplishments that we have made in this legislative session.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-u-s-house\">U.S. House\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In comparison, the competition and the stakes for California’s congressional seats could be a little higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the PPIC analysis of the preliminary maps, 13 U.S. House seats are likely to change party control at least once in the next decade, compared to 10 within the existing districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-redistricting-in-progress-2020-cd-map.netlify.app/partisan-comparison.html?chamber=congress&initialWidth=780&childId=partisan-comparison-congress&parentTitle=California%20redistricting%3A%20How%20much%20will%20party%20power%20shift%3F-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F12%2Fcalifornia-redistricting-party-politics%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, \u003ca href=\"https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown\">Republicans only need to flip five seats in 2022\u003c/a> to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. And they’re well on their way, just from the GOP-controlled redistricting already completed, according to analyses of new congressional districts by \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/interactives/2022/congressional-redistricting-maps-by-state-and-district/\">Politico\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps/\">FiveThirtyEight\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not by accident: In most other states, redistricting is done by state legislatures, most of which \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Partisan_composition_of_state_legislatures\">are under Republican control\u003c/a>. That includes states that gained congressional seats after the 2020 census, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/republicans-gerrymandering-north-carolina-supreme-court/620625/\">North Carolina\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/interactives/2022/congressional-redistricting-maps-by-state-and-district/texas/\">Texas\u003c/a>.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>(California \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/04/california-congress-census/\">lost a seat for the first time ever\u003c/a>, complicating the redistricting process.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In states where legislators drew the lines, nearly 90% of congressional races over the last decade were easy wins for one party or the other, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/18/redistricting-house-congressional-maps-522862\">Politico reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause, which has led the charge for independent redistricting commissions statewide and on the local level, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/_jonathanstein/status/1465353046234329094?s=20\">noted\u003c/a> that while the process has been “disruptive,” the alternative as seen in other states is a lot \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/aggressive-gerrymandering-may-make-elections-far-less-competitive-experts-say-n1284179\">more gerrymandering and less competition\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments this week in a case that directly challenges Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling affirming the constitutional right to an abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roe guarantees the right to an abortion before a fetus is deemed viable, usually around 24 weeks. The case before the court considers whether a Mississippi state ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy is constitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the event the court does overturn Roe — giving states the option to ban abortions, as many states would likely do — abortion providers and advocates in California, an abortion rights stronghold, say they expect a surge in out-of-state patients seeking the procedure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shannon Olivieri Hovis, director of NARAL Pro-Choice California, said there will be national implications if the conservative-leaning court sides with Mississippi. 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But the board says more transparency is necessary to ensure \u003cem>another\u003c/em> type of green — money — isn’t changing hands improperly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just who has influence in renovating parks, and where, is a chief concern, said Supervisor Connie Chan, the lawmaker who requested the subpoena during a hearing of the board’s Government Audit and Oversight Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Supervisor Connie Chan, District 1\"]‘Are we now setting ourselves up for a two-tier parks system for those who can pay to play, literally, and for those who cannot afford access to our public space?’[/pullquote]While no formal accusations have been made, Chan’s subpoena comes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11839531/report-corrupt-sf-official-directed-nonprofit-to-pay-60k-to-organizations-under-fbi-investigation\">in the wake of an ever-unfolding corruption scandal that has ensnared four city department heads since early 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan said she was worried the influence of money could determine exactly who gets to have parks built in the city, and where, citing equitable access as a key priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a city of riches,” she said during Thursday’s committee hearing. “We receive so much donations and so much money to renovate and improve our parks, and we can see those results. And yet there is lack of equity, lack of access for those who cannot pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this case, are we now setting ourselves up for a two-tier parks system for those who can pay to play, literally, and for those who cannot afford access to our public space?”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nAlso, notably, this is the first-ever use of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/supes-to-boost-subpoena-power-in-wake-of-city-hall-corruption-scandal/\">a new subpoena power the board crafted for itself in 2020\u003c/a>, in a law written by Supervisor Aaron Peskin. Previously, the board needed a majority to issue a subpoena, but since March 2020, the three-supervisor Government Audit and Oversight Committee has the power to issue its own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Recreation and Parks Department spokesperson told the supervisors that the agency follows all codes and laws. And Parks Alliance Board Chair Liz Farrell said, “I want to also just to be clear on the record, and say that the Parks Alliance has not been accused or found to be involved in any wrongdoing as part of the investigation into the government corruption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Liz Farrell, board chair of the Parks Alliance\"]‘The Parks Alliance has not been accused or found to be involved in any wrongdoing as part of the investigation into the government corruption.’[/pullquote]But the supervisors were concerned that the public simply doesn’t have enough information from the Parks Alliance to verify that fact on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/BLA.Rec%20Parks%20Parks%20Alliance.111221.pdf\">A report issued just this month\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst, an arm of the city tasked with researching questions posed by the Board of Supervisors, took a look at the Parks Alliance’s financial relationship with SF Rec and Parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of transparency in those finances leaves the possibility of a pay-to-play culture to flourish in the shadows, the supervisors said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Adequate controls against the possibility of corruption and financial transparency were found lacking in our review of key agreements between the two organizations from recent years,” the report reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report’s authors came away with more questions than answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year, millions of dollars flow into the San Francisco Parks Alliance. 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