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It’s a humanitarian issue. It’s a moral disgrace,” she added. “And we have to do something, and we must do it quickly, at least begin to turn this around quickly. It’s going to take a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee also spoke of reducing evictions and “preventing people from ending up on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m looking at how we can establish a revolving fund for first and last month’s rent for people who are living on the edge who may need to have their city help them,” she said. “They would pay it back when they got on their feet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear, though, where that money will come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee will soon be engulfed in tough budget decisions, as the city’s leaders scramble to close the current shortfall while simultaneously \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038739/oakland-budget-keeps-fire-stations-closed-police-cuts-in-place-despite-new-sales-tax\">trying to piece together\u003c/a> a new budget that aims to eliminate a projected $265 million deficit over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It depends on the members of the City Council,” Lee said of that process. “I’m working with all of them, and we have to have consensus on what we would want to do. 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Because the best predictor of people becoming sheltered is financial assistance,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986458\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tents line a city street.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A large tent encampment in West Oakland in 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun CoÅkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The homelessness situation in the city is “an issue of safety. It’s a humanitarian issue. It’s a moral disgrace,” she added. “And we have to do something, and we must do it quickly, at least begin to turn this around quickly. It’s going to take a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee also spoke of reducing evictions and “preventing people from ending up on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m looking at how we can establish a revolving fund for first and last month’s rent for people who are living on the edge who may need to have their city help them,” she said. “They would pay it back when they got on their feet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear, though, where that money will come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee will soon be engulfed in tough budget decisions, as the city’s leaders scramble to close the current shortfall while simultaneously \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038739/oakland-budget-keeps-fire-stations-closed-police-cuts-in-place-despite-new-sales-tax\">trying to piece together\u003c/a> a new budget that aims to eliminate a projected $265 million deficit over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It depends on the members of the City Council,” Lee said of that process. “I’m working with all of them, and we have to have consensus on what we would want to do. And so, at this point, we’re analyzing the full budget to make those determinations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her campaign, which focused on a message of unity at a time of bitter political division in the city, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031370/oakland-voters-want-to-know-how-next-mayor-would-fix-citys-finances\">Lee emphasized her congressional track record\u003c/a> of bringing federal funding to Oakland, while also pledging to use her political connections to generate more investment for the city through public-private partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following a failed 2024 U.S. Senate bid, Lee\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020556/barbara-lee-launches-campaign-for-oakland-mayor-after-contentious-recall\"> threw her hat in the ring\u003c/a> for mayor in January, just weeks after ending her storied stint as one of the most consistently progressive voices in Congress.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backed by most of the City Council, the interim mayor and labor unions, Lee was considered the heavy favorite. But the race turned into an unexpectedly tight contest between her and former Councilmember Loren Taylor, who challenged Lee’s progressive approach to governance and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036611/oakland-mayoral-election-live-results\">gained support\u003c/a> from voters in the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036921/lee-takes-the-flats-taylor-wins-the-hills-but-labor-unions-deliver-the-city\">whiter and more affluent hillside communities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, stepping into her partial first term as mayor, Lee has less than two years to tackle the prodigious set of goals she campaigned on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, she knew what she signed up for. And so far, it looks like she is putting in place a transition team and a staff that is going to be able to address those big, complex, thorny problems that have plagued Oakland for quite some time,” said Justin Berton, who was former Mayor Libby Schaaf’s communications director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every mayor in the city’s modern history has formed a transition team, Berton added, with the notable exception of Thao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of her incoming staff worked with the [previous] administration to create that transition. So when her administration started, she literally just showed up on day one and started hiring the staff and started learning on the fly what the job entailed,” he said. “I think that followed her throughout her two years in office. People didn’t feel confident that her and her team were prepared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:35 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s fiscal outlook has taken a turn for the worse, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> said as he unveiled an updated 2025–26 state budget plan on Wednesday with a projected $11.9 billion shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor said President Donald Trump’s tariffs and market volatility, combined with rising state health care costs, have derailed what appeared to be a relatively \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020389/newsom-projects-slight-budget-surplus-with-focus-on-saving-accountability\">healthy budget\u003c/a> just a few months ago. In response, he is proposing cuts that include scaling back the state’s offer of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031544/providing-health-care-for-immigrants-is-costing-california-more-than-expected-is-coverage-at-risk\">health insurance\u003c/a> to low-income undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he pledged to continue pushing back against the president’s agenda in court. California has already filed more than a dozen lawsuits against this Trump administration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036199/trumps-tariffs-could-wreck-californias-economy-the-state-is-suing\">including one last month targeting the tariffs.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is under assault,” Newsom said, arguing that the uncertainty caused by the tariffs, in particular, has made it difficult to plan ahead. “The impacts of these tariffs … are being felt disproportionately in the fourth-largest economy in the world that has so much goods, volume and trade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s proposal kicks off a month of high-stakes negotiations with leaders of the state Legislature, which must pass a budget plan by June 15. In a statement, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas echoed the governor’s blame of Trump for revenue shortfalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Assembly will thoroughly review the Governor’s May budget revision during public hearings, and we will continue to stand up to the chaotic actions of Trump and his Republican allies,” Rivas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11753593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11753593\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS5067_NurseChecksBloodPressure-e1747249186287.jpg\" alt=\"As part of a budget deal, low-income adults between the ages of 19 and 25 living in California illegally could become eligible for California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under the governor’s plan, Medi-Cal will stop enrolling new undocumented immigrants starting Jan. 1. Those already covered can keep their benefits, but adults over 18 will face a $100 monthly premium beginning in 2027. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the governor’s plan, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for Californians with low incomes or disabilities, will stop enrolling new undocumented adults beginning on Jan. 1. Californians without legal status currently on the program will maintain coverage, but beginning in 2027, enrollees older than 18 will be charged a $100 monthly premium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe that people should have some skin in the game as it relates to contributions,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes will save the state an estimated $5.4 billion by 2028–29, but advocates for immigrants are already warning that they will result in hundreds of thousands of Californians losing health care coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are outraged,” said Joshua Stehlik, policy director for the California Immigrant Policy Center. “We feel like the governor is abandoning his legacy with this proposed rollback.”[aside postID=news_12039730 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“It feels like a particularly difficult moment to target vulnerable immigrants when they’re under such relentless attacks by the Trump administration,” Stehlik added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans in the state legislature said Newsom should have acted earlier to rein in healthcare spending on undocumented Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I urged the governor to immediately freeze his reckless Medi-Cal expansion for illegal immigrants a year and a half ago, before it buried our healthcare system and bankrupted the state,” said Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones in a statement. “Had he listened, we wouldn’t be in this crisis — breaking promises, scrambling for loans, and cutting services for legal Californians just to keep this broken program afloat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom blamed Trump’s increased tariffs for what he dubbed a “Trump Slump” in the stock market. California’s progressive tax system leaves the state’s revenue heavily reliant on high-income earners and especially vulnerable to dips in the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor said Trump’s protectionist policies have led to an estimated $16 billion decline in state revenues through the next fiscal year — $10 billion of it from losses in expected capital gains tax. And he cited declines in tourism and port activity as further evidence of how the president’s trade policy is hurting the Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034427\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled “Make America Wealthy Again” at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Trump has eased the tariffs he announced in early April, major stock indexes have recovered their losses, with the S&P 500 returning to positive territory for the year this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the April downturn, an extended surge in the stock market had filled California’s budget coffers. Newsom’s initial January spending plan projected a modest $363 million surplus and no spending cuts — although the governor proposed using $7.1 billion from the state’s rainy day reserve fund.[aside postID=science_1996769 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/DeltaGetty-1020x574.jpg']During a two-hour press conference announcing his spending plan, Newsom pinned responsibility for revenue declines on Trump’s trade agenda, but maintained he was “not blaming the president for the deficit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I certainly am attaching those revenue concerns directly to the activities of the administration, unquestionable,” Newsom said. “But not the totality of the deficit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the downturn in revenues, Newsom labeled the current deficit “pretty mild,” as it accounts for just 5.8% of the total $226 billion general fund budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the budget picture could get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans in Congress are considering a budget bill that cuts funding to programs such as Medicaid, which is paid for jointly by the federal government and states. Those cuts could require Newsom and legislative leaders to amend their spending plan later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re talking about significant revisions to the state budget in August,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget & Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201320740.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201320740.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201320740-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201320740-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201320740-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201320740-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201320740-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “Save Medicaid” sign is affixed to the podium for the House Democrats’ press event to oppose the Republicans’ budget on the House steps of the Capitol on Feb. 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc., via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One proposal in the current House spending plan would reduce federal Medicaid funding to states, such as California, that provide health coverage to undocumented immigrants. That change could cost California $27 billion between 2028 and 2034, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/house-republican-bill-would-cut-medicaid-funding-to-states-providing-own-health\">an estimate\u003c/a> from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As governor, Newsom has pushed the expansion of Medi-Cal to cover California residents regardless of legal status. He has championed the initiative as a way to save the state money in the long run, but the program’s full rollout has cost $2.7 billion more than his administration expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No state has done more than the state of California, no state will continue to do more than the state of California, by a long shot,” Newsom said about the undocumented health care program. “That’s a point of pride and it’s a point of privilege to be [a] governor that’s been part of that effort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the changes to undocumented health care, Newsom is proposing to close the shortfall by shifting more than $5 billion in from special funds, capping overtime for in-home supportive service workers and paying for $1.7 billion in state firefighting costs with revenue raised from polluters through the state’s cap-and-trade program — which he proposed extending through 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/tychehendricks\">Tyche Hendricks\u003c/a> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A group of at least 10 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/stanford-university\">Stanford\u003c/a> students and three staff members on Monday joined campus protesters across California in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038896/student-hunger-strikers-want-sf-states-divestment-deal-to-spread-across-csu-system\">a hunger strike\u003c/a>, pledging not to eat until the university agrees to divest from companies that they say are supporting Israel’s war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the strikers, Maryama Salam, said students have been pushed to use the “dangerous tactic” after more than a year of protesting hasn’t yielded any policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know what a hunger strike does to the body, and we have felt pressured after so much repression and lack of movement, or even listening from [the administration], to take such a drastic measure,” she told KQED. “We’re here because the people of Gaza have been starving, and we recognize our privilege as students in a very wealthy and elite institution, taking on this tactic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, the Stanford students sent a letter to campus administrators calling on the school to divest from companies that supply weapons and surveillance technology to Israel, including Chevron, big data analytics firm Palantir Technologies and military contractor Lockheed Martin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action comes days after students at four California State University schools began a unified hunger strike last week, later joined by activists at Cal State East Bay. They said they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians who are at increasing risk of starvation as \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/11/nx-s1-5389740/10-weeks-into-israels-aid-blockade-in-gaza-desperate-families-grind-lentils-for-flour\">Israel’s blockade on food and aid\u003c/a> entering Gaza stretches into its third month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023603\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/StanfordUniversity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/StanfordUniversity.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/StanfordUniversity-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/StanfordUniversity-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/StanfordUniversity-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/StanfordUniversity-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/StanfordUniversity-1920x1439.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoover Tower on the Stanford University campus on April 9, 2019. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re inspired by the CSU and we thought that what they were doing was super courageous … and saw this as a tactic we can take on as well,” Salam said. “We are talking to those organizers. 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Stanford did not respond to a request for comment by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford students held one of the longest-standing pro-Palestinian encampments last fall and winter, which stood on the school’s central White Plaza for more than 100 days before it was taken down for violating overnight camping restrictions.[aside postID=news_12034707 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg']A second encampment emerged in the spring as the protest movement swept more U.S. campuses, but it was removed again after students occupied the university president’s office in June, leading to 13 arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the fall, Stanford administrators tightened a campus ban on overnight camping, began requiring registration for large demonstrations and designated zones where protests can occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, 12 of the students arrested in June \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035346/santa-clara-da-charges-12-pro-palestinian-protesters-took-over-stanford-university-presidents-office\">were charged\u003c/a> with felony vandalism and conspiracy to trespass. (In March, the Santa Clara County district attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030271/stanford-journalist-can-finally-breathe-after-avoiding-charges-for-reporting-on-protest\">declined to charge a student journalist\u003c/a> who was also arrested while covering the demonstration.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strikers are demanding that the school repeal those protest limits and publicly oppose the charges brought by District Attorney Jeff Rosen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want the school to recommit to their free expression in support of students protesting,” Salam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She pointed to campus protests in 1969 and 1977 that led to the end of classified military research at the university and the adoption of an ethical investment policy related to apartheid South Africa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005204\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, on April 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This time around, Salam said students feel like the university’s stance toward the charges against students “chills and represses political expression and Stanford’s rich history of sit-ins.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students are also asking Stanford President Jonathan Levin to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/read-the-full-letter-from-universities-opposing-government-intrusion\">sign an open letter\u003c/a> released by the American Association of Colleges and Universities denouncing what it believes is government overreach by the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office, multiple international students studying in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5349472/students-protest-trump-free-speech-arrests-deportation-gaza\">have been detained \u003c/a>by immigration officials, and they believe their outspoken support for Gaza made them targets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321326/trump-administration-columbia-university-400-million-cancelled\">pulled back $400 million in federal funding\u003c/a> from Columbia University, one of 10 schools it said it is investigating for “failing to protect Jewish students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salam said that while Stanford has not yet faced such funding cuts, she and other student activists feel that the school is trying to appease the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve already chosen what side they’re on, and we’re demanding that they reconsider and join this coalition of schools denouncing what’s happening rather than complying preemptively,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez did release a statement in support of Harvard after it refused to make certain changes in the face of funding cuts, the \u003ca href=\"https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/levin-martinez-back-harvard-president/\">\u003cem>Stanford Daily\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning Monday, striking students and staff plan to gather each day from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. along with members of Stanford’s Muslim community and pro-Palestinian activist groups, who will be fasting in solidarity, according to Salam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want Stanford to come to the table,” she said. “We want them to uphold the values that they always claimed to have, which is a commitment to open inquiry, a commitment to ethical investment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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(In March, the Santa Clara County district attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030271/stanford-journalist-can-finally-breathe-after-avoiding-charges-for-reporting-on-protest\">declined to charge a student journalist\u003c/a> who was also arrested while covering the demonstration.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strikers are demanding that the school repeal those protest limits and publicly oppose the charges brought by District Attorney Jeff Rosen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want the school to recommit to their free expression in support of students protesting,” Salam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She pointed to campus protests in 1969 and 1977 that led to the end of classified military research at the university and the adoption of an ethical investment policy related to apartheid South Africa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005204\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, on April 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This time around, Salam said students feel like the university’s stance toward the charges against students “chills and represses political expression and Stanford’s rich history of sit-ins.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students are also asking Stanford President Jonathan Levin to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/read-the-full-letter-from-universities-opposing-government-intrusion\">sign an open letter\u003c/a> released by the American Association of Colleges and Universities denouncing what it believes is government overreach by the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office, multiple international students studying in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5349472/students-protest-trump-free-speech-arrests-deportation-gaza\">have been detained \u003c/a>by immigration officials, and they believe their outspoken support for Gaza made them targets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321326/trump-administration-columbia-university-400-million-cancelled\">pulled back $400 million in federal funding\u003c/a> from Columbia University, one of 10 schools it said it is investigating for “failing to protect Jewish students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salam said that while Stanford has not yet faced such funding cuts, she and other student activists feel that the school is trying to appease the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve already chosen what side they’re on, and we’re demanding that they reconsider and join this coalition of schools denouncing what’s happening rather than complying preemptively,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez did release a statement in support of Harvard after it refused to make certain changes in the face of funding cuts, the \u003ca href=\"https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/levin-martinez-back-harvard-president/\">\u003cem>Stanford Daily\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning Monday, striking students and staff plan to gather each day from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. along with members of Stanford’s Muslim community and pro-Palestinian activist groups, who will be fasting in solidarity, according to Salam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want Stanford to come to the table,” she said. “We want them to uphold the values that they always claimed to have, which is a commitment to open inquiry, a commitment to ethical investment.”\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/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> has flooded the first 100 days of his second term with a flurry of executive orders. His policies have included mass federal layoffs, sweeping tariffs, an overhaul of the country’s immigration system, the elimination of DEI initiatives and efforts to curb transgender rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Trump’s approval among all California registered voters is 30% — lower than his 39% approval in 2017 — according to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/128155g3\">poll from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark DiCamillo, the director of the IGS poll, said Trump’s ratings are historically low. “Usually, presidents start out with a high approval because they’re in a honeymoon period. That’s not the case with Trump in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many Californians remain enthusiastic about the direction of the country under Trump’s leadership. Among California Republicans, 75% approve of how the president is handling the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked how they feel about the president’s policies in his first three months, Trump voters across the state, from San Diego to Humboldt counties, told KQED they are “ecstatic,” “elated,” “thrilled” and “proud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the two dozen California Trump voters interviewed for this story, some were more cautious — even skeptical. Several expressed a desire for Trump to take more of a scalpel, rather than an ax, approach in his agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following six voters shared how the president’s policies have impacted their lives and communities in his first 100 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Shannon Kessler, 56, San Luis Obispo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I’m really pleased with his policies and presidency. It’s what I was hoping for when I voted for him,” said Shannon Kessler, a mom to a now-graduated track and field athlete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kessler feels the country now has an administration that will stand up for girls. As a former student-athlete, she doesn’t think it’s fair for transgender athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039094\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Kessler sits in her home in Arroyo Grande, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Kessler, a Trump voter in 2016 and 2024, says she’s encouraged by the president’s actions during his first 100 days in office. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a conversation with conservative activist Charlie Kirk, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030376/newsom-splits-with-democrats-on-trans-athletes-in-sports\">called transgender participation in women’s sports\u003c/a> “deeply unfair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree with him on that, but he has done nothing to change that,” Kessler, a real estate agent, said of Newsom’s comment. “He could set an example and take action to protect girls. He’s the father of girls.” She wants to see Newsom push Democratic legislators to support bills like one that would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-01/hearing-on-trans-kids-in-school-sports\">banned transgender athletes\u003c/a> from girls’ sports, locker rooms, bathrooms and dorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a fifth-generation Californian, Kessler said she’s seen the state burden its residents with “extreme regulations” on housing and water rights. She’s glad to see Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1996483/never-before-seen-documents-reveal-epa-canceled-63-grants-across-california\">dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a> and taking power away from “out-of-control three-letter agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kessler is among the nearly 40% of Californians who voted for Trump. She said she’s resentful that Democratic leadership has vowed to fight the administration and doesn’t feel represented when she reads about Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta building up a war chest of taxpayer dollars to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038732/california-sues-to-block-trump-and-rfk-jr-health-cuts-that-shuttered-sf-office\">sue the Trump administration\u003c/a> over policies like tariffs, dismantling federal agencies and withholding research grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It offends me that they’re supposed to be my representatives,” she said. “That doesn’t represent me at all. Why do you want to fight with your government? Why don’t you just work with them?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emma Valdez Garrison, 19, Fresno\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“As a woman who lives in California, we’ve created such a dangerous climate for young women,” said Emma Valdez Garrison, a 19-year-old political science major at California State University, Fresno. “Seeing a president and a man who’s standing up against the invasion of our country is something that I’m personally really excited to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrison supports Trump’s push for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031468/trumps-anti-dei-crackdown-targets-over-50-universities-nationwide\">colleges and universities to eliminate DEI\u003c/a> in their hiring and admissions processes. “It brings back merit-based hiring and performance-based hiring,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrumpTigerWoods-e1742423060297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Donald Trump and golf legend Tiger Woods arrive for a reception honoring Black History Month in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Black History Month celebration comes as Trump has signed a series of executive orders ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and cutting funding to schools and universities that do not cut DEI programs. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recently, a woman in Garrison’s sorority shared a trans visibility day post on the group’s social media page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a long time, as a sorority, they’ve promoted ideas that are really woke and against what the majority of the girls in the house believe,” Garrison said. “A lot of girls felt like they couldn’t say anything because federally it was accepted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after Trump was inaugurated, Garrison said she and other women in their sorority felt emboldened to speak out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039096\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Kessler lays out her Trump hats in her home in Arroyo Grande, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We finally felt confident enough to say we’re against this as a sorority,” she said. “It’s no longer going to be something that we as a sorority post or celebrate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrison is also relieved to see Trump targeting undocumented immigrants and issuing mass deportations. Her grandmother immigrated to the United States from Mexico when she was 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She did it the legal way. She did it the hard way. It cost her a lot of money. It cost her a lot of time,” Garrison said. “It was a big sacrifice for her to become a United States citizen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her grandmother feels it’s unfair when unauthorized immigrants receive certain benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ben Pino, 55, Los Angeles County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ben Pino was a lifelong Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. However, after Trump’s first term, he noticed more money in his pocket and purchased a condo in 2019 that he said has nearly doubled in value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was impressed because I’ve never seen someone take so much action in such a short amount of time and truly make a difference on my day-to-day living,” Pino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039370\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Pino in his neighborhood in Los Angeles County on May 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo for LAist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pino voted for Trump in 2020 and again in 2024. He’s happy with the president’s policies so far this year, especially on immigration. Although he sympathizes with people coming to the U.S. in search of a better life, he thinks the Biden administration allowed too many people to enter the country illegally, leaving Trump no choice but to enforce mass deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents waited eight years to come here from Cuba,” Pino said. “They waited patiently until it was their turn, and they came with permission and they became naturalized citizens.”[aside postID=news_12038735 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/039_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_7340_qed-1020x680.jpg']But Pino does have one criticism of Trump: his rhetoric on transgender issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He takes down the entire Republican Party that way by making us look like we’re maybe not kind to other people,” Pino said. His friend recently transitioned, and he worries that Trump is “creating a climate where [the transgender community] could be disrespected or maybe even treated unfairly or unkindly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pino endorses Trump’s executive order \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025974/federal-officials-investigate-san-jose-state-under-trumps-order-trans-athletes\">barring transgender girls and women\u003c/a> from competing in sports that align with their gender identity. However, he disagrees with his order \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">recognizing only two sexes\u003c/a>. “I don’t think that you should just throw them to the wolves and just ignore them now and pretend like they never existed,” Pino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He views Trump more as a reality show character than a polished politician. Although he agrees with the policies, he’s a bit horrified by Trump’s delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even with the people that we’re deporting, I don’t want them deported because they’re different,” he said. “I want them to be deported because they came here illegally. So I just wish he’d lighten up on that stance there a little bit and not be so mean to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Kim Durham, 68, Sacramento\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I am glad to see the corruptness exposed,” Kim Durham said, referring to the federal agencies scaled back or gutted by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not saying [Musk’s] done a perfect job,” Durham said. She thinks DOGE will have to revisit some of their cuts and consider re-employing some workers. She believes the administration had to move quickly to make sufficient progress in four years. “Unfortunately, they’re going to have to let a lot of good people go, too, if we’re cutting back on the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039089\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Durham sits outside of an apartment she rents outside of Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to Musk’s efforts to slash federal staffing and budgets, protestors have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033741/protesters-swarm-tesla-showrooms-to-oppose-elon-musks-purge-of-us-government\">targeted the billionaire’s electric car company\u003c/a>, vandalizing Tesla vehicles and charging stations and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909107/anti-musk-sentiment-boils-over-to-tesla-owners\">holding “Tesla Takedown” demonstrations\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m extremely disheartened to see the level of evil that’s being generated against Elon Musk [and] the Tesla dealerships,” Durham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that it’s one thing to boycott a company you don’t like and another thing to involve innocent people caught in the crosshairs. “I feel for every employee that works at any of those dealerships.”[aside postID=news_12038128 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-21-1020x680.jpg']Durham’s daughter and son-in-law are both police officers, and she’s concerned by how politicized the job has become. The “defund the police” movement, in her view, has discouraged people from entering the police academy and contributed to challenges in police recruitment and retention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Defund the police has done a lot of damage here,” she said. “A police officer ought to be able to do his or her job to protect the people, regardless. It shouldn’t be such a political thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having worked in the print and shipping industry for 25 years, Durham noted that her company purchases much of its paper and ink from overseas, including China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result of Trump’s tariffs, currently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909786/trumps-tariff-strategy-risks-long-term-damage-to-us-china-relationship\">up to 145% against China\u003c/a>, Durham’s employer is looking to adapt by purchasing from different countries or offering customers digital marketing options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Durham’s not worried. In the short term, she anticipates the tariffs will harm the business and may even reduce her income. But in the long term, she hopes they will encourage timber industries and paper mills to reopen in America — providing more jobs and bolstering the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s gonna hurt for a bit,” Durham explained. “I’m willing to lose a little bit myself for the country that I’d like to see my little granddaughter here enjoy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cindy Cremona, 65, San Diego County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cindy Cremona approves of Trump’s plans to expand natural resource extraction, especially opening oil reserves to lower gas prices. However, she wants the administration to remain environmentally responsible. “You can be conservative and still care about the environment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cremona lives in Encinitas, a coastal North County beach city in San Diego, with her dogs, horse and a rescue frog in her backyard pond. She worries that overdevelopment in the region has destroyed wildlife corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12039413 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy Cremona and her 12-year-old Andalusian horse Durango in San Marcos, California, on May 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Carolyne Corelis/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I can’t let my dogs out in the yard alone anymore because bobcats and coyotes are jumping into yards and eating our pets,” she said. “They’re doing that because they’re being squeezed out of every last bit of open space in our residential communities. And that’s heartbreaking to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a recruiter for life science technology companies, Cremona is concerned about the pace of Trump’s federal overhaul, especially when it comes to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding\">National Institutes of Health funding cuts\u003c/a>. She’s already noticed companies slowing down hiring as they wait to see how grant funding and layoffs play out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she supports the general idea of government audits and eliminating waste, Cremona takes issue with broad changes. “Sometimes it’s not what you do, it’s how you do it,” she said. “I would have preferred a more thoughtful scalpel approach.”[aside postID=news_12038033 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-30-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Still, Cremona expects Trump’s “shock and awe” approach will include some backpedaling. “There’s a lot of hysteria about what’s been cut and how it’s gonna hurt,” she said. “I just think it’s way too early to make a judgment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She sees Trump’s handling of government as his signature businessman approach that differs from most politicians. “As a businesswoman, I appreciate that and I relate to it,” she said. “I don’t always like his particular style, though.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cremona, who is currently shopping for a new car, is considering an American-made model because of Trump’s auto tariffs, despite typically buying foreign vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She believes Trump is using tariffs to reset the economy toward self-reliance. “I think this president, if anybody, can get China to bow down,” she said. “Because China is as much of a bully as [Trump is]. He’s not afraid of China.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the tariffs cause short-term pain, including the drop she’s noticed in her retirement savings, Cremona remains confident that they will ultimately bolster the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m cautiously optimistic,” she said. “I’m excited, I like change. I think the country needed a little shakeup.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emerson Green, 25, El Dorado County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Emerson Green feels “a little let down” by Trump’s second term so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although he initially supported Trump and Musk’s efforts to downsize the federal workforce, he “expected that a lot of that stuff would just hit a brick wall in the court system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hiring freezes were a little bit shocking,” Green said. His mom had applied for a job with the Internal Revenue Service — a job she was excited to secure for its good pay and benefits — and received an offer letter. However, when Trump issued an across-the-board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034478/federal-workers-fired-thousands-california-wants-hire-them\">government hiring freeze\u003c/a>, her offer was rescinded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1489px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039098\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1489\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED.jpg 1489w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1489px) 100vw, 1489px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerson Green sits during a hike in Adams Canyon, Utah, on May 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Emerson Green)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I just think that’s a really big sort of middle finger to the American working class,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green agrees with Trump’s objective of eliminating fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government. He just wants a more nuanced approach, such as limited hiring freezes on certain branches of the IRS, where wasteful spending could be more clearly pinpointed. “A lot of these things did make sense at the time, but the way they’re being enforced just raises some eyebrows for me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Musk’s role in the administration, Green is ambivalent but dislikes that Musk touts the need for people to work 80-hour workweeks. “The thing that really grosses me out is how the Trump administration is sort of playing along with this dialogue of reducing people to just economic units,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until a few weeks ago, Green worked at AutoZone, where he noticed that parts imported from China were already increasing in price. Before that, he ran his own headstone company and imported much of the granite from China and India. He supports Trump’s intent behind imposing tariffs to boost American manufacturing, but worries that the sweeping policies will hurt small businesses the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Green gives Trump credit for trying to address long-standing issues and doing what he promised on the campaign trail. “At the very least, what I can give kudos to Trump for is actually trying to do the things,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green said he “somewhat regrets” voting for Trump in November, but he still wouldn’t have voted for Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Knowing where things have ended up now, I probably either would’ve hesitantly voted for him or just abstained altogether,” Green said. “I think honestly, from a moral standpoint, I probably would have abstained.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Has President Donald Trump’s second term affected your life or community? KQED is continuing our reporting on how Californians are experiencing the administration’s policies. Share your story using \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SutmEdDAaQ3_y2onK16kD98WsM_H-JrsTYFxGzh7UXo/edit\">\u003cem>our form\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. You can also reach our politics team directly at \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"mailto:politics@kqed.org\">\u003cem>politics@kqed.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-6Em0FA1xZECy5BUiL9ZpDYksuiNmoh2TaPYkoWn-fV9wlQ/viewform?usp=preview\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, many Californians remain enthusiastic about the direction of the country under Trump’s leadership. Among California Republicans, 75% approve of how the president is handling the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked how they feel about the president’s policies in his first three months, Trump voters across the state, from San Diego to Humboldt counties, told KQED they are “ecstatic,” “elated,” “thrilled” and “proud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the two dozen California Trump voters interviewed for this story, some were more cautious — even skeptical. Several expressed a desire for Trump to take more of a scalpel, rather than an ax, approach in his agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following six voters shared how the president’s policies have impacted their lives and communities in his first 100 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Shannon Kessler, 56, San Luis Obispo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I’m really pleased with his policies and presidency. It’s what I was hoping for when I voted for him,” said Shannon Kessler, a mom to a now-graduated track and field athlete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kessler feels the country now has an administration that will stand up for girls. As a former student-athlete, she doesn’t think it’s fair for transgender athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039094\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-1-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Kessler sits in her home in Arroyo Grande, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. Kessler, a Trump voter in 2016 and 2024, says she’s encouraged by the president’s actions during his first 100 days in office. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a conversation with conservative activist Charlie Kirk, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030376/newsom-splits-with-democrats-on-trans-athletes-in-sports\">called transgender participation in women’s sports\u003c/a> “deeply unfair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree with him on that, but he has done nothing to change that,” Kessler, a real estate agent, said of Newsom’s comment. “He could set an example and take action to protect girls. He’s the father of girls.” She wants to see Newsom push Democratic legislators to support bills like one that would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-01/hearing-on-trans-kids-in-school-sports\">banned transgender athletes\u003c/a> from girls’ sports, locker rooms, bathrooms and dorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a fifth-generation Californian, Kessler said she’s seen the state burden its residents with “extreme regulations” on housing and water rights. She’s glad to see Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1996483/never-before-seen-documents-reveal-epa-canceled-63-grants-across-california\">dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a> and taking power away from “out-of-control three-letter agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kessler is among the nearly 40% of Californians who voted for Trump. She said she’s resentful that Democratic leadership has vowed to fight the administration and doesn’t feel represented when she reads about Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta building up a war chest of taxpayer dollars to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038732/california-sues-to-block-trump-and-rfk-jr-health-cuts-that-shuttered-sf-office\">sue the Trump administration\u003c/a> over policies like tariffs, dismantling federal agencies and withholding research grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It offends me that they’re supposed to be my representatives,” she said. “That doesn’t represent me at all. Why do you want to fight with your government? Why don’t you just work with them?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emma Valdez Garrison, 19, Fresno\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“As a woman who lives in California, we’ve created such a dangerous climate for young women,” said Emma Valdez Garrison, a 19-year-old political science major at California State University, Fresno. “Seeing a president and a man who’s standing up against the invasion of our country is something that I’m personally really excited to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrison supports Trump’s push for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031468/trumps-anti-dei-crackdown-targets-over-50-universities-nationwide\">colleges and universities to eliminate DEI\u003c/a> in their hiring and admissions processes. “It brings back merit-based hiring and performance-based hiring,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrumpTigerWoods-e1742423060297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Donald Trump and golf legend Tiger Woods arrive for a reception honoring Black History Month in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Black History Month celebration comes as Trump has signed a series of executive orders ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and cutting funding to schools and universities that do not cut DEI programs. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recently, a woman in Garrison’s sorority shared a trans visibility day post on the group’s social media page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a long time, as a sorority, they’ve promoted ideas that are really woke and against what the majority of the girls in the house believe,” Garrison said. “A lot of girls felt like they couldn’t say anything because federally it was accepted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after Trump was inaugurated, Garrison said she and other women in their sorority felt emboldened to speak out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039096\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/TRUMPS-100-DAYS-2025-LEOPO-8-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Kessler lays out her Trump hats in her home in Arroyo Grande, California, on Monday, May 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We finally felt confident enough to say we’re against this as a sorority,” she said. “It’s no longer going to be something that we as a sorority post or celebrate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrison is also relieved to see Trump targeting undocumented immigrants and issuing mass deportations. Her grandmother immigrated to the United States from Mexico when she was 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She did it the legal way. She did it the hard way. It cost her a lot of money. It cost her a lot of time,” Garrison said. “It was a big sacrifice for her to become a United States citizen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her grandmother feels it’s unfair when unauthorized immigrants receive certain benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ben Pino, 55, Los Angeles County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ben Pino was a lifelong Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. However, after Trump’s first term, he noticed more money in his pocket and purchased a condo in 2019 that he said has nearly doubled in value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was impressed because I’ve never seen someone take so much action in such a short amount of time and truly make a difference on my day-to-day living,” Pino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039370\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-1-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Pino in his neighborhood in Los Angeles County on May 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo for LAist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pino voted for Trump in 2020 and again in 2024. He’s happy with the president’s policies so far this year, especially on immigration. Although he sympathizes with people coming to the U.S. in search of a better life, he thinks the Biden administration allowed too many people to enter the country illegally, leaving Trump no choice but to enforce mass deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents waited eight years to come here from Cuba,” Pino said. “They waited patiently until it was their turn, and they came with permission and they became naturalized citizens.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Pino does have one criticism of Trump: his rhetoric on transgender issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He takes down the entire Republican Party that way by making us look like we’re maybe not kind to other people,” Pino said. His friend recently transitioned, and he worries that Trump is “creating a climate where [the transgender community] could be disrespected or maybe even treated unfairly or unkindly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pino endorses Trump’s executive order \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025974/federal-officials-investigate-san-jose-state-under-trumps-order-trans-athletes\">barring transgender girls and women\u003c/a> from competing in sports that align with their gender identity. However, he disagrees with his order \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">recognizing only two sexes\u003c/a>. “I don’t think that you should just throw them to the wolves and just ignore them now and pretend like they never existed,” Pino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He views Trump more as a reality show character than a polished politician. Although he agrees with the policies, he’s a bit horrified by Trump’s delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even with the people that we’re deporting, I don’t want them deported because they’re different,” he said. “I want them to be deported because they came here illegally. So I just wish he’d lighten up on that stance there a little bit and not be so mean to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Kim Durham, 68, Sacramento\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I am glad to see the corruptness exposed,” Kim Durham said, referring to the federal agencies scaled back or gutted by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not saying [Musk’s] done a perfect job,” Durham said. She thinks DOGE will have to revisit some of their cuts and consider re-employing some workers. She believes the administration had to move quickly to make sufficient progress in four years. “Unfortunately, they’re going to have to let a lot of good people go, too, if we’re cutting back on the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039089\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-TRUMP100DAYS-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Durham sits outside of an apartment she rents outside of Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to Musk’s efforts to slash federal staffing and budgets, protestors have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033741/protesters-swarm-tesla-showrooms-to-oppose-elon-musks-purge-of-us-government\">targeted the billionaire’s electric car company\u003c/a>, vandalizing Tesla vehicles and charging stations and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909107/anti-musk-sentiment-boils-over-to-tesla-owners\">holding “Tesla Takedown” demonstrations\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m extremely disheartened to see the level of evil that’s being generated against Elon Musk [and] the Tesla dealerships,” Durham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that it’s one thing to boycott a company you don’t like and another thing to involve innocent people caught in the crosshairs. “I feel for every employee that works at any of those dealerships.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Durham’s daughter and son-in-law are both police officers, and she’s concerned by how politicized the job has become. The “defund the police” movement, in her view, has discouraged people from entering the police academy and contributed to challenges in police recruitment and retention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Defund the police has done a lot of damage here,” she said. “A police officer ought to be able to do his or her job to protect the people, regardless. It shouldn’t be such a political thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having worked in the print and shipping industry for 25 years, Durham noted that her company purchases much of its paper and ink from overseas, including China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result of Trump’s tariffs, currently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909786/trumps-tariff-strategy-risks-long-term-damage-to-us-china-relationship\">up to 145% against China\u003c/a>, Durham’s employer is looking to adapt by purchasing from different countries or offering customers digital marketing options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Durham’s not worried. In the short term, she anticipates the tariffs will harm the business and may even reduce her income. But in the long term, she hopes they will encourage timber industries and paper mills to reopen in America — providing more jobs and bolstering the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s gonna hurt for a bit,” Durham explained. “I’m willing to lose a little bit myself for the country that I’d like to see my little granddaughter here enjoy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cindy Cremona, 65, San Diego County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cindy Cremona approves of Trump’s plans to expand natural resource extraction, especially opening oil reserves to lower gas prices. However, she wants the administration to remain environmentally responsible. “You can be conservative and still care about the environment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cremona lives in Encinitas, a coastal North County beach city in San Diego, with her dogs, horse and a rescue frog in her backyard pond. She worries that overdevelopment in the region has destroyed wildlife corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12039413 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250508-Trump-100-Days-San-Diego-CC-03-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy Cremona and her 12-year-old Andalusian horse Durango in San Marcos, California, on May 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Carolyne Corelis/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I can’t let my dogs out in the yard alone anymore because bobcats and coyotes are jumping into yards and eating our pets,” she said. “They’re doing that because they’re being squeezed out of every last bit of open space in our residential communities. And that’s heartbreaking to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a recruiter for life science technology companies, Cremona is concerned about the pace of Trump’s federal overhaul, especially when it comes to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding\">National Institutes of Health funding cuts\u003c/a>. She’s already noticed companies slowing down hiring as they wait to see how grant funding and layoffs play out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she supports the general idea of government audits and eliminating waste, Cremona takes issue with broad changes. “Sometimes it’s not what you do, it’s how you do it,” she said. “I would have preferred a more thoughtful scalpel approach.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, Cremona expects Trump’s “shock and awe” approach will include some backpedaling. “There’s a lot of hysteria about what’s been cut and how it’s gonna hurt,” she said. “I just think it’s way too early to make a judgment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She sees Trump’s handling of government as his signature businessman approach that differs from most politicians. “As a businesswoman, I appreciate that and I relate to it,” she said. “I don’t always like his particular style, though.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cremona, who is currently shopping for a new car, is considering an American-made model because of Trump’s auto tariffs, despite typically buying foreign vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She believes Trump is using tariffs to reset the economy toward self-reliance. “I think this president, if anybody, can get China to bow down,” she said. “Because China is as much of a bully as [Trump is]. He’s not afraid of China.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the tariffs cause short-term pain, including the drop she’s noticed in her retirement savings, Cremona remains confident that they will ultimately bolster the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m cautiously optimistic,” she said. “I’m excited, I like change. I think the country needed a little shakeup.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emerson Green, 25, El Dorado County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Emerson Green feels “a little let down” by Trump’s second term so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although he initially supported Trump and Musk’s efforts to downsize the federal workforce, he “expected that a lot of that stuff would just hit a brick wall in the court system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hiring freezes were a little bit shocking,” Green said. His mom had applied for a job with the Internal Revenue Service — a job she was excited to secure for its good pay and benefits — and received an offer letter. However, when Trump issued an across-the-board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034478/federal-workers-fired-thousands-california-wants-hire-them\">government hiring freeze\u003c/a>, her offer was rescinded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1489px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039098\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1489\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED.jpg 1489w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250505-EMERSON-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1489px) 100vw, 1489px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerson Green sits during a hike in Adams Canyon, Utah, on May 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Emerson Green)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I just think that’s a really big sort of middle finger to the American working class,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green agrees with Trump’s objective of eliminating fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government. He just wants a more nuanced approach, such as limited hiring freezes on certain branches of the IRS, where wasteful spending could be more clearly pinpointed. “A lot of these things did make sense at the time, but the way they’re being enforced just raises some eyebrows for me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Musk’s role in the administration, Green is ambivalent but dislikes that Musk touts the need for people to work 80-hour workweeks. “The thing that really grosses me out is how the Trump administration is sort of playing along with this dialogue of reducing people to just economic units,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until a few weeks ago, Green worked at AutoZone, where he noticed that parts imported from China were already increasing in price. Before that, he ran his own headstone company and imported much of the granite from China and India. He supports Trump’s intent behind imposing tariffs to boost American manufacturing, but worries that the sweeping policies will hurt small businesses the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Green gives Trump credit for trying to address long-standing issues and doing what he promised on the campaign trail. “At the very least, what I can give kudos to Trump for is actually trying to do the things,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green said he “somewhat regrets” voting for Trump in November, but he still wouldn’t have voted for Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Knowing where things have ended up now, I probably either would’ve hesitantly voted for him or just abstained altogether,” Green said. “I think honestly, from a moral standpoint, I probably would have abstained.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Has President Donald Trump’s second term affected your life or community? KQED is continuing our reporting on how Californians are experiencing the administration’s policies. 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"content": "\u003cp>Afternoon rush hour brought the sounds of hundreds, if not thousands, of people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997857/barts-new-evasion-resistant-gates-arrive-in-san-francisco-for-the-first-time\">tagging their Clipper cards\u003c/a> and pushing their way through turnstiles on a recent Thursday at Embarcadero station in downtown San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the crowds was Anna Kondolf, from the town of Fairfax in Marin County, who was on her way to a dinner date in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I thought, why don’t we do this more? Because it was just so great to take the ferry here and then take BART,” Kondolf said. “It all kind of works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It works, for now, but that interconnected network of transit could soon be severely reduced. Transit agencies across the Bay Area are forecasting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021178/sf-muni-reducing-bus-light-rail-service-amid-fiscal-crisis-more-cuts-loom\">drastic service cuts\u003c/a> if nothing is done to alleviate multimillion-dollar budget deficits set to begin in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Jesse Arreguín, D-Berkeley, earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032607/first-look-at-2026-tax-proposal-to-keep-bay-area-transit-running\">introduced a bill\u003c/a>, set to be heard Monday in the state Senate Appropriations Committee, that would put a sales tax on the ballot in some Bay Area counties next year in order to help fund these agencies and save the region’s public transit network as we know it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all need to work together and lock arms and understand that if our transit systems collapse, if we see catastrophic service cuts at Muni, BART, AC Transit and Caltrain, that’s terrible for the entire region,” Wiener told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A slimmed-down tax proposal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As it is currently written, Wiener and Arreguín’s \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB63\">SB 63\u003c/a> would put a measure on the November 2026 ballot to impose a 0.5% sales tax in Alameda and Contra counties, and a 0.5% to 1% sales tax in San Francisco County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Revenue from the tax would primarily go toward funding San Francisco’s Muni, BART, AC Transit and Caltrain. Smaller transit agencies in the East Bay would also be eligible to receive funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11254007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11254007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/31909760916_d88814d339_o-e1483581327477.jpg\" alt=\"The side of a Caltrain train as it enters a station.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain cars at San José’s Diridon Station, December 2016. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An analysis by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission found that the tax could generate between roughly $440 million and $550 million a year, depending on the tax rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener pulled a similar but farther-reaching bill from consideration last year in the face of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988365/a-bill-to-save-bay-area-transit-from-fiscal-disaster-is-dead-at-least-for-now\">widespread opposition\u003c/a>. That effort would have covered all nine Bay Area counties and aimed to raise $1.5 billion for a wide variety of transit, street and highway improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the bill was narrowed down to just three counties, though it also includes a provision for San Mateo and Santa Clara counties to opt in by a July 31 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I’m cautiously optimistic about the bill’s prospects, but it ain’t over until it’s over,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Service cuts with deep implications\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Of all the Bay Area’s main transit agencies, BART has the biggest deficit and is forecasting the most severe cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning in fiscal year 2026, BART said its budget deficit will balloon to around $385 million. If SB 63 fails, the agency is considering cost-saving scenarios, including cutting two lines entirely, closing on weekends and shutting down the system at 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1976px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12039661 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1976\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed.jpg 1976w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-1920x1295.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1976px) 100vw, 1976px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train sits idle at the Millbrae station on July 3, 2013, in Millbrae, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re not talking about their ability to continue to sustain the service that they have today by any stretch,” said Rebecca Long, director of legislation and public affairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effects of those cuts would not only be isolated to people who take public transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If BART runs out of funding, drivers will sit in traffic for an extra 12 or more hours per week on average,” Laura Tolkoff, transportation policy director at the planning and urban research nonprofit SPUR, said at a media briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shades of that were seen Friday morning when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039472/bart-shuts-down-entire-train-service-due-to-computer-networking-problem\">computer networking problem\u003c/a> completely shut down BART for hours. Traffic on roads and bridges was snarled, with hundreds more Bay Bridge crossings recorded than the Friday before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of activists who support SB 63 took it as an opportunity to remind drivers what’s at stake if transit funding dries up, gathering at the backed-up Interstate 80 westbound off-ramp on Fremont Street in San Francisco with signs in support of BART and Muni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without sufficient funding, these kinds of problems are going to get worse,” transportation activist Cyrus Hall said. “BART’s been running on a shoestring for years, and we need to fix that now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1695px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1695\" height=\"1158\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS.png 1695w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-800x547.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-1020x697.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-1536x1049.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1695px) 100vw, 1695px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Area lawmakers are pushing for a regional sales tax measure to stave off drastic transit service cuts, as agencies across the region face mounting budget shortfalls starting in 2026. \u003ccite>(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Muni, which is facing a deficit of around $320 million beginning July 2026, has discussed the need to cut up to 20 bus lines and reduce service on up to 28 bus and train routes if SB 63 fails, according to a Senate analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit and Caltrain have smaller deficits (around $30 million and $80 million, respectively) but are still forecasting service cuts without help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, the four agencies represent around 80% of all Bay Area public transit trips, according to Long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most transit agencies, but BART and Caltrain in particular, have historically relied on fares to fund operations, these agencies saw ridership plummet by 70% to 98% due to the pandemic, Long said. And although ridership is \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2025/news20250421#:~:text=Larger%20systems%20also%20saw%20significant,while%20Muni%20increased%20by%204%25.\">slowly recovering\u003c/a>, it still hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially, we need to rebuild the business model for transit,” Long said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Different needs, different desires’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he is focused on “trying to build as much regional support as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ It’s complicated because all the different counties have different needs, different desires,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transit agencies’ boards have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss whether to back the measure. The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, which oversees Caltrain, voted May 1 to endorse it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039671\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a press conference in Union Square, San Francisco, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The board that oversees the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, is still weighing whether to endorse Santa Clara County joining the regional sales tax measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a May 1 board meeting, some members expressed concern that Santa Clara County will not get a fair amount of revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, polling commissioned by AC Transit showed that 54% of voters surveyed support a possible future parcel tax, separate from SB 63, to fund operations in the East Bay agency’s district alone.[aside postID=news_12039472 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BARTOUTAGE-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']The bill must be approved by the Senate by June 6 to make it to the Assembly floor. If it survives the Legislature and makes it onto the November 2026 ballot, it would need a simple majority from voters to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/news/new-poll-indicates-majority-support-transit-revenue-and-reform-measure\">poll of voters\u003c/a> in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties, commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and released in February, found that 54% of voters would vote yes on a half-cent sales tax to avoid major transit cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he is working with other lawmakers on a budget request worth $2 billion to fund public transit statewide in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the regional measure is successful, the cash will start coming in in 2027,” Wiener said, “The idea is to make sure that we don’t have to have service cuts before then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates are stressing the importance of public transit for the overall health of the Bay Area economy, as the region continues to struggle to recover from the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the scaffolding for our economy,” said Tolkoff of SPUR. “When we think of how many organizations are trying to mandate people coming back into the office four or five days a week, we’re hearing that just won’t be possible if people can’t get to work on transit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It works, for now, but that interconnected network of transit could soon be severely reduced. Transit agencies across the Bay Area are forecasting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021178/sf-muni-reducing-bus-light-rail-service-amid-fiscal-crisis-more-cuts-loom\">drastic service cuts\u003c/a> if nothing is done to alleviate multimillion-dollar budget deficits set to begin in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Jesse Arreguín, D-Berkeley, earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032607/first-look-at-2026-tax-proposal-to-keep-bay-area-transit-running\">introduced a bill\u003c/a>, set to be heard Monday in the state Senate Appropriations Committee, that would put a sales tax on the ballot in some Bay Area counties next year in order to help fund these agencies and save the region’s public transit network as we know it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all need to work together and lock arms and understand that if our transit systems collapse, if we see catastrophic service cuts at Muni, BART, AC Transit and Caltrain, that’s terrible for the entire region,” Wiener told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A slimmed-down tax proposal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As it is currently written, Wiener and Arreguín’s \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB63\">SB 63\u003c/a> would put a measure on the November 2026 ballot to impose a 0.5% sales tax in Alameda and Contra counties, and a 0.5% to 1% sales tax in San Francisco County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Revenue from the tax would primarily go toward funding San Francisco’s Muni, BART, AC Transit and Caltrain. Smaller transit agencies in the East Bay would also be eligible to receive funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11254007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11254007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/31909760916_d88814d339_o-e1483581327477.jpg\" alt=\"The side of a Caltrain train as it enters a station.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain cars at San José’s Diridon Station, December 2016. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An analysis by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission found that the tax could generate between roughly $440 million and $550 million a year, depending on the tax rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener pulled a similar but farther-reaching bill from consideration last year in the face of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988365/a-bill-to-save-bay-area-transit-from-fiscal-disaster-is-dead-at-least-for-now\">widespread opposition\u003c/a>. That effort would have covered all nine Bay Area counties and aimed to raise $1.5 billion for a wide variety of transit, street and highway improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the bill was narrowed down to just three counties, though it also includes a provision for San Mateo and Santa Clara counties to opt in by a July 31 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I’m cautiously optimistic about the bill’s prospects, but it ain’t over until it’s over,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Service cuts with deep implications\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Of all the Bay Area’s main transit agencies, BART has the biggest deficit and is forecasting the most severe cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning in fiscal year 2026, BART said its budget deficit will balloon to around $385 million. If SB 63 fails, the agency is considering cost-saving scenarios, including cutting two lines entirely, closing on weekends and shutting down the system at 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1976px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12039661 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1976\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed.jpg 1976w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/bart-strike20130804_qed-1920x1295.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1976px) 100vw, 1976px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train sits idle at the Millbrae station on July 3, 2013, in Millbrae, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re not talking about their ability to continue to sustain the service that they have today by any stretch,” said Rebecca Long, director of legislation and public affairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effects of those cuts would not only be isolated to people who take public transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If BART runs out of funding, drivers will sit in traffic for an extra 12 or more hours per week on average,” Laura Tolkoff, transportation policy director at the planning and urban research nonprofit SPUR, said at a media briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shades of that were seen Friday morning when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039472/bart-shuts-down-entire-train-service-due-to-computer-networking-problem\">computer networking problem\u003c/a> completely shut down BART for hours. Traffic on roads and bridges was snarled, with hundreds more Bay Bridge crossings recorded than the Friday before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of activists who support SB 63 took it as an opportunity to remind drivers what’s at stake if transit funding dries up, gathering at the backed-up Interstate 80 westbound off-ramp on Fremont Street in San Francisco with signs in support of BART and Muni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without sufficient funding, these kinds of problems are going to get worse,” transportation activist Cyrus Hall said. “BART’s been running on a shoestring for years, and we need to fix that now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1695px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1695\" height=\"1158\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS.png 1695w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-800x547.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-1020x697.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/MUNI-with-GBUS-1536x1049.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1695px) 100vw, 1695px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Area lawmakers are pushing for a regional sales tax measure to stave off drastic transit service cuts, as agencies across the region face mounting budget shortfalls starting in 2026. \u003ccite>(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Muni, which is facing a deficit of around $320 million beginning July 2026, has discussed the need to cut up to 20 bus lines and reduce service on up to 28 bus and train routes if SB 63 fails, according to a Senate analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit and Caltrain have smaller deficits (around $30 million and $80 million, respectively) but are still forecasting service cuts without help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, the four agencies represent around 80% of all Bay Area public transit trips, according to Long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most transit agencies, but BART and Caltrain in particular, have historically relied on fares to fund operations, these agencies saw ridership plummet by 70% to 98% due to the pandemic, Long said. And although ridership is \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2025/news20250421#:~:text=Larger%20systems%20also%20saw%20significant,while%20Muni%20increased%20by%204%25.\">slowly recovering\u003c/a>, it still hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially, we need to rebuild the business model for transit,” Long said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Different needs, different desires’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he is focused on “trying to build as much regional support as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ It’s complicated because all the different counties have different needs, different desires,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transit agencies’ boards have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss whether to back the measure. The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, which oversees Caltrain, voted May 1 to endorse it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039671\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a press conference in Union Square, San Francisco, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The board that oversees the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, is still weighing whether to endorse Santa Clara County joining the regional sales tax measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a May 1 board meeting, some members expressed concern that Santa Clara County will not get a fair amount of revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, polling commissioned by AC Transit showed that 54% of voters surveyed support a possible future parcel tax, separate from SB 63, to fund operations in the East Bay agency’s district alone.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Ro Khanna holds a town hall meeting at the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield on March 23, 2025, the first of three town hall events Khanna was set to hold in Republican-held congressional districts across the state. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Indian officials blamed Pakistan for the attack and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/nx-s1-5373960/india-pakistan-tensions-flare-up-following-deadly-attack-in-kashmir\">suspended a water treaty with Pakistan\u003c/a>, citing national security concerns, and ousted military advisers from the Pakistani embassy in New Delhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from Pakistan have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389777/tensions-escalate-as-pakistan-calls-indias-operation-an-act-of-war\">denied involvement\u003c/a> in the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, both countries have launched missile attacks against each other, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/08/nx-s1-5389651/india-pakistan-conflict-international-community\">killing some civilians and injuring others\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, home to one of the largest diasporas of \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/indian-immigrants-united-states#distribution\">Indian\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/fact-sheet/asian-americans-pakistanis-in-the-u-s/#:~:text=About%20580%2C000%20people%20in%20the,increase%20over%20roughly%20two%20decades.\">Pakistani\u003c/a> communities in the U.S., residents are watching the conflict unfold from afar.[aside postID=news_11985061 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240331-ManipurIndia-BethLaBerge-027-1020x680.jpg']“There’s just a lot of anxiety and fear of what’s to come,” said Anu Mandavilli, an organizer with the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action. “[Both countries] also have huge armies, both have nuclear arms, so it’s very scary to think that … there’s going to be one more war between these two countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>India and Pakistan started developing and testing nuclear weapons in the late 20th century. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2024/role-nuclear-weapons-grows-geopolitical-relations-deteriorate-new-sipri-yearbook-out-now#:~:text=Nuclear%20arsenals%20being%20strengthened%20around,'\">estimates\u003c/a> from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, both countries have about 170 missiles each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mandavilli said, while some Bay Area residents from India are still angry from the attacks and are “cheering on this war,” many people are calling for peace. She said, residents within India and Pakistan may hear inflammatory rhetoric from political parties there, but members of the diaspora do not necessarily share those sentiments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the diaspora, when you actually meet people from the other country, you have an opportunity to actually get to know them and … dream of peace,” she said. “We are so alike. 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The number concerned about negative impacts skyrockets to 78% with Democrats, while 47% of GOP voters say the changes could have a positive effect.[aside postID=news_12039102 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/033023_Hollister-Hospital_LV_CM_21-copy.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly half of voters say \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039102/californians-worried-about-medi-cal-congressional-republicans-consider-cuts\">they are worried about their own health insurance coverage\u003c/a> under President Donald Trump, though those views also break along party lines: Just 18% of Republicans are worried compared to 66% of Democrats, while no party preference voters are pretty evenly split on the question. Medi-Cal recipients are most worried, with more than two-thirds expressing concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Voters, especially the Democrats, are very, very fearful of what’s going down in Washington, and I think this poll just pretty much verifies that,” said IGS poll director Mark DiCamillo. “Republicans seem to be rather blasé about it in terms of the impacts on the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DiCamillo called the partisan divide on policy issues “extreme.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans have very, very different views than Democrats on just about everything,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Republicans this week passed a budget proposal that sets up cuts to Medicaid, the program that provides health insurance to lower-income households. Many Californians rely on the program, which is known as Medi-Cal in the state. \u003ccite>(Paul Bersebach/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those divergent views explain why Rep. Kevin Kiley, a Republican who won his Northern California district by a comfortable 10-point margin last year, supports his party’s plan to make deep cuts to Medicaid. Though the GOP hasn’t finalized which areas to cut, one idea involves tying Medicaid to work requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Work requirements, I think, absolutely make sense,” Kiley told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown\">KQED’s \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies show most Medicaid recipients who can work already do. Advocates for people with lower incomes warn that new work requirements are just a way to boot people off their health insurance. The California Budget and Policy Center estimates that more than 8 million Californians, or half of Medi-Cal recipients, \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/republicans-are-pushing-medicaid-cuts-heres-how-theyd-affect-california/\">could lose healthcare\u003c/a> if work requirements are imposed, despite most adults enrolled in Medi-Cal already being employed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://publichealth.gwu.edu/new-state-state-report-medicaid-work-requirements-threaten-half-million-jobs-and-could-drain-state\">analysis\u003c/a> by the Commonwealth Fund and Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington University finds that work requirements don’t increase employment, they simply lead to coverage losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They push people out of Medicaid not because they aren’t working, but because they can’t navigate complex paperwork and reporting rules,” said Sara R. Collins, a senior scholar and vice president for health care coverage and access at the Commonwealth Fund. “The result is more uninsured Americans and greater strain on families and the doctors, clinics and hospitals they depend on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiley also wants to prohibit undocumented immigrants from accessing Medi-Cal, even though their coverage is funded by the state rather than federal money. He noted that covering undocumented immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031544/providing-health-care-for-immigrants-is-costing-california-more-than-expected-is-coverage-at-risk\">costs more than California officials expected\u003c/a>, and argued that the funds could be used to cover citizens if federal Medi-Cal dollars decline under the GOP plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say you extend that over the next 10 years,” he said. “That’s hundreds of billions of dollars potentially that could be going to supporting access to care for our own residents, but is instead being used as essentially an incentive for further illegal immigration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Pete Aguilar, the third-ranking Democrat in the House, represents portions of California’s Inland Empire. He spoke with KQED’s Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos in his Washington, D.C. office on May 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Izzy Bloom/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California Democrats are unapologetic about their support for Medi-Cal and say Republicans in Congress and Trump are making a political miscalculation by supporting cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is not this magic bucket of waste, fraud, and abuse that Republicans are going to unlock and all the savings are going to emerge,” said Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar. He added that even in his more centrist Inland Empire district, Medi-Cal is incredibly popular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguilar warned that the cuts, if realized, wouldn’t just hurt individuals who lose their insurance but could have a ripple effect on the entire hospital and healthcare system, especially in more rural districts like Kiley’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are essential services that are being provided by the federal government,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That potential pain may be why two vulnerable House Republicans from California joined 10 other swing-state GOP members of Congress in \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/the-key-republican-warning-about-a-megabill-medicaid-fallout-00322377\">sounding the alarm\u003c/a> to House leadership over the proposed cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1255046550-1-scaled-e1743452454384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Rep. David Valadao pictured in 2022. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California Reps. David Valadao (R-Hanford) and Young Kim (R-Anaheim Hills) recently \u003ca href=\"https://bresnahan.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/bresnahan.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/letter-to-leadership-on-medicaid.pdf\">signed a letter\u003c/a> to Speaker Mike Johnson that said ”we cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Valadao’s Central Valley district, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033802/how-cuts-medicaid-republican-gains-california\">which has the highest percentage\u003c/a> of Medicaid recipients, 67% of residents rely on the public program for their health insurance. In Kim’s Orange County district, one-fifth of residents are enrolled in the program, \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/publication/how-many-congressional-district-get-medi-cal-premium-subsidy-through-covered-california/#related-links-and-downloads\">according to data\u003c/a> from the California Health Care Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Communities like ours won us the majority, and we have a responsibility to deliver on the promises we made,” the letter stated. “Balancing the federal budget must not come at the expense of those who depend on these benefits for their health and economic security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP leaders are still looking for a way to cut spending while assuaging the concerns of Republican members like Valadao and Kim. But they’ll need those swing district members to pass a budget by Memorial Day because House Republicans hold a slim majority and cannot afford to lose more than a few votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly half of voters say \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039102/californians-worried-about-medi-cal-congressional-republicans-consider-cuts\">they are worried about their own health insurance coverage\u003c/a> under President Donald Trump, though those views also break along party lines: Just 18% of Republicans are worried compared to 66% of Democrats, while no party preference voters are pretty evenly split on the question. Medi-Cal recipients are most worried, with more than two-thirds expressing concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Voters, especially the Democrats, are very, very fearful of what’s going down in Washington, and I think this poll just pretty much verifies that,” said IGS poll director Mark DiCamillo. “Republicans seem to be rather blasé about it in terms of the impacts on the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DiCamillo called the partisan divide on policy issues “extreme.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans have very, very different views than Democrats on just about everything,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/072820-Doctor-Pediatrician-Kid-GETTY-CM-01-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Republicans this week passed a budget proposal that sets up cuts to Medicaid, the program that provides health insurance to lower-income households. Many Californians rely on the program, which is known as Medi-Cal in the state. \u003ccite>(Paul Bersebach/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those divergent views explain why Rep. Kevin Kiley, a Republican who won his Northern California district by a comfortable 10-point margin last year, supports his party’s plan to make deep cuts to Medicaid. Though the GOP hasn’t finalized which areas to cut, one idea involves tying Medicaid to work requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Work requirements, I think, absolutely make sense,” Kiley told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown\">KQED’s \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies show most Medicaid recipients who can work already do. Advocates for people with lower incomes warn that new work requirements are just a way to boot people off their health insurance. The California Budget and Policy Center estimates that more than 8 million Californians, or half of Medi-Cal recipients, \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/republicans-are-pushing-medicaid-cuts-heres-how-theyd-affect-california/\">could lose healthcare\u003c/a> if work requirements are imposed, despite most adults enrolled in Medi-Cal already being employed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://publichealth.gwu.edu/new-state-state-report-medicaid-work-requirements-threaten-half-million-jobs-and-could-drain-state\">analysis\u003c/a> by the Commonwealth Fund and Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington University finds that work requirements don’t increase employment, they simply lead to coverage losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They push people out of Medicaid not because they aren’t working, but because they can’t navigate complex paperwork and reporting rules,” said Sara R. Collins, a senior scholar and vice president for health care coverage and access at the Commonwealth Fund. “The result is more uninsured Americans and greater strain on families and the doctors, clinics and hospitals they depend on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiley also wants to prohibit undocumented immigrants from accessing Medi-Cal, even though their coverage is funded by the state rather than federal money. He noted that covering undocumented immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031544/providing-health-care-for-immigrants-is-costing-california-more-than-expected-is-coverage-at-risk\">costs more than California officials expected\u003c/a>, and argued that the funds could be used to cover citizens if federal Medi-Cal dollars decline under the GOP plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say you extend that over the next 10 years,” he said. “That’s hundreds of billions of dollars potentially that could be going to supporting access to care for our own residents, but is instead being used as essentially an incentive for further illegal immigration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/FTG02453_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Pete Aguilar, the third-ranking Democrat in the House, represents portions of California’s Inland Empire. He spoke with KQED’s Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos in his Washington, D.C. office on May 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Izzy Bloom/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California Democrats are unapologetic about their support for Medi-Cal and say Republicans in Congress and Trump are making a political miscalculation by supporting cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is not this magic bucket of waste, fraud, and abuse that Republicans are going to unlock and all the savings are going to emerge,” said Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar. He added that even in his more centrist Inland Empire district, Medi-Cal is incredibly popular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguilar warned that the cuts, if realized, wouldn’t just hurt individuals who lose their insurance but could have a ripple effect on the entire hospital and healthcare system, especially in more rural districts like Kiley’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are essential services that are being provided by the federal government,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That potential pain may be why two vulnerable House Republicans from California joined 10 other swing-state GOP members of Congress in \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/the-key-republican-warning-about-a-megabill-medicaid-fallout-00322377\">sounding the alarm\u003c/a> to House leadership over the proposed cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1255046550-1-scaled-e1743452454384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Rep. David Valadao pictured in 2022. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California Reps. David Valadao (R-Hanford) and Young Kim (R-Anaheim Hills) recently \u003ca href=\"https://bresnahan.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/bresnahan.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/letter-to-leadership-on-medicaid.pdf\">signed a letter\u003c/a> to Speaker Mike Johnson that said ”we cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Valadao’s Central Valley district, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033802/how-cuts-medicaid-republican-gains-california\">which has the highest percentage\u003c/a> of Medicaid recipients, 67% of residents rely on the public program for their health insurance. In Kim’s Orange County district, one-fifth of residents are enrolled in the program, \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/publication/how-many-congressional-district-get-medi-cal-premium-subsidy-through-covered-california/#related-links-and-downloads\">according to data\u003c/a> from the California Health Care Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Communities like ours won us the majority, and we have a responsibility to deliver on the promises we made,” the letter stated. “Balancing the federal budget must not come at the expense of those who depend on these benefits for their health and economic security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP leaders are still looking for a way to cut spending while assuaging the concerns of Republican members like Valadao and Kim. But they’ll need those swing district members to pass a budget by Memorial Day because House Republicans hold a slim majority and cannot afford to lose more than a few votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s agricultural sector, a small and rare \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11138262/why-these-central-valley-republicans-stand-by-donald-trump\">base of support for President Trump\u003c/a> in the liberal state, has been flipped on its head in the administration’s first 100 days, but it doesn’t appear that farmers are ready to stop backing him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s hurting the people who voted for him,” Colin Carter, a professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The industry already struggled to bounce back after the first Trump administration’s trade war with China and the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it is being rocked by what Sen. Alex Padilla called a “triple whammy”: farmworkers rattled by immigration enforcement; exports at risk of dwindling due to tariffs; and risky water use that could leave farmers in short supply this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their workforce is worried, scared,” Padilla said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038943/democrats-voice-frustration-and-determination-to-win-back-the-house\">on KQED’s Political Breakdown podcast\u003c/a> this week, adding that even before Trump took office, January \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021487/an-immigration-raid-in-kern-county-foreshadows-what-awaits-farmworkers-and-the-economy\">immigration raids in Bakersfield\u003c/a> shook Kern County and the wider farmworker community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Trump’s ping-ponging tariffs, which have spurred a global trade war, are not only making imports more expensive but also affecting “the growers in California who export so much as part of their business,” Padilla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The levies have the potential to devastate California’s agriculture industry, according to Carter, who studied the fallout from the 2018–2019 trade war with China during Trump’s first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034427\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled “Make America Wealthy Again” at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Its long-lasting effects show what is at risk for the industry right now, only “much worse,” Carter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prior to the early Trump trade war, China was the number one market for U.S. agriculture [exports],” he said. “The trade war that was initiated by Trump ruined that relationship, and China is no longer number one. And if we look at California, some California products were highly dependent on China.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to 2018, California’s export of tree nuts — mostly pistachios, walnuts and almonds — was lucrative and growing. Ninety-four percent of China’s tree nut imports came from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after China levied tariffs of up to 25% on some agricultural imports in response to U.S. tariffs, that 94% figure dropped to just 53%. California’s farmers lost about $900 million in revenue in one year as a result, according to Carter.[aside postID=news_12038128 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-21-1020x680.jpg']“In the case of almonds, China pivoted towards Australia. Australia can produce almonds; they increased their production and they have 0% tariffs,” Carter said. “[China] started increasing its own production of walnuts instead of buying them from California. It was a growing market, [and] California had a big market share that would have continued to grow, but that was all ruined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, Trump awarded $16 billion in relief for affected farms. There was some rebound in the years between that trade war and the current one, but California never regained the dominance it once held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, on top of a near halt on exports to China under \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361056/china-us-trade-war-tariffs-escalation\">its 125% levies\u003c/a>, trade wars with California’s other primary export partner in Canada, threaten the same lasting impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California agriculture ships fruits and vegetables, wine up to Canada, and that’s already impacted,” Carter said. Canada is the state’s number one importer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canada imposed a 25% retaliatory tariff on U.S. wine. Instead of looking to California, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/PDFs/2022-2023_california_agricultural_exports.pdf\">sent 34% of its exported wine\u003c/a> to the country in 2022, Canada is relying on Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the trade war ebbs, “they may not come back to California,” Carter told KQED. “Trading in agriculture is a relationship that develops over time. And if one trading partner breaks that relationship, it doesn’t snap back overnight. It takes a long time to regain that trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farmworkers ‘refusing to come out’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The industry’s workforce is also under significant threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrants made up at least 50% of the state’s farmworker population between 2010 and 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/health-care-access-among-californias-farmworkers/\">according to data\u003c/a> from the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those farmworkers are increasingly anxious and fearful, according to Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, the executive director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS), an advocacy nonprofit for farmworkers in Half Moon Bay. Even though Trump’s threat of mass deportations has not yet been widely carried out, the emotional and psychological fear it’s caused is already having effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person with long hair stands in front of a group of people in a room painted bright orange.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga speaks during a roundtable discussion at the ALAS Sueño Center in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a group of farmworkers … here on the North Coast and they have told our team that they’re refusing to come out beyond just their work duties,” Hernandez-Arriaga said. “They don’t want to leave the farm. They don’t want to come out for other things in the community because they don’t want to be at risk, and they’re scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that in the days immediately after actions like the raids in Kern County, people have stayed home from work, worried that their farms would be targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, or that they could be stopped at a gas station on their way home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many immigrants were already fearful of ICE enforcement under the Biden administration, Hernandez-Arriaga said those she spoke to in Half Moon Bay didn’t feel like a target.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current administration, she said, is “saying that they’re focusing on criminals, but that’s not what we’re seeing happening at all. In many ways, that’s what they’re using to market this increased deportation of immigrants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farmers still on Trump’s side\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Amid the threats both to agricultural workers and the industry’s economic stability, Padilla said he has been working with farmers and speaking with Republican colleagues about the impacts of Trump’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanket tariffs risk retaliation and could harm the farmers they try to protect, warned Shannon Douglass, president of the California Farm Bureau, which advocates for the state’s farmers and ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1636px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127407 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/4669193811.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1636\" height=\"961\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California’s agricultural industry could be devastated by dwindling exports due to retaliatory tariffs and the effect of immigration enforcement on farmworkers. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP-Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A more strategic approach is targeted enforcement, not blanket tariffs,” she said in a statement. “Strengthening and enforcing provisions of trade agreements like USMCA, expanding export markets and ensuring fair competition through diplomatic discussions would likely protect California farmers without triggering unnecessary retaliation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Carter noted that Trump didn’t lose very much support from California farmers after his 2018–2019 trade war, and there hasn’t been a dramatic outpouring of opposition from them in recent months either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a mystery,” Carter said.[aside postID=news_12038519 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-1389555319-1020x681.jpg']He added that it could be because farmers believe they’ll benefit from the long-term effects of the tariff policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“President Trump and [trade advisor] Peter Navarro and [Secretary of Commerce Howard] Lutnick, I’ve seen them on CNN complaining about how U.S. agriculture’s ripped off in Canada, in Australia, in the European Union,” Carter said. “Actually, that’s just not correct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said California exports 40% of its agricultural goods and that the U.S. has done well in recent decades because of lower trade barriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other farmers are hoping that high prices will be worth it for less restricted water resources, he said. In January, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023248/trump-again-wades-into-california-water-use-fight-drawing-skepticism-from-experts\">announced a “presidential action”\u003c/a> that directed the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan that would route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to dry parts of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5287016/farmers-are-worried-after-trump-released-billions-of-gallons-of-water-in-california\">flushed 2 billion gallons of water\u003c/a> from dams in the Sierra Nevada foothills in February, claiming that it would help give Los Angeles and California “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5287016/farmers-are-worried-after-trump-released-billions-of-gallons-of-water-in-california\">virtually unlimited water\u003c/a>.” The fires had already been fully contained at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter isn’t sure whether farmers will start to rethink their support for Trump if tariffs begin to make a bigger dent in their revenue, or if their workforce is decimated — as it would be should he carry out his threat of mass deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Trump] had a lot of support in the Central Valley, and even though they were harmed during the first trade war,” Carter told KQED. “It does make you wonder how much pain they’re willing to take.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their workforce is worried, scared,” Padilla said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038943/democrats-voice-frustration-and-determination-to-win-back-the-house\">on KQED’s Political Breakdown podcast\u003c/a> this week, adding that even before Trump took office, January \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021487/an-immigration-raid-in-kern-county-foreshadows-what-awaits-farmworkers-and-the-economy\">immigration raids in Bakersfield\u003c/a> shook Kern County and the wider farmworker community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Trump’s ping-ponging tariffs, which have spurred a global trade war, are not only making imports more expensive but also affecting “the growers in California who export so much as part of their business,” Padilla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The levies have the potential to devastate California’s agriculture industry, according to Carter, who studied the fallout from the 2018–2019 trade war with China during Trump’s first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034427\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled “Make America Wealthy Again” at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Its long-lasting effects show what is at risk for the industry right now, only “much worse,” Carter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prior to the early Trump trade war, China was the number one market for U.S. agriculture [exports],” he said. “The trade war that was initiated by Trump ruined that relationship, and China is no longer number one. And if we look at California, some California products were highly dependent on China.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to 2018, California’s export of tree nuts — mostly pistachios, walnuts and almonds — was lucrative and growing. Ninety-four percent of China’s tree nut imports came from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after China levied tariffs of up to 25% on some agricultural imports in response to U.S. tariffs, that 94% figure dropped to just 53%. California’s farmers lost about $900 million in revenue in one year as a result, according to Carter.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“In the case of almonds, China pivoted towards Australia. Australia can produce almonds; they increased their production and they have 0% tariffs,” Carter said. “[China] started increasing its own production of walnuts instead of buying them from California. It was a growing market, [and] California had a big market share that would have continued to grow, but that was all ruined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, Trump awarded $16 billion in relief for affected farms. There was some rebound in the years between that trade war and the current one, but California never regained the dominance it once held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, on top of a near halt on exports to China under \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361056/china-us-trade-war-tariffs-escalation\">its 125% levies\u003c/a>, trade wars with California’s other primary export partner in Canada, threaten the same lasting impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California agriculture ships fruits and vegetables, wine up to Canada, and that’s already impacted,” Carter said. Canada is the state’s number one importer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canada imposed a 25% retaliatory tariff on U.S. wine. Instead of looking to California, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/PDFs/2022-2023_california_agricultural_exports.pdf\">sent 34% of its exported wine\u003c/a> to the country in 2022, Canada is relying on Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the trade war ebbs, “they may not come back to California,” Carter told KQED. “Trading in agriculture is a relationship that develops over time. And if one trading partner breaks that relationship, it doesn’t snap back overnight. It takes a long time to regain that trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farmworkers ‘refusing to come out’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The industry’s workforce is also under significant threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrants made up at least 50% of the state’s farmworker population between 2010 and 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/health-care-access-among-californias-farmworkers/\">according to data\u003c/a> from the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those farmworkers are increasingly anxious and fearful, according to Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, the executive director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS), an advocacy nonprofit for farmworkers in Half Moon Bay. Even though Trump’s threat of mass deportations has not yet been widely carried out, the emotional and psychological fear it’s caused is already having effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A person with long hair stands in front of a group of people in a room painted bright orange.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240123-HMBShootingAnniversary-39-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga speaks during a roundtable discussion at the ALAS Sueño Center in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a group of farmworkers … here on the North Coast and they have told our team that they’re refusing to come out beyond just their work duties,” Hernandez-Arriaga said. “They don’t want to leave the farm. They don’t want to come out for other things in the community because they don’t want to be at risk, and they’re scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that in the days immediately after actions like the raids in Kern County, people have stayed home from work, worried that their farms would be targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, or that they could be stopped at a gas station on their way home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many immigrants were already fearful of ICE enforcement under the Biden administration, Hernandez-Arriaga said those she spoke to in Half Moon Bay didn’t feel like a target.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current administration, she said, is “saying that they’re focusing on criminals, but that’s not what we’re seeing happening at all. 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