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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And while she has a 20-day window to set the election, Kounalakis said the exact date shouldn’t affect the process too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To tell you the truth, it’s hard for me to believe that 20 days, one way or another, really will make much of a difference,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brandon Stracener, a senior research fellow at the California Constitution Center, a non-partisan academic research institution \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/california-constitution-center/\">based out of Berkeley Law\u003c/a>, said it actually might.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Setting the election further back in the 20-day window would give candidates more time to file papers needed to qualify for the ballot. That could result in a large number of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That’s what happened in the 2003 recall when 135 candidates clogged up the ballot. The election was held on Oct. 7, 2003, which, according to an analysis co-written by Stracener, gave potential candidates \u003ca href=\"http://scocablog.com/two-state-officials-will-shape-the-recall-election/\">16 days to qualify\u003c/a> for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stracener said, this time, he thinks the lieutenant governor will try to strike a balance when deciding when the election will be held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not denying ballot access to any serious candidate, but perhaps there could be a consideration for not overwhelming the voters with a number of non-serious vanity candidates as well,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One person who won’t be a candidate — Kounalakis herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike her 2003 counterpart, Democratic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870960/should-a-democrat-run-in-the-newsom-recall-we-asked-cruz-bustamante\">Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante\u003c/a>, Kounalakis said she will not run. Bustamante ran as sort of an insurance policy to prevent Republicans from winning the office if then-Gov. Gray Davis was recalled — which he was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger easily beat Bustamante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Bustamante’s critics maintain his entrance in the race may have contributed to Davis’ defeat. Kounalakis said Democrats know better this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our insurance policy is that we all recognize that Gov. Newsom has been doing a very good job during an unprecedentedly difficult time,” she said. “Our insurance policy is let’s vote no on the recall and make sure that Gov. Newsom can continue to do his job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">California Democrats are banding together to fight against the Republican recall. Find out how to join us here: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/RRwU7ZlVrk\">https://t.co/RRwU7ZlVrk\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Eleni Kounalakis (@EleniForCA) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EleniForCA/status/1371499298521759747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2021\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>On social media, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis has expressed her strong support for Gov. Gavin Newsom and has labeled the recall effort as a Republican effort.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it appears Democratic voters feel differently about the issue than party leadership does. A recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll found \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873005/statewide-poll-finds-good-news-for-newsom-bad-news-for-gop-opponents\">48% of registered Democrats\u003c/a> said they preferred having another Democrat on the ballot in case Newsom is recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, just because Kounalakis doesn’t plan to jump into the race, that doesn’t mean another Democrat won’t decide to, especially if Newsom looks vulnerable.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But many have resisted, and the Republican candidates hoping to unseat Newsom in this year's recall election have paraded the state's \u003ca href=\"https://www.returntolearntracker.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low rates of traditional instruction\u003c/a>. The governor, having granted districts authority for distance learning in last year's state budget, was left at the mercy of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11863474/local-control-in-reopening-debate-puts-scrutiny-on-elected-school-boards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local reopening deliberations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Newsom said he does not want to repeat the distance learning allowance in the state's next spending plan, and instead wants a return to a default of in-person instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On June 30, midnight, the statute in the state of California will make that crystal clear that that is indeed a requirement,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the governor acknowledged that many parents would not wholeheartedly embrace a return to class for their children, either because of health concerns, or because they have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869776/were-not-a-monolith-some-black-and-brown-parents-in-oakland-feel-conflicted-as-in-person-learning-returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">come to prefer distance learning. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wants to assuage concerns by spending $2 billion on improving school building ventilation and coronavirus testing. And he is proposing to reform the state's traditional remote learning option, called independent study, in anticipation of heightened interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We recognize we got a lot more work still to do to deal with anxiety, not just with teachers but with parents, about our ability to safely bring back kids into full-time in-person instruction,\" Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom's announcement was celebrated by parent groups who have advocated for a full return to in-person instruction. Those groups have argued that allowing school districts the flexibility to offer distance learning has led to predominately remote or hybrid instruction in districts like Fremont, Oakland and San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-education-april-2021/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with disastrous impacts on learning\u003c/a> and mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a done deal and the devil’s in the final details, but this is a good sign,\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sf_dtd/status/1393270457646735362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted \u003c/a>Decreasing the Distance, a San Francisco-based group advocating for re-opening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor's proposal would revert the state's school guidelines to their pre-pandemic norm, in which school funding is determined by in-person attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the hybrid instruction in which some teachers or students are not physically in the classroom (sometimes called \"Zoom in a Room\") will not be accepted as in-person instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, school districts will be allowed (but not required) to offer an independent study option for families who want to stick with distance learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems like the governor is pointing toward a fair compromise which should prioritize full-time in-person instruction for all families who want it, while still leaving open existing options for school districts to provide some form of online learning and virtual academies for those families who feel it works better for their situation,\" said Troy Flint, spokesman for the California School Boards Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independent study was first authorized in 1976 as an alternative for students with unique circumstances, such as child actors or athletes, who were unable to make it into class every day. It remains a limited program; in 2015, just 2% of students received a majority of their instruction through independent study, according to the state Department of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of higher interest in independent study next year, the Newsom administration is proposing more guardrails on the program, requiring districts to provide internet connectivity to students and track their daily interaction with teachers. [aside tag=\"politics\" label=\"More Politics Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're talking about a well-developed, comprehensive program that does have direct teacher interaction and is designed from the ground-up to work virtually, not something that is ported over from in-person instruction to deal with this crisis situation,\" Flint said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, some districts make a determination on each student's application to participate in independent study. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom spent this week crisscrossing California, detailing how he wants to spend the state’s staggering $75.7 billion surplus, a tour that culminated in Sacramento on Friday, where he announced a record $267.8 billion state spending plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a briefing that lasted more than two hours, Newsom touted what he described as a \"historic, unprecedented, generational and transformational budget.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom\"]'I expect optimism in our future. 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The governor also announced a plan to sock away nearly $16 billion in the state's rainy day fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1393272209985064960?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just one year ago, as COVID-19 ravaged local economies, California was projecting deep deficits. 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That’s following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872328/survivors-stuck-in-limbo-as-pge-fire-victim-trust-pays-out-50-million-in-fees\">KQED investigation\u003c/a>, which found the Trust spent $51 million on overhead last year, while the vast majority of fire victims haven’t received a dime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Kirk Trostle – a retired police chief who lost his home when the PG&E-sparked Camp Fire destroyed Paradise in 2018 – petitioned a federal judge to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The administrative expenses are out of control,” Trostle \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20707787-kirk-trostle-letter-to-judge-montali-regarding-fvt-5-12-21-3\">wrote\u003c/a> to Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, who has been overseeing PG&E’s bankruptcy proceedings, which led to the promise of $13.5 billion to be paid to 67,000 fire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families are still living in cars, travel trailers, and FEMA trailers,” Trostle wrote Montali.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The multi-billion dollar settlement was announced in December 2019. 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The top claims administrator, Cathy Yanni, makes $1,250 an hour, records show, and the Trust has spent millions more on a host of legal and financial advisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trostle’s petition comes amid a cascade of outrage following KQED’s investigation — from lawmakers, legal experts and fire survivors themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11873745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Trostle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Trostle.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Trostle-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Trostle-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Trostle-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Trostle-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirk Trostle, a retired police chief who lost his home when the PG&E-sparked Camp Fire destroyed Paradise in 2018, with his wife, Patty. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Kirk Trostle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, a Democrat who represents Napa County and parts of Sonoma County, where thousands of fire survivors are also waiting for compensation, said the disparity uncovered by KQED “has a real and negative impact on people in our district who survived the fires and are still working to rebuild their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fire survivors have already been through so much and all parties involved must do everything they can to make survivors whole as fast as possible,” he said. A spokesperson for Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the senator is tracking the issue closely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a Republican who represents Paradise, also expressed outrage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No victims’ compensation fund should see $1,500-an-hour lawyers, $1,250-an-hour administrators, and government taxes delaying disbursements or taking the lion’s share,” LaMalfa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The victims of the fire are our priority. The settlement has been made and agreed to. Two years and $50 million is way too much time and overhead. This trustee-led process needs the trust put back in as it seems to have lost the focus on the victims who quickly need these funds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/pge-trust.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11873739 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/pge-trust.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1460\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/pge-trust.jpeg 1149w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/pge-trust-800x1017.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/pge-trust-1020x1296.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/pge-trust-160x203.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\">\u003c/a>Meantime, in the state Legislature, Assemblyman James Gallagher, a Republican who represents Paradise, went on Facebook, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanJamesGallagher/posts/2549431628685045\">posting\u003c/a> that KQED’s story “raises a lot of questions and concerns that need answers, both from the trustee and the bankruptcy court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s really the bankruptcy court that needs to take action,” Gallagher told KQED. He also said it was time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seeing victims are not getting compensated in a timely fashion — that should rise to the top level,” Gallagher said. “[Newsom] is certainly commenting about a lot of things here lately. I would hope that this would be a top priority as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s office declined to comment. “We do not have any information to provide at this time,” said Amelia Matier, a spokesperson for Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The structure of the Trust has been controversial from the outset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tell me why I shouldn’t think this is just a risk to have a very large amount of money be paid out without any kind of control over what happens,” Judge Montali said at a hearing last April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But attorneys representing fire victims pleaded with Montali to approve Trotter’s appointment. Minutes later, Montali relented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A major complicating factor in distributing claims is the fact that so much of the compensation to victims came in the form of PG&E stock, the value of which fluctuates daily. Once touted as worth $13.5 billion, today the amount available to pay victims is substantially less, thanks to the company’s flagging fortunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='pge']The fund is currently worth around $11 billion, with a final infusion of $700 million in cash from PG&E expected after the current fire season — in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one is slacking,” said Amy Bach, a consumer advocate on the Trust Oversight Committee. Other than Bach, the committee is exclusively comprised of mass tort attorneys despite calls for fire survivors to have a seat as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, a spokesperson for the Fire Victim Trust said the Trust has increased its payments, and has so far distributed a total of $195.2 million to people who lost loved ones, homes and businesses to fires caused by PG&E. The spokesperson also said the Trust had made preliminary payments averaging about $13,000 to 9,532 of the 67,170 eligible families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, that comes to less than 2% of the $13.5 billion promised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem is there are just a lot of claims and there’s a lot going down,” Bach said. “It’s hard for me to think there couldn’t have been some things to streamline, but with all the constraints that are on the team issuing payments and determinations, they seem to be extremely hamstrung by orders and legal agreements that were made a long time ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trostle had a front-row seat to discussions that led to the controversial settlement deal struck between PG&E and lawyers for fire victims in December 2019. At the time, he served on an 11-person committee representing fire survivors in PG&E’s most recent bankruptcy. But as it came time for fire victims to vote on the settlement last year, Trostle took the extraordinary step of resigning from the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E’s reorganization plan is deeply flawed and very risky for all fire victims,” he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808826/fire-survivor-resigns-in-protest-from-pge-bankruptcy-committee\">wrote in his resignation letter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He explained he had been advised by lawyers for the committee that speaking out would conflict with his duty to his fellow fire survivors. So he quit. He has since relocated to Tennessee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is a collaborative project of NPR’s California Newsroom, including Northern California Public Media, CapRadio and KQED.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In joining the growing group of Republicans seeking to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in California’s upcoming recall election, the reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner has thrust herself into the hottest political conversation in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although Jenner is among the first transgender people to run for the state’s top office, her candidacy is not being widely embraced by the transgender community, to say the least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenner’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/business/media/bruce-jenner-says-he-identifies-as-a-woman.html\">transition to a woman\u003c/a> six years ago captured the nation’s attention — making her one of the highest-profile faces and voices among transgender Americans. 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