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It’s unclear if and when the outstanding bodies might be returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal also required Israeli troops to pull back to agreed-upon “yellow lines” outside the Gaza City and Khan Yunis areas. Going forward, Israel would need to withdraw from Gaza entirely — aside from a security buffer zone — while Hamas would be required to agree to disarm and give up any role in governing the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamas has not publicly agreed to disarm, and it’s unclear what other group might have the capacity to lead long-term. 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"content": "\u003cp>Days after his comments advocating for President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Donald Trump\u003c/a> to send the National Guard into San Francisco ballooned into a controversy, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was slated to appear at a press event on Monday afternoon with Mayor Daniel Lurie. Then it was cancelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The abrupt change came after Benioff, a fourth-generation San Franciscan once viewed as relatively liberal, came under fire over the weekend for praising Trump in an interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/marc-benioff-san-francisco-guard.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and lambasting the city’s approach to combating crime, saying the city should “refund” the police force—even though the police budget has grown and violent crime rates are down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco’s public safety challenges are real and complex, and we need to continue exploring every possible pathway to create a safer city for everyone,” Benioff, who once hosted a dinner for then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, said in a post on the social media platform X following his interview with \u003cem>the Times\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salesforce media representatives said the cancellation was due to an expected rainstorm. They did not say why the event — announcing millions of dollars in donations to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and local public schools — was not simply moved indoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff has since said that his comments were intended to suggest that San Francisco needs the same level of policing that takes place during Salesforce’s flagship conference, Dreamforce, happening this week in downtown San Francisco. Homeless advocates have also criticized the way the city increases encampment sweeps and policing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11966960/san-francisco-is-clearing-homeless-encampments-ahead-of-apec\">during major public events\u003c/a>, rather than putting more resources toward seeking long-term solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12037910 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay in San Francisco on April 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Benioff’s comments shocked some city officials and were immediately seized on by other tech giants close to Trump, like Elon Musk, who echoed Benioff’s call to bring the National Guard to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the only solution at this point,” Musk \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1977277765415321926\">posted Sunday on X\u003c/a>. “Nothing else has or will work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, the Salesforce CEO elaborated on his remarks on X.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was recently asked about federal resources, my point was this: each year, to make Dreamforce as safe as possible for 50,000 attendees, we add 200 additional law-enforcement professionals — coordinated across city, state, and other partners,” he said in the lengthy post. “It’s proof that collaboration works and a reminder that the city needs more resources to keep San Franciscans safe year-round.”[aside postID=news_11977506 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/waimea-2_custom-3e3b796df19537131158318566195b4713aae87c-1020x674.jpg']Mayor Daniel Lurie, a moderate Democrat who has refrained from speaking out against Trump or his allies in tech, declined to respond to Benioff’s National Guard comments but defended the city’s law enforcement capabilities, saying crime is down 30% citywide compared to last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to keep people safe during Salesforce and Dreamforce this week, and we will keep people safe 365 days a year,” Lurie said when asked by reporters about Benioff’s comments at the city’s Italian Heritage Festival on Sunday. “We have work to do, there is no doubt about that. We need more SFPD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time in seven years, we have an increase in SFPD officers, and for the first time in 10 years, we have an increase in Sheriff’s officers,” Lurie said. “The city is on the rise. San Francisco is coming back, and I trust my local law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other local officials blasted Benioff for adding fuel to the president’s decision to send the military to largely Democratic cities, including Portland, Chicago and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a slap in the face to San Francisco. It’s insulting to our cops, and it’s honestly galling to those of us who’ve been fighting hard over the last few years to fully staff our SFPD,” Supervisor Matt Dorsey said \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/mattdorsey/status/1976842793265119244\">in a post on X\u003c/a>. “Marc Benioff, I pleaded for your support last year for the Prop F Charter Amendment I wrote, which would have swelled our police staffing ranks by hundreds of officers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993653 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a fourfold increase in California Highway Patrol operations in the East Bay on July 11, 2024, at Berry Bros. Towing in West Oakland, backed by rows of cars recovered by CHP. He was joined by Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell (left) and CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee (right). \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city has struggled over the last decade to recruit and retain police officers, even with increased financial incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the California Highway Patrol and National Guard to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/04/22/1171467560/newsom-san-francisco-fentanyl-national-guard-highway-patrol\">assist San Francisco law enforcement\u003c/a> with fentanyl trafficking in the city. But legal experts have said Trump’s decision to deploy troops in cities, against the will of their local and state leadership, violates federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to many other tech executives, the Salesforce CEO was outspokenly supportive of a 2018 ballot measure, Prop C, which taxed the city’s wealthiest technology companies to fund homelessness services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like Musk and other tech titans, Benioff’s politics in recent years have shifted to the right.[aside postID=news_12058799 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg']In 2024, as the city was debating a new policy to ban pretextual traffic stops, which data show disproportionately affect Black drivers, Benioff said San Francisco should continue the controversial practice and increase police funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our police need to be empowered now — not this new terrible decision to end pretext stops,” he posted on X.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear exactly what’s prompted Benioff’s pivot toward Trump, but Salesforce does business with the federal government and tech moguls from OpenAI’s Sam Altman to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have spoken favorably of the president in what many analysts say is an attempt to preserve their own business interests in the face of a commander-in-chief who has sought to punish his enemies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff’s latest comments signal to Keally McBride, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, that Benioff, who has largely relocated in recent years to Hawaii, “is probably not in touch with what life in San Francisco really is like these days. And he’s not thinking very clearly about the human costs that are associated with bringing in the National Guard to police.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His remarks also pose a challenge for Lurie, who, while steering clear of criticizing Trump, has also sought to foster relationships with tech leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a rally on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Benioff coming out and saying, ‘I think the National Guard should come in,’ makes it clear that there are political costs for San Franciscans, but also for Lurie in associating himself with these people,” McBride said. “Lurie’s trying to be like, ‘We’re the good rich people,’ and this is not going to help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor, a Levi Strauss heir, is walking a tightrope in trying to court business interest in the city, at a time when the city has had to cut millions of dollars from its annual budget and is increasingly looking to private philanthropy to fill in the gaps. Angering Benioff, who has poured millions of dollars into various San Francisco causes, could have serious repercussions. The Salesforce CEO has already threatened in the past to move Dreamforce to another city, like Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one is doing more philanthropy in San Francisco this year than I am,” Benioff said in an \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/13/publicly-turning-san-francisco-marc-benioff-had-privately-left/\">interview with \u003cem>the San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “We are the largest philanthropist in San Francisco by the company and individually. Nobody has given more than my family. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie, a moderate Democrat who has refrained from speaking out against Trump or his allies in tech, declined to respond to Benioff’s National Guard comments but defended the city’s law enforcement capabilities, saying crime is down 30% citywide compared to last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to keep people safe during Salesforce and Dreamforce this week, and we will keep people safe 365 days a year,” Lurie said when asked by reporters about Benioff’s comments at the city’s Italian Heritage Festival on Sunday. “We have work to do, there is no doubt about that. We need more SFPD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time in seven years, we have an increase in SFPD officers, and for the first time in 10 years, we have an increase in Sheriff’s officers,” Lurie said. “The city is on the rise. San Francisco is coming back, and I trust my local law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other local officials blasted Benioff for adding fuel to the president’s decision to send the military to largely Democratic cities, including Portland, Chicago and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a slap in the face to San Francisco. It’s insulting to our cops, and it’s honestly galling to those of us who’ve been fighting hard over the last few years to fully staff our SFPD,” Supervisor Matt Dorsey said \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/mattdorsey/status/1976842793265119244\">in a post on X\u003c/a>. “Marc Benioff, I pleaded for your support last year for the Prop F Charter Amendment I wrote, which would have swelled our police staffing ranks by hundreds of officers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993653 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a fourfold increase in California Highway Patrol operations in the East Bay on July 11, 2024, at Berry Bros. Towing in West Oakland, backed by rows of cars recovered by CHP. He was joined by Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell (left) and CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee (right). \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city has struggled over the last decade to recruit and retain police officers, even with increased financial incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the California Highway Patrol and National Guard to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/04/22/1171467560/newsom-san-francisco-fentanyl-national-guard-highway-patrol\">assist San Francisco law enforcement\u003c/a> with fentanyl trafficking in the city. But legal experts have said Trump’s decision to deploy troops in cities, against the will of their local and state leadership, violates federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to many other tech executives, the Salesforce CEO was outspokenly supportive of a 2018 ballot measure, Prop C, which taxed the city’s wealthiest technology companies to fund homelessness services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like Musk and other tech titans, Benioff’s politics in recent years have shifted to the right.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In 2024, as the city was debating a new policy to ban pretextual traffic stops, which data show disproportionately affect Black drivers, Benioff said San Francisco should continue the controversial practice and increase police funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our police need to be empowered now — not this new terrible decision to end pretext stops,” he posted on X.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear exactly what’s prompted Benioff’s pivot toward Trump, but Salesforce does business with the federal government and tech moguls from OpenAI’s Sam Altman to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have spoken favorably of the president in what many analysts say is an attempt to preserve their own business interests in the face of a commander-in-chief who has sought to punish his enemies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff’s latest comments signal to Keally McBride, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, that Benioff, who has largely relocated in recent years to Hawaii, “is probably not in touch with what life in San Francisco really is like these days. And he’s not thinking very clearly about the human costs that are associated with bringing in the National Guard to police.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His remarks also pose a challenge for Lurie, who, while steering clear of criticizing Trump, has also sought to foster relationships with tech leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a rally on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Benioff coming out and saying, ‘I think the National Guard should come in,’ makes it clear that there are political costs for San Franciscans, but also for Lurie in associating himself with these people,” McBride said. “Lurie’s trying to be like, ‘We’re the good rich people,’ and this is not going to help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor, a Levi Strauss heir, is walking a tightrope in trying to court business interest in the city, at a time when the city has had to cut millions of dollars from its annual budget and is increasingly looking to private philanthropy to fill in the gaps. Angering Benioff, who has poured millions of dollars into various San Francisco causes, could have serious repercussions. The Salesforce CEO has already threatened in the past to move Dreamforce to another city, like Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one is doing more philanthropy in San Francisco this year than I am,” Benioff said in an \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/13/publicly-turning-san-francisco-marc-benioff-had-privately-left/\">interview with \u003cem>the San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “We are the largest philanthropist in San Francisco by the company and individually. Nobody has given more than my family. Nobody has given more than my company.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of Lurie’s term this year, McBride said she hoped Lurie’s keep-quiet approach, “would mean that San Francisco would dodge the ire of Donald Trump, and that his affiliation with the tech industry leaders would help in that regard,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">remained silent as Trump\u003c/a> has sent the National Guard to crack down on protests against increased immigration raids and arrests, and as the president said he will continue to send troops to Democratic strongholds like San Francisco to fight a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058130/san-francisco-officials-respond-to-trump-telling-us-generals-were-under-invasion-from-within\">war from within\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, that approach is being tested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Benioff’s statements, if anything, serve as encouragement to the Trump Administration. It could be decisive,” McBride said. “But, it’s really hard to know what the White House will do. I’m way beyond trying to predict what’s going to happen next week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Vanessa Perez Rojas began her first year at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, she recalled feeling a bit lost and out of place. Growing up in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> with parents who migrated from Mexico and El Salvador, she said she wasn’t exposed to much information about college.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I had no idea how to even declare a major. I didn’t really even know where to look,” said the 21-year-old speaking from campus, where graduation celebrations often include mariachi bands and taco bars.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perez Rojas knew of Saint Mary’s because her older brother had attended — which gave her the confidence that she could find support as a first-generation college student. More than one-third of St. Mary’s students are Latino, and the school is designated a Hispanic Serving Institution, a federal program that allows colleges to apply for grants if at least 25% of their students identify as Hispanic.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I’ve been able to meet great mentors who also fit that description of being first generation, and far beyond being able to see myself through them, they want to see people like myself succeed,” Perez Rojas said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 171 Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California — the most of any state — and they have long relied on federal funding to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057033/california-faces-steepest-cuts-as-trump-ends-diversity-grants-how-one-college-is-faring\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pay for programs, staff, and support services\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now, those schools are worried about \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the program’s future. Last month, the U.S. Department of Education pulled $350 million that had been allocated to HSIs. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058488\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chapel at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the HSI program amounts to “discrimination based upon race or ethnicity,” as the Trump administration scales back initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The Department will no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas,” McMahon said.[aside postID=news_12057037 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-2-KQED.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program’s existence was already under threat. In June, the state of Tennessee and Students for Fair Admissions,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded by conservative activist Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging affirmative action admissions policies at schools, filed\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2025/6/11/pr25-33.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a federal lawsuit\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claiming HSI funding is unconstitutional. The Trump administration declined to contest the case.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea that the program is discriminatory is misleading, said Gina Ann Garcia, a professor in the UC Berkeley School of Education who studies HSIs and hosts a podcast about them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“A lot of campuses do benefit, including our community college system in California, and have had a good success rate of getting those HSI grants to advance programs that we know are serving students,” Garcia said. “It would be detrimental to California if we no longer have access to those funds.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSIs were created in the 1990s to ensure that colleges enrolling large numbers of Latino students received adequate funding to help those students graduate. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster reading “Hispanic Culture and Heritage” is displayed in the Intercultural Center at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In California, more than 90% of community colleges, and 21 out of 22 California State Universities and seven of nine University of California undergraduate campuses qualify as HSIs. Community colleges in the state estimate they\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/california-community-colleges-to-lose-20-million-next-year-amid-hispanic-serving-institution-grant-cuts\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will lose at least $20 million this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The mission of our colleges is to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have the opportunity to succeed,” California Community Colleges Chancellor Sonya Christian said in a statement after the Education Department pulled HSI funding. “We are deeply troubled that this action could limit access to resources that support their educational advancement and economic mobility.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSI funds have helped pay for high school students to take community college classes, cover students’ living expenses and provide mentorship — efforts shown to\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65399/how-some-colleges-are-working-to-engage-and-better-recruit-latino-students\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increase graduation rates\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and long-term socioeconomic mobility for Latinos, Garcia said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058487\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Perez Rojas, a fourth-year student, prays in the chapel at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Saint Mary’s, the school will not see an immediate financial hit because it doesn’t currently have active HSI grants, but participation in the program signals a commitment to serving Latino students, Provost Carol Ann Gittens said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What that says to students and families is that if you come to Saint Mary’s College, you’re going to be supported,” Roger Thompson, president of Saint Mary’s, told KQED. “Latino students are the fastest growing demographic in the state and the country, but it’s also one of the least likely to go to college. We are leaning in in every way possible to try to build and increase our Hispanic student population.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perez Rojas is on track to graduate next spring with a degree in business administration. Her path wasn’t always certain. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, she had to transfer after her high school closed. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I’ve been able to meet great mentors who also fit that description of being first generation, and far beyond being able to see myself through them, they want to see people like myself succeed,” Perez Rojas said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 171 Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California — the most of any state — and they have long relied on federal funding to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057033/california-faces-steepest-cuts-as-trump-ends-diversity-grants-how-one-college-is-faring\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pay for programs, staff, and support services\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now, those schools are worried about \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the program’s future. Last month, the U.S. Department of Education pulled $350 million that had been allocated to HSIs. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058488\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chapel at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the HSI program amounts to “discrimination based upon race or ethnicity,” as the Trump administration scales back initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The Department will no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas,” McMahon said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program’s existence was already under threat. In June, the state of Tennessee and Students for Fair Admissions,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded by conservative activist Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging affirmative action admissions policies at schools, filed\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2025/6/11/pr25-33.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a federal lawsuit\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claiming HSI funding is unconstitutional. The Trump administration declined to contest the case.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea that the program is discriminatory is misleading, said Gina Ann Garcia, a professor in the UC Berkeley School of Education who studies HSIs and hosts a podcast about them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“A lot of campuses do benefit, including our community college system in California, and have had a good success rate of getting those HSI grants to advance programs that we know are serving students,” Garcia said. “It would be detrimental to California if we no longer have access to those funds.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSIs were created in the 1990s to ensure that colleges enrolling large numbers of Latino students received adequate funding to help those students graduate. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster reading “Hispanic Culture and Heritage” is displayed in the Intercultural Center at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In California, more than 90% of community colleges, and 21 out of 22 California State Universities and seven of nine University of California undergraduate campuses qualify as HSIs. Community colleges in the state estimate they\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/california-community-colleges-to-lose-20-million-next-year-amid-hispanic-serving-institution-grant-cuts\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will lose at least $20 million this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The mission of our colleges is to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have the opportunity to succeed,” California Community Colleges Chancellor Sonya Christian said in a statement after the Education Department pulled HSI funding. “We are deeply troubled that this action could limit access to resources that support their educational advancement and economic mobility.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSI funds have helped pay for high school students to take community college classes, cover students’ living expenses and provide mentorship — efforts shown to\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65399/how-some-colleges-are-working-to-engage-and-better-recruit-latino-students\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increase graduation rates\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and long-term socioeconomic mobility for Latinos, Garcia said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058487\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Perez Rojas, a fourth-year student, prays in the chapel at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Saint Mary’s, the school will not see an immediate financial hit because it doesn’t currently have active HSI grants, but participation in the program signals a commitment to serving Latino students, Provost Carol Ann Gittens said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What that says to students and families is that if you come to Saint Mary’s College, you’re going to be supported,” Roger Thompson, president of Saint Mary’s, told KQED. “Latino students are the fastest growing demographic in the state and the country, but it’s also one of the least likely to go to college. We are leaning in in every way possible to try to build and increase our Hispanic student population.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perez Rojas is on track to graduate next spring with a degree in business administration. Her path wasn’t always certain. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, she had to transfer after her high school closed. Her new school offered little college guidance, so she relied on her brother for help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Saint Mary’s, admissions and financial aid counselors met with her parents in person — in Spanish. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Just sitting down and explaining things really made a difference,” Perez Rojas said. “I don’t think I would be in college if that wasn’t the case.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A combination of financial aid and scholarships, including one for students with family alumni, made her education possible.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But once she arrived on campus, Perez Rojas said she still struggled to adapt. 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While the cabins aren’t slated to be occupied anytime soon, the decision has drawn ire from Bayview leaders who say it takes advantage of their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerrold Commons is part of a broader debate over where to locate services for homeless people as the city seeks to expand transitional housing and shelters across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the historically Black neighborhood on the southeast edge of the city, blasted the decision to store the unused cabins at Jerrold Commons, saying he was not notified and that the move goes against agreements the Board of Supervisors made earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First, the mayor tried to turn Jerrold into a 200-bed shelter site with no RV parking and no community input. 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It’s unclear how long they will be stored at the site.[aside postID=news_12050263 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250722-ShelterFamilies-09-BL_qed.jpg']The department said it intends to notify and work with current residents at Jerrold Commons and community members for any future efforts to fill the cabins or make other changes to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city will conduct a robust community engagement process before activating the cabins at any future site or making any changes to the operations at Jerrold,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s office declined to provide a comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton’s district has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lawmaker-blasts-mayor-over-bayview-homeless-plan-20246317.php\">at the center of much debate\u003c/a> over where the city should build out new shelters and transitional housing. The supervisor earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050263/a-new-san-francisco-plan-would-spread-out-homeless-shelters-more-evenly\">supported legislation\u003c/a> that would require the city to build new facilities in neighborhoods where data shows there are more unhoused people than services available, and avoid over-concentrating services in a few communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 10 is home to a large portion of the city’s unhoused population as well as residents living in cars and RVs. 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Two are in the Bayview,” Walton said. “We had a safe sleeping site. We have the site at Jerrold now. So we’ve been working hard to obviously address the concerns and needs of the unhoused community. But most certainly, you have to have conversations that include the community about the best way to do anything, particularly when we’re bringing in more sites because services are needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton has supported a plan developed over a year with community members and HSH to use Jerrold Avenue to house 68 cabins and 20 RV parking sites, after the city closed the Candlestick safe parking site during the pandemic.[aside postID=news_12057616 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250826_SFHARMREDUCTION00437_TV-KQED-1.jpg']During this year’s budget negotiations, supervisors agreed on legislation that would allow PG&E to expand services for additional shelter at the Jerrold site. According to Walton, “the mayor and his team agreed that if we allow the PG&E expansion, that anything they did at the Jerrold site moving forward would be a community conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has also moved to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007425/san-francisco-bans-overnight-parking-for-rvs-on-most-city-streets\">ban overnight RV parking\u003c/a> and is initiating a two-hour parking limit \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/large-vehicle-refuge-permit-program\">beginning in November\u003c/a>, scattering many families and RV dwellers across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisor said the city’s decision to move the cabins for storage to Jerrold Commons “directly contradicts every promise made by the mayor and his administration to the Bayview community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials defended the cabin relocation, saying it utilizes storage space on land that the city leases and that no new residents are moving in at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton is now calling for the city to halt the relocation of the empty cabins to Jerrold Avenue and work with the community there before any changes to the site are announced. 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"content": "\u003cp>Now entering its second week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a> has resulted in many San Francisco Bay Area landmarks and attractions closing their doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">Muir Woods National Monument\u003c/a>, where visitors who came to see the giant redwoods on Oct. 1 were not able to enter the park. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a> was also initially closed but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">re-opened on Oct. 3,\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Fort Point will partially reopen on Friday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, San Francisco alone drew \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/n3xqgl7cnjxl9wwd3kodkxkooswrp2ca\">an estimated 23.3 million visitors.\u003c/a> And for those who traveled across the country — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">or even the globe \u003c/a>— to see these sites, it’s a dismaying, unexpected prospect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while several landmarks will remain closed for the duration of the shutdown, other Bay Area locations on the tourist trail remain open. Keep reading for which federally managed locations locally are closed to the public, and where visitors can go instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">What Bay Area visitor attractions are closed during the shutdown\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First off, which Bay Area tourist spots are \u003cem>unaffected \u003c/em>by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alcatraz Island\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcatraz Island was a particularly confusing case for tourists to San Francisco early in the shutdown. After posting a Oct. 1 closure that was described as temporary due to a “planned project,” NPS said that the site would be “reopening for its regular schedule on October 2 with all facilities OPEN” — and Alcatraz City Cruises, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">the ferry company that operates boat service to the island\u003c/a>, was still selling tickets for Thursday onward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Oct. 2, notices were posted on NPS.gov stating that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island was now in fact “closed due to lapse in federal appropriations,”\u003c/a> offering no timeframe for the closure, and that any ticket purchases would be refunded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058258\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A security guard informs a tourist that Alcatraz Island is closed Oct. 1, citing closure due to a planned project, on October 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 3, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">Alcatraz City Cruises’ website said tours to the Island had resumed once more at 10:30 a.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendan David, owner of local tour company San Francisco Excursions told KQED that the NPS staffer responsible for tour groups on the Island informed him early on Oct. 3 that earlier tours that day had been canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 2018 government shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/24/alcatraz-cancelled-shutdown-san-francisco-bay-area-muir-woods/\">Alcatraz remained open, though night tours were canceled.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fort Point National Historic Site (partially open starting Oct. 10)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>After being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">shuttered for over a week due to the federal government shutdown\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/fopo/index.htm\">Fort Point National Historic Site\u003c/a> is scheduled to partially reopen to the public on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco national park site, famed for its use as a filming location for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller \u003ca href=\"https://reelsf.com/reelsf/vertigo-fort-point\">\u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, will reopen only on weekends during the shutdown, according to Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">the gates that lead to Fort Point by Long Avenue and Marine Drive have remained locked\u003c/a>, although pedestrian access is still possible and the site’s bathrooms are still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>But Lehnertz said due to the popularity of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.for-site.org/black-gold-stories-untold\">\u003cem>Black Gold: Stories Untold \u003c/em>\u003c/a>exhibition on display inside Fort Point, the conservancy made a donation to fund staffing at the site for the show’s final weekend on Oct. 10-13. Both the museum and exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>The Fort Point visitor center, parking lot, bookstore and the bathrooms will be open Friday through Monday for the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday weekend, and every following weekend, Friday through Sunday, “for the foreseeable future,” said Lehnertz. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Read more about the reopening of Fort Point.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Fort Point during the week:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/fort-baker.htm\">NPS site Fort Baker\u003c/a>, across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, remains open during the shutdown. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy also offers more\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/article/seven-places-gaze-golden-gate-bridge\"> ideas for scenic vantage points around the bridge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Presidio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio of San Francisco is under NPS jurisdiction but funded separately, so the former U.S.-Army-site-turned-national park will remain open and accessible. Take a look at our suggestions for\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054079/best-hikes-san-francisco-presidio-views-trails-hiking\"> four hikes to discover the Presidio.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trail passes by Immigrant Point Overlook in the Presidio of San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park is not federal land and therefore is unaffected by the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046160\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People row on a rental boat on Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on June 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost all museums and galleries around the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Washington, D.C., where museums and galleries are part of the federal Smithsonian group, Bay Area museums and galleries aren’t federally run and are unaffected by the shutdown. That includes the de Young Museum, the Legion of Honor, SFMOMA, the California Academy of Sciences and the Oakland Museum of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only exception will be the museums that are part of NPS sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hikers explore Point Reyes shrouded in fog on July 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Reyes National Seashore \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No NPS closures have yet been posted for this 100-square-mile stretch of wilderness on the North Bay coast, though visitors should watch for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">bathroom closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And in case you were wondering … San Francisco cable cars\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Run by SFMTA, the cable cars will continue to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">\u003c/a>What Bay Area parks, landmarks and tourist attractions are affected by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muir Woods National Monument: Closed with temporary re-opening Oct. 23-Nov 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people come to the Bay Area hoping to visit Muir Woods’ famous, majestic redwoods, but this national park is one of the Bay Area NPS sites that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">closed straightaway at the start of the shutdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061286/muir-woods-reopens-amid-government-shutdown-temporarily\">Muir Woods was temporarily re-opened for 10 days on Oct. 23\u003c/a> thanks to donations from several companies associated with the park. Nov. `1 will be the last day to visit Muir Woods during the shutdown before it closes again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both parking at Muir Woods itself and the shuttle to the park require \u003ca href=\"http://gomuirwoods.com\">timed reservations in advance via gomuirwoods.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor peeks past the barriers at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California, which is closed as a consequence of the government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve already bought reservations for a period when Muir Woods will be closed, they’ll be canceled and refunded. You \u003cem>can \u003c/em>still make reservations, but since we don’t know how long the shutdown will last, be aware that “any reservations made for the near future may be automatically canceled and refunded if the shutdown continues,” according to the Go Muir Woods site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Muir Woods? \u003c/em>On Wednesday, park rangers turning away visitors recommended nearby hikes, including \u003ca href=\"https://parks.marincounty.gov/parkspreserves/preserves/roys-redwoods\">Roy’s Redwoods Preserve\u003c/a> around 45 minutes north, and trails around \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mt. Tamalpais\u003c/a> — which, as a California State Park, remains open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide to other forest spaces around the Bay Area that offer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">stunning redwoods\u003c/a>, including Samuel P. Taylor State Park and Armstrong Redwoods State park in the North Bay. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">Read our full guide to Bay Area redwoods to visit as an alternative to Muir Woods.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050853 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1176\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-1536x941.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you can’t see Muir Woods, the Bay Area still holds other beautiful redwood forests, like Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. \u003ccite>(Hotaik Sung/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You may hear that it’s possible to \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/canopy-lost-and-fern-creek-loop\">hike into Muir Woods from other areas\u003c/a>, but while it’s technically true, the NPS has historically urged visitors to stay away from closed parks.[aside postID=news_12058137 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TrumpsSignageOrder-36-BL_qed.jpg']A full closure like this also means that if you get into trouble on the steep trails, there will be no park rangers or first responders in the vicinity to help you — and there’s little-to-no cellphone service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>China Beach: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/chinabeach.htm\">China Beach\u003c/a>, a small but scenic San Francisco cove with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, is now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to China Beach: \u003c/em>While nearby NPS site \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/baker-beach.htm\">Baker Beach\u003c/a> remains open and offers a similar vista, its parking lot has been closed — so you’ll need to find alternative parking in the Sea Cliff neighborhood. Baker Beach’s bathrooms, however, will remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058373\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands of California on March 17, 2012. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Bonita Lighthouse: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/pobo.htm\">This 1855 lighthouse in the Marin Headlands\u003c/a>, with views over the Golden Gate, is also now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Point Bonita Lighthouse: \u003c/em>NPS has suggestions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/marin-headlands-scenic-vistas.htm\">how to drive the Headlands\u003c/a> to access the most striking vantage points over the ocean and the Bay. If it’s lighthouses you’re looking for, consider heading south to visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=78#google_vignette\">Point Montara \u003c/a>near Half Moon Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point\u003c/a> near Pescadero and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pointpinoslighthouse.org/\">Point Pinos\u003c/a> near Monterey. There’s also the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/lighthouse.htm\">Point Reyes lighthouse\u003c/a>, but as this is NPS land, you should stay vigilant for any updates around shutdown closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993184\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993184 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s Baker Beach photographed on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Finally: Going to the beach? Watch out for parking lot closures\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Popular Bay Area beaches where parking lots are currently closed (but bathrooms remain open):\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Crissy Field East Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Baker Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stinson Beach, Marin County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muir Beach and Muir Beach Overlook, Marin County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">See the full list of NPS closures and advisories for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Now entering its second week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a> has resulted in many San Francisco Bay Area landmarks and attractions closing their doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">Muir Woods National Monument\u003c/a>, where visitors who came to see the giant redwoods on Oct. 1 were not able to enter the park. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a> was also initially closed but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">re-opened on Oct. 3,\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Fort Point will partially reopen on Friday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, San Francisco alone drew \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/n3xqgl7cnjxl9wwd3kodkxkooswrp2ca\">an estimated 23.3 million visitors.\u003c/a> And for those who traveled across the country — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">or even the globe \u003c/a>— to see these sites, it’s a dismaying, unexpected prospect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while several landmarks will remain closed for the duration of the shutdown, other Bay Area locations on the tourist trail remain open. Keep reading for which federally managed locations locally are closed to the public, and where visitors can go instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">What Bay Area visitor attractions are closed during the shutdown\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First off, which Bay Area tourist spots are \u003cem>unaffected \u003c/em>by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alcatraz Island\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcatraz Island was a particularly confusing case for tourists to San Francisco early in the shutdown. After posting a Oct. 1 closure that was described as temporary due to a “planned project,” NPS said that the site would be “reopening for its regular schedule on October 2 with all facilities OPEN” — and Alcatraz City Cruises, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">the ferry company that operates boat service to the island\u003c/a>, was still selling tickets for Thursday onward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Oct. 2, notices were posted on NPS.gov stating that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island was now in fact “closed due to lapse in federal appropriations,”\u003c/a> offering no timeframe for the closure, and that any ticket purchases would be refunded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058258\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A security guard informs a tourist that Alcatraz Island is closed Oct. 1, citing closure due to a planned project, on October 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 3, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">Alcatraz City Cruises’ website said tours to the Island had resumed once more at 10:30 a.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendan David, owner of local tour company San Francisco Excursions told KQED that the NPS staffer responsible for tour groups on the Island informed him early on Oct. 3 that earlier tours that day had been canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 2018 government shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/24/alcatraz-cancelled-shutdown-san-francisco-bay-area-muir-woods/\">Alcatraz remained open, though night tours were canceled.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fort Point National Historic Site (partially open starting Oct. 10)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>After being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">shuttered for over a week due to the federal government shutdown\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/fopo/index.htm\">Fort Point National Historic Site\u003c/a> is scheduled to partially reopen to the public on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco national park site, famed for its use as a filming location for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller \u003ca href=\"https://reelsf.com/reelsf/vertigo-fort-point\">\u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, will reopen only on weekends during the shutdown, according to Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">the gates that lead to Fort Point by Long Avenue and Marine Drive have remained locked\u003c/a>, although pedestrian access is still possible and the site’s bathrooms are still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>But Lehnertz said due to the popularity of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.for-site.org/black-gold-stories-untold\">\u003cem>Black Gold: Stories Untold \u003c/em>\u003c/a>exhibition on display inside Fort Point, the conservancy made a donation to fund staffing at the site for the show’s final weekend on Oct. 10-13. Both the museum and exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>The Fort Point visitor center, parking lot, bookstore and the bathrooms will be open Friday through Monday for the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday weekend, and every following weekend, Friday through Sunday, “for the foreseeable future,” said Lehnertz. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Read more about the reopening of Fort Point.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Fort Point during the week:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/fort-baker.htm\">NPS site Fort Baker\u003c/a>, across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, remains open during the shutdown. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy also offers more\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/article/seven-places-gaze-golden-gate-bridge\"> ideas for scenic vantage points around the bridge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Presidio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio of San Francisco is under NPS jurisdiction but funded separately, so the former U.S.-Army-site-turned-national park will remain open and accessible. Take a look at our suggestions for\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054079/best-hikes-san-francisco-presidio-views-trails-hiking\"> four hikes to discover the Presidio.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trail passes by Immigrant Point Overlook in the Presidio of San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park is not federal land and therefore is unaffected by the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046160\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People row on a rental boat on Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on June 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost all museums and galleries around the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Washington, D.C., where museums and galleries are part of the federal Smithsonian group, Bay Area museums and galleries aren’t federally run and are unaffected by the shutdown. That includes the de Young Museum, the Legion of Honor, SFMOMA, the California Academy of Sciences and the Oakland Museum of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only exception will be the museums that are part of NPS sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hikers explore Point Reyes shrouded in fog on July 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Reyes National Seashore \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No NPS closures have yet been posted for this 100-square-mile stretch of wilderness on the North Bay coast, though visitors should watch for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">bathroom closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And in case you were wondering … San Francisco cable cars\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Run by SFMTA, the cable cars will continue to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">\u003c/a>What Bay Area parks, landmarks and tourist attractions are affected by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muir Woods National Monument: Closed with temporary re-opening Oct. 23-Nov 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people come to the Bay Area hoping to visit Muir Woods’ famous, majestic redwoods, but this national park is one of the Bay Area NPS sites that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">closed straightaway at the start of the shutdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061286/muir-woods-reopens-amid-government-shutdown-temporarily\">Muir Woods was temporarily re-opened for 10 days on Oct. 23\u003c/a> thanks to donations from several companies associated with the park. Nov. `1 will be the last day to visit Muir Woods during the shutdown before it closes again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both parking at Muir Woods itself and the shuttle to the park require \u003ca href=\"http://gomuirwoods.com\">timed reservations in advance via gomuirwoods.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor peeks past the barriers at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California, which is closed as a consequence of the government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve already bought reservations for a period when Muir Woods will be closed, they’ll be canceled and refunded. You \u003cem>can \u003c/em>still make reservations, but since we don’t know how long the shutdown will last, be aware that “any reservations made for the near future may be automatically canceled and refunded if the shutdown continues,” according to the Go Muir Woods site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Muir Woods? \u003c/em>On Wednesday, park rangers turning away visitors recommended nearby hikes, including \u003ca href=\"https://parks.marincounty.gov/parkspreserves/preserves/roys-redwoods\">Roy’s Redwoods Preserve\u003c/a> around 45 minutes north, and trails around \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mt. Tamalpais\u003c/a> — which, as a California State Park, remains open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide to other forest spaces around the Bay Area that offer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">stunning redwoods\u003c/a>, including Samuel P. Taylor State Park and Armstrong Redwoods State park in the North Bay. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">Read our full guide to Bay Area redwoods to visit as an alternative to Muir Woods.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050853 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1176\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-1536x941.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you can’t see Muir Woods, the Bay Area still holds other beautiful redwood forests, like Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. \u003ccite>(Hotaik Sung/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You may hear that it’s possible to \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/canopy-lost-and-fern-creek-loop\">hike into Muir Woods from other areas\u003c/a>, but while it’s technically true, the NPS has historically urged visitors to stay away from closed parks.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A full closure like this also means that if you get into trouble on the steep trails, there will be no park rangers or first responders in the vicinity to help you — and there’s little-to-no cellphone service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>China Beach: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/chinabeach.htm\">China Beach\u003c/a>, a small but scenic San Francisco cove with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, is now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to China Beach: \u003c/em>While nearby NPS site \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/baker-beach.htm\">Baker Beach\u003c/a> remains open and offers a similar vista, its parking lot has been closed — so you’ll need to find alternative parking in the Sea Cliff neighborhood. Baker Beach’s bathrooms, however, will remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058373\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands of California on March 17, 2012. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Bonita Lighthouse: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/pobo.htm\">This 1855 lighthouse in the Marin Headlands\u003c/a>, with views over the Golden Gate, is also now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Point Bonita Lighthouse: \u003c/em>NPS has suggestions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/marin-headlands-scenic-vistas.htm\">how to drive the Headlands\u003c/a> to access the most striking vantage points over the ocean and the Bay. If it’s lighthouses you’re looking for, consider heading south to visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=78#google_vignette\">Point Montara \u003c/a>near Half Moon Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point\u003c/a> near Pescadero and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pointpinoslighthouse.org/\">Point Pinos\u003c/a> near Monterey. There’s also the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/lighthouse.htm\">Point Reyes lighthouse\u003c/a>, but as this is NPS land, you should stay vigilant for any updates around shutdown closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993184\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993184 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s Baker Beach photographed on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Finally: Going to the beach? Watch out for parking lot closures\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Popular Bay Area beaches where parking lots are currently closed (but bathrooms remain open):\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Crissy Field East Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Baker Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stinson Beach, Marin County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muir Beach and Muir Beach Overlook, Marin County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">See the full list of NPS closures and advisories for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Less than a week after Israeli forces \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058820/ca-families-officials-call-for-release-of-us-citizens-detained-with-gaza-aid-flotilla\">intercepted a global flotilla\u003c/a> attempting to deliver aid to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Gaza\u003c/a> and detained hundreds of participants, a second contingent of international activists, medical workers and journalists was captured on Wednesday — including a California-based journalist reporting on the barriers to covering the ongoing war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Wilder, a Stanford University graduate and former reporter for Santa Rosa’s \u003cem>Press Democrat\u003c/em>, had joined the second flotilla as a reporter for \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em>, a left-leaning magazine based in New York. Israel deported her to Istanbul on Friday alongside many others from the flotilla, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JewishCurrents/status/1976650360530804938\">according to \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepJimmyGomez/status/1976653231326638395\">said\u003c/a> she “is on her way home\u003cem>.\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Wilder’s goals was to shed light on the struggle journalists are facing to report on the war and conditions in Gaza from the ground, two years after Israel blocked foreign journalists from accessing the region, \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em> associate editor Mari Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a specific call for media and medical workers to join [the flotilla] with the idea … for there to be an opportunity for journalists to cover Gaza on the ground,” Cohen said. “She went on this mission partly for the sake of this broader coverage — to cover the Israeli blockade of Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her release came as Israeli forces began pulling back from Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/10/nx-s1-5567998/israeli-forces-begin-pullback-in-gaza-after-government-agrees-to-ceasefire-plan\">approved phase one of a ceasefire deal\u003c/a> that would end the two-year war. Many details remain unknown, but NPR reported that as of midday Friday in Gaza, Israeli forces had retreated to an agreed-upon line and airstrikes had ceased. The deal, brokered by the Trump administration, would mean the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059497\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vessel of the Gaza-bound flotilla is tugged toward the port of Ashdod in southern Israel on Oct. 8, 2025. The Israeli Navy intercepted an international aid flotilla on its way to Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement. \u003ccite>(Jamal Awad/Xinhua via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilder, a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, was aboard the Conscience, a 100-person boat that set sail on Sept. 30 with a\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjOfGTAB4M/?img_index=2\"> fleet of international ships\u003c/a> carrying humanitarian aid days after the high-profile Global Sumud Flotilla. Both were part of an ongoing movement to break Israel’s yearslong blockade of Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout Wilder’s career, much of her work has focused on social justice, including reporting on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to Alana Minkler, a former coworker and close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know her as someone who is very brave and fearless, and also just very committed to reporting about the conditions in Gaza,” said Minkler, who worked with Wilder at the \u003cem>Press Democrat \u003c/em>from 2021 to 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minkler met Wilder when they were both interns at the Phoenix-based \u003cem>Arizona Republic, \u003c/em>covering the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020.[aside postID=news_12058820 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty.jpg']“She’s always been incredibly dedicated to covering social justice and human rights issues across the world and in her own communities,” Minkler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minkler said she wasn’t surprised to hear that Wilder would be joining the flotilla last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Emily was already aware of a lot of the backlash that a lot of journalists, including herself, have faced when reporting on these issues,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Wilder was hired as a news associate for the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> but was fired after a little more than two weeks over “violations of its social media policy that took place after she became an employee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, the organization \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-journalists-797ea15c03fadff692ced0f6dfc4281c\">reported on its decision\u003c/a>, citing in its coverage a number of posts Wilder had retweeted on the social media platform X, then known as Twitter, that were “sympathetic to Palestinians in the current Gaza conflict,” including a video in which demonstrators chanted “Free Palestine!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilder’s termination came days after a student group at Stanford blasted the AP on social media, calling it biased against Israel for hiring her, since she had formerly been a “leader” in pro-Palestinian student organizations at the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Cohen, Wilder had brought the idea to join the Conscience to \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em>, in part to bring attention to the difficulty and danger of reporting on the war and conflict in Gaza generally. Throughout her time on the boat, which set off Sept. 30, Wilder shared updates from the journey via social media that the outlet was re-sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An ornate sandstone-colored building with a series of arches sitting on a brick plaza.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1020x673.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1920x1267.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The arches of the Main Quadrangle buildings on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto on Oct. 2, 2021. \u003ccite>(David Madison/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Up until the day before the Conscience was intercepted, Cohen said they were in touch daily, discussing what reporting would come out of the endeavor. She said she last heard from Wilder the afternoon before Israeli military forces intercepted the Conscience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She went to bed and we knew that it was possible the following morning,” Cohen said. “The next time I got updates and was in communication with her family was that evening when we saw on the live feed [streamed from the ship] that they were being intercepted and that they were on the deck and wearing life jackets and putting their hands up and preparing for arrest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen said the detainees were taken to Israel’s Ashdod Port and were held in Ketziot Prison, like members of the Global Sumud Flotilla were last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most of the more than 400 people detained as part of that fleet have now been deported, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DPlhCZvAs1T/\">according to organizers\u003c/a>, many Americans remained in custody for nearly a week, where they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058820/ca-families-officials-call-for-release-of-us-citizens-detained-with-gaza-aid-flotilla\">reportedly went without food, water and medication\u003c/a> and had to sleep in overcrowded cells and on floors with little support from the U.S. government.[aside postID=news_12059351 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/68e5df0e9817d.jpg']San Francisco resident Sidney Hollar, whose son Logan Hollarsmith was among the American detainees from the Global Sumud Flotilla, told KQED that she struggled to get support from state and federal lawmakers despite repeated attempts, and that “the U.S. Embassy offered no help [to detainees] when they were deported.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen said it appears the Embassy was responding more quickly to support detainees from the Conscience and had visited Wilder, who they said was safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was deported to Turkey on Friday morning and would be flying back to Los Angeles from there, according to Minkler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen said that while the magazine’s decision to send Wilder on the flotilla might have been different after hearing reports of the treatment of Global Sumud Flotilla participants, “it was her decision and something she wanted to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons that Emily went on this trip was to shed light on the conditions of the free press and trying to report on these issues in Gaza,” Minkler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israeli attacks have killed at least 245 media workers since the war began two years ago, according to lists published by Palestinian journalists. The United Nations has reported a similar number killed. More have been taken into captivity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t speak for Emily, but she really wanted to raise awareness about the need to have journalism in the ongoing conflict,” Minkler said. “Emily would not want this story to be about Emily. This is about what she was trying to cover as a journalist, which is the conditions in Palestine and about these efforts to deliver humanitarian aid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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It’s not that there is a protest, and then you just send in the military. This is protected speech. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>[This column was reported for Political Breakdown, a bimonthly newsletter offering analysis and context on Bay Area and California political news. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\">Click here to subscribe\u003c/a>.]\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It’s a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058799/trumps-national-guard-moves-are-part-of-a-dangerous-plan-california-ag-warns\">threat\u003c/a> President Trump has made before:\u003c/strong> He first publicly mused about using military troops to quell civilian protests in 2020, during his first term, when demonstrations roiled the nation after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t send troops across the country, but did dispatch National Guard troops from 11 states to Washington, D.C., where they controversially helped clear protesters from Lafayette Square ahead of a presidential photo-op in front of a church. (An \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004832399/watchdog-report-says-police-did-not-clear-protesters-to-make-way-for-trump-last-\">investigation\u003c/a> later found that the park police and Guard members decided to disperse the crowd — using tear gas — independently of the president’s plans.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to note that Washington, D.C., unlike cities in sovereign states, falls under greater federal control — the president commands the D.C. National Guard. Still, even before Trump’s reelection, pro-democracy experts saw the threats to use troops against civilians as part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991317/protect-democracy-warns-how-trump-2-0-could-lead-to-authoritarianism\">troubling pattern of authoritarian tendencies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Things escalated in June, when Trump sent troops to L.A.:\u003c/strong> Trump said he was responding to “out-of-control” immigration protests when he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043221/protesters-and-immigration-authorities-face-off-for-a-2nd-day-in-la-area-after-arrests\">seized control of the California National Guard\u003c/a> from Gov. Gavin Newsom and deployed Guard members — and eventually 700 U.S. Marines — to the nation’s second largest city. State and local officials disputed that the protests were beyond their control and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043314/california-to-sue-trump-for-sending-national-guard-troops-into-la-after-ice-protests\">quickly sued\u003c/a>, asking a court to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043548/california-asks-court-to-stop-national-guard-marines-from-patrolling-la-streets\">remove the troops\u003c/a> from the streets. While the state has had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043935/how-solid-is-californias-legal-case-against-trump-deploying-troops-to-la\">success\u003c/a> in a district court, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043920/judge-weighs-californias-lawsuit-over-trumps-troop-deployment-in-la\">an appeals court halted\u003c/a> the lower judge’s order to remove the troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051797/california-argues-trumps-use-of-troops-in-l-a-violated-federal-law\">three-day trial\u003c/a> in August, a judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">ruled in favor of California\u003c/a>, ruling that Trump had violated federal law and ordering him to stop using troops for policing, but an appeals court paused that decision. The case is still pending and is expected to be heard by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals later this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in general, some judges have appeared \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044621/appeals-court-hears-newsoms-case-against-trumps-national-guard-mobilization\">reticent to second-guess\u003c/a> the president’s authority on an issue related to national security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059095\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2220483644-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2220483644-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2220483644-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2220483644-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2220483644-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2220483644-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents surround federal and Border Patrol agents as they plan their exit after an immigration raid on Atlantic Boulevard in Bell, California, on June 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First Washington, D.C., then an escalation with Oregon and Illinois:\u003c/strong> Trump argued that he needed troops in D.C. to combat crime — a rationale that shifted as he began sending forces to Portland and Chicago. He has claimed the troops are needed to protect immigration facilities and agents from protesters, though he often conflates crime and immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deployments have turned into a partisan showdown between blue states and red states, now playing out in multiple courts. California joined Oregon’s lawsuit after Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058677/newsom-says-trump-is-sending-300-california-national-guard-members-to-oregon\">tried to send California Guard members to Portland\u003c/a>, successfully securing a temporary order \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058715/trumps-order-to-deploy-california-national-guard-to-oregon-sparks-legal-showdown\">blocking that deployment\u003c/a>. Chicago and Illinois were not successful. Both cases are moving through appeals court.[aside postID=news_12058715 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/AP25278748416734-scaled.jpg']Both cases are moving through appeals courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans and Democrats are telling starkly different stories and military experts are concerned. The Trump administration insists the deployments are about public safety and the rule of law. On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said ICE facilities in Portland had been “under siege by these anarchists” for months and accused protesters of inciting violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta, see Trump’s moves as a precursor to potentially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058799/trumps-national-guard-moves-are-part-of-a-dangerous-plan-california-ag-warns\">more frightening uses of the military\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump does think that the military is his personal police force and his personal army. And he wants that force behind his policy decisions,” Bonta said. “He wants to weaponize the military against blue states and blue cities…. he’s also, I think, socializing the idea of the military in American cities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and other Democrats have warned that Trump may use the troops to intimidate voters in blue states and to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/proposition-50-election-newsom-trump-21088506.php\">suppress the vote\u003c/a> in November’s special election and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, though, said that the U.S. “is a nation that will never accept military rule.” And some former military leaders are speaking out. Retired Gen. Randy Manner, who will join Political Breakdown on Thursday, has warned that the president’s actions risk driving a wedge between the armed forces and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Both cases are moving through appeals courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans and Democrats are telling starkly different stories and military experts are concerned. The Trump administration insists the deployments are about public safety and the rule of law. On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said ICE facilities in Portland had been “under siege by these anarchists” for months and accused protesters of inciting violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta, see Trump’s moves as a precursor to potentially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058799/trumps-national-guard-moves-are-part-of-a-dangerous-plan-california-ag-warns\">more frightening uses of the military\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump does think that the military is his personal police force and his personal army. And he wants that force behind his policy decisions,” Bonta said. “He wants to weaponize the military against blue states and blue cities…. he’s also, I think, socializing the idea of the military in American cities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and other Democrats have warned that Trump may use the troops to intimidate voters in blue states and to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/proposition-50-election-newsom-trump-21088506.php\">suppress the vote\u003c/a> in November’s special election and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, though, said that the U.S. “is a nation that will never accept military rule.” And some former military leaders are speaking out. Retired Gen. Randy Manner, who will join Political Breakdown on Thursday, has warned that the president’s actions risk driving a wedge between the armed forces and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> labor unions, advocacy groups and elected officials on Wednesday called for a boycott of Airbnb over the short-term rental company’s legal battle seeking a massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041773/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-plans-to-cut-1400-jobs-in-city-budget-proposal\">business tax refund\u003c/a> from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boycott campaign is the latest escalation in an effort to get Airbnb to drop the lawsuit it filed late last year, which aims to claw back $120 million that the company alleges it overpaid in business taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized labor representatives and some Democrats have blamed the lawsuit, along with similar litigation from other major San Francisco tech companies, for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042690/sf-labor-unions-community-groups-decry-budget-cuts-at-city-hall\">compounding a budget crunch\u003c/a> that saw some of the city’s most significant spending cuts in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When a city that has given them so much now is facing a budget deficit of $800 million in the next two fiscal years, what did Airbnb do? 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We need to safeguard those food security programs that many of our families desperately need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.boycott-airbnb.org/home#why\">Organizers are asking residents\u003c/a> and visitors not to book rentals through Airbnb and, if they run a rental property, to remove it from the website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speakers at Wednesday’s boycott announcement also took the opportunity to call out Airbnb for past misdeeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company and other short-term rental platforms have come under intense criticism for contributing to the housing affordability crisis and operating on the fringes of regulation in many cities. Following complaints from residents and others, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11734283/a-\">began regulating short-term rentals\u003c/a> in 2015.[aside postID=news_12057448 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250519-AffordableHousingFile-24-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']“Ten and 15 years ago, there were a lot of companies that were coming in — technology companies that were disrupting marketplaces — and many of them were pursuing a business model of ‘ask forgiveness, not permission,’” Supervisor Matt Dorsey said Wednesday. “The worst offender was Airbnb.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, the Housing Rights Committee’s director of policy and campaigns, said she also remembered Airbnb’s early impact on the city’s housing market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I over and over saw apartment after apartment evicted — long-term tenants in every neighborhood of this city whose landlords kicked them out because they could, then Airbnb’d the properties,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers said they’re also boycotting the company due to Airbnb cofounder and board member Joe Gebbia’s ties to the Trump administration. Gebbia announced in February that he had joined the DOGE team led by Elon Musk that advocated for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038026/san-francisco-santa-clara-counties-sue-trump-over-mass-doge-led-firings\">mass firings of federal employees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airbnb said Gebbia left his operating role at the company in 2022, but he remains on the company’s board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059163\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/AirbnbSFKQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/AirbnbSFKQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/AirbnbSFKQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/AirbnbSFKQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Activists, unions, advocacy groups and officials — including San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey — rallied on Oct. 8, 2025, calling for a boycott of Airbnb over its ties to President Donald Trump’s anti-worker agenda, local business tax avoidance and its role in the housing crisis. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Airbnb declined to comment on its ongoing litigation against San Francisco, but in a statement, the company said it pays its taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 2024, the company contributed more than $3.8 billion in total tax revenue to the state alone,” Airbnb wrote. “We will continue to work closely with local leaders to work towards the post-pandemic revitalization of the city we call home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the company’s lawsuit, the tax error stems from city officials misclassifying the type of business Airbnb is. 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This case is no different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for Airbnb and San Francisco met this week to discuss a possible trial schedule, with the trial currently set to begin in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airbnb pointed out that they’re also not the only company suing to get back what they say were overpaid taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microsoft, Lyft and others filed similar lawsuits in the last year, saying San Francisco’s complicated tax laws resulted in incorrectly calculated business taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last November, San Francisco politicians and business leaders successfully pushed for the passage of Proposition M, which reworked and in some cases simplified the city’s tax codes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups, including the Service Employees International Union Local 1021, say those changes benefitted major companies like Airbnb and Google, making the ongoing effort to recover some tax dollars more egregious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Airbnb is a guest and they must operate accordingly. 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"content": "\u003cp>The videos have become almost routine: men in dark clothing and vests, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044570/california-bill-would-prohibit-ice-officers-from-wearing-masks-in-the-state\">often wearing masks\u003c/a>, wrestling people to the ground and whisking them away in unmarked vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could look like a kidnapping or a scene from a movie, but they are American immigration officers, and some of the people being swept up are U.S. citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s happening in the United States of America. Masked men jumping out of unmarked cars, people disappearing, no due process, no oversight, zero accountability,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC71635to-I\">said recently on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re losing confidence and trust in law enforcement,” he said, citing incidents where federal officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/immigration-agents-los-angeles-detention-damages-claim\">pointed guns\u003c/a> at a teenager. “We had a 15-year-old disabled kid in Los Angeles who was waiting for his sister to come out of high school and they pulled out guns on this kid. They pulled out guns and handcuffed this young child.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the scenes, Newsom signed a bill last month barring local and federal law enforcement from wearing masks while on duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046313\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer granted an emergency temporary restraining order to stop President Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard, on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new law quickly drew fire from federal officials. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli instructed federal officers to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1971625330722119843\">disregard\u003c/a> what he called a dangerous and unconstitutional law. In a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEbtGwPLi6E\">interview\u003c/a> on KCRA, Essayli accused California officials of passing the law because they “don’t want our immigration laws being enforced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So they’re dehumanizing, and they’re delegitimizing the federal government. They call ICE agents kidnappers. They’re saying they’re making people disappear,” he said. “People are being arrested in compliance with federal law and the Constitution. … And all they’re doing with this bill and this rhetoric is putting the lives of our agents in danger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California’s latest immigration battle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The masking bill is the latest skirmish in an ongoing battle between California and the Trump administration over how federal law enforcement agencies operate in the state — a fight likely headed to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s already a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">pending federal lawsuit\u003c/a> over President Donald Trump’s decision to seize control of the California National Guard earlier this summer and deploy guard troops and U.S. Marines to assist in immigration raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12058608 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2237687579-scaled-e1759877176351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents confront protesters outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Sept. 28, 2025, in Portland, Oregon. In a Truth Social post on Sept. 27, President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of military troops to “protect war-ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” \u003ccite>(Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last weekend, California also joined a lawsuit in Oregon challenging the president’s move to send National Guard troops into Portland. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031821/legal-showdown-over-sanctuary-laws-tests-federal-vs-state-power-again\">legal battles over the state’s sanctuary laws\u003c/a>, which prohibit state and local police from assisting in immigration enforcement, date back to Trump’s first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essayli and other federal prosecutors have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-23/protester-charges-essayli\">aggressively pursued criminal charges\u003c/a> against people who come into contact with federal officers, though many cases have been dismissed or reduced after grand juries \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/trump-dc-national-guard-grand-juries-crime.html\">declined to hand down indictments\u003c/a>. In some cases, evidence \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/28/doj-la-protesters-false-claims\">contradicted\u003c/a> Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Department of Homeland Security agents’ claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the aggressive tactics and lack of identification by immigration officers raise questions about both the rights of Americans and the accountability of federal law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000985 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, wrote the No Secret Police Act (SB 627), barring law enforcement from wearing masks. \u003ccite>(Michelle Gachet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, wrote the bill barring law enforcement from wearing masks. He said ICE’s “authoritarian tactics” are creating a combustible situation that makes law enforcement less safe by eroding trust with the public and opening the door to people \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/25/ice-agent-impersonate-kidnapping-florida-woman/83271541007/\">impersonating law enforcement\u003c/a>. It also makes it nearly impossible for Americans to know whether the people detaining them are actually law enforcement, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of San José also passed a policy last week aimed at forcing federal immigration agents to unmask and identify themselves when they are working in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This entire ICE operation, essentially secret police, is terrifying and scary. Having ICE agents, and lord knows who else, vigilantes, bounty hunters, having them patrolling, roving around neighborhoods and grabbing people out of bus stops, out of their front yards, out their workplaces — it’s absolutely terrifying,” Wiener said. “You can’t even see the face of the person you’re dealing with. You don’t know who you’re interacting with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘I’m a citizen. I am not doing anything wrong’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. citizens, including George Retes, are among those being caught up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and security guard, was arrested in July during a raid on the Ventura County cannabis farm where he works as a security guard. He was held for three days before being released without charges. After he wrote an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/ice-racial-profiling-21045429.php\">op-ed\u003c/a> about his experience, DHS accused him of assault on the social media platform \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1968378912326697368\">X\u003c/a>. No charges have been filed, according to his lawyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retes said he tried to comply with orders as he approached the farm in his vehicle, but federal agents gave him contradictory commands before using tear gas, smashing his car window, pepper-spraying his face, pulling him out of the car and pinning him to the ground with their knees. He was transferred to a Los Angeles County facility and released without explanation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059042\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty-1536x1004.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents block a field and road during an ICE raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Retes has filed a claim alleging unconstitutional detention — the precursor to a lawsuit — but his lawyers have been unable to identify the officers involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just trying to get to work. I’m a citizen. I am not doing anything wrong,” he said. “I thought everything was going to be OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retes missed his daughter’s third birthday during his detention, and was suspended from work for three weeks until he could prove he wasn’t charged with a crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Institute for Justice attorney Anya Bidwell, who represents Retes, alleged that his arrest and detention — and the threat of assault charges now being leveled at him — illustrate how ICE officers are comfortable acting with impunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047761\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/AP25192084195592-scaled-e1759878934178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator stands in front of a military vehicle approaching a federal immigration agents raid in the agriculture area of Camarillo, California, on July 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Michael Owen Baker/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bidwell said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-287/section-287.8#p-287.8%28c%29\">federal regulations\u003c/a> already require immigration officers to identify themselves when making arrests — a point noted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-kaine-push-ice-to-require-agents-identify-themselves-limit-use-of-masks-and-face-coverings-during-enforcement-operations\">a letter earlier this year\u003c/a> from Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, who demanded ICE agents unmask and identify themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This administration is kind of just exploiting the cracks that we have in the system,” Bidwell said. “Federal officials have such a high degree of immunity that they essentially don’t even care if they break the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not following their own regulations,” she added. “But again, it doesn’t matter that they’re not following their own regulations, at least in their mind, because like, go ahead, sue me. What are you going to do?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local police caught in the middle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By contrast, local and state police in California are legally required to identify themselves in most cases, said Brian Marvel, president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, or PORAC. The group represents 87,000 rank-and-file police officers in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to have either a badge or a name or identification indicating that you’re a peace officer in the state of California,” Marvel said, adding that after someone is arrested,” their name, their ID number and the agency they work for will be all available to that individual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person is detained as clashes break out after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers attempted to raid a store in Bell, just south of Los Angeles, on June 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>PORAC opposed the masking bill, arguing that it unfairly entangles local police in a broader political fight that’s really about federal authorities. Marvel said no California agency uses masks to conceal identity, but the law could expose officers to lawsuits even if they cover their faces for legitimate reasons, like cold weather or to protect their health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal officials have made clear they will not comply. Before Newsom signed the bill, Department of Homeland Security officials called on the governor to veto it. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/16/dhs-calls-governor-newsom-veto-californias-no-secret-police-act\">a statement\u003c/a>, DHS insisted federal agents do identify themselves but wear masks to prevent doxing and retaliation from “highly sophisticated gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13, criminal rings, murderers, and rapists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin went on to blame Wiener for violence against ICE agents, saying that his legislation “and rhetoric comparing them to ‘secret police’ — likening them to the Gestapo — is despicable.”[aside postID=news_12058586 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/IMG_1173-2000x1500.jpg']Wiener, who has himself been frequently targeted and doxed, said McLaughlin’s comments are meant to silence critics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of us want anyone to be doxed,” he said. “Being a law enforcement officer has certain risks. Just like being an elected official has certain risks … Anyone who says, ‘I can only be a law enforcement officer on patrol if I wear a ski mask,’ I think that person needs to do some introspection and decide if law enforcement is really the right calling for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Wiener and others acknowledged that the public runs the risk of criminal charges if they don’t comply with a federal agent. Marvel, from PORAC, recommended compliance even if an agent refuses to show identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here in America, the likelihood of that actually being a legitimate kidnapping is pretty slight. So I would assume that they are legitimate law enforcement officers,” he said. “Compliance is the best route because it’s less likely to escalate a situation, less likely to turn into a violent altercation or an officer-involved shooting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky said police have a clear obligation to identify themselves when arresting someone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If law enforcement personnel take somebody and arrest them, law enforcement personnel need to let them know that they have been arrested,” he said. “It’s the only way for somebody to know that they haven’t been kidnapped. And so when ICE agents in masks without identification are taking people into custody, that shouldn’t be deemed a lawful arrest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chemerinsky acknowledged the only recourse is a lawsuit or asking a judge to dismiss charges. Neither, he said, is a sure bet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The videos have become almost routine: men in dark clothing and vests, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044570/california-bill-would-prohibit-ice-officers-from-wearing-masks-in-the-state\">often wearing masks\u003c/a>, wrestling people to the ground and whisking them away in unmarked vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could look like a kidnapping or a scene from a movie, but they are American immigration officers, and some of the people being swept up are U.S. citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s happening in the United States of America. Masked men jumping out of unmarked cars, people disappearing, no due process, no oversight, zero accountability,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC71635to-I\">said recently on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re losing confidence and trust in law enforcement,” he said, citing incidents where federal officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/immigration-agents-los-angeles-detention-damages-claim\">pointed guns\u003c/a> at a teenager. “We had a 15-year-old disabled kid in Los Angeles who was waiting for his sister to come out of high school and they pulled out guns on this kid. They pulled out guns and handcuffed this young child.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the scenes, Newsom signed a bill last month barring local and federal law enforcement from wearing masks while on duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046313\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer granted an emergency temporary restraining order to stop President Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard, on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new law quickly drew fire from federal officials. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli instructed federal officers to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1971625330722119843\">disregard\u003c/a> what he called a dangerous and unconstitutional law. In a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEbtGwPLi6E\">interview\u003c/a> on KCRA, Essayli accused California officials of passing the law because they “don’t want our immigration laws being enforced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So they’re dehumanizing, and they’re delegitimizing the federal government. They call ICE agents kidnappers. They’re saying they’re making people disappear,” he said. “People are being arrested in compliance with federal law and the Constitution. … And all they’re doing with this bill and this rhetoric is putting the lives of our agents in danger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California’s latest immigration battle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The masking bill is the latest skirmish in an ongoing battle between California and the Trump administration over how federal law enforcement agencies operate in the state — a fight likely headed to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s already a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">pending federal lawsuit\u003c/a> over President Donald Trump’s decision to seize control of the California National Guard earlier this summer and deploy guard troops and U.S. Marines to assist in immigration raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12058608 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2237687579-scaled-e1759877176351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents confront protesters outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Sept. 28, 2025, in Portland, Oregon. In a Truth Social post on Sept. 27, President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of military troops to “protect war-ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” \u003ccite>(Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last weekend, California also joined a lawsuit in Oregon challenging the president’s move to send National Guard troops into Portland. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031821/legal-showdown-over-sanctuary-laws-tests-federal-vs-state-power-again\">legal battles over the state’s sanctuary laws\u003c/a>, which prohibit state and local police from assisting in immigration enforcement, date back to Trump’s first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essayli and other federal prosecutors have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-23/protester-charges-essayli\">aggressively pursued criminal charges\u003c/a> against people who come into contact with federal officers, though many cases have been dismissed or reduced after grand juries \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/trump-dc-national-guard-grand-juries-crime.html\">declined to hand down indictments\u003c/a>. In some cases, evidence \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/28/doj-la-protesters-false-claims\">contradicted\u003c/a> Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Department of Homeland Security agents’ claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the aggressive tactics and lack of identification by immigration officers raise questions about both the rights of Americans and the accountability of federal law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000985 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Scott_Wiener_20111118_1473_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, wrote the No Secret Police Act (SB 627), barring law enforcement from wearing masks. \u003ccite>(Michelle Gachet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, wrote the bill barring law enforcement from wearing masks. He said ICE’s “authoritarian tactics” are creating a combustible situation that makes law enforcement less safe by eroding trust with the public and opening the door to people \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/25/ice-agent-impersonate-kidnapping-florida-woman/83271541007/\">impersonating law enforcement\u003c/a>. It also makes it nearly impossible for Americans to know whether the people detaining them are actually law enforcement, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of San José also passed a policy last week aimed at forcing federal immigration agents to unmask and identify themselves when they are working in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This entire ICE operation, essentially secret police, is terrifying and scary. Having ICE agents, and lord knows who else, vigilantes, bounty hunters, having them patrolling, roving around neighborhoods and grabbing people out of bus stops, out of their front yards, out their workplaces — it’s absolutely terrifying,” Wiener said. “You can’t even see the face of the person you’re dealing with. You don’t know who you’re interacting with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘I’m a citizen. I am not doing anything wrong’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. citizens, including George Retes, are among those being caught up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and security guard, was arrested in July during a raid on the Ventura County cannabis farm where he works as a security guard. He was held for three days before being released without charges. After he wrote an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/ice-racial-profiling-21045429.php\">op-ed\u003c/a> about his experience, DHS accused him of assault on the social media platform \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1968378912326697368\">X\u003c/a>. No charges have been filed, according to his lawyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retes said he tried to comply with orders as he approached the farm in his vehicle, but federal agents gave him contradictory commands before using tear gas, smashing his car window, pepper-spraying his face, pulling him out of the car and pinning him to the ground with their knees. He was transferred to a Los Angeles County facility and released without explanation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059042\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/CamarilloCannabisFarmICEGetty-1536x1004.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents block a field and road during an ICE raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Retes has filed a claim alleging unconstitutional detention — the precursor to a lawsuit — but his lawyers have been unable to identify the officers involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just trying to get to work. I’m a citizen. I am not doing anything wrong,” he said. “I thought everything was going to be OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retes missed his daughter’s third birthday during his detention, and was suspended from work for three weeks until he could prove he wasn’t charged with a crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Institute for Justice attorney Anya Bidwell, who represents Retes, alleged that his arrest and detention — and the threat of assault charges now being leveled at him — illustrate how ICE officers are comfortable acting with impunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047761\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/AP25192084195592-scaled-e1759878934178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator stands in front of a military vehicle approaching a federal immigration agents raid in the agriculture area of Camarillo, California, on July 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Michael Owen Baker/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bidwell said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-287/section-287.8#p-287.8%28c%29\">federal regulations\u003c/a> already require immigration officers to identify themselves when making arrests — a point noted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-kaine-push-ice-to-require-agents-identify-themselves-limit-use-of-masks-and-face-coverings-during-enforcement-operations\">a letter earlier this year\u003c/a> from Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, who demanded ICE agents unmask and identify themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This administration is kind of just exploiting the cracks that we have in the system,” Bidwell said. “Federal officials have such a high degree of immunity that they essentially don’t even care if they break the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not following their own regulations,” she added. “But again, it doesn’t matter that they’re not following their own regulations, at least in their mind, because like, go ahead, sue me. What are you going to do?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local police caught in the middle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By contrast, local and state police in California are legally required to identify themselves in most cases, said Brian Marvel, president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California, or PORAC. The group represents 87,000 rank-and-file police officers in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to have either a badge or a name or identification indicating that you’re a peace officer in the state of California,” Marvel said, adding that after someone is arrested,” their name, their ID number and the agency they work for will be all available to that individual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/ICECMGETTY-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person is detained as clashes break out after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers attempted to raid a store in Bell, just south of Los Angeles, on June 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>PORAC opposed the masking bill, arguing that it unfairly entangles local police in a broader political fight that’s really about federal authorities. Marvel said no California agency uses masks to conceal identity, but the law could expose officers to lawsuits even if they cover their faces for legitimate reasons, like cold weather or to protect their health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal officials have made clear they will not comply. Before Newsom signed the bill, Department of Homeland Security officials called on the governor to veto it. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/16/dhs-calls-governor-newsom-veto-californias-no-secret-police-act\">a statement\u003c/a>, DHS insisted federal agents do identify themselves but wear masks to prevent doxing and retaliation from “highly sophisticated gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13, criminal rings, murderers, and rapists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin went on to blame Wiener for violence against ICE agents, saying that his legislation “and rhetoric comparing them to ‘secret police’ — likening them to the Gestapo — is despicable.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A fall-themed Snoopy jazz playlist hums throughout the art studio, rising just above the soft scratching of brushes on canvas. One person uses purple paint to carefully outline Squidward, his fourth SpongeBob-themed painting. Another artist prefers to paint airplanes, having previously worked at the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ron Ansley’s specialty is abstract paintings, often inspired by Tiggy, his cat who passed away. Today, he’s using oil pastels to outline an illustration of plates and cups sprouting cactuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Making art is what I call a relaxation stress breaker,” Ansley said. “Mostly, I just like to express myself in painting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ansley, 64, has autism and several physical disabilities, including deep vein thrombosis and cataracts. Since 2019, he’s been attending art classes three days a week at The Arc \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. As the local chapter of the national Arc organization, the nonprofit serves about 800 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a>. In addition to art, music and cooking classes, The Arc helps clients find jobs, pursue higher education and navigate their health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, programs like these are at risk nationwide. When President Donald Trump signed into law his sweeping policy bill, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill, it included roughly $1 trillion in federal Medicaid cuts over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronald Albert Ansley, a student in ArtReach, shows his painting of glass vases in the art studio at the Arc in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California, is best known for helping low-income people access health care, but it also funds services for people with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House website claims Trump’s megabill \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/myth-vs-fact-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/\">won’t impact Americans with disabilities\u003c/a>: “Rest assured, those with disabilities receiving Medicaid will receive no loss or change in coverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Policy experts, however, say that while nothing in the bill specifically targets disability services, they’re unlikely to be left unscathed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because people with disabilities are more likely to depend on Medi-Cal compared to the general population, we would argue that any cuts to this funding would disproportionately harm folks with a disability,” said Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto, a senior policy analyst at the California Budget and Policy Center. “They’re essentially destabilizing a whole program and system that supports these communities.”[aside postID=news_12058418 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00613_TV-KQED.jpg']The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) estimates the state could \u003ca href=\"https://ahea.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2025-08/dhcs-slide-presentation.pdf\">lose $30 billion a year\u003c/a> in federal MediCal funding for the next decade. It falls to state legislators to close that gap when they take on next year’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos-Yamamoto expects the state will drain money from a benefit known as home- and community-based care, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/dataandstats/dashboards/Pages/LTSS-Dashboard.aspx\">serves more than 900,000 Californians\u003c/a>, according to 2022 data from DHCS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Home- and community-based services are programs like those provided by The Arc, which allow people to live and work in their homes and communities rather than in institutions like nursing homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During tough budget years, these home- and community-based services are at risk because they’re optional services and when budgets are tight, those are often times on the chopping block,” Ramos-Yamamoto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law requires states to provide certain benefits, like nursing home services, to receive matching Medicaid dollars. Other benefits, like home- and community-based services, are considered optional. That means states can make changes to them — limiting enrollment, reducing benefits or cutting them entirely — when they face budgetary emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During the Great Recession, just about every state in the country ended up cutting some of their home- and community-based services,” said William Dow, a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. “And these account for about half of the Medicaid optional service spending nationwide, and so they’re just ripe for cutting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057948\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wecley Borges, a student in ArtReach, paints in the art studio at the Arc in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In an email to KQED, the White House disputed that Medicaid changes will jeopardize home- and community-based services and pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicaid/health-provisions-in-the-2025-federal-budget-reconciliation-law/#2ca666ac-5d15-4454-8973-241566e22bb5\">provision in the bill\u003c/a> providing additional funding to expand access to this care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Ramos-Yamamoto said it’s unlikely states will spend limited resources to make new investments in these services while facing billions of dollars in cuts elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Despite there being some promising revisions related to this HCBS expansion … it is really insignificant compared to the amount that Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are cutting from Medicaid overall,” Ramos-Yamamoto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kristen Pedersen, executive director of The Arc San Francisco, said even before these changes to Medicaid, disability services were underfunded. 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He receives care from direct support professionals who take him to the grocery store and help him with his laundry, budgeting and medications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Ansley, the thought of losing his independent living services is terrifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m an independent man. I just have to stay independent,” Ansley said. “I don’t want to end up in no nursing home. If I end up in a nursing home, I’m a nobody. I am just a number.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ansley also relies on a health advocate named Arlo Beckman, who takes him to doctor’s appointments and coordinates his health care services like insurance renewal. Beckman said that although home- and community-based care is deemed optional, it’s vital to people’s quality of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057950\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students Ruth Defoe, left, and Douglas Morales, right, work on art in the art studio at the Arc in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In this world, we all consider in-home supportive services to be critical to our participants’ lives and their well-being,” Beckman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of The Arc’s clients rely on this support to hold jobs, volunteer in their communities and go to school. Any reductions in funding could mean less staff available for individualized services and even longer waitlists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find that the clients that are more homebound are sad, more frequently struggle with mental health issues,” Beckman said. “I think we’re at a point where we understand how significantly being social and getting outside and just moving in general impacts both physical and mental health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the changes to Medicaid don’t go into effect until after the 2026 midterm elections, but advocates are already pushing state leaders to uphold obligations as laid out in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dds.ca.gov/transparency/laws-regulations/lanterman-act-and-related-laws/\">Lanterman Act\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drawers with art students’ names taped in ArtReach Studios at the Arc in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The landmark law, passed in California in 1969, ensures people with developmental disabilities have the support to live full and inclusive lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just want to make sure that the balancing of the budget isn’t done on the backs of people with disabilities,” Pedersen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To offset the impending damage of federal cuts, some health care advocates have proposed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article311855234.html\">ballot measure to raise taxes on the ultra-rich\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County has already put the question before voters, placing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058418/santa-clara-county-sales-tax-measure-a-pitched-to-offset-deep-medicaid-cuts-measure-a\">sales tax measure on a November special election ballot\u003c/a> to support the county’s health care system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronald Albert Ansley poses for a portrait at the Arc in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pedersen said her organization is also approaching 2026 gubernatorial candidates, asking them to make a campaign pledge to prioritize disability services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t really have someone right now who’s taking up that mantle,” Pedersen said. “That’s something we’re really working on at The Arc California level and just educating our new legislators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, as they wait for state lawmakers to unveil their budget plan, the disability community has to sit with uncertainty and the fear of what’s to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like you have to choose: medicine or food. Medicine or art supplies. Medicine or laundry money. Medicine or bus rides. Medicine or paying your bills,” Ansley said. “It’s the worst thing that is going to ruin people’s physical health and their mental health. I don’t like it at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ansley, 64, has autism and several physical disabilities, including deep vein thrombosis and cataracts. Since 2019, he’s been attending art classes three days a week at The Arc \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. As the local chapter of the national Arc organization, the nonprofit serves about 800 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a>. In addition to art, music and cooking classes, The Arc helps clients find jobs, pursue higher education and navigate their health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, programs like these are at risk nationwide. When President Donald Trump signed into law his sweeping policy bill, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill, it included roughly $1 trillion in federal Medicaid cuts over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronald Albert Ansley, a student in ArtReach, shows his painting of glass vases in the art studio at the Arc in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California, is best known for helping low-income people access health care, but it also funds services for people with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House website claims Trump’s megabill \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/myth-vs-fact-the-one-big-beautiful-bill/\">won’t impact Americans with disabilities\u003c/a>: “Rest assured, those with disabilities receiving Medicaid will receive no loss or change in coverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Policy experts, however, say that while nothing in the bill specifically targets disability services, they’re unlikely to be left unscathed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because people with disabilities are more likely to depend on Medi-Cal compared to the general population, we would argue that any cuts to this funding would disproportionately harm folks with a disability,” said Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto, a senior policy analyst at the California Budget and Policy Center. “They’re essentially destabilizing a whole program and system that supports these communities.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) estimates the state could \u003ca href=\"https://ahea.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2025-08/dhcs-slide-presentation.pdf\">lose $30 billion a year\u003c/a> in federal MediCal funding for the next decade. It falls to state legislators to close that gap when they take on next year’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos-Yamamoto expects the state will drain money from a benefit known as home- and community-based care, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/dataandstats/dashboards/Pages/LTSS-Dashboard.aspx\">serves more than 900,000 Californians\u003c/a>, according to 2022 data from DHCS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Home- and community-based services are programs like those provided by The Arc, which allow people to live and work in their homes and communities rather than in institutions like nursing homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During tough budget years, these home- and community-based services are at risk because they’re optional services and when budgets are tight, those are often times on the chopping block,” Ramos-Yamamoto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law requires states to provide certain benefits, like nursing home services, to receive matching Medicaid dollars. Other benefits, like home- and community-based services, are considered optional. That means states can make changes to them — limiting enrollment, reducing benefits or cutting them entirely — when they face budgetary emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During the Great Recession, just about every state in the country ended up cutting some of their home- and community-based services,” said William Dow, a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. “And these account for about half of the Medicaid optional service spending nationwide, and so they’re just ripe for cutting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057948\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057948\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250923_MEDICAIDDISABILITY_GC-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wecley Borges, a student in ArtReach, paints in the art studio at the Arc in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In an email to KQED, the White House disputed that Medicaid changes will jeopardize home- and community-based services and pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicaid/health-provisions-in-the-2025-federal-budget-reconciliation-law/#2ca666ac-5d15-4454-8973-241566e22bb5\">provision in the bill\u003c/a> providing additional funding to expand access to this care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Ramos-Yamamoto said it’s unlikely states will spend limited resources to make new investments in these services while facing billions of dollars in cuts elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Despite there being some promising revisions related to this HCBS expansion … it is really insignificant compared to the amount that Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are cutting from Medicaid overall,” Ramos-Yamamoto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kristen Pedersen, executive director of The Arc San Francisco, said even before these changes to Medicaid, disability services were underfunded. Most of The Arc’s programs have a 12-month waitlist with over 125 people waiting.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“What’s really concerning for us is… knowing that funding is going to be sparse for a system that’s already pretty anemic as it is,” Pedersen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pederson is most worried about their clients with complex needs, like Ansley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think those folks are very much at risk of ending up in institutional settings,” she said. “As the funding depletes and you aren’t able to pay direct service workers for very skilled work that they do to support these individuals, I think that options are going to really decrease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to attending art classes, Ansley lives at The Arc’s affordable housing project in San Francisco. 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