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Many of the families are currently cleaning out their ranch buildings and surroundings and removing possessions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021428\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PointReyesCattleGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PointReyesCattleGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PointReyesCattleGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PointReyesCattleGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PointReyesCattleGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PointReyesCattleGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PointReyesCattleGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cows in a meadow in Point Reyes National Seashore, located in Marin County, California, on Nov. 17, 2017. \u003ccite>(Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An attorney writing on behalf of three additional dairies sent a second letter to the Committee on Natural Resources last week, requesting that it allow the settlement to move forward without requiring their confidential mediation documents to be revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My clients are asking that their decisions be respected and that they be allowed to fulfill their\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>legal obligations under the agreements to close down their ranches in an orderly and appropriate manner and complete the transaction within the agreed timeline,” it reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the environmental groups targeted by the congressional investigation handed over more than 3,500 pages of documents related to the deal but said their mediation documents would not be released, citing attorney-client privilege and work product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they amplified the ranchers’ request to allow the settlement to continue, the environmental groups didn’t echo the ranchers’ other plea to Congress: to strengthen legal protections for ranchers on public lands elsewhere.[aside postID=news_12029675 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/NimanRanchGetty-1020x680.jpg']The dairies called for additional protections against “predatory litigation” by environmental activists, which they said has made it impossible for them to remain in Marin and the wider Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dairies said they “urge our elected officials to examine how and why a state like California, where dairy, made up almost entirely of family farms, has been strangled by hostile regulations, activism, and litigation instead of being protected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029675/niman-ranch-challenges-point-reyes-seashore-settlement-in-lawsuit-over-ranching\">lawsuits fighting the settlement\u003c/a> deal have already been filed on behalf of ranching families and tenants who have long resided there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill and Nicolette Niman, who operate one of the two ranches that isn’t party to the settlement, sued the National Park Service, alleging that its move to bar agricultural operations on most of the 28,000-acre seashore fails to account for Congress’ goal to preserve the area’s “ranching and agricultural heritage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They believe the land should continue to be available to future generations of ranchers, even after those who have signed onto the settlement leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other remaining ranch owner, David Evans, joined the Nimans’ suit, and in his own letter to the House committee, he urged it to provide protections from “green groups,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/most-point-reyes-seashore-ranchers-signal-support-for-buyout-deal-after-hou/?ref=home-icymysmallstories\">reporting by the \u003cem>Press Democrat\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Congress, when it authorized the seashore and created the seashore, granted the park service and the Secretary of the Interior the authority — should the initial ranchers decide to leave, as most have now done — to lease that land to a new generation of ranchers,” said Peter Prows, the attorney representing the Nimans. “That alternative of leasing it to others is something that the park service hasn’t considered in violation of the law, and it’s really unfortunate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036576/oaklands-public-watchdog-starved-of-resources-loses-yet-another-top-official\">anti-corruption watchdog agency\u003c/a> is considering a parcel tax to fund its investigations and its stalled public campaign financing program rather than fall victim to the woes of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036060/oakland-pushes-coliseum-sale-next-year-delaying-funds-again\">city’s fiscal crisis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Ethics Commission, which investigates allegations against high-profile government officials such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">former Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, also oversees the Democracy Dollars program. Although voters overwhelmingly passed the program into law in 2022, it has yet to be implemented in any election due to Oakland’s ongoing budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democracy Dollars promised to \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/RESO-89316-Campaign-Reform-filed-materials_2022-07-30-033124_scna.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1745530836557143&usg=AOvVaw3jo9C3Dyg8F0ZcQSkAMkbn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refresh Oakland’s public financing program\u003c/a>, inspired by a similar initiative in Seattle, Commission Chair Francis Upton IV said. It would distribute $100 vouchers to Oakland residents, who could then use the vouchers to donate to participating campaigns for public office, such as mayoral and City Council candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea is to increase the number and diversity of the donors,” Upton said. “One of the problems that Oakland has is a lot of the money for the elections comes from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036921/lee-takes-the-flats-taylor-wins-the-hills-but-labor-unions-deliver-the-city\">rich people in the hills\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program costs around $2 million per year, but the ballot measure that created it requires funding to come from the city’s general fund — leaving it vulnerable to the city’s budget crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the city declares a fiscal emergency, which it has, then they have the right to cut anything they want from the general fund,” Upton said. “Democracy Dollars was one of the programs they decided to cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12015107 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Public Ethics Commission, known for investigating high-profile officials like former Mayor Sheng Thao, also oversees Oakland’s Democracy Dollars program—approved by voters in 2022 but still unlaunched due to the city’s persistent budget shortfall. \u003ccite>(Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ethics commissioners remained hopeful that they could secure the funding for Democracy Dollars in time for 2024, but that election came and went. Now, commissioners say 2026 is likely off the table as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of 2024, Upton said the city made do by temporarily reimplementing its previous public campaign financing program, which for 20 years had reimbursed candidates for certain campaign expenses. The pot of money was small in 2024, though — just $155,000 for eligible candidates to split, Upton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s 2025-2027 budget will be adopted in June, but Upton and Public Ethics Commission executive director Nicolas Heidorn said it is unlikely that city officials will be able to carve out the money to fund Democracy Dollars. In that case, the commission intends to go forward with the plan to put a parcel tax on the ballot for the 2026 primary election.[aside postID=news_12036576 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1020x680.jpg']Heidorn, who will be the commission’s second top official to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006538/oaklands-top-ethics-investigator-is-resigning-citing-a-chronic-lack-of-resources\">resign in the last year\u003c/a> when he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036576/oaklands-public-watchdog-starved-of-resources-loses-yet-another-top-official\">steps down in July\u003c/a>, said the agency does not have the resources to carry out its work investigating corruption in Oakland. It has just one investigator and a chief tasked with over 170 open cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having a dedicated and stable funding source for the ethics commission is important to ensure that we can perform our role as an ethics watchdog agency,” Heidorn said. “And it’s also important for our independence. The commission’s budget should not be controlled by the same officials that the commission regulates from an ethics perspective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/PEC-Item-10-PEC-Ballot-Measure-Revenue-Options-03-19-2025.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1745530756367943&usg=AOvVaw34JxYD0VCy_eHfF2qbjpnp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">staff report to the commission\u003c/a>, Heidorn outlined three different options for the parcel tax: one that funds just Democracy Dollars, a second that also funds the enforcement unit of the commission, and a third to fully fund Democracy Dollars and the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of those ranges from around $3.8 million to fund just Democracy Dollars, to around $7.2 million for the fully funded option. 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"content": "\u003cp>The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a motion in federal court to stop the Department of Justice from cutting off legal services for families who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11785409/new-search-begins-for-deported-parents-of-separated-migrant-children\">forcibly separated\u003c/a> at the U.S.-Mexico border during the first Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026959/families-separated-at-the-border-are-protected-by-a-2023-settlement-will-trump-honor-it\">settlement agreement reached during the Biden Administration\u003c/a> requires the government to provide legal services to those families in order to help them navigate the complex U.S. immigration system. According to the ACLU’s motion, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, the DOJ has declined to renew a contract for the services without specifying what will replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the “Zero Tolerance” immigration policy of Trump’s first term, federal agencies detained families entering the country illegally, took children away from their parents, sent them to separate facilities and eventually released them to other family members or to foster care. Nearly 5,000 family members were separated. In many cases, the government did not take steps to reunite them and lost track of which children belonged to which parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026959/families-separated-at-the-border-are-protected-by-a-2023-settlement-will-trump-honor-it\">ACLU filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/cases/ms-l-v-ice\">violating families’ right to due process\u003c/a> under the U.S. Constitution, and for separating them without cause. The Biden administration settled the lawsuit in December 2023 by agreeing to reunite families who were still separated and provide them with a pathway to asylum in the United States, including a temporary status called parole. Before approving the settlement, federal Judge Dana Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego said family separation “represents one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the special conditions granted to these families created a complex web of applications to fill out and documents to produce, the agreement also required the government to ensure access to lawyers who could guide them. The ACLU said those services are now at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738375\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl holds a sign during a demonstration outside of the San Francisco office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 19, 2018 in San Francisco over the Trump administration family separation policy.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl holds a sign during a demonstration outside of the San Francisco office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 19, 2018 in San Francisco over the Trump administration family separation policy. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Babies were horrifically ripped from their parents’ arms under the first Trump administration’s family separation policy,” said ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt, lead counsel in the family separation lawsuit. “Depriving these families of vital services needed to remedy these tragic events is just the latest cruelty inflicted upon the families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government claims it is only declining to renew the existing contract, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/documents/motion\">the ACLU’s filing\u003c/a>, and does not intend to allow legal services to lapse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, with less than a week before the contract expires, the ACLU said the government has yet to explain how it will do that. “Absent the contract,” the filing reads, “the legal services subcontractors have no choice but to stop services altogether.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DOJ did not respond to requests for comment.[aside postID=news_12026959 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBP-family-border-1020x680.jpg']The program, formally called Legal Access Services for Reunified Families, was created in May 2024 through a contract between the DOJ and Acacia Center for Justice, a nonprofit immigrant legal defense organization based in Washington, D.C. Acacia distributed the funding to nine organizations around the country that have been providing legal services directly to families impacted by Zero Tolerance. Services include workshops on how to navigate immigration court proceedings, assistance with immigration applications and referrals to pro bono attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Acacia notes that the funding level of the existing contract only covered 12% of the thousands who qualify for legal guidance under the settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acacia expected the contract to be renewed at the end of this month, and subcontractors had been slating waitlisted families for support starting May 1, according to declarations filed with the ACLU motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of them have parole that are ending now in May and June. So they are really desperate to receive services, and they kept calling us and we would tell them we have you on the list,” said Marien Velez-Alcaide, a managing attorney for the family reunification program at \u003ca href=\"https://alotrolado.org/\">Al Otro Lado\u003c/a>, one of the organizations that has received funding through Acacia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit operates on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, Los Angeles and Tijuana, and said it has served 140 people impacted by Zero Tolerance family separations, including 97 in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DOJ informed Acacia of the non-renewal on April 11, less than a month before the contract was set to end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1545px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1545\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf.png 1545w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-800x1036.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-1020x1320.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-160x207.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-1187x1536.png 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A copy of a notice-of-termination letter sent by the U.S. Department of Justice to Acacia Center for Justice, a nonprofit immigrant legal defense organization that has been providing legal services to members of separated families in accordance with a 2023 settlement between the Biden Administration and the ACLU.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the settlement agreement does not require the government to provide full legal representation to family members who were separated under Zero Tolerance, advocates say the support is vital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Family members who’ve been separated] don’t know what their rights are,” under the settlement, said Velez-Alcaide. “So it’s really fundamental for them to be able to receive assistance and know what they qualify for, what are the deadlines, how to fill out the applications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a declaration filed with the ACLU motion, Velez-Alcaide wrote that she has heard from clients who are “terrified of the potential consequences for themselves and their families,” including being separated again if their immigration claims fail, or losing their jobs if they’re unable to obtain or renew work permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is family separation by another name,” said Zain Lakhani, director of migrant rights and justice at the Women’s Refugee Commission, at a virtual press conference convened by Acacia on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The apparent threat to legal services for separated families comes as the Trump administration continues to dismantle other supports for people seeking asylum in the United States, including a program providing legal representation for unaccompanied children. Many children were designated unaccompanied after they were separated from their families and have been represented by attorneys under that program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035874\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/gettyimages-2210243092-scaled-e1745537471811.jpeg\" alt=\"President Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14, 2025.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some legal services providers have begun laying off staff in the wake of federal funding cuts across the immigration field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The risks for class members are skyrocketing, and the elimination of services means the further erosion of due process,” said Sara Van Hofwegen, managing director of legal access programs at the Acacia Center for Justice, during Thursday’s event. “These families who’ve endured so much trauma at the hand of our government have been told that the United States is not keeping our promise to help them rebuild their lives or assist them with their cases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Velez-Alcaide said Al Otro Lado has ramped up fundraising efforts to avoid having to leave separated families in the lurch after May 1, especially because the ACLU’s court challenge may move slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know how long it’s going to take, and a lot of these families don’t have the time to wait,” she said. “In the meantime, they’re living in fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californianewsroom#:~:text=About%20the%20California%20Newsroom&text=The%20California%20Newsroom%3A&text=provides%20one%2Don%2Done%20mentorship,UC%20Berkeley%20Journalism%20Fellows%20program.\">\u003cem>The California Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a KQED-led collaboration of public media outlets throughout the state, with NPR as its national partner.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026959/families-separated-at-the-border-are-protected-by-a-2023-settlement-will-trump-honor-it\">ACLU filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/cases/ms-l-v-ice\">violating families’ right to due process\u003c/a> under the U.S. Constitution, and for separating them without cause. The Biden administration settled the lawsuit in December 2023 by agreeing to reunite families who were still separated and provide them with a pathway to asylum in the United States, including a temporary status called parole. Before approving the settlement, federal Judge Dana Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego said family separation “represents one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the special conditions granted to these families created a complex web of applications to fill out and documents to produce, the agreement also required the government to ensure access to lawyers who could guide them. The ACLU said those services are now at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11738375\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl holds a sign during a demonstration outside of the San Francisco office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 19, 2018 in San Francisco over the Trump administration family separation policy.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36430_GettyImages-978854834-qut-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl holds a sign during a demonstration outside of the San Francisco office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 19, 2018 in San Francisco over the Trump administration family separation policy. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Babies were horrifically ripped from their parents’ arms under the first Trump administration’s family separation policy,” said ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt, lead counsel in the family separation lawsuit. “Depriving these families of vital services needed to remedy these tragic events is just the latest cruelty inflicted upon the families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government claims it is only declining to renew the existing contract, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/documents/motion\">the ACLU’s filing\u003c/a>, and does not intend to allow legal services to lapse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, with less than a week before the contract expires, the ACLU said the government has yet to explain how it will do that. “Absent the contract,” the filing reads, “the legal services subcontractors have no choice but to stop services altogether.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DOJ did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The program, formally called Legal Access Services for Reunified Families, was created in May 2024 through a contract between the DOJ and Acacia Center for Justice, a nonprofit immigrant legal defense organization based in Washington, D.C. Acacia distributed the funding to nine organizations around the country that have been providing legal services directly to families impacted by Zero Tolerance. Services include workshops on how to navigate immigration court proceedings, assistance with immigration applications and referrals to pro bono attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Acacia notes that the funding level of the existing contract only covered 12% of the thousands who qualify for legal guidance under the settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acacia expected the contract to be renewed at the end of this month, and subcontractors had been slating waitlisted families for support starting May 1, according to declarations filed with the ACLU motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of them have parole that are ending now in May and June. So they are really desperate to receive services, and they kept calling us and we would tell them we have you on the list,” said Marien Velez-Alcaide, a managing attorney for the family reunification program at \u003ca href=\"https://alotrolado.org/\">Al Otro Lado\u003c/a>, one of the organizations that has received funding through Acacia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit operates on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, Los Angeles and Tijuana, and said it has served 140 people impacted by Zero Tolerance family separations, including 97 in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DOJ informed Acacia of the non-renewal on April 11, less than a month before the contract was set to end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1545px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1545\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf.png 1545w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-800x1036.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-1020x1320.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-160x207.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DOJ-Acacia-letter.pdf-1187x1536.png 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A copy of a notice-of-termination letter sent by the U.S. Department of Justice to Acacia Center for Justice, a nonprofit immigrant legal defense organization that has been providing legal services to members of separated families in accordance with a 2023 settlement between the Biden Administration and the ACLU.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the settlement agreement does not require the government to provide full legal representation to family members who were separated under Zero Tolerance, advocates say the support is vital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Family members who’ve been separated] don’t know what their rights are,” under the settlement, said Velez-Alcaide. “So it’s really fundamental for them to be able to receive assistance and know what they qualify for, what are the deadlines, how to fill out the applications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a declaration filed with the ACLU motion, Velez-Alcaide wrote that she has heard from clients who are “terrified of the potential consequences for themselves and their families,” including being separated again if their immigration claims fail, or losing their jobs if they’re unable to obtain or renew work permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is family separation by another name,” said Zain Lakhani, director of migrant rights and justice at the Women’s Refugee Commission, at a virtual press conference convened by Acacia on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The apparent threat to legal services for separated families comes as the Trump administration continues to dismantle other supports for people seeking asylum in the United States, including a program providing legal representation for unaccompanied children. 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Pelosi is an ex officio member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee; her representative at the meeting voted against the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11778714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11778714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco District Attorney candidate Nancy Tung in downtown San Francisco.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portrait of Nancy Tung, who chairs San Francisco’s Democratic Party. The party is ready to consider a mandatory retirement age for some elected officials. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If every politician at 85 were as capable and sharp and had the sort of fierce urgency that she does and is still so tapped into, then we wouldn’t have to have this conversation at all,” Kingsbury said. “Nancy Pelosi is not somebody that we should be having this conversation about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While uncommon for elected officials, mandatory retirement ages exist in other public professions, including airline pilots, state judges and public safety officers in some jurisdictions. “More than 30 U.S. states have implemented age limits for judges to balance institutional knowledge with public accountability,” the resolution reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Wednesday’s meeting, several party members including Supervisor Connie Chan balked at the idea, calling it ageist and offensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Age is not a problem. The problem is the quality of the candidate and their understanding of state, local and federal government,” said Chan, pointing to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036921/lee-takes-the-flats-taylor-wins-the-hills-but-labor-unions-deliver-the-city\">election last week of Barbara Lee\u003c/a>, 78, as mayor of Oakland. “Frankly it’s ageism and discrimination against people that have experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the vote, several residents also voiced opposition to the resolution during public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South of Market resident Cole Bettles, who said he previously worked as an intern for Pelosi, criticized the proposal’s avoidance of federal representatives like her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a huge fan of Pelosi, I worked for her … but this is a complete joke if this does not include Pelosi,” said Bettles, calling the speaker emerita’s omission “unhinged, serious butt kissing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next, supporters plan to bring the idea to the state Democratic Party convention in May as part of a broader \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/17uDbEKLax_Jg4S6J1qwcTjx5ERYRvT3Z/view\">package of resolutions\u003c/a> from the local party, which is now controlled by moderate Democrats after progressives lost several seats last year. Other resolutions focus on combating public corruption, increasing public safety staffing, building more housing in California and increased support for public education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan said she plans to fight against the proposal at the state level as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035273 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-05-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032892/billionaire-influence-deepens-divisions-among-san-francisco-democrats\">Democrats have struggled to coalesce\u003c/a> around a united strategy against Republicans and President Donald Trump. Locally, two prominent groups — the Rose Pak Asian American Club and the Latinx Democratic Club — recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033207/sf-latinx-club-leaves-local-democratic-party\">opted not to recharter with the local Democratic Party\u003c/a>, citing disagreements over local party direction and leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although San Francisco is still overwhelmingly blue, the city had more voters choose Trump in the most recent presidential election than in prior years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most important lesson for Democrats is that we have gotten too far away from the kitchen table concerns of working people, working families and individuals, young people and immigrants,” said Nancy Tung, who chairs San Francisco’s Democratic Party. “We really need to refocus not just our message but our actions around things that are tangible and things that make a difference in people’s lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung said shifts to the center reflect how voters want to see change in the party, locally and nationally. She and Kingsbury are both moderate Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than at the group’s regular meeting place in a state building, local Democrats gathered Wednesday night to vote on the package of resolutions at West Bay Pilipino Multi Service Center, part of an effort to connect the party to local communities around the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reorientation of the party, just like the reorientation of San Francisco, that has been a long time in the coming,” Tung said. “On the local level, we can change the conversation, or at least change the way that people feel about Democrats. And this has a trickle effect on state and national elections, that the Democratic Party is full of people who want the city to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal is non-binding and encourages local and state Democrats to explore an age limit for government representatives, but not at the federal level. It does not suggest a specific age for the retirement requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kingsbury said the idea is not directed at Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a>, who is 85. Pelosi is an ex officio member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee; her representative at the meeting voted against the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11778714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11778714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco District Attorney candidate Nancy Tung in downtown San Francisco.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/San-Francisco-District-Attorney_candidate_Nancy-Tung-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portrait of Nancy Tung, who chairs San Francisco’s Democratic Party. The party is ready to consider a mandatory retirement age for some elected officials. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If every politician at 85 were as capable and sharp and had the sort of fierce urgency that she does and is still so tapped into, then we wouldn’t have to have this conversation at all,” Kingsbury said. “Nancy Pelosi is not somebody that we should be having this conversation about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While uncommon for elected officials, mandatory retirement ages exist in other public professions, including airline pilots, state judges and public safety officers in some jurisdictions. “More than 30 U.S. states have implemented age limits for judges to balance institutional knowledge with public accountability,” the resolution reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Wednesday’s meeting, several party members including Supervisor Connie Chan balked at the idea, calling it ageist and offensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Age is not a problem. The problem is the quality of the candidate and their understanding of state, local and federal government,” said Chan, pointing to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036921/lee-takes-the-flats-taylor-wins-the-hills-but-labor-unions-deliver-the-city\">election last week of Barbara Lee\u003c/a>, 78, as mayor of Oakland. “Frankly it’s ageism and discrimination against people that have experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the vote, several residents also voiced opposition to the resolution during public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South of Market resident Cole Bettles, who said he previously worked as an intern for Pelosi, criticized the proposal’s avoidance of federal representatives like her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a huge fan of Pelosi, I worked for her … but this is a complete joke if this does not include Pelosi,” said Bettles, calling the speaker emerita’s omission “unhinged, serious butt kissing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next, supporters plan to bring the idea to the state Democratic Party convention in May as part of a broader \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/17uDbEKLax_Jg4S6J1qwcTjx5ERYRvT3Z/view\">package of resolutions\u003c/a> from the local party, which is now controlled by moderate Democrats after progressives lost several seats last year. Other resolutions focus on combating public corruption, increasing public safety staffing, building more housing in California and increased support for public education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan said she plans to fight against the proposal at the state level as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:38 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive actions to withhold federal funds from states, cities and counties with so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027607/sfs-long-history-as-sanctuary-city-faces-renewed-challenges-under-trump\">sanctuary policies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge William Orrick said a preliminary injunction against the administration was appropriate because the plans were unconstitutional — just as they were in 2017 when Trump ordered officials to withhold billions from San Francisco and California because of sanctuary policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Cities and Counties have also demonstrated a likelihood of irreparable harm. The threat to withhold funding causes them irreparable injury in the form of budgetary uncertainty, deprivation of constitutional rights and undermining trust between the Cities and Counties and the communities they serve,” Orrick wrote in the six-page ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s initial \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02006/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\">order\u003c/a> was issued on his first day in office and called for the Department of Homeland Security and attorneys general to ensure that sanctuary jurisdictions — those that restrict local law enforcement officials from cooperating with immigration enforcement — to lose federal funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was followed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders/\">another executive order \u003c/a>in February that broadened the directive to include all taxpayer funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, as well as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388531/dl?inline\">memo\u003c/a> from Attorney General Pam Bondi directing the Department of Justice to stop sending money to cities, counties and states with those types of policies and investigate local officials that “impede” operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orrick ordered that the defendants are restrained and enjoined “from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds,” and the administration must provide written notice of his order to all federal departments and agencies by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024430\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2025, during a press conference to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a Sanctuary City. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In all, 16 cities and counties from around the U.S. have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">sued\u003c/a> in an action brought Feb. 7 and led by Santa Clara and San Francisco. The suit asks the court to block all of the Trump administration’s actions related to stripping funding from sanctuary jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their lawsuit, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties argue that the government’s threats are unconstitutional, and note that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031821/legal-showdown-over-sanctuary-laws-tests-federal-vs-state-power-again\">the issue has been litigated before\u003c/a>: In 2017, courts of appeals \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/21/565678707/enter-title\">sided\u003c/a> with the counties, as well as the city of Chicago, in two cases challenging a similar executive order issued during Trump’s first term in office. That case was also heard by Orrick, who presided over Wednesday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both this court and the Ninth Circuit found that the clear and specific directive to ensure that sanctuary jurisdictions are not eligible to receive federal grants was unconstitutional,” Deputy City Attorney Karun Tilak told the court Wednesday.[aside postID=news_12035610 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-72_qed-1020x680.jpg']In court — and a filing last month — lawyers for the Trump administration argued that an injunction would be premature because the federal government hasn’t actually withheld any money yet, meaning that the cities and counties can’t show they’ve been harmed by the executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without knowing which programs are going to be impacted upon what conditions, under what basis. It’s difficult to evaluate the contours of how preliminary relief would be appropriate right now,” said Caroline McGuire, an attorney for the Department of Justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tilak responded that the cities and counties suing cannot continue paying for programs that rely on federal reimbursements, and that even the threat of withholding funds is harming local governments by making it difficult for them to plan and budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are incurring costs every day, contingent on being able to get reimbursement. If that reimbursement were frozen or if those funds were taken away, that would harm their ability to carry out those programs, and for present purposes, creates an existential uncertainty about whether they should continue funding those programs,” Tilak said, noting that most jurisdictions must finalize their budgets for next fiscal year by the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire said that in previous cases, during Trump’s first term, the plaintiffs only won injunctions when they identified specific money that was withheld, and could specify the harm that was caused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1920x1250.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Orrick agreed with the counties, telling the government lawyers that while the administration may not have withheld money yet, the orders issued this time are more sweeping in nature, because they threaten to cut off all federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions — not just specific law enforcement grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The distinction, though, that I think will be hard for you to get around is that the executive order speaks to all federal funds. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s initial \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02006/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\">order\u003c/a> was issued on his first day in office and called for the Department of Homeland Security and attorneys general to ensure that sanctuary jurisdictions — those that restrict local law enforcement officials from cooperating with immigration enforcement — to lose federal funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was followed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders/\">another executive order \u003c/a>in February that broadened the directive to include all taxpayer funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, as well as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388531/dl?inline\">memo\u003c/a> from Attorney General Pam Bondi directing the Department of Justice to stop sending money to cities, counties and states with those types of policies and investigate local officials that “impede” operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orrick ordered that the defendants are restrained and enjoined “from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds,” and the administration must provide written notice of his order to all federal departments and agencies by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024430\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2025, during a press conference to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a Sanctuary City. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In all, 16 cities and counties from around the U.S. have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">sued\u003c/a> in an action brought Feb. 7 and led by Santa Clara and San Francisco. The suit asks the court to block all of the Trump administration’s actions related to stripping funding from sanctuary jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their lawsuit, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties argue that the government’s threats are unconstitutional, and note that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031821/legal-showdown-over-sanctuary-laws-tests-federal-vs-state-power-again\">the issue has been litigated before\u003c/a>: In 2017, courts of appeals \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/21/565678707/enter-title\">sided\u003c/a> with the counties, as well as the city of Chicago, in two cases challenging a similar executive order issued during Trump’s first term in office. That case was also heard by Orrick, who presided over Wednesday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both this court and the Ninth Circuit found that the clear and specific directive to ensure that sanctuary jurisdictions are not eligible to receive federal grants was unconstitutional,” Deputy City Attorney Karun Tilak told the court Wednesday.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>This column was reported for Political Breakdown, a bi-monthly newsletter offering analysis and context on Bay Area and California political news. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Click here to subscribe\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moderate San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie marked his first 100 days in office by sticking to a pledge to focus on local issues \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">rather than national headlines\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progressive icon Barbara Lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036919/barbara-lee-pledges-to-unite-oakland-in-first-remarks-as-mayor-elect\">promises to fight against Trump’s policies\u003c/a> when she takes over as Mayor of Oakland next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ydsoaJBWBk4\">warned Democrats\u003c/a> that focusing on Trump’s immigration policies is a distraction from what the party should be talking about. He received forceful blowback from fellow Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, these messages underscore the confusion and competing priorities among elected Democrats as they search for a path forward following November’s electoral wipeout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stepping into that void, the San Francisco Democratic Party is working to reframe its message — from public safety to closing the achievement gap in public schools — and even floating the idea of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037076/san-francisco-democrats-consider-mandatory-retirement-ages-for-representatives\">age limits for elected officials\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have gotten too far away from the kitchen table concerns of working people, young people and immigrants,” said Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung said this repositioning is a response to recent elections where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904879/sf-school-board-recall-results-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-and-faauuga-moliga-headed-for-recall\">voters recalled school board members\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">ousted a progressive district attorney\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013667/daniel-lurie-san-franciscos-next-mayor-what-will-that-look-like\">elected a moderate mayor\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12037076 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/12/GettyImages-2174968250-e1736293413905.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, it really was this reckoning in San Francisco politics that led to a change in the direction of where our government is going,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung, who works in the office of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, said, at the very least, party positions need a serious update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last resolution that passed by the state party around police was to defund the police in 2020,” she added. “And what we’re hearing from voters is that people want to be safe on their streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Tung’s leadership, the San Francisco Democratic Party’s moderate-leaning majority is trying out resolutions on public safety, schools, housing and more. She hopes the state party will adopt – or at least discuss – these course corrections at its convention in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung insists this is not a retreat from core Democratic values, like support for women’s access to abortion or LGBTQ+ rights. But she thinks it’s time to focus on results rather than “performative resolutions and just pontificating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will need to be the party that can get things done and that basic government services in our Democrat-controlled cities are not just functional, but excellent,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024943\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi meets with KQED in her office in the San Francisco Federal Building on Jan. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most controversial proposal? A resolution suggesting the party consider age limits for elected officials. On the heels of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946670/dianne-feinstein-californias-longest-serving-us-senator-dies-at-age-90\">the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s\u003c/a> serious health decline during her final years in office, Tung said the party should encourage and cultivate younger leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The obvious question: Does this apply to 85-year-old Nancy Pelosi, who would be seeking a 21st term if she runs for reelection next year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to criticize Nancy Pelosi for staying in office because she is exceptional,” Tung said, sidestepping any criticism of the iconic Democrat. “I think Nancy Pelosi is just phenomenal. She is one of a kind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saikat Chakrabarti begs to differ. The 39-year-old former staffer to Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running against Pelosi, hoping to force her into retirement. He sat down with me and my colleague Marisa Lagos last month for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033097/hes-challenging-nancy-pelosi-and-the-democratic-party\">\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely about not just challenging Pelosi, but challenging the party as it is right now. The party is underwater with its own voters. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, it really was this reckoning in San Francisco politics that led to a change in the direction of where our government is going,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung, who works in the office of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, said, at the very least, party positions need a serious update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last resolution that passed by the state party around police was to defund the police in 2020,” she added. “And what we’re hearing from voters is that people want to be safe on their streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Tung’s leadership, the San Francisco Democratic Party’s moderate-leaning majority is trying out resolutions on public safety, schools, housing and more. She hopes the state party will adopt – or at least discuss – these course corrections at its convention in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung insists this is not a retreat from core Democratic values, like support for women’s access to abortion or LGBTQ+ rights. But she thinks it’s time to focus on results rather than “performative resolutions and just pontificating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will need to be the party that can get things done and that basic government services in our Democrat-controlled cities are not just functional, but excellent,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024943\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi meets with KQED in her office in the San Francisco Federal Building on Jan. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. 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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running against Pelosi, hoping to force her into retirement. He sat down with me and my colleague Marisa Lagos last month for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033097/hes-challenging-nancy-pelosi-and-the-democratic-party\">\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely about not just challenging Pelosi, but challenging the party as it is right now. The party is underwater with its own voters. 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And \u003ca href=\"https://law.marquette.edu/poll/\">this March poll of 1,000 people\u003c/a> by the Marquette Law School is just one indicator that \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/elon-musk-poll-approval-030168\">some Americans are tired\u003c/a> of wealthy tech figures being involved in the nation’s politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re learning a big lesson here, which is that we can have democracy or we can have billionaires, but we can’t have both,” San Francisco journalist Gil Duran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909416/is-the-nerd-reich-taking-over-the-government\">KQED Forum’s Mina Kim spoke to Duran\u003c/a>, who formerly worked for California politicians like Jerry Brown and Kamala Harris, about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenerdreich.com/\">“Silicon Valley tech billionaire politics” that are the focus of his \u003c/a>newsletter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenerdreich.com/\">\u003cem>The Nerd Reich\u003c/em>\u003c/a> — and what he thinks tech elites might want next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Before DOGE, there was RAGE\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gil Duran:\u003c/strong> Curtis Yarvin is a San Francisco software programmer who, in the early 2000s, started blogging under the name “Mencius Moldbug.” And in his blog posts — very internet troll stuff — he laid out these ideas for replacing democracy with tech-controlled dictatorships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He specifically focused on San Francisco, which he said in his corporate tech dictatorship would be renamed “Frisk Corp.” In Frisk Corp, you would have to swipe in with \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/radio-frequency-identification-rfid-what-it\">RFID \u003c/a>chips and be under total surveillance, and give up all of your freedom in exchange for security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033066 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/paypal-mafia_web-img-1020x574.png']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The important thing to understand about Curtis Yarvin is that he became a favorite thinker of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033066/the-broligarchy-pt-1-chronicles-of-the-paypal-mafia\">Peter Thiel, the PayPal Mafia billionaire \u003c/a>who founded Palantir and got even richer off of government surveillance. Some people call him Peter Thiel’s house philosopher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, [Yarvin] gave a speech in which he said that the government needed to be reformed with something he called RAGE — Retire All Government Employees. And that entailed taking over the federal government, purging the bureaucracy of anybody who’s a Democrat or who believes in democracy, and replacing all federal employees with people who would answer to a CEO-dictator-type of person. Very much mirroring what Elon Musk is doing with DOGE at this current time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it weren’t for these billionaires, [Yarvin would] be just an anonymous internet troll. The whole reason this has gone national is because of JD Vance. [And] to understand JD Vance, you have to understand that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/g-s1-11654/five-things-to-know-about-jd-vances-connections-to-tech-billionaires\">he is largely a creation of Peter Thiel.\u003c/a> At every step of JD’s career, Peter Thiel has been there, funding him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11222083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11222083\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Pence looks on as Donald Trump shakes the hand of Peter Thiel during a meeting with technology executives.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Pence looks on as Donald Trump shakes the hand of Peter Thiel during a meeting with technology executives during the first Trump Administration. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Predicting the ‘cognitive elite’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yarvin is largely deriving his ideas from other places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To really understand this, you have to go back to a 1997 book called \u003cem>The Sovereign Individual, \u003c/em> which basically was one of these dark, apocalyptic-style books, and it predicted that in the 21st century, the information age would undermine the existing economy and existing nation-states. That\u003ca href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Information%20Age\"> the Information Age \u003c/a>would kill lots of jobs and result in a lot of violence and chaos, and also lead to the rise of a so-called “cognitive elite”: people who are able to become wealthy off of technology and don’t need traditional jobs to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be their mission to escape from existing countries using something called cyber currency — basically \u003ca href=\"https://www.oswego.edu/cts/basics-about-cryptocurrency\">crypto, \u003c/a> which would allow them to evade taxation and evade government authority, and create their own nations that they would rule over in this post-democracy order brought about by the information age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These ideas sound crazy when you first hear them. They sounded very unhinged to me, and I didn’t pay attention to them at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, you have to understand that these are very wealthy men with very strange and scary ideas. And they seriously believe in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033142\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House adviser Elon Musk at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort that is trying to get access to data from across the government to find waste, fraud and abuse. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The GOP vs. the ‘broligarchs’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I think Trump has, for the most, part right now, been bought off. Trump’s in it for the money — and these guys have plenty of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He may not have the ideology, but as long as Elon and these guys are going to spend billions of dollars and create all of these \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/trump-family-saudi-golf.html\">business opportunities for his family\u003c/a>, I think he’s all in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a problem, though, because this is becoming very unpopular very quickly. \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-rating-dips-many-wary-his-wielding-power-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-04-21/\">The polls are diving\u003c/a>. Elon Musk is becoming one of the most despised men in the country. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035250/new-social-security-rules-will-create-hurdles-for-millions-of-older-adults-report-finds\">He’s threatening Social Security\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-workers-veterans-fired-1032360fdc6b2fb33d88edaf8f54d5ca\">He’s firing veterans\u003c/a>. You’ve got \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/town-halls-congress-tempers-flare/index.html\">Republicans showing up\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/inside-a-heated-town-hall-where-a-nebraska-republican-faced-backlash-over-trumps-policies\">town halls to yell\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republicans-town-halls-musk-russia-b2720632.html\">their absentee representatives in early 2025\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a political disaster in many ways, so I think there will be some political tension between the Republican establishment and these \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034198/the-broligarchy-pt-2-is-this-techno-fascism\">“tech-broligarchs”\u003c/a> — because they’re breaking all the rules of politics and don’t really seem to care about the future. And in politics, you’ve really got to care about the next election and the election after. That’s the name of the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Silicon Valley’s ‘right wing strain’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I compare it to: this tech authoritarianism is the parasite and MAGA is the host.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Tech leaders] saw an opportunity, right? It’s a very opportunistic play — and an opportunity to go as far as they can with a candidate who has been able to openly violate the law, and not pay any political consequence for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11998040 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/072024_Vance-Trump_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not an ideology where the world is a better place for the majority of people. It’s a place where the world is a place for tech billionaires. You don’t make the world a better place by getting rid of Social Security, which is crucial to the survival of millions of Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/10/palo-alto-book-malcom-harris-interview\">Malcolm Harris’s [book]\u003cem> Palo Alto\u003c/em>\u003c/a> talks about the right-wing strain through Silicon Valley. There was this idea during the nineties and part of the eighties and 2000s that tech was kind of fun: was going to make our life cool, all these nice products, connecting us, allowing us to buy stuff online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for a long time, it seemed nonthreatening. Remember, Google had the “Don’t be evil” slogan and they were kind of paddling around in their Crocs, building playgrounds for their employees and bespoke lunches and free kombucha on tap. There was the harmless vibe that seemed to be from Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I think there has always been a certain anti-government lean to a lot of the Silicon Valley movement — this idea that “we’re going to create structures outside of government.” The idea of getting out of authoritarian society, evading bad governments in the future: there were times when these ideas seemed like something people on the left could be into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, what’s happened is: these guys became super rich. And as they’ve become super super \u003cem>super \u003c/em>rich, they’ve gone far, far, far to the right — and they’re pulling others now with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Freedom cities’ and governance by tech\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All the way back in 2013, [Balaji Srinivasan, chief technology officer of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase] gave a speech at \u003ca href=\"https://www.ycombinator.com/\">Y Combinator \u003c/a>in which he basically called for Silicon Valley to secede from the United States and to go start their own country and take all of their wealth and all of the brain power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continue[d] to develop these ideas over the next decade, and in 2022, released a book called \u003cem>The Network State\u003c/em> — how to start a new country. This book lays out all the reasons why American democracy is an outdated system and why it needs to be replaced by new tech forms of governance. And there are two ways to do that: one is to leave the country by a territory and create your own sovereign state or city. You can do that within a country or by leaving a country. And the other way is to take over existing governments and convert them into tech-controlled governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12000185 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My interest in this ideology started with SF politics — this effort by tech bros to take over City Hall, but also by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">the California Forever Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until I read a book by a historian named Quinn Slobodian called, \u003ca href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250753892/crackupcapitalism/\">\u003cem>Crack Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, that I understood the idea there … for wealthy people to find a way to exit society and create their own sort of utopian countries that they control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, Trump had a plan for something he calls the so-called “freedom cities,” which are \u003ca href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02723638.2023.2263121\">these 10 new charter cities\u003c/a> that would be built on federal land all around the United States. The newspapers have mentioned that Trump plans to “build freedom cities,” but no one has explained what that means: where the idea comes from or why we need them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the “freedom cities” are really anti-freedom cities — a very Orwellian name for what would essentially be a corporate-controlled city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996750\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A billboard for California Forever sits on top of an apartment building along I-80 in Vallejo on April 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How does this all end?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A lot of people stayed home [and didn’t vote in the 2024 election.] And I think this is going to wake [Americans] up to the fact that you can’t stay home. We have to realize that there is a group of people who are avidly working against the public good and against the welfare and well-being of the majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t think these [tech] guys have fully thought this out. I don’t think they realize — having been in politics myself — what it’s gonna feel like when you see that the majority of people are against you. I do think this ends with tens of millions of Americans taking to the streets on a regular basis to stand against what is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5340753/trump-democracy-authoritarianism-competive-survey-political-scientist\">an increasingly authoritarian regime in Washington\u003c/a>. And I think that it also ends with a bunch of billionaires getting on planes to Moscow at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think it’s important to understand it, to learn about it, and to tell others about it … Word of mouth is very important. People listen to their peers, to their friends, to their family members. That’s where a lot of people get their main political knowledge from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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[And] to understand JD Vance, you have to understand that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/g-s1-11654/five-things-to-know-about-jd-vances-connections-to-tech-billionaires\">he is largely a creation of Peter Thiel.\u003c/a> At every step of JD’s career, Peter Thiel has been there, funding him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11222083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11222083\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Pence looks on as Donald Trump shakes the hand of Peter Thiel during a meeting with technology executives.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TrumpHandsyThiel-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Pence looks on as Donald Trump shakes the hand of Peter Thiel during a meeting with technology executives during the first Trump Administration. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Predicting the ‘cognitive elite’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yarvin is largely deriving his ideas from other places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To really understand this, you have to go back to a 1997 book called \u003cem>The Sovereign Individual, \u003c/em> which basically was one of these dark, apocalyptic-style books, and it predicted that in the 21st century, the information age would undermine the existing economy and existing nation-states. That\u003ca href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Information%20Age\"> the Information Age \u003c/a>would kill lots of jobs and result in a lot of violence and chaos, and also lead to the rise of a so-called “cognitive elite”: people who are able to become wealthy off of technology and don’t need traditional jobs to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be their mission to escape from existing countries using something called cyber currency — basically \u003ca href=\"https://www.oswego.edu/cts/basics-about-cryptocurrency\">crypto, \u003c/a> which would allow them to evade taxation and evade government authority, and create their own nations that they would rule over in this post-democracy order brought about by the information age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These ideas sound crazy when you first hear them. They sounded very unhinged to me, and I didn’t pay attention to them at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, you have to understand that these are very wealthy men with very strange and scary ideas. And they seriously believe in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033142\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House adviser Elon Musk at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort that is trying to get access to data from across the government to find waste, fraud and abuse. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The GOP vs. the ‘broligarchs’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I think Trump has, for the most, part right now, been bought off. 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Elon Musk is becoming one of the most despised men in the country. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035250/new-social-security-rules-will-create-hurdles-for-millions-of-older-adults-report-finds\">He’s threatening Social Security\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-workers-veterans-fired-1032360fdc6b2fb33d88edaf8f54d5ca\">He’s firing veterans\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My interest in this ideology started with SF politics — this effort by tech bros to take over City Hall, but also by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">the California Forever Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until I read a book by a historian named Quinn Slobodian called, \u003ca href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250753892/crackupcapitalism/\">\u003cem>Crack Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, that I understood the idea there … for wealthy people to find a way to exit society and create their own sort of utopian countries that they control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, Trump had a plan for something he calls the so-called “freedom cities,” which are \u003ca href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02723638.2023.2263121\">these 10 new charter cities\u003c/a> that would be built on federal land all around the United States. The newspapers have mentioned that Trump plans to “build freedom cities,” but no one has explained what that means: where the idea comes from or why we need them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the “freedom cities” are really anti-freedom cities — a very Orwellian name for what would essentially be a corporate-controlled city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996750\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240502-CaliforniaForever-04-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A billboard for California Forever sits on top of an apartment building along I-80 in Vallejo on April 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How does this all end?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A lot of people stayed home [and didn’t vote in the 2024 election.] And I think this is going to wake [Americans] up to the fact that you can’t stay home. We have to realize that there is a group of people who are avidly working against the public good and against the welfare and well-being of the majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t think these [tech] guys have fully thought this out. I don’t think they realize — having been in politics myself — what it’s gonna feel like when you see that the majority of people are against you. I do think this ends with tens of millions of Americans taking to the streets on a regular basis to stand against what is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5340753/trump-democracy-authoritarianism-competive-survey-political-scientist\">an increasingly authoritarian regime in Washington\u003c/a>. And I think that it also ends with a bunch of billionaires getting on planes to Moscow at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think it’s important to understand it, to learn about it, and to tell others about it … Word of mouth is very important. People listen to their peers, to their friends, to their family members. That’s where a lot of people get their main political knowledge from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Kennedy Jr.\u003c/a> and the Food and Drug Administration, marks a dramatic escalation in federal attention to artificial additives that health advocates say may pose risks to children’s health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a news conference, Kennedy described the plan as part of the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, calling synthetic dyes “poisonous compounds” that offer no nutritional value. “That era is coming to an end,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA says it will revoke authorization for two dyes — Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B — in the coming months, and work with manufacturers to eliminate six additional dyes by the end of 2026. These include Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3. Red Dye No. 3, some of which California and other states have already outlawed, is also targeted for accelerated removal. The plan includes fast-tracking approval of natural alternatives like butterfly pea flower extract, gardenia blue and blue Galdieria extract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the goal of the plan is ambitious, the path to implementation is murky. Kennedy acknowledged the phase-out is based on an “understanding” with industry rather than a binding regulatory mandate. The agencies are requesting — rather than requiring — that manufacturers remove dyes from products sold in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer Reports, which has long advocated for eliminating harmful food dyes, called the policy a step in the right direction but warned it could take years to implement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037196\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CVS’s artificially colored jelly beans in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2011. \u003ccite>(Wendy Galietta/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s encouraging to see the FDA working towards a ban on synthetic food dyes,” said Brian Ronholm, the organization’s director of food policy. “But this multistep plan relies on voluntary industry efforts that will simply prolong the amount of time it will take to get dangerous dyes out of our food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronholm urges states to continue adopting their own bans in the meantime. Earlier this year, West Virginia passed legislation restricting most artificial dyes, and more than two dozen other states are considering similar bills. Ronholm also raised concerns that recent staff and budget cuts at the FDA could hamper the agency’s ability to follow through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dyes in question are found in thousands of processed foods — everything from cereals to candies to beverages — primarily to enhance visual appeal. While the FDA continues to allow their use, researchers and public health experts have increasingly questioned their safety, particularly in light of newer studies linking synthetic dyes to behavioral changes in children.[aside postID=news_12035659 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CTScanAP-1020x680.jpg']“It’s a slam dunk that some kids are being harmed by these toxic chemicals,” said Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, a national environmental health organization. “It makes them less prepared to learn. And that is not only terrible for those kids, it makes everything harder for all the other kids in that classroom and the teachers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment released a comprehensive \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/risk-assessment/report/healthefftsassess041621.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review (PDF)\u003c/a> of the scientific literature and concluded that synthetic food dyes can negatively affect neurobehavior in some children, especially those with ADHD. The agency determined that the safe intake levels set by the FDA for the additives may not sufficiently protect children because the animal studies used to set these levels were not designed for — or even capable of — detecting neurobehavioral impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That research helped lay the groundwork for \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2316\">California’s School Food Safety Act\u003c/a>, which bans six synthetic dyes from public school meals beginning in 2027. And the food industry must \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB418\">remove Red 3\u003c/a> — which has been banned in the European Union, the United Kingdom and China — in all products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry groups are already raising alarms about the new federal announcement. “There are not enough alternatives available to replace these products,” the International Association of Color Manufacturers said in a statement. “Supply chains will take an estimated five to 10 years to catch up and require importing more expensive ingredients grown in China, India and Mexico.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the political will behind the new plan appears strong. Kennedy’s move gives the Trump administration a headline-grabbing, bipartisan health reform — one that signals both skepticism of corporate food practices and responsiveness to growing parental concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it results in meaningful improvements to public health — or stalls under legal and logistical challenges — remains to be seen. But with California leading and momentum building in other states, this could be the moment the U.S. rethinks the chemicals behind its rainbow-hued snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Trump administration\u003c/a> announced a major food safety initiative this week: a plan to phase out eight petroleum-based synthetic food dyes from the U.S. food supply. The policy, led by Health and Human Services Secretary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/robert-f-kennedy-jr\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u003c/a> and the Food and Drug Administration, marks a dramatic escalation in federal attention to artificial additives that health advocates say may pose risks to children’s health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a news conference, Kennedy described the plan as part of the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, calling synthetic dyes “poisonous compounds” that offer no nutritional value. “That era is coming to an end,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FDA says it will revoke authorization for two dyes — Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B — in the coming months, and work with manufacturers to eliminate six additional dyes by the end of 2026. These include Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3. Red Dye No. 3, some of which California and other states have already outlawed, is also targeted for accelerated removal. The plan includes fast-tracking approval of natural alternatives like butterfly pea flower extract, gardenia blue and blue Galdieria extract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the goal of the plan is ambitious, the path to implementation is murky. Kennedy acknowledged the phase-out is based on an “understanding” with industry rather than a binding regulatory mandate. The agencies are requesting — rather than requiring — that manufacturers remove dyes from products sold in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer Reports, which has long advocated for eliminating harmful food dyes, called the policy a step in the right direction but warned it could take years to implement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037196\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FoodDyeGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CVS’s artificially colored jelly beans in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2011. \u003ccite>(Wendy Galietta/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s encouraging to see the FDA working towards a ban on synthetic food dyes,” said Brian Ronholm, the organization’s director of food policy. “But this multistep plan relies on voluntary industry efforts that will simply prolong the amount of time it will take to get dangerous dyes out of our food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronholm urges states to continue adopting their own bans in the meantime. Earlier this year, West Virginia passed legislation restricting most artificial dyes, and more than two dozen other states are considering similar bills. Ronholm also raised concerns that recent staff and budget cuts at the FDA could hamper the agency’s ability to follow through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dyes in question are found in thousands of processed foods — everything from cereals to candies to beverages — primarily to enhance visual appeal. While the FDA continues to allow their use, researchers and public health experts have increasingly questioned their safety, particularly in light of newer studies linking synthetic dyes to behavioral changes in children.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It’s a slam dunk that some kids are being harmed by these toxic chemicals,” said Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, a national environmental health organization. “It makes them less prepared to learn. And that is not only terrible for those kids, it makes everything harder for all the other kids in that classroom and the teachers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment released a comprehensive \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/risk-assessment/report/healthefftsassess041621.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review (PDF)\u003c/a> of the scientific literature and concluded that synthetic food dyes can negatively affect neurobehavior in some children, especially those with ADHD. The agency determined that the safe intake levels set by the FDA for the additives may not sufficiently protect children because the animal studies used to set these levels were not designed for — or even capable of — detecting neurobehavioral impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That research helped lay the groundwork for \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2316\">California’s School Food Safety Act\u003c/a>, which bans six synthetic dyes from public school meals beginning in 2027. And the food industry must \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB418\">remove Red 3\u003c/a> — which has been banned in the European Union, the United Kingdom and China — in all products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry groups are already raising alarms about the new federal announcement. “There are not enough alternatives available to replace these products,” the International Association of Color Manufacturers said in a statement. “Supply chains will take an estimated five to 10 years to catch up and require importing more expensive ingredients grown in China, India and Mexico.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the political will behind the new plan appears strong. Kennedy’s move gives the Trump administration a headline-grabbing, bipartisan health reform — one that signals both skepticism of corporate food practices and responsiveness to growing parental concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it results in meaningful improvements to public health — or stalls under legal and logistical challenges — remains to be seen. But with California leading and momentum building in other states, this could be the moment the U.S. rethinks the chemicals behind its rainbow-hued snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After running on a promise to unite Oakland, former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has defeated former city councilmember Loren Taylor in a tight race for mayor. Lee will complete the term of former Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled in November.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, The Oaklandside’s Eli Wolfe joins us to discuss what to expect from Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC8849590614\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:09] \u003c/em>Eli, what do we know right now about the results of the special mayor election in Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:17] \u003c/em>Technically the ballots are still being counted, but the race is pretty much over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:23] \u003c/em>Eli Wolf covers City Hall for the Oaklandside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:28] \u003c/em>Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee has beat former councilman Loren Taylor by about 53% to 47%. It’s narrower than I think some people thought, but it’s pretty decisive. And Barbara Lee, has declared victory and Loren Taylor has conceded. There’s some relatively small number of ballots that are still being tallied. There are also going to be ballots that need to be cured. Those are ballots where like someone’s signature doesn’t match up with their You know, the envelope they return their mail ballot in or there’s some other problem, but it’s such a small number that it’s highly, highly unlikely that it’ll change the outcome of the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:10] \u003c/em>Are you surprised by these results?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:12] \u003c/em>You know what, I would be lying if I said I knew how this election was going to turn out. I think that if you asked me in January, like a lot of people, we thought that Barbara Lee was going to kind of have a cakewalk. Barbara Lee had such enormous name recognition and respect in Oakland and so many endorsements that came in so quickly. But Loren Taylor then ran a pretty energetic campaign and there weren’t a ton of polls that were circulating, but the ones that did, especially in the last few weeks. Showed that he was neck and neck with Barbara Lee. So I think that if you ask most people now, they’ll say that they thought that Lee was still gonna pull it out, but election night, it felt very unclear to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:52] \u003c/em>And of course, this was a special mayoral election. We know voter turnout for things like this is usually pretty low. What can we say about what we know about how voter turnout looked this time around?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:06] \u003c/em>About 36% of registered voters came out. That’s not great. I think it’s decent for a special election. People generally vote at a lower frequency in special elections than general ones. For perspective, 126,000 people voted in the last mayoral election in 2022. That’s about 52% of register voters. In 2018, it was 69%. So, I mean, for a mayoral elections, even if it’s a special elections, I mean it is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:41] \u003c/em>Eli, what do we know right now about how the city voted, meaning which areas leaned more so in favor of Lee or more so favor of Loren Taylor?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:53] \u003c/em>It is a very classic division of votes in Oakland. It’s Hills versus Flatlands. Based on the data that we’ve seen so far, it looks like the Oakland Hills went heavily for Lauren Taylor and Oakland’s Flatlands, which is most of East Oakland, West Oakland, Downtown, went for Barbara Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:17] \u003c/em>What kind of platforms did the two candidates run on? Like what were the central issues to each of their campaigns and the key differences really?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:26] \u003c/em>The big themes that I think both the candidates were talking about because people were talking about were homelessness, crime, public safety, and the budget. And I would say public safety really was the paramount issue for most people. I think something people probably picked up on is that on a lot of important issues, it was hard to tell the difference between the candidates. They aligned on a lotta stuff. Loren Taylor’s campaign was really focused on, on a thematic level, this idea that Oakland was broken and that someone needed to step in and fix it. Barbara Lee was approaching it as Oakland needed to unify. Barbara Lee’s proposals focused on sort of what she could leverage as a former member of Congress who has a ton of allies out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Barbara Lee: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:19] \u003c/em>I’ll govern with the same leadership that I’ve engaged in my entire career. With transparency, integrity, and accountability, and with an unwavering focus on the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:33] \u003c/em>She had a press conference where she appeared with the head of the Alameda County Labor Council and with the Head of the Chamber of Commerce sort of like hitting that unifying theme and talked more in detail about this 10-point, 100 day plan for Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Barbara Lee: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:50] \u003c/em>We made sure that these were actionable items that weren’t just promises, but promises that we could keep to address our challenges. So let me just go over some of these. Bringing together the police department leadership and representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:07] \u003c/em>She said that she’s gonna make sure that the city gets its fair share of homelessness dollars from Alameda County. She also had some very specific and sort of like smaller issues that are still important. Talked about like deploying vegetation management crews to clear hazards in the city’s high-risk fire zones. I remember there was a pretty scary fire last year. So getting money to make sure that we don’t have a fire like that again is important. I could go on here. I mean, she’s talked about like, you know, auditing city contracts, modernizing the city charter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Barbara Lee: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:41] \u003c/em>And ensure that public funds are spent effectively and responsibly by contractors and non-profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:49] \u003c/em>Pretty ambitious things. It’ll be interesting to see if she can achieve them in 100 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:54] \u003c/em>But also beyond, I guess, her promises, Eli. She’s inheriting a lot of problems in Oakland, including the budget. I mean, what are some of the biggest decisions she’s gonna kind of be forced to make just by virtue of taking on this job?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:13] \u003c/em>She is coming into a very, very grim budget situation. The latest figures that I had from the city’s finance department were that the city is facing a $265 million structural deficit over the next two years. Oakland’s next budget cycle begins on July 1st. So when Barbara Lee is sworn in, which will probably be in roughly a month, a little, somewhere in mid-May, Oakland’s interim mayor, Kevin Jenkins, will theoretically have already introduced his proposed budget. So she is going to step in office with a mostly complete budget that the city council will have to approve. And unknown for me is whether she’s gonna have a chance to tinker with that budget. I imagine she probably will, at least a little bit. But the big stuff on the table is gonna be what gets cut. I think that something everybody is looking to right now is how she is going to deal with the city’s labor unions. They backed her really heavily this election. During the campaign, she said that everything was on the table as far as things that could be cut, but she said the layoffs would be a last resort in her administration. So I think people are really curious to see if she’s going to stick with that because I think it’s going to be, frankly, very difficult to resolve the budget situation without taking some very painful cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:46] \u003c/em>What Barbara Lee’s win means for Oakland, and when there’ll be another mayoral election. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:00] \u003c/em>You mentioned she will be coming into office around mid-May. How long will she be serving as mayor and will she potentially have to run again if she wants to do this job?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:16] \u003c/em>Yeah, so she’s finishing up, in case people have been sleeping under a rock, she is taking over for Shang Thao, who was recalled by voters last November. So she’s finishing out Thao’s tenure, which runs through 2026. So if she wants to serve a full four-year term after this, she will have to campaign, run, and, you know, be whoever runs against her. That is less than two years away. And campaigns start real early. So if she decides that she is going to run again, I mean, she’ll probably have to start campaigning. I mean gosh, it wouldn’t surprise me if she starts campaigning towards the end of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:57] \u003c/em>Oh, my goodness. I don’t know if I’m ready for that, Eli. I mean, just wrapping up here, Eli, Barbara Lee, I mean she’s an icon of the East Bay. She’s a well-known name. What do you think her win ultimately says about what Oaklanders want right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:10:16] \u003c/em>When I talk to Oaklanders, when I talk to people who voted in this election, a common theme that comes up is that people are really sick of divisiveness in Oakland. They’re tired of political instability. I think that a lot of people voted for the recalls, but also, you know, like now they want to move forward. They want someone who really can unify the city and can sort of achieve a pre-COVID normality. I think that the last five years have been so topsy-turvy for people that they are just looking for a person who can lead the city and really make them feel grounded and like they don’t have to worry as much that, you know, the city is going to go bankrupt or that crime is going explode again. I don’t know how reasonable it is to put all of that hope on one person. I think that this is a way that Barbara Lee’s legacy might work against her. I think a lot of people really expect a lot from her. I think she’s gonna be able to deliver on a lot practical things that the mayor is responsible for. I also think that there’s a lot of things that are out of her control or that are gonna take a long time to fulfill. And it’s gonna interesting, especially as the next election approaches, seeing whether people are willing to accept that some of her solutions will take time. 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Those are ballots where like someone’s signature doesn’t match up with their You know, the envelope they return their mail ballot in or there’s some other problem, but it’s such a small number that it’s highly, highly unlikely that it’ll change the outcome of the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:10] \u003c/em>Are you surprised by these results?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:12] \u003c/em>You know what, I would be lying if I said I knew how this election was going to turn out. I think that if you asked me in January, like a lot of people, we thought that Barbara Lee was going to kind of have a cakewalk. Barbara Lee had such enormous name recognition and respect in Oakland and so many endorsements that came in so quickly. But Loren Taylor then ran a pretty energetic campaign and there weren’t a ton of polls that were circulating, but the ones that did, especially in the last few weeks. Showed that he was neck and neck with Barbara Lee. So I think that if you ask most people now, they’ll say that they thought that Lee was still gonna pull it out, but election night, it felt very unclear to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:52] \u003c/em>And of course, this was a special mayoral election. We know voter turnout for things like this is usually pretty low. What can we say about what we know about how voter turnout looked this time around?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:06] \u003c/em>About 36% of registered voters came out. That’s not great. I think it’s decent for a special election. People generally vote at a lower frequency in special elections than general ones. For perspective, 126,000 people voted in the last mayoral election in 2022. That’s about 52% of register voters. In 2018, it was 69%. 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Bringing together the police department leadership and representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:07] \u003c/em>She said that she’s gonna make sure that the city gets its fair share of homelessness dollars from Alameda County. She also had some very specific and sort of like smaller issues that are still important. Talked about like deploying vegetation management crews to clear hazards in the city’s high-risk fire zones. I remember there was a pretty scary fire last year. So getting money to make sure that we don’t have a fire like that again is important. I could go on here. I mean, she’s talked about like, you know, auditing city contracts, modernizing the city charter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Barbara Lee: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:41] \u003c/em>And ensure that public funds are spent effectively and responsibly by contractors and non-profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eli Wolfe: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:49] \u003c/em>Pretty ambitious things. 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So she is going to step in office with a mostly complete budget that the city council will have to approve. And unknown for me is whether she’s gonna have a chance to tinker with that budget. I imagine she probably will, at least a little bit. But the big stuff on the table is gonna be what gets cut. I think that something everybody is looking to right now is how she is going to deal with the city’s labor unions. They backed her really heavily this election. During the campaign, she said that everything was on the table as far as things that could be cut, but she said the layoffs would be a last resort in her administration. 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