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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the city attorney’s announcement, Supervisor Jackie Fielder asked Mayor Daniel Lurie — who has refrained from calling out Trump directly — about how the city is preparing to respond if the administration sends troops to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie answered the question at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, saying his office has convened a policy group representing different local law enforcement and other agencies to regularly monitor National Guard deployments in other cities, and discuss how to keep local residents safe if that extends to San Francisco. He said the group met on Tuesday, but did not go into detail about the discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250609-LuriePresser-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250609-LuriePresser-04-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250609-LuriePresser-04-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250609-LuriePresser-04-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a press conference with public safety leaders in San Francisco on June 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is not the role of local law enforcement to assist with military operations on our streets,” Lurie said. “I am fully committed to upholding those policies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the president’s decisions to deploy federal troops to other Democratic cities and threats to do so in San Francisco, Lurie has repeatedly defended the city’s local law enforcement capabilities and pointed to the city’s declining crime rates and growing police force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State leaders have also rejected the idea that the guard is needed in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Local officials do not want the National Guard in San Francisco, contrary to what President Trump actually believes,” Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said in a statement.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> voters may be feeling some déjà vu as campaigns on both sides of a redistricting battle return to similar playbooks from past political clashes here — including the unsuccessful 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, Newsom and fellow Democrats are asking voters to toss out the congressional maps created by an independent redistricting commission just a few years ago, and approve new districts aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress. The measure was placed before voters after President Donald Trump urged Texas and other Republican-led states to redraw their maps to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like the recall, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888259/newsom-prevails-in-california-recall-election-holds-onto-job-as-governor\">Newsom handily defeated\u003c/a> by nearly 25 points, the Yes on 50 campaign is making sure to tie their measure to the president, national Republicans and the MAGA movement. Trump’s California approval rating \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/82c1v510\">generally hovers around 30%\u003c/a> in independent polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The overall messaging is this a measure that fights back against Trump and his policies,” said Yes on 50 senior adviser Jim DeBoo, who was Newsom’s chief of staff during the recall. “There’s a lot of similarities to the recall … The difference is, Democrats in the recall begrudgingly voted no. They were like, why are we doing this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, DeBoo said, the intensity among supporters is real — and it’s not just Democrats, but also a significant number of \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">independent\u003c/a> voters who are motivated to come out and vote against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like anger and excitement, where the recall is just anger,” he said, adding that critics of the president have been looking for a way to push back on this Washington. “Most people who have an aversion to the administration don’t have a lot of actionable things they can do. And this is an actionable thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And people get what Proposition 50’s about, he said — something the Yes on 50 campaign wasn’t sure would be the case when they started this truncated campaign this summer. It’s a complicated argument, he noted: Democrats need to not only explain redistricting to voters, but also convince them that Proposition 50 won’t eliminate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">popular Independent Restricting Commission\u003c/a>. Instead, it would only table the commission’s work until after the 2030 census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the Yes side needed to convince the electorate of their why: The ballot measure is needed to help ensure Trump doesn’t remain in control of all branches of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we first started, we were like, ‘This is gonna be tough from a persuasion perspective to not only convince independent voters or no party preference voters, but Democrats, that this is the right thing to do.’ And usually, in ballot measures in particular, complexity kills, simplicity sells — and this wasn’t simple,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people get it, he said, noting that the campaign’s polling shows awareness of the measure above 80%. The national attention it garnered, especially when Texas Democrats fled their state to delay the passage of new Republican maps, was helpful, DeBoo said.[aside postID=news_12060266 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_Redistrict-Antioch-_-10_qed.jpg']But Jessica Millan Patterson, who is chairing the No Campaign and previously ran the state Republican Party, said the Democratic strategy of attacking Trump is tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have a playbook. They have one play and they play that every single time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson said a large swath of the electorate remains undecided and a range of voters — including disaffected Democrats and independents — are open to the argument the No side is making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is far less partisan, despite what the Yes side is trying to do,” she said. “We talk about these lines that have been drawn by Democrats in a back room with very little public participation and D.C. lobbyists and map drawers that no one can name, that is when people are like this is fishy, this is shady, and I don’t want anything to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Democrats lean into Proposition 50 as an answer to Trump, Patterson said Republicans — just like in the 2021 recall campaign — are banking on Newsom’s unpopularity with more conservative voters. The message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gavin Newsom is redrawing these districts as a partisan power grab, not because he’s trying to fix a problem because we didn’t have a problem to fix,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a smart move, said GOP strategist Rob Stutzman, who is not involved in either campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057844\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2231339599-1-scaled-e1760027449708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Assembly member James Gallagher speaks during a press conference ahead of a meeting of the California State Assembly at the California State Capitol on Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Newsom isn’t just unpopular with Republicans, he actually triggers them,” said Stutzman, president of Stutzman Public Affairs. “The Republican motivation on this is Newsom. As much as you’re getting Democrats to turn out to vote against Trump, the Republican turnout mechanism is Newsom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeBoo didn’t disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans are pretty dug in,” he said “They may not be Trump people, but they have their feelings about Democratic leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said both sides’ tactics make sense. Democrats, who hold a 20 point registration advantage over Republicans in the state, are simply trying to turn out their base and capitalize on Trump’s highly negative reputation here. Republicans are trying to shore up their base and attract other voters who are turned off by Newsom. The governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">approval rating\u003c/a> in an August poll was 51% — up from 46% in the spring and largely driven by Democrats and independent voters excited by his aggressive posture against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 9% of GOP voters gave the governor high marks in that poll — compared to 77% of Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a huge plurality of Democrat voters that they just want to turn out,” Stutzman said. “It’s what we call a base election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats may have also benefited politically from something that didn’t happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/arnold-schwarzenegger\">Former Gov. 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Arnold Schwarzenegger at Town and Gown of USC on Sept. 15, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said Schwarzenegger’s lukewarm involvement — he has spoken out against the measure \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/10/real-time-arnold-schwarzenegger-slams-prop-50-big-scam-1236591112/\">on TV \u003c/a>and at at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/schwarzenegger-newsom-ballot-proposal-gerrymandering-charlie-kirk-usc-democracy\">one event\u003c/a>, but not worked with the No on 50 campaign — makes sense given he’s not a fan of the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Schwarzenegger is a critic of Trump, so he’s not exactly gonna feed the Republican base or be the face that they necessarily want to see, even though they may agree with him on this,” said Stutzman, who worked for Schwarzenegger when he was governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the No side has been able to use Schwarzenegger’s appearances in their advertising, which Stutzman said could still be an effective tool in attracting some centrist or independent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early ballot returns show equal shares of Democrats and Republicans have already cast their votes early — but with the Democrats’ numerical advantage, that amounts to nearly twice as many votes for redistricting so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who haven’t voted yet will surely be hearing more about Proposition 50 as Nov. 4 approaches. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> voters may be feeling some déjà vu as campaigns on both sides of a redistricting battle return to similar playbooks from past political clashes here — including the unsuccessful 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, Newsom and fellow Democrats are asking voters to toss out the congressional maps created by an independent redistricting commission just a few years ago, and approve new districts aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress. The measure was placed before voters after President Donald Trump urged Texas and other Republican-led states to redraw their maps to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like the recall, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888259/newsom-prevails-in-california-recall-election-holds-onto-job-as-governor\">Newsom handily defeated\u003c/a> by nearly 25 points, the Yes on 50 campaign is making sure to tie their measure to the president, national Republicans and the MAGA movement. Trump’s California approval rating \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/82c1v510\">generally hovers around 30%\u003c/a> in independent polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The overall messaging is this a measure that fights back against Trump and his policies,” said Yes on 50 senior adviser Jim DeBoo, who was Newsom’s chief of staff during the recall. “There’s a lot of similarities to the recall … The difference is, Democrats in the recall begrudgingly voted no. They were like, why are we doing this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, DeBoo said, the intensity among supporters is real — and it’s not just Democrats, but also a significant number of \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">independent\u003c/a> voters who are motivated to come out and vote against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like anger and excitement, where the recall is just anger,” he said, adding that critics of the president have been looking for a way to push back on this Washington. “Most people who have an aversion to the administration don’t have a lot of actionable things they can do. And this is an actionable thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And people get what Proposition 50’s about, he said — something the Yes on 50 campaign wasn’t sure would be the case when they started this truncated campaign this summer. It’s a complicated argument, he noted: Democrats need to not only explain redistricting to voters, but also convince them that Proposition 50 won’t eliminate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050983/californias-political-maps-are-drawn-independently-will-newsom-change-that\">popular Independent Restricting Commission\u003c/a>. Instead, it would only table the commission’s work until after the 2030 census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the Yes side needed to convince the electorate of their why: The ballot measure is needed to help ensure Trump doesn’t remain in control of all branches of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we first started, we were like, ‘This is gonna be tough from a persuasion perspective to not only convince independent voters or no party preference voters, but Democrats, that this is the right thing to do.’ And usually, in ballot measures in particular, complexity kills, simplicity sells — and this wasn’t simple,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people get it, he said, noting that the campaign’s polling shows awareness of the measure above 80%. The national attention it garnered, especially when Texas Democrats fled their state to delay the passage of new Republican maps, was helpful, DeBoo said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Jessica Millan Patterson, who is chairing the No Campaign and previously ran the state Republican Party, said the Democratic strategy of attacking Trump is tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have a playbook. They have one play and they play that every single time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson said a large swath of the electorate remains undecided and a range of voters — including disaffected Democrats and independents — are open to the argument the No side is making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is far less partisan, despite what the Yes side is trying to do,” she said. “We talk about these lines that have been drawn by Democrats in a back room with very little public participation and D.C. lobbyists and map drawers that no one can name, that is when people are like this is fishy, this is shady, and I don’t want anything to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while Democrats lean into Proposition 50 as an answer to Trump, Patterson said Republicans — just like in the 2021 recall campaign — are banking on Newsom’s unpopularity with more conservative voters. The message:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gavin Newsom is redrawing these districts as a partisan power grab, not because he’s trying to fix a problem because we didn’t have a problem to fix,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a smart move, said GOP strategist Rob Stutzman, who is not involved in either campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057844\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2231339599-1-scaled-e1760027449708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Assembly member James Gallagher speaks during a press conference ahead of a meeting of the California State Assembly at the California State Capitol on Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Newsom isn’t just unpopular with Republicans, he actually triggers them,” said Stutzman, president of Stutzman Public Affairs. “The Republican motivation on this is Newsom. As much as you’re getting Democrats to turn out to vote against Trump, the Republican turnout mechanism is Newsom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeBoo didn’t disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans are pretty dug in,” he said “They may not be Trump people, but they have their feelings about Democratic leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stutzman said both sides’ tactics make sense. Democrats, who hold a 20 point registration advantage over Republicans in the state, are simply trying to turn out their base and capitalize on Trump’s highly negative reputation here. Republicans are trying to shore up their base and attract other voters who are turned off by Newsom. The governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f06d6p8\">approval rating\u003c/a> in an August poll was 51% — up from 46% in the spring and largely driven by Democrats and independent voters excited by his aggressive posture against Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 9% of GOP voters gave the governor high marks in that poll — compared to 77% of Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a huge plurality of Democrat voters that they just want to turn out,” Stutzman said. “It’s what we call a base election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats may have also benefited politically from something that didn’t happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/arnold-schwarzenegger\">Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger\u003c/a>, who campaigned for the independent redistricting commission when it was created more than a decade ago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057779/aoc-and-schwarzenegger-take-their-stances-on-prop-50\">has come out against Proposition 50\u003c/a> but not hit the campaign trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057785\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2235142142-scaled-e1760999864910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Gov. 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"content": "\u003cp>After President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060033/trump-calls-out-san-francisco-as-next-target-for-national-guard-deployment\">reaffirmed San Francisco as his next target\u003c/a> for National Guard deployment over the weekend, Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday that his office is ready to mount a legal fight immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he deploys the National Guard to San Francisco, we’ll be in court within hours if not minutes,” Bonta told reporters on Monday following Trump’s promises to send federal forces to the city in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383070885112\">appearance on Fox News’ \u003cem>Sunday Morning Futures\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to go to San Francisco. The difference is, I think they want us in San Francisco,” the president told Fox host Maria Bartiromo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta pushed back, arguing that the president lacked legal grounds for the action. “There has to be an emergency, there has to be a rebellion, there has to be an invasion, there has to be the inability to enforce the laws with the regular forces,” Bonta continued. “None of those things exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After sending federal troops to Los Angeles, Chicago and most recently Portland to quell alleged crime spikes — claims contrary to the cities’ actual crime trends — Trump has been increasingly focused on San Francisco. 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The call gained traction, and was \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1977277765415321926\">echoed by billionaire Elon Musk\u003c/a> on social media, who said deploying federal troops was “the only solution at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060384/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-walks-back-call-for-national-guard-to-san-francisco\">walked back the comments\u003c/a> after blowback, including a resignation by prominent venture capitalist Ron Conway from the company’s philanthropic arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local leaders have repeatedly opposed deploying federal troops in the city.[aside postID=news_12059840 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-03-BL-KQED.jpg']“San Francisco neither needs nor wants Trump’s personal army on our streets. Contrary to Trump’s lie, no ‘government officials’ here have requested federal occupation,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1978559432259686707\">wrote on the social media platform X\u003c/a> on Wednesday, after Trump’s press conference with Patel. “Bottom line: Stay the hell out of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same day, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who has made a point to avoid going head-to-head with the president, didn’t call out Trump by name, but touted crime data showing marked decreases in violent and property crime in the city. He stood alongside District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who rejected the deployment more forcefully, saying it’s only caused chaos in other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not promoting law and order. It is not promoting safety. It is promoting chaos, terror and fear,” she told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody wants you here. You will ruin one of America’s greatest cities,” Newsom wrote on X after Trump’s Fox appearance on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump warned during that interview that unlike in other cities, he could invoke the Insurrection Act to send the troops to San Francisco, affording him “unquestioned power.” So far, his deployments in other cities have been met with lawsuits contesting their legality, including in Portland, where a federal court temporarily blocked troops from being deployed before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/appeals-court-national-guard-troops-portland-trump.html\"> lifted the block on Monday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park on July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Everybody agrees you’re allowed to use that [the Insurrection Act] and there are no more court cases, there is no more anything. We’re trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law allows presidents to federalize state National Guard units and deploy federal troops to cities during times of heightened civil disorder or insurrection, often at state officials’ request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite a claim from Trump that about half of the U.S. presidents have used the act, it’s only been invoked in response to 30 crises in 230 years, including during the Civil Rights Movement, after the assassination of Rev. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta pushed back, arguing that the president lacked legal grounds for the action. “There has to be an emergency, there has to be a rebellion, there has to be an invasion, there has to be the inability to enforce the laws with the regular forces,” Bonta continued. “None of those things exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After sending federal troops to Los Angeles, Chicago and most recently Portland to quell alleged crime spikes — claims contrary to the cities’ actual crime trends — Trump has been increasingly focused on San Francisco. Last week, he called it a “a mess” and instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to eye the city for future federal intervention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059732\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/MarcBenioffGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1343\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/MarcBenioffGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/MarcBenioffGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/MarcBenioffGetty-1536x1031.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks during Salesforce’s Dreamforce on Sept. 17, 2024, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, long considered a champion of San Francisco, made news two weeks ago after suggesting that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059728/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-sf-mayor-scrap-event-after-national-guard-comment\">city was in sore need of federal reinforcement\u003c/a>. The call gained traction, and was \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1977277765415321926\">echoed by billionaire Elon Musk\u003c/a> on social media, who said deploying federal troops was “the only solution at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060384/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-walks-back-call-for-national-guard-to-san-francisco\">walked back the comments\u003c/a> after blowback, including a resignation by prominent venture capitalist Ron Conway from the company’s philanthropic arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local leaders have repeatedly opposed deploying federal troops in the city.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“San Francisco neither needs nor wants Trump’s personal army on our streets. Contrary to Trump’s lie, no ‘government officials’ here have requested federal occupation,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1978559432259686707\">wrote on the social media platform X\u003c/a> on Wednesday, after Trump’s press conference with Patel. “Bottom line: Stay the hell out of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same day, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who has made a point to avoid going head-to-head with the president, didn’t call out Trump by name, but touted crime data showing marked decreases in violent and property crime in the city. He stood alongside District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who rejected the deployment more forcefully, saying it’s only caused chaos in other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not promoting law and order. It is not promoting safety. It is promoting chaos, terror and fear,” she told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody wants you here. You will ruin one of America’s greatest cities,” Newsom wrote on X after Trump’s Fox appearance on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump warned during that interview that unlike in other cities, he could invoke the Insurrection Act to send the troops to San Francisco, affording him “unquestioned power.” So far, his deployments in other cities have been met with lawsuits contesting their legality, including in Portland, where a federal court temporarily blocked troops from being deployed before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/appeals-court-national-guard-troops-portland-trump.html\"> lifted the block on Monday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents stage at MacArthur Park on July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Everybody agrees you’re allowed to use that [the Insurrection Act] and there are no more court cases, there is no more anything. We’re trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law allows presidents to federalize state National Guard units and deploy federal troops to cities during times of heightened civil disorder or insurrection, often at state officials’ request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite a claim from Trump that about half of the U.S. presidents have used the act, it’s only been invoked in response to 30 crises in 230 years, including during the Civil Rights Movement, after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and, most recently, during riots after Los Angeles police officers were acquitted for Rodney King’s beating, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-invocations-insurrection-act\">the Brennan Center for Justice\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said his office was ready if Trump chooses to invoke the law now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have prepared for deployment of the National Guard, we’ve prepared for invocation of the Insurrection Act, we’ve prepared for violations of the Posse Comitatus Act,” he said. “We’re ready. We owe our constituents readiness and preparedness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nvoynovskaya\">\u003cem>Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Monday, Oct. 20 is the last day to register online to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058811/election-2025-ballot-dropoff-near-me-early-voting-where-is-my-polling-place\">vote in the Nov. 4 election\u003c/a> — or to re-register online, if you need to update your voter registration details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you miss this deadline, don’t worry. You have several options for registering or re-registering in person all the way through Nov. 4 itself, your last day to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what to know about checking your voter registration, from the Oct. 20 deadline to how to make sure election officials have your correct mailing address. You can also jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#register-to-vote-first-time\">I want to register to vote for the first time\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#change-address-voter-registration\">What should I do if I’ve moved to a new address?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#change-name-voter-registration\">I changed my name — how do I update my voter registration?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#when-will-my-ballot-arrive\">When will my ballot arrive?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>I’m almost certain I’m registered to vote, but how can I check?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can check your voter registration status at \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a>, which will show whether you’re registered to vote and the address associated with your registration.[aside postID='news_12058811,news_12058818,news_12060171' label='More Election Explainers']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your voter registration is active and your address and name are up to date, your ballot should have arrived by now. You can use \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> to check when your ballot was mailed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where’s My Ballot?\u003c/a> tool to check whether your ballot was sent out, and read \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060171/ballot-missing-election-2025-hasnt-arrived-yet-replacement\">our guide on what to do if your ballot never showed up.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some reasons I might need to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Updating your voter registration is also known as “re-registering” to vote — because to update elements of your voter record at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>, you’ll need to register to vote \u003cem>again\u003c/em> as if you were making a new application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a general rule, you’ll definitely need to re-register if your name or address has changed. But if registering to vote when you know you’re already registered feels weird, don’t worry: this won’t be seen as you trying to fraudulently register to vote twice or anything like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because your voter registration is tied to your social security number and your driver’s license/state ID card number, your new voter registration will be matched with your \u003cem>existing\u003c/em> voter registration and your details will be updated. There will also be a section on the form where you can provide any previous addresses and names you’ve been registered to vote under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to change your party preference, you’ll also need to re-register to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For smaller changes, your county may allow you to submit a Voter Action Form by mail or online. For example, if San Francisco residents want to make minor changes to their voter registration, they can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfelections.org/tools/regupdate/regupd.php\">a form from the San Francisco Department of Elections\u003c/a> to determine whether they can do so online. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should update your voter registration if:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"change-address-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>If you have moved to a new address within California\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your old address is on your voter registration, then your mail-in ballot will automatically be sent to that address — not your new one. Your voter registration will only reflect your new address if you’ve manually updated it or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">if you’ve updated your address with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new address at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state says that you can also send a signed letter to your current county elections official to let them know you’ve moved, along with your date of birth and current address. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012691\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters drop off their ballots on Election Day at City Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"change-name-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>If you have legally changed your name\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll need to re-register to vote with your new name. One important thing: Before you do that, the Secretary of State recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">update your California driver’s license or identification card with the DMV \u003cem>first.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV currently has for you. And if you haven’t updated your signature with the DMV, the signature the agency sends to your county elections office will be the signature for your previous name, not your new one, and your registration will be rejected. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">Read how to update your signature with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you aren’t able to update your details with the DMV first? The state recommends you select “decline” on the application when asked to use your DMV signature to register to vote — but you’ll have to hit “print” and sign the paper application, which you’ll mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new name at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you haven’t voted in a while\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In general,” says the Secretary of State’s office, you’ll stay registered to vote for as long as you remain at the same address you’re registered with — but “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">there are cases in which voter registration can be canceled\u003c/a> if a voter has not voted in several consecutive general elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if your ballot doesn’t arrive in October, and you suspect it might be because you haven’t voted in many years, contact your county’s elections office ASAP. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Jump straight to our list of Bay Area county elections offices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When is my last chance to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you forget to re-register with your new address or name, and your ballot is sent out in October to the wrong address or without your current name, don’t worry. As long as you update your voter registration online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov \u003c/a>before the Oct. 20 deadline, your county will just cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if things get hectic in October and you miss the Oct. 20 deadline, you can still update your voter registration — you’ll just have to do it in person at that stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go to \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location and ask to register in person via Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). You can do this up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012700\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-DAY-ALLEN-TEMPLE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-DAY-ALLEN-TEMPLE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-DAY-ALLEN-TEMPLE-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-DAY-ALLEN-TEMPLE-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-DAY-ALLEN-TEMPLE-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-DAY-ALLEN-TEMPLE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-DAY-ALLEN-TEMPLE-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters fill out their ballots at Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"register-to-vote-first-time\">\u003c/a>How can I register to vote for the first time?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can register to vote if you’re:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A United States citizen and a resident of California,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>18 years old or older on Election Day\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>People who are currently serving a state or federal prison term for a felony conviction cannot vote or register to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can register to vote online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov \u003c/a>before the Oct. 20 deadline. After that, you can register to vote in person at\u003ca href=\"#countylist\"> your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location, where you can register through Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). You can do this up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re unhoused or have no fixed address, you can still register to vote by providing a description of the place where you spend most of your time if you don’t have a street address, including cross streets. You can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">register to vote this way via online application\u003c/a> before Oct. 20 or on the paper voter registration application you can pick up at any Department of Motor Vehicles field office, or many post offices, public libraries, government offices or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county elections office\u003c/a> by request (where you can also use Same Day Registration in person.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"when-will-my-ballot-arrive\">\u003c/a>When will my ballot arrive?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every registered voter in California will automatically receive a ballot in the mail, and by this point you should have received yours if you were correctly registered to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oct. 6 was the deadline for Bay Area counties to \u003cem>start\u003c/em> mailing ballots, though many started several days earlier. This means your ballot will most likely have arrived in early to mid-October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use both \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> and the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">Where’s My Ballot? \u003c/a>tool to check whether your ballot has been sent out. And if your ballot is still missing, don’t worry: You have options. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060171/ballot-missing-election-2025-hasnt-arrived-yet-replacement\">Read our guide for what to do if your Election 2025 ballot doesn’t show up.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use the ballot to cast your vote or you can forget it and request a fresh one at a voting location. The one that arrived in the mail will be canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"countylist\">\u003c/a>How can I contact my county directly about voting?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. Here’s the contact information for your county:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call 510-267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cocovote.us/\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call 925-335-7800 or email voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call 415-473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections webpage to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call 707-253-4321 or email the elections office at elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call 415-554-4375 or email sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call 888-762-8683 or email registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call toll-free at 866-430-VOTE (8683) or email registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Call 707-784-6675 or 888-933-VOTE (8683). You can also email elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/\">Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Call 707-565-6800 or toll-free at 800-750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The state also has a full list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices/\">every county elections office in California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your voter registration is active and your address and name are up to date, your ballot should have arrived by now. You can use \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> to check when your ballot was mailed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where’s My Ballot?\u003c/a> tool to check whether your ballot was sent out, and read \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060171/ballot-missing-election-2025-hasnt-arrived-yet-replacement\">our guide on what to do if your ballot never showed up.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some reasons I might need to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Updating your voter registration is also known as “re-registering” to vote — because to update elements of your voter record at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>, you’ll need to register to vote \u003cem>again\u003c/em> as if you were making a new application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a general rule, you’ll definitely need to re-register if your name or address has changed. But if registering to vote when you know you’re already registered feels weird, don’t worry: this won’t be seen as you trying to fraudulently register to vote twice or anything like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because your voter registration is tied to your social security number and your driver’s license/state ID card number, your new voter registration will be matched with your \u003cem>existing\u003c/em> voter registration and your details will be updated. There will also be a section on the form where you can provide any previous addresses and names you’ve been registered to vote under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to change your party preference, you’ll also need to re-register to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For smaller changes, your county may allow you to submit a Voter Action Form by mail or online. For example, if San Francisco residents want to make minor changes to their voter registration, they can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfelections.org/tools/regupdate/regupd.php\">a form from the San Francisco Department of Elections\u003c/a> to determine whether they can do so online. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should update your voter registration if:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"change-address-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>If you have moved to a new address within California\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your old address is on your voter registration, then your mail-in ballot will automatically be sent to that address — not your new one. Your voter registration will only reflect your new address if you’ve manually updated it or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">if you’ve updated your address with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new address at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state says that you can also send a signed letter to your current county elections official to let them know you’ve moved, along with your date of birth and current address. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012691\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-14-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters drop off their ballots on Election Day at City Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"change-name-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>If you have legally changed your name\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll need to re-register to vote with your new name. One important thing: Before you do that, the Secretary of State recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">update your California driver’s license or identification card with the DMV \u003cem>first.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV currently has for you. And if you haven’t updated your signature with the DMV, the signature the agency sends to your county elections office will be the signature for your previous name, not your new one, and your registration will be rejected. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">Read how to update your signature with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you aren’t able to update your details with the DMV first? The state recommends you select “decline” on the application when asked to use your DMV signature to register to vote — but you’ll have to hit “print” and sign the paper application, which you’ll mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new name at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you haven’t voted in a while\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In general,” says the Secretary of State’s office, you’ll stay registered to vote for as long as you remain at the same address you’re registered with — but “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">there are cases in which voter registration can be canceled\u003c/a> if a voter has not voted in several consecutive general elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if your ballot doesn’t arrive in October, and you suspect it might be because you haven’t voted in many years, contact your county’s elections office ASAP. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Jump straight to our list of Bay Area county elections offices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When is my last chance to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you forget to re-register with your new address or name, and your ballot is sent out in October to the wrong address or without your current name, don’t worry. As long as you update your voter registration online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov \u003c/a>before the Oct. 20 deadline, your county will just cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if things get hectic in October and you miss the Oct. 20 deadline, you can still update your voter registration — you’ll just have to do it in person at that stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go to \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location and ask to register in person via Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). 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After that, you can register to vote in person at\u003ca href=\"#countylist\"> your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location, where you can register through Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). You can do this up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re unhoused or have no fixed address, you can still register to vote by providing a description of the place where you spend most of your time if you don’t have a street address, including cross streets. You can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">register to vote this way via online application\u003c/a> before Oct. 20 or on the paper voter registration application you can pick up at any Department of Motor Vehicles field office, or many post offices, public libraries, government offices or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county elections office\u003c/a> by request (where you can also use Same Day Registration in person.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"when-will-my-ballot-arrive\">\u003c/a>When will my ballot arrive?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every registered voter in California will automatically receive a ballot in the mail, and by this point you should have received yours if you were correctly registered to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oct. 6 was the deadline for Bay Area counties to \u003cem>start\u003c/em> mailing ballots, though many started several days earlier. This means your ballot will most likely have arrived in early to mid-October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use both \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> and the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">Where’s My Ballot? \u003c/a>tool to check whether your ballot has been sent out. And if your ballot is still missing, don’t worry: You have options. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060171/ballot-missing-election-2025-hasnt-arrived-yet-replacement\">Read our guide for what to do if your Election 2025 ballot doesn’t show up.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use the ballot to cast your vote or you can forget it and request a fresh one at a voting location. 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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent Thursday evening, pastor Shantell Owens opened the doors of her Genesis Church in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/antioch\">Antioch\u003c/a>, an eastern Contra Costa County suburb, to two League of Women Voters volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mission: explain \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, the measure on California’s November ballot that would redraw the state’s congressional lines to help Democrats win more U.S. House seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owens beamed as she described the church’s services in a neighborhood rocked by shootings last year. Genesis distributes free groceries every Saturday morning, hosts financial empowerment workshops — and on this evening offered a crash course on California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">Nov. 4 special election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My biggest fear is that when people don’t know, they don’t vote,” Owens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>League volunteer Janet Hoy explained the basics of Proposition 50, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053249/california-approves-redistricting-plan-now-its-up-to-voters\">asks voters\u003c/a> to replace California’s current congressional district lines, drawn by a nonpartisan citizens commission, with a new pro-Democratic map through 2030. Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed it in response to a congressional redistricting in Texas designed to help Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antioch and neighboring Pittsburg are key pieces in the shuffle, showing the inherent tension between maximizing national political outcomes and representing local interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Hoy, Civil Engagement Chair for the League of Women Voters, addresses a small group on the pros and cons of Proposition 50, a temporary redistricting measure on the statewide ballot for Nov. 4, at Genesis Church in Antioch, California, on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can see how Antioch changes, right?” Hoy said, pointing to a PowerPoint slide comparing the current and proposed maps. “You can see it’s really moving around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 50 is approved, heavily Democratic Antioch and Pittsburg would move to a Central Valley district, boosting the reelection chances of vulnerable Democratic Rep. Josh Harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new map would break up the current 8th Congressional District, which pairs parts of Antioch and Pittsburg with Richmond, Vallejo and other cities along the Carquinez Strait, creating a racially diverse, working-class district where concerns about long commutes and oil refinery operations could be addressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the lines were finalized in 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11912468/activists-helped-create-the-bay-areas-most-diverse-congressional-district-now-theyre-probably-getting-john-garamendi\">the new 8th District was championed\u003c/a> by Bay Area activists as an example of a redistricting process that prioritized local needs over partisan goals. But even supporters now back a map aimed at helping Democrats gain House seats.[aside label=\"2025 California Special Election\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50,Learn about Proposition 50' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Aside-2025-Special-Election-Voter-Guide-Proposition-50-1200x675-1.png]“I think if there’s any way that we’re able to get more seats [in Congress] so that we can level the playing field to help the people here on the ground, we got to do it,” said Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston, whose district overlaps much of the 8th District. “Hopefully, when [the commission] goes back in 2030, they can be intentional again about making sure they create a district for communities of color and working-class people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During 2021 public hearings, groups such as Black Women Organized for Political Action and Lift Up Contra Costa warned that Black, Latino and Asian voices were diluted in the prior map. Richmond was paired with the wealthy Lamorinda and Tri-Valley suburbs, while Vallejo and Martinez were in a district with Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers presented testimony on local bonds, or “communities of interest,” arguing that by combining these communities into one district would make their shared needs visible to elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were communities of interest around the refineries and environmental issues,” said Pedro Toledo, the chair of the Citizens Redistricting Commission. “There were also certainly quite a few communities of interest for low-income populations that wanted to be together and advocate together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission’s final report said the 8th was drawn “considering communities of interest to create a working-class focused district.” At the time, it was the only district in California where white, Latino, Black and Asian residents each accounted for at least 15% of the citizen voting-age population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sue Brandy, co-vice president of the League of Women Voters, presents slides outlining the pros and cons of Proposition 50 to a small group at Genesis Church in Antioch, California, on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the district lines did not produce \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11914055/in-the-bays-most-diverse-district-an-old-white-guy-is-the-frontrunner\">local representation\u003c/a>. Since 2022, the seat has been held by 80-year-old Democratic Rep. John Garamendi, a white man with rancher roots who lives in the Sacramento County town of Walnut Grove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toledo said using the concept of communities of interest to draw political maps can strengthen representation, regardless of who is elected to the seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The issues that a community in the Central Valley might care about — maybe water or health care — might be very different in a more urban setting,” he said. “That matters because one would hope that the official that a community elects would represent those issues in Congress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 50 would move more than 106,000 Antioch and Pittsburg voters to the 9th Congressional District. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in those cities by more than 40 percentage points, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan election guide California Target Book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shift would help Harder, who narrowly won the 9th District last year by just four points, while Donald Trump carried the district over Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Schreiber (left) and Jan Warren (right), a Walnut Creek resident of 40 years, discuss and take notes during the League of Women Voters’ presentation at Genesis Church in Antioch, California, on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Part of what this map is doing is shoring up those narrowly won seats,” said Eric McGhee, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each congressional seat has to have roughly the same population, so in exchange for removing Antioch and Pittsburg, the Proposition 50 map adds the Solano County cities of Vacaville and Dixon to the 8th District, slightly increasing the share of white voters in the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, McGhee said Proposition 50 maintains the current levels of racial representation across California. He found that the map on the ballot \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/how-would-the-prop-50-redistricting-plan-affect-racial-and-geographic-representation/\">matches\u003c/a> the number of districts (16) where eligible Latino voters currently constitute a majority. Proposition 50 also keeps the same number of districts where Asian and Black voters make up at least 30% of voters (6 and 2, respectively).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is harder to assess changes to the map that split up communities of interest, McGhee said. These pairings often encompass racial or ethnic enclaves, but also can include neighborhoods that share socioeconomic status, places of worship, employers or means of transportation.[aside label=\"2025 California Special Election\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews,Read the latest coverage of the Nov. 4 special election and learn about key measures on the ballot.' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Aside-California-Voter-Guide-2025-Special-Election-1200x1200@2x.png]“The bottom line is that there’s no single definition that everybody agrees on,” McGhee said. “Probably the best way to know if you’ve violated a community of interest is if some people complain loudly and assertively after the map is adopted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, none of the advocacy groups that championed the current 8th District lines have organized against Proposition 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scales-Preston, the county supervisor, has concerns about communities along the north shore of Contra Costa County having to share a district with parts of the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here in Pittsburg, you know, we touch the Delta, but it’s not like one of the Delta communities and the farming communities,” she said. “It’s totally different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Scales-Preston is supporting Proposition 50 because she views the need to break Republican control of Congress as paramount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has seen longer lines at food banks in Pittsburg and more residents bringing fishing poles to Bay Point Regional Shoreline in hopes of catching a free meal. She knows painful shortfalls will soon be coming to the health care and food safety nets as a result of the GOP-backed budget bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prop. 50 for me is protecting health care for community members here, protecting our immigrant community…and protecting CalFresh,” Scales-Preston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Genesis Church, just a handful of people have trickled in to hear the presentation about Proposition 50. Shantell Owens doesn’t recognize any local parishioners, but she vows to take the information she’s learned about the special election back to her congregation on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t understand it because it’s not time for an election — but it’s happening, right?’ Owens said. “So it’s about really shaking people up to understand that this is happening and we need to be a part of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a recent Thursday evening, pastor Shantell Owens opened the doors of her Genesis Church in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/antioch\">Antioch\u003c/a>, an eastern Contra Costa County suburb, to two League of Women Voters volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their mission: explain \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, the measure on California’s November ballot that would redraw the state’s congressional lines to help Democrats win more U.S. House seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owens beamed as she described the church’s services in a neighborhood rocked by shootings last year. Genesis distributes free groceries every Saturday morning, hosts financial empowerment workshops — and on this evening offered a crash course on California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">Nov. 4 special election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My biggest fear is that when people don’t know, they don’t vote,” Owens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>League volunteer Janet Hoy explained the basics of Proposition 50, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053249/california-approves-redistricting-plan-now-its-up-to-voters\">asks voters\u003c/a> to replace California’s current congressional district lines, drawn by a nonpartisan citizens commission, with a new pro-Democratic map through 2030. Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed it in response to a congressional redistricting in Texas designed to help Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antioch and neighboring Pittsburg are key pieces in the shuffle, showing the inherent tension between maximizing national political outcomes and representing local interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Hoy, Civil Engagement Chair for the League of Women Voters, addresses a small group on the pros and cons of Proposition 50, a temporary redistricting measure on the statewide ballot for Nov. 4, at Genesis Church in Antioch, California, on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can see how Antioch changes, right?” Hoy said, pointing to a PowerPoint slide comparing the current and proposed maps. “You can see it’s really moving around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 50 is approved, heavily Democratic Antioch and Pittsburg would move to a Central Valley district, boosting the reelection chances of vulnerable Democratic Rep. Josh Harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new map would break up the current 8th Congressional District, which pairs parts of Antioch and Pittsburg with Richmond, Vallejo and other cities along the Carquinez Strait, creating a racially diverse, working-class district where concerns about long commutes and oil refinery operations could be addressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the lines were finalized in 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11912468/activists-helped-create-the-bay-areas-most-diverse-congressional-district-now-theyre-probably-getting-john-garamendi\">the new 8th District was championed\u003c/a> by Bay Area activists as an example of a redistricting process that prioritized local needs over partisan goals. But even supporters now back a map aimed at helping Democrats gain House seats.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I think if there’s any way that we’re able to get more seats [in Congress] so that we can level the playing field to help the people here on the ground, we got to do it,” said Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston, whose district overlaps much of the 8th District. “Hopefully, when [the commission] goes back in 2030, they can be intentional again about making sure they create a district for communities of color and working-class people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During 2021 public hearings, groups such as Black Women Organized for Political Action and Lift Up Contra Costa warned that Black, Latino and Asian voices were diluted in the prior map. Richmond was paired with the wealthy Lamorinda and Tri-Valley suburbs, while Vallejo and Martinez were in a district with Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers presented testimony on local bonds, or “communities of interest,” arguing that by combining these communities into one district would make their shared needs visible to elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were communities of interest around the refineries and environmental issues,” said Pedro Toledo, the chair of the Citizens Redistricting Commission. “There were also certainly quite a few communities of interest for low-income populations that wanted to be together and advocate together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission’s final report said the 8th was drawn “considering communities of interest to create a working-class focused district.” At the time, it was the only district in California where white, Latino, Black and Asian residents each accounted for at least 15% of the citizen voting-age population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sue Brandy, co-vice president of the League of Women Voters, presents slides outlining the pros and cons of Proposition 50 to a small group at Genesis Church in Antioch, California, on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the district lines did not produce \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11914055/in-the-bays-most-diverse-district-an-old-white-guy-is-the-frontrunner\">local representation\u003c/a>. Since 2022, the seat has been held by 80-year-old Democratic Rep. John Garamendi, a white man with rancher roots who lives in the Sacramento County town of Walnut Grove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toledo said using the concept of communities of interest to draw political maps can strengthen representation, regardless of who is elected to the seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The issues that a community in the Central Valley might care about — maybe water or health care — might be very different in a more urban setting,” he said. “That matters because one would hope that the official that a community elects would represent those issues in Congress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 50 would move more than 106,000 Antioch and Pittsburg voters to the 9th Congressional District. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in those cities by more than 40 percentage points, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan election guide California Target Book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shift would help Harder, who narrowly won the 9th District last year by just four points, while Donald Trump carried the district over Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251003_REDISTRICT-ANTIOCH-_-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Schreiber (left) and Jan Warren (right), a Walnut Creek resident of 40 years, discuss and take notes during the League of Women Voters’ presentation at Genesis Church in Antioch, California, on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Part of what this map is doing is shoring up those narrowly won seats,” said Eric McGhee, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each congressional seat has to have roughly the same population, so in exchange for removing Antioch and Pittsburg, the Proposition 50 map adds the Solano County cities of Vacaville and Dixon to the 8th District, slightly increasing the share of white voters in the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, McGhee said Proposition 50 maintains the current levels of racial representation across California. He found that the map on the ballot \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/how-would-the-prop-50-redistricting-plan-affect-racial-and-geographic-representation/\">matches\u003c/a> the number of districts (16) where eligible Latino voters currently constitute a majority. Proposition 50 also keeps the same number of districts where Asian and Black voters make up at least 30% of voters (6 and 2, respectively).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is harder to assess changes to the map that split up communities of interest, McGhee said. These pairings often encompass racial or ethnic enclaves, but also can include neighborhoods that share socioeconomic status, places of worship, employers or means of transportation.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The bottom line is that there’s no single definition that everybody agrees on,” McGhee said. “Probably the best way to know if you’ve violated a community of interest is if some people complain loudly and assertively after the map is adopted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, none of the advocacy groups that championed the current 8th District lines have organized against Proposition 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scales-Preston, the county supervisor, has concerns about communities along the north shore of Contra Costa County having to share a district with parts of the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here in Pittsburg, you know, we touch the Delta, but it’s not like one of the Delta communities and the farming communities,” she said. “It’s totally different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Scales-Preston is supporting Proposition 50 because she views the need to break Republican control of Congress as paramount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has seen longer lines at food banks in Pittsburg and more residents bringing fishing poles to Bay Point Regional Shoreline in hopes of catching a free meal. She knows painful shortfalls will soon be coming to the health care and food safety nets as a result of the GOP-backed budget bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prop. 50 for me is protecting health care for community members here, protecting our immigrant community…and protecting CalFresh,” Scales-Preston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Genesis Church, just a handful of people have trickled in to hear the presentation about Proposition 50. Shantell Owens doesn’t recognize any local parishioners, but she vows to take the information she’s learned about the special election back to her congregation on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t understand it because it’s not time for an election — but it’s happening, right?’ Owens said. “So it’s about really shaking people up to understand that this is happening and we need to be a part of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Election Day — your last day to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california\">vote\u003c/a> — is less than two weeks away, on Tuesday, Nov. 4. And every registered California voter will receive a mail-in ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if your ballot still hasn’t shown up yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline for Bay Area counties to start mailing out their ballots was Oct. 6, but don’t panic if there’s no sign of your ballot in your mailbox as it may still be making its way to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if something \u003cem>has\u003c/em> gone wrong, you have time — and several options — to fix things and make sure you get to cast your vote by the time polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking for information about what’s on your ballot instead? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">Take a look at KQED’s election guides\u003c/a>, including information about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, which would redraw California’s congressional district lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’ve made a mistake on your ballot, we also have a guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058818/how-to-correct-fix-mistake-on-ballot-election-2025-prop-50\">how to address different kinds of ballot — and signature — goofs.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ballot-sent-wrong-address\">My ballot was sent to the wrong address\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ballot-missing\">I think my ballot got lost in the mail\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First, check if your voter registration is correct — and if your ballot was actually sent out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">Input your details on the secretary of state’s voter status page\u003c/a> to check your registration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This site will show whether you’re correctly registered to vote and to which address. It should also show whether your ballot was mailed out. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\">Read our guide to making sure you’re correctly registered to vote.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where’s My Ballot? Tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding out if your voter registration is correct will help you determine next steps in getting your ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024173\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12024173 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20.jpg\" alt=\"A hand places a pieces of paper in the ballot box.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter casts their mail-in ballot at a polling site at Fresno City College in Fresno on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ballot-sent-wrong-address\">\u003c/a>If your ballot was sent to the wrong address\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If it turns out your ballot was missing because your voter registration wasn’t updated, don’t feel bad — people move all the time and forget to update their registrations accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline to update your voter registration online using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the secretary of state’s voter status page\u003c/a> is Oct. 20. But if you miss that date, you can still \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\">re-register with your new address in person through Same Day Registration (also called “conditional registration”.) \u003c/a>You can do this in person right up until when polls close on 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can re-register to vote at\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\"> your county elections office during business hours\u003c/a>, which is now open for early voting. You can also ask for Same Day Registration at an open voting location near you when many early voting locations open around the Bay Area on Oct. 25. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058811/election-2025-ballot-dropoff-near-me-early-voting-where-is-my-polling-place\">Read more about how to find your closest voting location.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you do this, your county will cancel the ballot that went to your old address and give you a new one to vote with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058811/election-2025-ballot-dropoff-near-me-early-voting-where-is-my-polling-place\">Read more about registering (or re-registering) to vote in person.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ballot-missing\">\u003c/a>If your voter registration address was correct but your ballot never showed up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If it’s more than six days before Election Day, you can just \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">call your county elections office \u003c/a>and ask them to send a new ballot. Scroll to the bottom of this story to find your Bay Area county elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office won’t mail you a ballot six days or less before Election Day because it can’t be sure the ballot will reach you in time. So, if you’re trying to get a ballot in the immediate run-up to Election Day, go to your county elections office in person and request one at the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office is also open as of Oct. 6 for early voting through Election Day, so you could also go there and vote in person at the same time. \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">More early voting locations will be opening throughout October.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, if you’re \u003cem>not\u003c/em> actually registered to vote or need to re-register to update details like your address or your legal name, you always have the option of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">Same Day Registration\u003c/a> at an open voting location, where you can then fill out and submit your ballot, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If your ballot showed up but it has your former name on it\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’ve legally changed your name since you last voted in California, you’ll need to re-register to vote with your current (new) name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline to update your voter registration online using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the secretary of state’s voter status page\u003c/a> is Monday (Oct. 20), and if you miss that date you’ll need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010355/last-chance-to-register-to-vote-california-deadline-election-2024-same-day-conditional-registration#deadline-to-register-to-vote\">re-register with your new address in person through Same Day Registration (also called “conditional registration.”) \u003c/a>You can do this in person right up until when polls close on 8 p.m. on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can re-register to vote at\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\"> your county elections office during business hours\u003c/a>, which is now open for early voting. You can also ask for Same Day Registration at an open voting location near you when many early voting locations open around the Bay Area on Oct. 25. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\">Read more about how to find your closest voting location.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you do this, your county will cancel the ballot that went to your old address and give you a new one to vote with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\">Read more about registering (or re-registering) to vote in person.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"contact\">\u003c/a>How to contact your county directly\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Election Day — your last day to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california\">vote\u003c/a> — is less than two weeks away, on Tuesday, Nov. 4. And every registered California voter will receive a mail-in ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if your ballot still hasn’t shown up yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline for Bay Area counties to start mailing out their ballots was Oct. 6, but don’t panic if there’s no sign of your ballot in your mailbox as it may still be making its way to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if something \u003cem>has\u003c/em> gone wrong, you have time — and several options — to fix things and make sure you get to cast your vote by the time polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking for information about what’s on your ballot instead? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">Take a look at KQED’s election guides\u003c/a>, including information about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>, which would redraw California’s congressional district lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’ve made a mistake on your ballot, we also have a guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058818/how-to-correct-fix-mistake-on-ballot-election-2025-prop-50\">how to address different kinds of ballot — and signature — goofs.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ballot-sent-wrong-address\">My ballot was sent to the wrong address\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ballot-missing\">I think my ballot got lost in the mail\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First, check if your voter registration is correct — and if your ballot was actually sent out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">Input your details on the secretary of state’s voter status page\u003c/a> to check your registration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This site will show whether you’re correctly registered to vote and to which address. It should also show whether your ballot was mailed out. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\">Read our guide to making sure you’re correctly registered to vote.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where’s My Ballot? Tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding out if your voter registration is correct will help you determine next steps in getting your ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024173\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12024173 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20.jpg\" alt=\"A hand places a pieces of paper in the ballot box.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/110524-Election-Fresno_LV_CM_20-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter casts their mail-in ballot at a polling site at Fresno City College in Fresno on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ballot-sent-wrong-address\">\u003c/a>If your ballot was sent to the wrong address\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If it turns out your ballot was missing because your voter registration wasn’t updated, don’t feel bad — people move all the time and forget to update their registrations accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline to update your voter registration online using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the secretary of state’s voter status page\u003c/a> is Oct. 20. But if you miss that date, you can still \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\">re-register with your new address in person through Same Day Registration (also called “conditional registration”.) \u003c/a>You can do this in person right up until when polls close on 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can re-register to vote at\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\"> your county elections office during business hours\u003c/a>, which is now open for early voting. You can also ask for Same Day Registration at an open voting location near you when many early voting locations open around the Bay Area on Oct. 25. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058811/election-2025-ballot-dropoff-near-me-early-voting-where-is-my-polling-place\">Read more about how to find your closest voting location.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you do this, your county will cancel the ballot that went to your old address and give you a new one to vote with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058811/election-2025-ballot-dropoff-near-me-early-voting-where-is-my-polling-place\">Read more about registering (or re-registering) to vote in person.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ballot-missing\">\u003c/a>If your voter registration address was correct but your ballot never showed up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If it’s more than six days before Election Day, you can just \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">call your county elections office \u003c/a>and ask them to send a new ballot. Scroll to the bottom of this story to find your Bay Area county elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office won’t mail you a ballot six days or less before Election Day because it can’t be sure the ballot will reach you in time. So, if you’re trying to get a ballot in the immediate run-up to Election Day, go to your county elections office in person and request one at the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office is also open as of Oct. 6 for early voting through Election Day, so you could also go there and vote in person at the same time. \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">More early voting locations will be opening throughout October.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, if you’re \u003cem>not\u003c/em> actually registered to vote or need to re-register to update details like your address or your legal name, you always have the option of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">Same Day Registration\u003c/a> at an open voting location, where you can then fill out and submit your ballot, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If your ballot showed up but it has your former name on it\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’ve legally changed your name since you last voted in California, you’ll need to re-register to vote with your current (new) name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline to update your voter registration online using \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">the secretary of state’s voter status page\u003c/a> is Monday (Oct. 20), and if you miss that date you’ll need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010355/last-chance-to-register-to-vote-california-deadline-election-2024-same-day-conditional-registration#deadline-to-register-to-vote\">re-register with your new address in person through Same Day Registration (also called “conditional registration.”) \u003c/a>You can do this in person right up until when polls close on 8 p.m. on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can re-register to vote at\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058837/election-2025-am-i-registered-to-vote-check-voter-registration-prop-50\"> your county elections office during business hours\u003c/a>, which is now open for early voting. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059600/newsom-vetoes-stall-californias-reparations-push-for-black-descendants\">advanced California’s reparations efforts\u003c/a> by signing five bills from the Legislative Black Caucus’ Road to Repair 2025 \u003ca href=\"https://blackcaucus.legislature.ca.gov/news/california-legislative-black-caucus-announces-signing-several-key-legislative-priorities\">package\u003c/a> into law, with additional measures to be revisited next legislative cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key among them is SB 518 (Weber‑Pierson), which creates the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery and lays the foundation needed to move reparations from theory to reality. Too many news outlets have framed this as a loss, but the outcome should be seen in the context of many wins already achieved in California — another step forward in this journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities and states across the nation are taking inspiration from California, the first state to establish a reparations task force to address the legacy of slavery and its enduring consequences. While progress may seem slow, California’s advances are groundbreaking. They align with established global practices in international law, where states provide reparations for violations committed against their citizens or for failing to protect them from harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From my work listening to harmed communities around the globe collectively tell their stories, I’ve learned that reparations are about the journey — not just the destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the highest level, “reparations” is the process of the state making amends for harm. While many people think of reparations solely as compensation, it also includes a broader range of material, systemic and symbolic repair for victims, their families and society at large.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/basic-principles-and-guidelines-right-remedy-and-reparation\">United Nations Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation,\u003c/a> these bills are part of the comprehensive reparations package clearly articulated in the California Reparations Task Force’s final report, including restitution, compensation, satisfaction (stopping violations, revealing the truth, public apology), rehabilitation (medical and psychological care as well as legal and social services) and guarantees of non-recurrence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24032786348814-scaled-e1760735466495.jpg\" alt=\"A group of men and women pose for a photo onstage.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, state Sen. Steven Bradford, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, task force member Lisa Holder and Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer hold up a final report of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans during a hearing in Sacramento on June 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Haven Daley/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A multi-generational, multi-racial coalition of lawyers, advocates and academics — called The Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation and Truth (ARRT) — is the driving force behind this long-term strategy towards full repair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As highlighted in a recent \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vAdD6ctYmAMGWEhblWLoE2xXNrJVlC1w/view\">poll\u003c/a> from \u003ca href=\"https://www.liberationventures.org/\">Liberation Ventures\u003c/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to racial repair, 45% of Californians express support for comprehensive reparations that include direct payments alongside an apology, healing services and other investments in Black communities, while another 18% are neutral. Over half of respondents support investments in education, healthcare, land restitution, and economic development targeted to Black communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This growing public support mirrors significant legislative and public policy advances. Last year, Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/26/governor-newsom-signs-california-legislative-black-caucus-priority-bills-including-a-formal-bipartisan-apology-for-the-states-role-in-slavery/\">10 bills\u003c/a> as part of the “Road to Repair” package. Key among them was a public \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/9.26.24-California-Apology.pdf\">apology\u003c/a> in which the state of California recognized and accepted responsibility for the harms of slavery and its enduring legacy, including systemic structures of discrimination, and pledged to restore and repair affected communities with actions beyond the apology itself.[aside postID=news_12059600 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CaliforniaReparationsGetty.jpg']This acknowledgment is an essential step towards reparations, signaling the state’s commitment to taking concrete actions to make things right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Globally, we have seen the crucial role apologies play in paving the way for comprehensive reparations. In Canada, for example, standing outside the Parliament building in June 2008 when Prime Minister Stephen Harper \u003ca href=\"https://nctr.ca/exhibits/indian-residential-school-apology/\">apologized\u003c/a> for Indian Residential Schools and its assimilationist policy designed to “kill the Indian in the child,” I witnessed the impact it had on the members of different tribal nations present — and how it spurred the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and ongoing efforts to achieve comprehensive reparations for Indigenous Canadians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking beyond our borders underscores that reparations require many steps and iterations. In Chile, it took over 30 years of negotiations and several rounds of legislation to implement reparations through health care benefits, pension plans, educational scholarships and other measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., it took nearly 50 years of advocacy for reparations for Japanese Americans to become a reality. After Congress and President Jimmy Carter established the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment in 1980, it took almost a decade before President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act in 1988, leading to the first payment being issued in 1990.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march in support of reparations for African people in Oakland on Oct. 16, 2021, organized by the Uhuru Movement. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Considering that the country’s violations against Black Americans spanned more than 400 years, it will take more than one or two legislative cycles to redress and repair these harms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this work takes time, those whose rights have been and continue to be violated deserve to see meaningful changes now. We all share a responsibility to make this journey — this process — reparatory itself by staying unified, respectful and focused on progress. In this political landscape, all eyes are on California and Newsom. His follow-through on the commitment he made in 2021 when he convened the task force is pivotal to the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By leading by example, he can continue to distinguish himself by guiding a reparatory process that unites and makes reparations both common sense and commonplace. Together, we can — and we will — build a more just and equitable society for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060425\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060425\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Virginie-Ladisch-head-shot.jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Virginie-Ladisch-head-shot.jpg.jpeg 250w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Virginie-Ladisch-head-shot.jpg-160x160.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginie Ladisch\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Virginie Ladisch is senior director of state and local initiatives at \u003ca href=\"https://www.liberationventures.org/\">Liberation Ventures\u003c/a>, a field catalyst in the U.S. movement for reparations for slavery and its legacies. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This acknowledgment is an essential step towards reparations, signaling the state’s commitment to taking concrete actions to make things right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Globally, we have seen the crucial role apologies play in paving the way for comprehensive reparations. In Canada, for example, standing outside the Parliament building in June 2008 when Prime Minister Stephen Harper \u003ca href=\"https://nctr.ca/exhibits/indian-residential-school-apology/\">apologized\u003c/a> for Indian Residential Schools and its assimilationist policy designed to “kill the Indian in the child,” I witnessed the impact it had on the members of different tribal nations present — and how it spurred the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and ongoing efforts to achieve comprehensive reparations for Indigenous Canadians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking beyond our borders underscores that reparations require many steps and iterations. In Chile, it took over 30 years of negotiations and several rounds of legislation to implement reparations through health care benefits, pension plans, educational scholarships and other measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., it took nearly 50 years of advocacy for reparations for Japanese Americans to become a reality. After Congress and President Jimmy Carter established the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment in 1980, it took almost a decade before President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act in 1988, leading to the first payment being issued in 1990.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/011_Oakland_ReparationsMarch_10162021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march in support of reparations for African people in Oakland on Oct. 16, 2021, organized by the Uhuru Movement. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Considering that the country’s violations against Black Americans spanned more than 400 years, it will take more than one or two legislative cycles to redress and repair these harms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this work takes time, those whose rights have been and continue to be violated deserve to see meaningful changes now. We all share a responsibility to make this journey — this process — reparatory itself by staying unified, respectful and focused on progress. In this political landscape, all eyes are on California and Newsom. His follow-through on the commitment he made in 2021 when he convened the task force is pivotal to the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By leading by example, he can continue to distinguish himself by guiding a reparatory process that unites and makes reparations both common sense and commonplace. Together, we can — and we will — build a more just and equitable society for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060425\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060425\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Virginie-Ladisch-head-shot.jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Virginie-Ladisch-head-shot.jpg.jpeg 250w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Virginie-Ladisch-head-shot.jpg-160x160.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginie Ladisch\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Virginie Ladisch is senior director of state and local initiatives at \u003ca href=\"https://www.liberationventures.org/\">Liberation Ventures\u003c/a>, a field catalyst in the U.S. movement for reparations for slavery and its legacies. 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The national contract, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059551/california-kaiser-health-care-workers-reaching-breaking-point-set-to-strike-next-week\">months in negotiation\u003c/a> with the Alliance of Healthcare Unions, covers nearly 61,000 nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists and other frontline workers — about a third of Kaiser’s workforce — though roughly a quarter of those represented declined to go on strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say the organization must tread carefully in talks amid rising costs and economic headwinds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We remain committed to reaching an agreement, if possible, that provides strong wage increases that are sustainable while balancing our obligation to deliver high-quality care that remains affordable,” Kaiser said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two sides appear close on paper. The Alliance seeks a 25% wage boost over four years for employees, it said are underpaid. Kaiser, which maintains that workers already earn above-market wages, has drawn the line at 21.5%. The difference, which adds up to roughly $300 million a year in salary costs, is what Kaiser said could force it to raise rates among its 12.6 million members, most of them in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the traditional labor-management battle,” said Dr. Robert Pearl, a former top executive at Kaiser who now teaches at Stanford University’s medicine and business schools. “My own view is that’s not the best thing for patients, this strike … It’s a sign of failure to not be able to work together for the good of all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since Tuesday, Kaiser has hired thousands of temporary nurses, clinicians and other staff to minimize disruptions in California, Hawaii and Oregon. In Northern California, only 3% of all appointments, surgeries and procedures were rescheduled, according to Kaiser. Medical centers, offices and pharmacies remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walkout caused more disruptions in Southern California, temporarily closing pharmacies in Riverside and Ventura Canyon, as well as laboratories and target clinics in San Bernardino and Riverside. The union said dozens of pharmacies were shuttered in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern and other counties. Ambulances were diverted from Kaiser to nearby hospitals in Irvine and San Diego, according to picketers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temporary nurses and other professionals brought in from across the country posted on social media about being stranded in buses and hotels for many hours. Their staffing company, AMN Healthcare, later apologized over “logistical and communication breakdowns over the last few days [that] created regrettable delays, stress, and confusion for the AMN teams supporting the Kaiser Permanente strike in SoCal,” according to a letter shared with KQED.[aside postID=news_12059890 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-03-KQED-1.jpg']The company did not respond to requests for comment but offered a $1,200 bonus for those who covered out-of-pocket travel or lodging expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union representatives maintain that Kaiser, which has expanded to other states in recent years, can meet their demands given its profits and an estimated $66 billion in reserves. Workers say colleagues are leaving for better pay and lighter workloads, straining those who remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re sitting on a lot of money. And that money seems to be not meant for their staff that are currently out here today,” said Jeff Cathcart, a nurse anesthetist at Kaiser San Francisco who is in the union’s bargaining team and joined the picket line outside the Oakland Medical Center. “This pay increase is pretty vital.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union leaders say many workers accepted smaller raises during the pandemic and need to catch up with inflation and the high cost of living. Their latest proposal would boost wages by 9% in the first year, 5% in the second, 7% in the third and 4% in the fourth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kaiser Permanente can absolutely not only afford it based off of the money they have in the bank and the revenues they have coming in — I would say that Kaiser Permanente cannot afford not to do it,” said Jane Carter, research director for the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, the largest of 23 unions in the Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059845\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059845\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If they want to continue to be the standard bearer and the gold standard of care delivery in this country, then they have to make sure that they pay to get the healthcare professionals that can properly do the care,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser’s top Medicare rating fell from five stars in 2023 to 4.5 last year, which the union blames on staffing shortages. The drop matters because five-star plans receive higher government payments and can enroll members for longer each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente was founded in California in 1945. As a nonprofit, Kaiser said it reinvests most of its insurance income into its hospital and clinic operations, instead of generating returns for shareholders as for-profit companies aim to do. Its 3% operating income margin — about $2 billion in the first half of this year — is lower than that of other major health systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes its warning that higher wages could lead to higher consumer costs plausible, said Joanne Spetz, a health economist and labor expert at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have as much wiggle room as one might think when you look at how large their operating revenue and expenses are,” said Spetz, noting Kaiser’s 2024 operating revenue of $115.8 billion and expenses of $115.2 billion, a \u003ca href=\"https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/news/press-release-archive/kaiser-foundation-health-plan-hospitals-risant-health-report-2024-financial-results\">0.5%\u003c/a> income margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060095\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaiser claims that its $66 billion in reserves are earmarked for employee pensions, building maintenance and other obligations and financial stability. Organizations of its size — with 180,000 employees across eight states and Washington, D.C., should have a financial cushion to weather unexpected challenges, according to Pearl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say the markets will go into a recession for the next five years. You can’t build the hospitals you need. You can’t buy the machines that you need. So you want to make sure you have reserves,” Pearl said. “If I were the CEO of the whole organization, I would basically say my job is to make sure I never have to compromise care and never tell a worker I can’t pay you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser said any wage hikes for Alliance members must come from the operating income, not investments. The union disputes that, accusing Kaiser of hoarding cash while expanding. Kaiser acquired hospital systems in Pennsylvania and North Carolina in recent years and announced an expansion to Nevada next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963409\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt='A large modern building with the words \"Kaiser Permanente\" across the top.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Traditionally seen as a West Coast institution, Kaiser is now seeking national influence against competitors such as Amazon, CVS and Walmart, which are spending billions to buy health care companies, according to Pearl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t have a national presence, it’s hard to convince legislators to pass laws that are gonna be better for the members of Kaiser Permanente,” he said. “I don’t mean the providers, I mean the patients of Kaiser Permanente.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The negotiations come as the Trump administration moves to restrict Medicare eligibility and Congress debates whether to renew subsidies central to the current government funding fight. Without them, health insurance prices are expected to rise for lower- and middle-income families. Kaiser could face reduced earnings as consumers drop coverage, Spetz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might also be concerned that they’re going to have some increased costs that could come from emergency care,” she said. “I suspect that losing revenue because of people dropping health insurance is the much bigger risk for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We remain committed to reaching an agreement, if possible, that provides strong wage increases that are sustainable while balancing our obligation to deliver high-quality care that remains affordable,” Kaiser said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two sides appear close on paper. The Alliance seeks a 25% wage boost over four years for employees, it said are underpaid. Kaiser, which maintains that workers already earn above-market wages, has drawn the line at 21.5%. The difference, which adds up to roughly $300 million a year in salary costs, is what Kaiser said could force it to raise rates among its 12.6 million members, most of them in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the traditional labor-management battle,” said Dr. Robert Pearl, a former top executive at Kaiser who now teaches at Stanford University’s medicine and business schools. “My own view is that’s not the best thing for patients, this strike … It’s a sign of failure to not be able to work together for the good of all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since Tuesday, Kaiser has hired thousands of temporary nurses, clinicians and other staff to minimize disruptions in California, Hawaii and Oregon. In Northern California, only 3% of all appointments, surgeries and procedures were rescheduled, according to Kaiser. Medical centers, offices and pharmacies remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walkout caused more disruptions in Southern California, temporarily closing pharmacies in Riverside and Ventura Canyon, as well as laboratories and target clinics in San Bernardino and Riverside. The union said dozens of pharmacies were shuttered in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern and other counties. Ambulances were diverted from Kaiser to nearby hospitals in Irvine and San Diego, according to picketers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temporary nurses and other professionals brought in from across the country posted on social media about being stranded in buses and hotels for many hours. Their staffing company, AMN Healthcare, later apologized over “logistical and communication breakdowns over the last few days [that] created regrettable delays, stress, and confusion for the AMN teams supporting the Kaiser Permanente strike in SoCal,” according to a letter shared with KQED.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The company did not respond to requests for comment but offered a $1,200 bonus for those who covered out-of-pocket travel or lodging expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union representatives maintain that Kaiser, which has expanded to other states in recent years, can meet their demands given its profits and an estimated $66 billion in reserves. Workers say colleagues are leaving for better pay and lighter workloads, straining those who remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re sitting on a lot of money. And that money seems to be not meant for their staff that are currently out here today,” said Jeff Cathcart, a nurse anesthetist at Kaiser San Francisco who is in the union’s bargaining team and joined the picket line outside the Oakland Medical Center. “This pay increase is pretty vital.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union leaders say many workers accepted smaller raises during the pandemic and need to catch up with inflation and the high cost of living. Their latest proposal would boost wages by 9% in the first year, 5% in the second, 7% in the third and 4% in the fourth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kaiser Permanente can absolutely not only afford it based off of the money they have in the bank and the revenues they have coming in — I would say that Kaiser Permanente cannot afford not to do it,” said Jane Carter, research director for the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, the largest of 23 unions in the Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059845\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059845\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If they want to continue to be the standard bearer and the gold standard of care delivery in this country, then they have to make sure that they pay to get the healthcare professionals that can properly do the care,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser’s top Medicare rating fell from five stars in 2023 to 4.5 last year, which the union blames on staffing shortages. The drop matters because five-star plans receive higher government payments and can enroll members for longer each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente was founded in California in 1945. As a nonprofit, Kaiser said it reinvests most of its insurance income into its hospital and clinic operations, instead of generating returns for shareholders as for-profit companies aim to do. Its 3% operating income margin — about $2 billion in the first half of this year — is lower than that of other major health systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes its warning that higher wages could lead to higher consumer costs plausible, said Joanne Spetz, a health economist and labor expert at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t have as much wiggle room as one might think when you look at how large their operating revenue and expenses are,” said Spetz, noting Kaiser’s 2024 operating revenue of $115.8 billion and expenses of $115.2 billion, a \u003ca href=\"https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/news/press-release-archive/kaiser-foundation-health-plan-hospitals-risant-health-report-2024-financial-results\">0.5%\u003c/a> income margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060095\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaiser claims that its $66 billion in reserves are earmarked for employee pensions, building maintenance and other obligations and financial stability. Organizations of its size — with 180,000 employees across eight states and Washington, D.C., should have a financial cushion to weather unexpected challenges, according to Pearl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say the markets will go into a recession for the next five years. You can’t build the hospitals you need. You can’t buy the machines that you need. So you want to make sure you have reserves,” Pearl said. “If I were the CEO of the whole organization, I would basically say my job is to make sure I never have to compromise care and never tell a worker I can’t pay you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser said any wage hikes for Alliance members must come from the operating income, not investments. The union disputes that, accusing Kaiser of hoarding cash while expanding. 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