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It was another party with about five people, throwing darts and drinking cocktails — all unmasked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I confronted my roommate again, but by then it was too late. A few days later, I tested positive for COVID-19. Then my roommate’s boyfriend tested positive. And then my roommate herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"tips\">\u003c/a>How to Talk to Roommates About COVID-19\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Karen Lipney, a mediator at the San Francisco-based conflict resolution center\u003ca href=\"https://communityboards.org/\"> Community Boards\u003c/a>, has been hearing stories like this from tenants and landlords since the pandemic began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of [the disagreements] are about security deposits and things, but most of them are about situations just like you’re describing,” Lipney said.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=\"news_11825738\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you find yourself in a similar situation to me, what can you do? 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Jan. 26, 2021\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11851195/como-negociar-una-disminucion-de-renta-con-su-arrendatario-durante-la-pandemia\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don’t have time to read the whole guide? Here’s a quick breakdown. Click on the links below to skip to a specific section:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#research\">Research the rent in your neighborhood to compare prices\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#negotiate\">Make sure to negotiate in writing (i.e., no “handshake” deals)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#consider\">Consider recruiting your fellow tenants to join you in asking for a rent decrease\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#offer\">Offer to pay a lump sum — or leave — if your landlord will forgive a portion of your back rent\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#petition\">If your landlord is breaking the lease, petition your local rent board or take it to court\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Rent was already \u003cem>too damn high\u003c/em>, and then the pandemic hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between layoffs, furloughs and a shrinking economy, scores of tenants in California have come to dread the first day of every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, tenants' rights advocate\"]‘I think it would be foolish for any tenant not to ask for their rent to be lowered right now.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 8% of adults in California are considered “housing insecure” right now, according to an ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/hhp/#/?measures=HIR&mapAreaSelector=msa&barChartAreaSelector=msa&s_state=00006&s_metro=41860\">U.S. Census survey\u003c/a>. That’s more than 1.1 million people who are “not current” on rent or mortgage payments. And roughly 126,000 of them live in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While state and federal rules are temporarily protecting some tenants from being evicted – on Jan. 25, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11856932/california-plans-to-extend-eviction-protections-through-june\">announced an agreement\u003c/a> to extend California’s current eviction protections through the end of June, 2021 – many still face the question of how to pay rent now or in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With them in mind, KQED talked to seasoned\u003ca href=\"https://www.tobenerlaw.com/\"> tenants’ rights attorney Joseph Tobener\u003c/a>, longtime Los Angeles landlord Mike Werner and \u003ca href=\"http://hrcsf.org/\">Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco\u003c/a> Executive Director Fred Sherburn-Zimmer for their advice on how best to negotiate down rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it would be foolish for any tenant not to ask for their rent to be lowered right now,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"research\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Research Rent in Your Neighborhood\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When it comes to negotiating your rent, it’s important to do your homework about comparative rents in your area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there has been a lot of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/san-francisco-apartment-rents-drop-35-as-tech-embraces-remote-work-during-covid\">noise in the news about tech workers fleeing the Bay Area and causing rents to fall\u003c/a> — sometimes by as much as 35% — that data only tells half the story, Tobener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here’s the biggest misconception people have right now: that housing is scarce and rent is dropping,” he said. “That’s not universally true.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he said, vacancies are often concentrated in “those sky-rise apartments” in places like downtown San Francisco. Plummeting rents in a city’s pricey urban cores can make it look like rent is dropping more than it is in, say, San Francisco’s more moderately priced Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Tobener recommends carefully surveying the local rental market when preparing to negotiate with your landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can look up local rents by ZIP codes \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca-94118/rentals/1-1_beds/1.0-_baths/?searchQueryState=%7B%22pagination%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22mapBounds%22%3A%7B%22west%22%3A-122.48343922206726%2C%22east%22%3A-122.43794895717468%2C%22south%22%3A37.765702637187104%2C%22north%22%3A37.79575453329095%7D%2C%22regionSelection%22%3A%5B%7B%22regionId%22%3A97572%2C%22regionType%22%3A7%7D%5D%2C%22isMapVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22filterState%22%3A%7B%22fsba%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fsbo%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22nc%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fore%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22cmsn%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22auc%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22pmf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22pf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fr%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22ah%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22beds%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A1%2C%22max%22%3A1%7D%2C%22baths%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A1%7D%7D%2C%22isListVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22mapZoom%22%3A14%7D\">on Zillow,\u003c/a> among other online services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Werner, the Los Angeles landlord, said to make sure when looking up comparison prices to consider various factors. One of his tenants, for instance, lived in a luxury one-bedroom unit overlooking a beach, but “they compared it to an apartment blocks away that looked down onto an alley. Not all one-bedrooms, even on the same block, are created equal,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most tenants make the mistake of only mentioning their personal hardships, Tobener said. And that is rarely persuasive, at least at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tenant needs to be ready to talk from a landlord’s perspective,” Tobener said, which starts by knowing the cold, hard numbers.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"negotiate\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Negotiate in Writing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One of the most common mistakes Sherburn-Zimmer sees is for a tenant to accept a landlord’s rent-break offer verbally, only to have the landlord subsequently waffle on the specifics of the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Get everything in writing,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do make a deal verbally, it can help to send a follow-up email saying something like, ” ‘We talked on the phone yesterday. Thanks for agreeing to A, B and C!’ If you don’t do that afterward, it doesn’t matter what you agree to,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other frequent mistakes, too, like signing agreements that are too complicated to understand without a lawyer, feeling pressure to agree to something right away or simply packing up and leaving without exhausting all rental protection options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also good to start the negotiation process early, as it can take months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, Werner, the landlord, recommends keeping the negotiations cordial if possible, remembering that many landlords are facing mounting losses themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"housing\"]Werner, for instance, said as more people are staying at home during the day, his trash and water bills are rising. He’s also down roughly $100,000 in rent because of tenants who haven’t been able to pay since the pandemic started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a tenant really has a need and can say ‘I have a need, because …’ that’s really helpful versus ‘You have to do this for me,’ ” Werner said. “It opens it up to a partnership and trying to approach things, instead of this brinkmanship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And though the potential legal challenges of negotiating a rent decrease may seem daunting, you may want to do the initial negotiating yourself before calling in a lawyer, said Tobener (who, yes, \u003cem>is a lawyer\u003c/em>). In fact, bringing in the legal big guns may sour talks with your landlord, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about the relationship. Getting an attorney right away erodes that relationship,” Tobener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But once you have your deal all set, that’s when an attorney or tenants’ rights group may come in handy. “Any of the tenants’ groups can look over that final letter you make in your negotiations and make sure all the legal things have T’s crossed and I’s dotted,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can find a long list of tenants’ rights organizations \u003ca href=\"https://www.tenantstogether.org/member-organizations-0\">here at Tenants Together\u003c/a>. Another group, \u003ca href=\"https://baylegal.org/what-we-do/stability/\">Bay Area Legal Aid\u003c/a>, has offices across the region.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"consider\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Don’t Go It Alone — Organize\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you live in a multi-unit building, organizing with your neighbors can be an effective path to successfully negotiating a rent decrease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the wealthiest people in your building who moved in and pay $4,000 a month in rent may have lost work, too. It’s worth putting a note under everyone’s door,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think collective proposals work very well, everyone in the building asking for a 10% or a 20% reduction,” Sherburn-Zimmer said. That can mean organizing a building-wide rent payment postponement, or even a rent strike.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n“It’s like going into your boss’ office and asking for a raise versus forming a union and asking for a raise collectively,” Sherburn-Zimmer said. “You have so much more leverage and somewhat more protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shimmy Li shares a San Francisco apartment with two friends in the South of Market neighborhood. After the pandemic hit, both of his roommates were struggling to pay rent — one was unemployed, the other got hit with a significant pay cut and ended up moving out before the lease was up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After talking with other tenants in the building, Li learned his household wasn’t alone. Three neighbors in another unit had all been laid off because of the pandemic. “It was just a pretty dire situation,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Li and his fellow tenants decided to collectively approach their landlord and ask for a rent reduction. They sent an email and explained their financial situation, and the landlord agreed to a 15% reduction for one year. That brought the monthly rent of Li’s three-bedroom apartment down to $3,400 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all felt really energized. All of us learned a lot about being able to ask collectively,” Li said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Werner cautioned that tenants should only consider attempting this a last resort, as it may make a landlord feel under attack and lawyer-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would escalate the crap out of it,” Werner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, as Li experienced firsthand, sometimes it works.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"offer\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Promise to Pay, Promise to Leave\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>You may not need to go as far as a rent strike, however, if you negotiate the right numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One tactic Sherburn-Zimmer has seen tenants successfully employ is paying lump sums in exchange for forgiving some rent debt. If you can save some money and pay thousands of dollars of owed rent in one fell swoop, Sherburn-Zimmer said, you may be able to convince the landlord to forgive part of your debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how do you save that money? “Sometimes those tenants do some rent withholding, due to COVID, until they settle some of the back debt,” Sherburn-Zimmer suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Werner, who owns four properties in West Hollywood, agreed. But he cautioned that proportionality matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a tenant asks to pay $1,000 on $10,000 in back rent and have the rest forgiven, “the answer is ‘no,’ ” Werner said. But if a tenant offers to pay $7,500 on $10,000 owed rent and have the rest forgiven, then, “we’ll move forward. How could you not do that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s at that point that describing some of your pandemic-related financial hardships can help — that is, if you describe a legitimate and concrete inability to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is, if I’m not going to be able to pay the rent, you’re not going to be able to collect it,” Tobener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another last-ditch tactic for negotiations: Promise to leave in exchange for a rent break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you agree to X rent for the next six months, the landlord gets possession” at an agreed-upon date, Tobener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That agreement can be especially attractive to a landlord. Eviction protections have some landlords spooked that they’ll \u003cem>never\u003c/em> be able to collect back rent, even though the law says they’re entitled to do so.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Joseph Tobener, tenants' rights lawyer\"]‘The tenant needs to be ready to talk from a landlord’s perspective.’[/pullquote]I’d think what’s more important, or equally important, to a landlord is getting paid. It’s security,” Werner said.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"petition\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Play Hardball\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Now, should none of the above work, there are a handful of other tactics in the more confrontational realm that tenants can try. But, Tobener warns, doing so can lead to a rapid deterioration of the landlord-tenant relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those methods is threatening to demand a jury trial, should a landlord try to evict. Because the capacity of local courts has been significantly limited due to the pandemic, there is likely to be a “huge” backlog of cases, which can play in a tenant’s favor, Tobener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a tenant keeps demanding a jury trial, the landlord is still not going to see their day in court,” he said. “You can drag it out, drag it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since KQED interviewed Tobener, a recent state budget proposal \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-01-20/california-eviction-cases-slated-to-double-covid-19\">included additional funds\u003c/a> to help courts handle a potential wave of eviction cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landlords are well aware tenants can drag out eviction proceedings and other legal issues, Werner said. He once experienced that himself when trying to evict a tenant with a violent dog, ultimately offering her a buyout after she refused to leave, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants can also try looking for ways in which landlords are either breaking their lease agreements, such as limiting housing services (like heat) or \u003ca href=\"https://www.tenantlawgroupsf.com/blog/2018/may/understanding-the-implied-covenant-of-quiet-enjo/\">breaching the “covenant of quiet enjoyment” \u003c/a>by failing to address certain noisy nuisances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Werner warned, though, that you can’t just break your own window and say the landlord failed to tend to the upkeep of your apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When considering if a landlord has breached your lease or failed to repair something they should have, “you throw it all at them” and itemize it, Tobener said. “No heat might be worth $100 a month,” he said, while losing yard access due to construction or lack of maintenance might be worth more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherburn-Zimmer agreed. “Send a letter to the landlord to remind them this is a big issue. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 8% of adults in California are considered “housing insecure” right now, according to an ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/hhp/#/?measures=HIR&mapAreaSelector=msa&barChartAreaSelector=msa&s_state=00006&s_metro=41860\">U.S. Census survey\u003c/a>. That’s more than 1.1 million people who are “not current” on rent or mortgage payments. And roughly 126,000 of them live in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While state and federal rules are temporarily protecting some tenants from being evicted – on Jan. 25, Gov. 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Plummeting rents in a city’s pricey urban cores can make it look like rent is dropping more than it is in, say, San Francisco’s more moderately priced Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Tobener recommends carefully surveying the local rental market when preparing to negotiate with your landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can look up local rents by ZIP codes \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca-94118/rentals/1-1_beds/1.0-_baths/?searchQueryState=%7B%22pagination%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22mapBounds%22%3A%7B%22west%22%3A-122.48343922206726%2C%22east%22%3A-122.43794895717468%2C%22south%22%3A37.765702637187104%2C%22north%22%3A37.79575453329095%7D%2C%22regionSelection%22%3A%5B%7B%22regionId%22%3A97572%2C%22regionType%22%3A7%7D%5D%2C%22isMapVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22filterState%22%3A%7B%22fsba%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fsbo%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22nc%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fore%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22cmsn%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22auc%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22pmf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22pf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22fr%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22ah%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22beds%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A1%2C%22max%22%3A1%7D%2C%22baths%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A1%7D%7D%2C%22isListVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22mapZoom%22%3A14%7D\">on Zillow,\u003c/a> among other online services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Werner, the Los Angeles landlord, said to make sure when looking up comparison prices to consider various factors. One of his tenants, for instance, lived in a luxury one-bedroom unit overlooking a beach, but “they compared it to an apartment blocks away that looked down onto an alley. Not all one-bedrooms, even on the same block, are created equal,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most tenants make the mistake of only mentioning their personal hardships, Tobener said. And that is rarely persuasive, at least at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tenant needs to be ready to talk from a landlord’s perspective,” Tobener said, which starts by knowing the cold, hard numbers.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"negotiate\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Negotiate in Writing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One of the most common mistakes Sherburn-Zimmer sees is for a tenant to accept a landlord’s rent-break offer verbally, only to have the landlord subsequently waffle on the specifics of the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Get everything in writing,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do make a deal verbally, it can help to send a follow-up email saying something like, ” ‘We talked on the phone yesterday. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Werner, for instance, said as more people are staying at home during the day, his trash and water bills are rising. He’s also down roughly $100,000 in rent because of tenants who haven’t been able to pay since the pandemic started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a tenant really has a need and can say ‘I have a need, because …’ that’s really helpful versus ‘You have to do this for me,’ ” Werner said. “It opens it up to a partnership and trying to approach things, instead of this brinkmanship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And though the potential legal challenges of negotiating a rent decrease may seem daunting, you may want to do the initial negotiating yourself before calling in a lawyer, said Tobener (who, yes, \u003cem>is a lawyer\u003c/em>). In fact, bringing in the legal big guns may sour talks with your landlord, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about the relationship. Getting an attorney right away erodes that relationship,” Tobener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But once you have your deal all set, that’s when an attorney or tenants’ rights group may come in handy. “Any of the tenants’ groups can look over that final letter you make in your negotiations and make sure all the legal things have T’s crossed and I’s dotted,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can find a long list of tenants’ rights organizations \u003ca href=\"https://www.tenantstogether.org/member-organizations-0\">here at Tenants Together\u003c/a>. Another group, \u003ca href=\"https://baylegal.org/what-we-do/stability/\">Bay Area Legal Aid\u003c/a>, has offices across the region.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"consider\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Don’t Go It Alone — Organize\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you live in a multi-unit building, organizing with your neighbors can be an effective path to successfully negotiating a rent decrease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the wealthiest people in your building who moved in and pay $4,000 a month in rent may have lost work, too. It’s worth putting a note under everyone’s door,” Sherburn-Zimmer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think collective proposals work very well, everyone in the building asking for a 10% or a 20% reduction,” Sherburn-Zimmer said. That can mean organizing a building-wide rent payment postponement, or even a rent strike.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>With eviction protections set to expire in the coming months, California lawmakers have introduced legislation that aims to keep renters across the state housed through next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill on Monday that would extend Assembly Bill 3088, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11836164/statewide-eviction-protections-approved-by-state-lawmakers-but-tenant-groups-still-fear-eviction-wave\">statewide eviction protections that lawmakers passed earlier this year\u003c/a>, which bars landlords from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent because of the pandemic. A second bill would create a rent relief plan for tenants, landlords and affordable housing developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a lot that we know. But what we do know for sure is the pandemic is not over,” Chiu said. “People are still unemployed. 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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent Tuesday afternoon, Victor Moreno strapped on his backpack and walked half a mile from his apartment to a food pantry in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekly trek to pick up fresh produce and prepared meals has become part of Moreno’s routine in recent months. The 55-year-old, who proudly describes himself as a hardworking man, said he hasn’t been able to find a steady job since March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the beginning, it wasn’t so easy for me to stand in line to get food because I was able to provide for myself in the past,” said Moreno, who shares a studio apartment with a roommate. “But now, that’s the only way that we can stretch the money, pay the rent and eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno used to bake pastries and prepare organic salads at a restaurant frequented by tech employees working in offices in downtown San Francisco. But after shelter-in-place orders were issued, most of those office workers stayed home and the restaurant abruptly closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno said his last paycheck went to cover rent. He had hardly any savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I ended up with probably less than $20 in my pocket,” said Moreno, an immigrant from Mexico who has worked in the U.S. for nearly two decades. “I started thinking, how am I going to survive next month?” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Victor Moreno\"]‘You have the hope that everything is going to be OK. But now, after seven months, we are running out of money, we are running out of food, we are running out of patience.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The restaurant industry has suffered greatly during the pandemic. Between February and July, the state lost nearly 350,000 food service jobs, about a quarter of the positions in the industry, according to the most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/employment-by-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">estimates\u003c/a> by the California Employment Development Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates and industry insiders believe job losses may be much higher, in part because many workers are undocumented and are paid off the books. The California Restaurant Association, for instance, estimates that up to 1 million workers have been furloughed or laid off since March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some California counties with lower risk for COVID-19, restaurants may now reopen for limited indoor dining, after an \u003ca href=\"https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/california-starts-reopening-restaurant-dining-rooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement\u003c/a> by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month. As of Tuesday, restaurants in San Francisco, Santa Clara and Napa counties could \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/#reopening-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open indoors\u003c/a> for up to 25% of their capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But restaurants in the rest of the Bay Area and most of the state must continue surviving on takeout, delivery and outdoor dining for those establishments that can manage it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When scarce restaurant jobs are posted, competition can be fierce. One manager in San Francisco reported that more than 100 applicants replied within hours for a newly advertised server position, said Amy Cleary, a spokeswoman with the Golden Gate Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Moreno said he has applied for more than 10 openings in restaurant kitchens and delis since being laid off. Some employers told him dozens of people applied for the same positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have the hope that everything is going to be OK. But now, after seven months, we are running out of money, we are running out of food, we are running out of patience,” Moreno said. “It’s just terrible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11837234 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley Pablo Perez helps Victor Moreno check in at a food pantry that Street Level Health Project opened up during the pandemic in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maria Moreno, a community organizer for Restaurant Opportunities Center of the Bay Area (who’s no relation to Victor Moreno), said unemployment remains severe since restaurants that have reopened or stayed open are not operating at full capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tons of people who were laid off don’t have a big pool of employment to tap into,” she said. “We’ve had some of our workers apply to other industries like construction … but a lot of them have been unemployed for months on end, with not a lot of choices for jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an asylee who has received work authorization, Victor Moreno is eligible for unemployment insurance. But he has not applied because he fears the Trump administration’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/archive/public-charge-fact-sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public charge\u003c/a>” rule could hurt his ability to become a permanent resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rule, which was finalized earlier this year, penalizes green card applicants if they use certain public benefits. But it wouldn’t affect Moreno as asylees are exempt and unemployment insurance is \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationimpact.com/2020/04/06/unemployment-for-immigrants-public-charge/#.X1lPiWdKjR0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not considered\u003c/a>, because workers pay into it from their paychecks. The rule is currently being challenged in the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To earn his share of the $1,000 rent he splits with his roommate, Moreno said he has found occasional odd jobs. He even spent a couple of days traveling 60 miles by bus each way to Napa to fertilize and irrigate vineyards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But without a stable job, he worries constantly about paying the rent, especially as his roommate is moving away soon, he said. Moreno is one of about a third of California renters — nearly 4 million adults — who report low or no confidence they will make next month’s rent, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/demo/hhp/hhp12.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">household survey\u003c/a> on the pandemic’s impact by the U.S. Census Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11837237\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman looks through a box of fresh produce and groceries at a food pantry that opened up during the pandemic in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the midst of this crisis, Moreno has found unexpected support from people in his neighborhood, a place where many struggle financially and which has one of the highest \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/data.page?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 case rates\u003c/a> in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise. Moreno is well known at local nonprofits for donating his time and effort over the years, said Gabriela Galicia, executive director at Street Level Health Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think he has provided a lot to the community,” said Galicia, who first met Moreno when he volunteered his restaurant skills to cook nutritious lunches for day laborers and others who sought services from the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s always been socially justice oriented. And I feel like that also just comes from his own experiences as an immigrant,” Galicia added. “Victor knows how to talk to community members in a way where they feel heard and understood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Street Level Health Project now offers the weekly food pantry that Moreno has relied on since April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11837236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor Moreno holds up prepared meals he received at a food pantry. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moreno has also received help from a friend he met while volunteering at Peralta Hacienda, a nearby historical park and museum. He used to prepare meals for fundraisers and community events at Peralta, said Shadé Cortez, a staffer there at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We became really good friends,” said Cortez, 27, who now does administrative work for an artisanal bread shop in Oakland. “He’s a person that I really trust and I’m really thankful for his friendship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they heard Moreno was struggling financially, Cortez and her mother decided to drop several bags of groceries by his door. The pair also tucked $100 in a carton of eggs, so Moreno would find the money only after they had left. [aside tag=\"restaurant, jobs\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew that if I gave him the money in his hand, he wouldn’t take it. So my mom and I came up with the idea of hiding it in the groceries,” Cortez said. “If we can come together as a community and help one another, then I think we can make things at least a little better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno said Cortez has repeated the generous gesture at least four more times in the past months. His eyes teared up as he spoke about his friend’s kindness, which he compared to a flickering light in the darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My faith in humanity was renewed,” said Moreno, his voice trembling. “I’ve never had anybody bring me food to my house.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The restaurant industry has suffered greatly during the pandemic. Between February and July, the state lost nearly 350,000 food service jobs, about a quarter of the positions in the industry, according to the most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/employment-by-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">estimates\u003c/a> by the California Employment Development Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates and industry insiders believe job losses may be much higher, in part because many workers are undocumented and are paid off the books. The California Restaurant Association, for instance, estimates that up to 1 million workers have been furloughed or laid off since March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some California counties with lower risk for COVID-19, restaurants may now reopen for limited indoor dining, after an \u003ca href=\"https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/california-starts-reopening-restaurant-dining-rooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement\u003c/a> by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month. As of Tuesday, restaurants in San Francisco, Santa Clara and Napa counties could \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/#reopening-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open indoors\u003c/a> for up to 25% of their capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But restaurants in the rest of the Bay Area and most of the state must continue surviving on takeout, delivery and outdoor dining for those establishments that can manage it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When scarce restaurant jobs are posted, competition can be fierce. One manager in San Francisco reported that more than 100 applicants replied within hours for a newly advertised server position, said Amy Cleary, a spokeswoman with the Golden Gate Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Moreno said he has applied for more than 10 openings in restaurant kitchens and delis since being laid off. Some employers told him dozens of people applied for the same positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have the hope that everything is going to be OK. But now, after seven months, we are running out of money, we are running out of food, we are running out of patience,” Moreno said. “It’s just terrible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11837234 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44786_IMG_2629-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley Pablo Perez helps Victor Moreno check in at a food pantry that Street Level Health Project opened up during the pandemic in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maria Moreno, a community organizer for Restaurant Opportunities Center of the Bay Area (who’s no relation to Victor Moreno), said unemployment remains severe since restaurants that have reopened or stayed open are not operating at full capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tons of people who were laid off don’t have a big pool of employment to tap into,” she said. “We’ve had some of our workers apply to other industries like construction … but a lot of them have been unemployed for months on end, with not a lot of choices for jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an asylee who has received work authorization, Victor Moreno is eligible for unemployment insurance. But he has not applied because he fears the Trump administration’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/archive/public-charge-fact-sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public charge\u003c/a>” rule could hurt his ability to become a permanent resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rule, which was finalized earlier this year, penalizes green card applicants if they use certain public benefits. But it wouldn’t affect Moreno as asylees are exempt and unemployment insurance is \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationimpact.com/2020/04/06/unemployment-for-immigrants-public-charge/#.X1lPiWdKjR0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not considered\u003c/a>, because workers pay into it from their paychecks. The rule is currently being challenged in the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To earn his share of the $1,000 rent he splits with his roommate, Moreno said he has found occasional odd jobs. He even spent a couple of days traveling 60 miles by bus each way to Napa to fertilize and irrigate vineyards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But without a stable job, he worries constantly about paying the rent, especially as his roommate is moving away soon, he said. Moreno is one of about a third of California renters — nearly 4 million adults — who report low or no confidence they will make next month’s rent, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/demo/hhp/hhp12.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">household survey\u003c/a> on the pandemic’s impact by the U.S. Census Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11837237\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44787_IMG_2632-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman looks through a box of fresh produce and groceries at a food pantry that opened up during the pandemic in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the midst of this crisis, Moreno has found unexpected support from people in his neighborhood, a place where many struggle financially and which has one of the highest \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/data.page?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 case rates\u003c/a> in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise. Moreno is well known at local nonprofits for donating his time and effort over the years, said Gabriela Galicia, executive director at Street Level Health Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think he has provided a lot to the community,” said Galicia, who first met Moreno when he volunteered his restaurant skills to cook nutritious lunches for day laborers and others who sought services from the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s always been socially justice oriented. And I feel like that also just comes from his own experiences as an immigrant,” Galicia added. “Victor knows how to talk to community members in a way where they feel heard and understood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Street Level Health Project now offers the weekly food pantry that Moreno has relied on since April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11837236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/RS44788_IMG_2640-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor Moreno holds up prepared meals he received at a food pantry. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moreno has also received help from a friend he met while volunteering at Peralta Hacienda, a nearby historical park and museum. He used to prepare meals for fundraisers and community events at Peralta, said Shadé Cortez, a staffer there at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We became really good friends,” said Cortez, 27, who now does administrative work for an artisanal bread shop in Oakland. “He’s a person that I really trust and I’m really thankful for his friendship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they heard Moreno was struggling financially, Cortez and her mother decided to drop several bags of groceries by his door. The pair also tucked $100 in a carton of eggs, so Moreno would find the money only after they had left. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A statewide eviction moratorium bill announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, may soon protect millions of Californians struggling to pay rent during the pandemic, if approved by lawmakers. But tenants groups are concerned that this bill leaves many Californians still vulnerable to eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After weeks of intensive negotiation between lawmakers, advocates for tenants and advocates for landlords, Newsom announced Assembly Bill 3088 on Friday, known officially as the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're a California tenant who has faced a pandemic-related financial hardship, the bill will shield you from eviction, with some caveats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Assemblymember David Chiu\"]'I'll be the first to say this proposal has shortcomings. We wanted more. We fought for more.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, landlord groups like the California Apartment Association \u003ca href=\"https://caanet.org/caa-negotiates-upcoming-covid-19-tenant-relief-act/\">are hailing the bill\u003c/a> as a \"more sensible approach\" than Chiu's previous bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1436\">AB 1436\u003c/a>, which they said amounted to \"free rent\" for tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some tenant groups said the new bill didn't go far enough. The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment were among those that rallied at the Capitol this week to fight for stronger protections. In a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/1299072822539509761?s=19\">series of tweets\u003c/a>, the group criticized the compromise bill as \"complicated and burdensome for tenants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Gavin Newsom is literally about to make a deal that could throw millions of Californians out of their homes in the coming months amidst a pandemic – most of them poor, Black and Latinx. If that's not cold-blooded racism, we're not sure what is,\" the organization wrote on Twitter Thursday, as the compromise bill was in its last day of negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CalOrganize/status/1299072822539509761?s=19\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill comes right under the wire, since Monday marks the end of the legislative session. The state Senate is poised to vote on the COVID-19 relief act on Monday, but the bill will face a high hurdle – a two-thirds majority – to pass. Then it will make its way back to the Assembly for a final vote and the governor’s signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, Newsom said at his noon press conference he was \"pleased\" and \"grateful\" that \"people that don't always see eye to eye, don't always agree,\" came together across their differences to create a compromise bill to help tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They \"worked very hard over a long period of weeks, not just days,\" he said, \"to accommodate not only for tenants, millions of people at risk of eviction, to accommodate for timing when those evictions will occur, to accommodate for small landlords that rightfully are concerned about not being able to pay their mortgages.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both previous tenant protection bills, AB 1436 and Senate Bill 1410, authored by state Sen. Anna M. Caballero, D-Salinas, are now off the table. Caballero, Chiu, Newsom and advocates for tenants and landlords hammered out the compromise bill over the last few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How It Works\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Notably, the legislation doesn't stop \u003cem>all\u003c/em> evictions. And the provisions to protect renters come with timelines attached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the main tenant protection provisions in the bill:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Full protections:\u003c/strong> Any rent missed between March 1 and Aug. 31 will be converted to civil debt. This means landlords can take tenants to small claims court for any missed rent — but they can't evict you for not paying it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Protections with a caveat:\u003c/strong> Rents missed between Sept. 1 and Jan. 31 are a different story, however. Tenants \u003cem>must pay\u003c/em> 25% of rent within that period or else they'll be open to eviction. The remaining 75% of their rent is treated as a civil debt, just like the provision for missed rent from between March 1 and August 31.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>More time:\u003c/strong> Also under the new law, the usual three-day notice to evict that landlords post – mandatory before they go through the court process to evict a tenant – is now a 15-day-notice.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>How to file:\u003c/strong> That notice is also how a tenant begins protecting themselves from eviction: Once a landlord has posted a 15-day notice, a tenant can file with their landlord that they have a pandemic-related hardship.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caveats and Concessions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former version of this compromise bill – Assembly Bill 1436 – also authored by Chiu, would've allowed anyone to file an attestation that they were experiencing a pandemic-caused financial hardship to qualify for eviction protection. Now, that requirement is tighter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Perjury:\u003c/strong> Under the new version of the bill, tenants must swear under penalty of perjury that they are enduring a pandemic-related hardship. Tenant advocates are worried that may scare off undocumented immigrants and other vulnerable populations from filing for those protections in the first place.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Means-testing:\u003c/strong> If a tenant earns 130% of a county's area median income or higher, a landlord can ask for them to produce \u003cem>proof \u003c/em>of a pandemic-related financial hardship, like a layoff or wage-reduction notice from an employer.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>No more eviction moratoriums:\u003c/strong> Eviction moratoriums previously passed by cities and counties will be grandfathered in, but they won't be able to pass any extensions specifically for evictions regarding non-payment of rent. While some of them are stronger than the state's provisions, some are set to expire after 30 days.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Courts:\u003c/strong> Courts will face a tighter time frame, too. They'll have until just Oct. 5 to begin processing evictions for non-payment of rent in non-COVID cases, though sources familiar with the negotiations suggest courts may find themselves scrambling to ramp up staff in time.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Property owners:\u003c/strong> Mortgage forbearance is now out of the picture. Under pressure from groups representing small property owners, Chiu had amended AB 1436 to allow property owners – even non-landlords – to make late mortgage payments. Under pressure from the banking industry, that's now gone.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Despite concerns from tenant organizations, the California Apartment Association, representing landlords, were supportive of the compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='eviction-moratorium']“We’ve been working around the clock with lawmakers and the governor’s office to make sure the legislation is fair and balanced,” said Debra Carlton, executive vice president of state public affairs at the California Apartment Association, in a statement. \"Our goal has been to provide both help for tenants who are truly affected by COVID-19, as well as compensation for landlords, especially mom and pop owners, at risk of foreclosure after several months without rent payments.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked to describe negotiations with the California Apartment Association and lawmakers who had their ear, Chiu noted \"the landlord industry is an incredibly powerful force in Sacramento,\" making tenant bills notoriously hard to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'll be the first to say this proposal has shortcomings. We wanted more. We fought for more,\" Chiu said. While the bill won't halt all evictions, \"it will prevent many evictions and delay even more.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he added, \"turning away from an imperfect proposal and allowing all evictions to resume immediately without any protections is just not an option. The consequences are too dire.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Three of the four points in the offer are already the law,” Peskin said, including an eviction moratorium, not raising rents and not passing through costs of construction to tenants. He added that even if the 50% forgiveness is sizable, negotiating terms of rent repayment is vital to tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without negotiation, Peskin said, “Fundamentally, they dictate everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tenants also called on Veritas to contribute $3.6 million to a small business relief fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that number sounds familiar, it’s the same amount Veritas received as a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan earlier this year. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>A previous version of this story was published on June 30.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal eviction moratorium put in place at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic expired last week, and the extra $600 a week in federal Unemployment Insurance benefits are set to run out this week. With Republicans and Democrats in Congress at odds over how much to keep paying people who are out of work, renters, lawmakers and advocates across the country are raising the alarm about a possible wave of evictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renters in California are protected, for now, by state and local eviction moratoriums. But some of those provisions are set to expire in August. Most notably, the California Judicial Council announced that its statewide eviction moratorium could sunset as soon as Aug. 14. The provision has been in place since April, and prevents court actions on evictions and judicial foreclosures, effectively halting most evictions in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Aug. 14 deadline looming, state leaders are now scrambling to come up with long-term fix that would protect renters and property owners who have lost income during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said last Friday that he is working with state legislative leaders to craft a plan. He specifically named Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, and state Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, both of whom authored renter and landlord protection bills that are scheduled for committee hearings on Aug. 12. A deal from the governor and the Legislature is likely to include elements of both of their bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 1436, co-authored by Chiu, would bar landlords from evicting tenants for up to 90 days after the state of emergency is lifted, and would prohibit landlords from using nonpayment of rent during the pandemic as grounds for an eviction in the future. It would also give tenants 15 months to pay back rent from that time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu announced this week that the bill has been updated to include protections for property owners as well. The bill would allow owners of properties with four units or less to receive a year of mortgage forbearance — reduced or delayed payments. The timeline would be capped at six months for larger properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mortgage owners are experiencing particular hardships during this pandemic, and particularly property owners who rely on rent from their tenants to get by and make their mortgages,” Chiu said. “We can’t afford to have a wave of evictions and foreclosures like we did during the great recession.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 4 million renters in California have slight or no confidence that they will be able to pay their rent next month, according to a survey from the Census Bureau. More than 1.7 million California homeowners are similarly concerned about making their mortgage payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 1410, authored by Caballero, would give landlords tax credits to make up for missed rent payments. Tenants would then have 10 years to pay back their back rent to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chiu acknowledged the Legislature is working on a tight timeline. To buy more time, he suggested the Judicial Council could consider extending its moratorium until the end of August, which coincides with the end of the legislative session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am concerned that if we’re not able to get an agreement with the governor and the Legislature by Aug. 14, you could very well see a rush to the courts of landlords filing eviction notices for tenants who have been unable to pay rent in recent months,” Chiu said. \"That could be catastrophic. We have to avoid a wave of mass evictions. That would be terrible for homelessness, for this pandemic and COVID-19 spread.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, many local cities and counties have voted to continue their local eviction moratoriums, as job losses from the pandemic continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Alameda County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: Sept. 30\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: up to 12 months after end of moratorium\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"http://acgov.org/documents/ACEvictionMoratorium-Update-FAQ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Contra Costa County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: Sept. 30\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: until Nov. 15, 2020\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/67175/Board-of-Supervisors-Extends-a-Modified-Eviction-Protection--Rent-Freeze-Ordinance-News-Release-5262020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Marin County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: Sept. 30\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: up to 90 days after the end of moratorium\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/main/county-press-releases/press-releases/2020/cda-covid-evictionmoratorium-052220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: Aug. 31\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: until Jan. 31, 2021\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"https://sfrb.org/temporary-eviction-moratorium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Mateo County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: Aug. 31\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: up to 90 days after the end of state of emergency, with three, one-month extensions\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"https://housing.smcgov.org/covid-19-smc-eviction-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Santa Clara County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: Aug. 31\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: up to six months after moratorium ends to repay at least 50% of the past-due rent, and up to 12 months after moratorium ends to repay past-due in full\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/EvictionMoratorium/Pages/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Solano County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 90 days after state of emergency ends\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: up to 12 months after state of emergency ends\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"https://caanet.org/app/uploads/2020/04/Solano-County-BOS-Countywide-Eviction-Moratorium.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sonoma County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 60 days after state of emergency ends\u003cbr>\nRepayment term: up to two months after state of emergency ends\u003cbr>\nFor more info, \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CAO/Press-Releases/Board-of-Supervisors-Approves-Eviction-Defense-Ordinance/#:~:text=The%20ordinance%20prevents%20evictions%20for,to%20make%20up%20unpaid%20rent.&text=The%20Ordinance%20is%20available%20here,B3CB%2DFDAA3D9F69E6%26Options%3D%26Search%3D.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What else is available to tenants?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reminder:\u003c/strong> There is currently no rent freeze or moratorium on rent in California. So if you can't pay, action is likely required on your part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And remember:\u003c/strong> Partial payment of rent does not prevent your landlord or property manager from starting the eviction process, unless you get a written agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Do I have to pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can afford it, yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local eviction moratoriums \u003cstrong>do not\u003c/strong> prevent rent from being due, and local officials are encouraging those who are healthy and employed to pay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I can't pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can't pay rent due to coronavirus-related circumstances, here's what you should do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Put your case in writing: \u003c/strong>Declare, in writing, the reason you cannot pay your rent. The advocacy group Tenants Together created \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9RIovWtkDwPnKg0ruXxHsQoGMM07Hx2_EoSXaEPVVY/edit\">this sample letter\u003c/a> you can use.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Provide specific documentation\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Include documents that show your income has been impacted by the pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place orders. That could be a letter or text from your employer detailing a reduction in work hours, pay stubs showing a decrease in wages or some documentation demonstrating a loss of available work opportunity — like decreases in Lyft rides or Postmates deliveries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Submit documents\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>to your landlord or property manager\u003c/strong>: Ideally, you'd do this before rent is due. So make sure you get it in as soon as possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Keep a copy of all documentation for your records:\u003c/strong> If your landlord decides to pursue the eviction, or take you to small claims court, you'll need these documents. Store them somewhere safe!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Reach out to a lawyer or advocate\u003c/strong>: To get ahead of any potential court proceeding, you can reach out to an attorney or legal aid office ahead of time. Check \u003ca href=\"#resources\">here\u003c/a> for more resources.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do local and statewide eviction moratoriums work?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In early April, the Judicial Council of California adopted an emergency rule that effectively prevents evictions, other than those necessary for health and safety. This is a much stronger ruling that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809328/newsoms-eviction-moratorium-useless-misleading-tenants-groups-say\">statewide eviction moratorium\u003c/a> set by Gov. Gavin Newsom in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what the new rule does:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prevents a court from issuing a summons\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>after a landlord files an eviction case: \u003c/strong>Except when necessary to protect health and safety, this means that tenants will not be under the normal five-day response deadline and will instead have time to respond up until the courts' emergency rule is lifted.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prevents default judgments: \u003c/strong>Normally, if the tenant failed to file a response, the court would issue a default judgment. Often siding with the landlord. This prevents that, except in cases of health and safety. Or if the tenant failed to file a response before the statewide order was lifted.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Extends time for trials\u003c/strong>: If an eviction case is already in process, and the tenant has already responded or appeared, judges must set the hearing for a time that is 60 days after the date requested, unless necessary to set it earlier for health and safety.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can read more about the rule, including how it applies to foreclosures, \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/summary-california-courts-emergency-rule-on-evictions-and-foreclosures/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"evictions\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I get an eviction notice?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If for some reason you do receive an eviction notice, \u003cstrong>get in touch with a lawyer or legal aid office as soon as possible\u003c/strong>. Many local legal aid offices are still operating — albeit remotely — and should have the best resources to help navigate through the particular rules in your city and county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few tenant resources you can use for help with an eviction notice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://evictiondefense.org\">Eviction Defense Collaborative\u003c/a>: For legal assistance, contact the clinic at 415-659-9184 or email legal@evictiondefense.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://hrcsf.org\">Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco\u003c/a>: If you're in the Mission District, call 415-703-8644. In the Richmond District, call 415-947-9085.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sftu.org\">San Francisco Tenants Union\u003c/a>: For counseling hours, call 415-282-6622 or sign up \u003ca href=\"https://www.sftu.org/drop-in-clinic/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chinatowncdc.org\">Chinatown Community Development Center\u003c/a>: For counseling, call 415-984-2728 to make an appointment.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Alameda County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org\">East Bay Community Law Center\u003c/a>: Call 510-548-4040 to schedule a free legal consultation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.evictiondefensecenteroakland.org\">Eviction Defense Center\u003c/a>: Call 510-452-4541 for free and low-cost legal services.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: Reach out via 510-437-1554 to request legal consults and assistance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://baylegal.org\">Bay Area Legal Aid\u003c/a>: The Housing Unit is available for telephone counsel and advice through the Tenants Rights Line (for Alameda County residents) at 866-346-3405, or the Legal Advice Line at 800-551-5554 (for residents of all other counties in their service area).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lawfoundation.org\">Law Foundation of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>: Contact the Law Foundation at 408-280-2424.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartcs.org\">Sacred Heart Community Services\u003c/a>: You can apply \u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartcs.org/covid19/\">here\u003c/a> if you need financial assistance related to COVID-19\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.legalaidsmc.org\">The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County\u003c/a>: If you need legal assistance, call 650-558-0915.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Tenants Together has also compiled a list of resources for renters \u003ca href=\"http://www.tenantstogether.org/resource-directory\">here \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G-n_wK1JXuNHc2drqFjq3JdY-8ILG343zvbM5q8Ykx8/edit?fbclid=IwAR2A2royDMtVAM6b6yYM5GkMGhwmD0Lm5Ploz2lDcL2jIBpqxJ3OkebAef0\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was originally published March 31.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>A previous version of this story was published on June 30.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal eviction moratorium put in place at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic expired last week, and the extra $600 a week in federal Unemployment Insurance benefits are set to run out this week. With Republicans and Democrats in Congress at odds over how much to keep paying people who are out of work, renters, lawmakers and advocates across the country are raising the alarm about a possible wave of evictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renters in California are protected, for now, by state and local eviction moratoriums. But some of those provisions are set to expire in August. Most notably, the California Judicial Council announced that its statewide eviction moratorium could sunset as soon as Aug. 14. The provision has been in place since April, and prevents court actions on evictions and judicial foreclosures, effectively halting most evictions in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Aug. 14 deadline looming, state leaders are now scrambling to come up with long-term fix that would protect renters and property owners who have lost income during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said last Friday that he is working with state legislative leaders to craft a plan. He specifically named Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, and state Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, both of whom authored renter and landlord protection bills that are scheduled for committee hearings on Aug. 12. A deal from the governor and the Legislature is likely to include elements of both of their bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 1436, co-authored by Chiu, would bar landlords from evicting tenants for up to 90 days after the state of emergency is lifted, and would prohibit landlords from using nonpayment of rent during the pandemic as grounds for an eviction in the future. It would also give tenants 15 months to pay back rent from that time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu announced this week that the bill has been updated to include protections for property owners as well. The bill would allow owners of properties with four units or less to receive a year of mortgage forbearance — reduced or delayed payments. The timeline would be capped at six months for larger properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mortgage owners are experiencing particular hardships during this pandemic, and particularly property owners who rely on rent from their tenants to get by and make their mortgages,” Chiu said. “We can’t afford to have a wave of evictions and foreclosures like we did during the great recession.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 4 million renters in California have slight or no confidence that they will be able to pay their rent next month, according to a survey from the Census Bureau. More than 1.7 million California homeowners are similarly concerned about making their mortgage payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 1410, authored by Caballero, would give landlords tax credits to make up for missed rent payments. Tenants would then have 10 years to pay back their back rent to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chiu acknowledged the Legislature is working on a tight timeline. To buy more time, he suggested the Judicial Council could consider extending its moratorium until the end of August, which coincides with the end of the legislative session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am concerned that if we’re not able to get an agreement with the governor and the Legislature by Aug. 14, you could very well see a rush to the courts of landlords filing eviction notices for tenants who have been unable to pay rent in recent months,” Chiu said. \"That could be catastrophic. We have to avoid a wave of mass evictions. 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So if you can't pay, action is likely required on your part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And remember:\u003c/strong> Partial payment of rent does not prevent your landlord or property manager from starting the eviction process, unless you get a written agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Do I have to pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can afford it, yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local eviction moratoriums \u003cstrong>do not\u003c/strong> prevent rent from being due, and local officials are encouraging those who are healthy and employed to pay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I can't pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can't pay rent due to coronavirus-related circumstances, here's what you should do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Put your case in writing: \u003c/strong>Declare, in writing, the reason you cannot pay your rent. The advocacy group Tenants Together created \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9RIovWtkDwPnKg0ruXxHsQoGMM07Hx2_EoSXaEPVVY/edit\">this sample letter\u003c/a> you can use.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Provide specific documentation\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Include documents that show your income has been impacted by the pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place orders. That could be a letter or text from your employer detailing a reduction in work hours, pay stubs showing a decrease in wages or some documentation demonstrating a loss of available work opportunity — like decreases in Lyft rides or Postmates deliveries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Submit documents\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>to your landlord or property manager\u003c/strong>: Ideally, you'd do this before rent is due. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do local and statewide eviction moratoriums work?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In early April, the Judicial Council of California adopted an emergency rule that effectively prevents evictions, other than those necessary for health and safety. This is a much stronger ruling that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809328/newsoms-eviction-moratorium-useless-misleading-tenants-groups-say\">statewide eviction moratorium\u003c/a> set by Gov. Gavin Newsom in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what the new rule does:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prevents a court from issuing a summons\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>after a landlord files an eviction case: \u003c/strong>Except when necessary to protect health and safety, this means that tenants will not be under the normal five-day response deadline and will instead have time to respond up until the courts' emergency rule is lifted.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prevents default judgments: \u003c/strong>Normally, if the tenant failed to file a response, the court would issue a default judgment. Often siding with the landlord. This prevents that, except in cases of health and safety. Or if the tenant failed to file a response before the statewide order was lifted.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Extends time for trials\u003c/strong>: If an eviction case is already in process, and the tenant has already responded or appeared, judges must set the hearing for a time that is 60 days after the date requested, unless necessary to set it earlier for health and safety.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can read more about the rule, including how it applies to foreclosures, \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/summary-california-courts-emergency-rule-on-evictions-and-foreclosures/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Tenant groups and advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after the Judicial Council of California postponed a vote this week to remove emergency protections for renters and homeowners who have fallen behind on payments during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council, which oversees policy decisions in the state’s courts, \u003ca href=\"https://jcc.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=8234474&GUID=79611543-6A40-465C-8B8B-D324F5CAE349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first voted to halt new evictions and foreclosure filings on April 6\u003c/a>, as courts were closing due to the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so relieved,” said Michelle Pariset, a policy advocate with Public Advocates. “Advocates, assembly members, senators and all kinds of people have been talking to the Judicial Council … encouraging them to not change the rules right now, because we aren’t ready.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/judicial-council-chief-justice-consider-ending-some-emergency-measures-as-california-and-courts-expand-reopening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the council floated the idea of ending the protections on August 3\u003c/a>, but reversed course after consulting with Gov. 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Initially, the protections were set to expire 90 days after the governor lifted the state of emergency in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are at a point with the pandemic with no guidance in history, law, or precedent,” she said. “The rules we promulgated are temporary measures designed to protect the health and safety of the public while ensuring that access to justice remains available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rental housing providers were disappointed with the decision to extend the order, which they called overly broad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, we were looking forward to a decision today so that rental housing providers could have some certainty about when court actions would resume,” said Tom Bannon, the California Apartment Association’s chief executive officer. “Until the courts reopen, rental property owners are without the legal tools necessary to preserve the peaceful, quiet enjoyment of their rental communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantil-Sakauye said the council would work with the governor and Legislature on an updated time frame for when the emergency protections would sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe the executive and legislative branches will need more time to sort through various policy proposals,” Cantil-Sakauye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill to codify protections for renters into state law, in an effort to prevent millions of Californians who have lost income from getting kicked out of their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot allow a wave of mass evictions,” Chiu said. “That would have catastrophic consequences for California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1436\">AB 1436\u003c/a> would bar landlords from evicting tenants for up to 90 days after the state of emergency is lifted, and would prohibit landlords from using nonpayment of rent during the pandemic as grounds for an eviction in the future. It would also give tenants 15 months to pay back rent from that time period, after which landlords could claim any unpaid rent in civil court. However, tenants would still have to keep up with current rent after the state of emergency is lifted, or face possible eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Augusta with the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation was among several tenant advocates who praised the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an unprecedented crisis and we need an unprecedented solution,” Augusta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local governments — including San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland — have passed policies that freeze evictions and protect renters, but those are likely to expire in the coming months. And Newsom’s order \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5.29.20-EO-N-66-20-text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">halting eviction enforcement is set to expire at the end of July\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, tenant attorneys are seeing a high demand for legal services, as the pandemic and its financial impacts drag on. The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley has fielded some 1,400 inquiries from renters, according to Michael Trujillo, a staff attorney with the group. Problems include landlords who have locked tenants out of their homes without filing an eviction lawsuit, or demanding tenants use unemployment assistance and stimulus checks to pay rent. [aside tag=\"housing, rent\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s still the issue of unpayable rent debt,” Trujillo said. “There's a clear need for something to be done about that rent debt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where some renter and landlord groups agree. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Stud, San Francisco’s oldest operating gay bar, is \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2020/05/the-stud-closes-its-location-in-order-to-save-itself-for-the-future/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanently closing\u003c/a> its current SoMa location after 33 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who's frequented The Stud's cozy location at Ninth and Harrison streets knows it’s not just a venue — it’s a resilient community space and a second home for many. During its 55-year existence in San Francisco – the bar was formerly located on Folsom Street – it has survived the AIDS epidemic, two tech booms and a tripled rent hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with the coronavirus pandemic, the 17-member collective that owns the bar faced what co-owner Marke Bieschke called a \"\u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2020/05/the-stud-closes-its-location-in-order-to-save-itself-for-the-future/\">desperate situation\u003c/a>\" felt by many small bars in the city that aren't getting a suspension or any breaks on rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, the bar’s co-owners are determined to reopen at a new location as soon as possible. And state lawmakers are pushing for legislation to help other spaces like The Stud survive the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic by renegotiating their leases.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fighting a Mass Extinction of Nightlife\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Across California, commercial tenants like The Stud are facing the unprecedented challenge of continuing to pay rent even though their businesses have to operate at severely limited capacity or have been forced to shutter altogether. Even as the state moves toward easing restrictions, the reality is that it’ll be a long time before many businesses can reopen at full capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco\"]'These are places where we find our community, where so many generations of LGBTQ people have gone to nightlife venues to find their community, to understand that they're not alone.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter California \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB939\">Senate Bill 939\u003c/a>, proposed legislation introduced in February by state Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, who amended it last week with the aim of helping struggling businesses like The Stud by allowing commercial tenants to use their current income as a basis for negotiating reduced rent with their landlords. Under the bill, businesses like bars and restaurants could renegotiate their lease if they've lost over 40% of their revenue due to COVID-19 restrictions — and if they have to operate at reduced capacity because of social distancing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The negotiation process would be formalized into a 30-day period requiring at least two meetings between landlords and tenants. If the parties are unable to reach an agreement, tenants could then choose to terminate their lease without a penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Although there are landlords doing the right thing, there are others who are not,\" Wiener said in a press briefing Thursday. \"And what this means is that these businesses will fold and the owners will potentially be driven into bankruptcy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11820145\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud_Cash-e1590125600476.jpg\" alt=\"Militia Towers takes to the Black Fridays stage at The Stud on Sept. 22, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Militia Towers takes to the Black Fridays stage at The Stud on Sept. 22, 2017. \u003ccite>(Audrey Garces/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener hopes the bill, scheduled for a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday, will help curb mass closures of restaurants, cafes and bars in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the legislation is especially important for LGBTQ spaces like The Stud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are community spaces,” Wiener said. “These are places where we find our community, where so many generations of LGBTQ people have gone to nightlife venues to find their community, to understand that they're not alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Stud was forced to close its doors under shelter-in-place orders beginning in mid-March, and wasn’t permitted to offer cocktails-to-go as the venue doesn't have a kitchen. The owners organized \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878042/the-stud-reopens-virtually-with-a-weekly-drag-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual drag shows\u003c/a> that encouraged viewers to pay a cover charge, but the funds didn’t come close to covering the $444 daily rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily for The Stud, the building’s landlords were “generous” and allowed them to terminate their lease early and vacate by May 31, according to the bar’s owners during a press briefing on Thursday. The co-op was merely breaking even before the pandemic, and this move saved them from accruing a massive amount of debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all commercial landlords are allowing tenants to break their leases early, and Wiener wants to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This pandemic will end. It will be over,” Wiener said. “But we need to make sure that going back to normal doesn't mean we permanently lose so much of what made us strong and vibrant as a community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820146\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bionka Simone enters the stage for Black Fridays on Sept. 22, 2017. \u003ccite>(Audrey Garces/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Ready for Another Impossible Feat\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time The Stud has faced the threat of permanent closure: In 2016, a group of community members \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11041284/sfs-historic-stud-bar-appears-saved-from-closure-for-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banded together to form its current collective ownership\u003c/a> and saved The Stud after the landlords tripled the bar’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really like an impossible, very unlikely and ridiculous idea that 17 independent, strong-minded individual leaders could come together and somehow buy a bar together and then open it and keep it,” said Stud co-owner and drag queen VivvyAnne ForeverMORE, in a press briefing Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the co-op faces another “impossible” challenge. But the owners are determined to reopen, and are keeping their liquor license while they search for a new space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13880884 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/The-Stud-1991-photo-by-Melissa-Hawkins.jpg']San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney, whose district covers The Stud’s neighborhood, said he will work to find the bar a permanent home. His office is working closely with Honey Mahogany — co-owner of The Stud, community activist and alum of RuPaul's Drag Race — to draft a local proposal that supports San Francisco’s nightlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to have to be completely outside of the box to be able to support our small businesses and especially our nightlife and our entertainment, which is not just about the money that comes in the door,” Haney said. “This is our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But securing a new location, especially during a pandemic, is difficult. Mahogany said moving to a new space will realistically cost somewhere between $700,000 to $1 million, so The Stud started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/stud-in-exile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> to fundraise for “start-up and buildout costs ... and to support the newly social-distanced reality of that in the interim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11820147\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-800x559.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-1020x712.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Goodbye in Style\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For community members wanting to help right now, ForeverMORE said the best thing to do is support the virtual events they’re holding — which include \u003ca href=\"https://www.studsf.com/drag-alive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drag Alive every Saturday at 7 p.m.\u003c/a>, Turbo Pageant on Wednesdays and Princess every other Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"— VivvyAnne ForeverMORE\"]'We're doing our best to create community online in the ways that we can figure out, so that we can be together even though we are not together.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just come and chat on the Twitch. Even if you hate it, come for five minutes. Tip the queen, throw the cover charge in there and that's a real way to support,” ForeverMORE said. “We're doing our best to create community online in the ways that we can figure out, so that we can be together even though we are not together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To mourn the loss of the current space and celebrate The Stud’s community, the bar’s owners are planning a livestream funeral on their Drag Alive show on May 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ForeverMORE encourages viewers to rummage through their likely ignored closets, find their best all-black ensemble and celebrate the legacy of San Francisco’s oldest gay bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, we're drag queens, so we're gonna do it in style,” ForeverMORE said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The owners released a callout to any community members who want to perform, and they already have a star-studded lineup of drag queens, including Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska Thunderfuck and San Francisco’s Juanita MORE!. To top it off, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a> will perform a goodbye blessing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it likely won’t be a goodbye forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are making this sacrifice in closing down in order to continue and fight another day,” Mahogany told KQED. “I think this decision will make The Stud even stronger, and we'll come back with something cool that will continue its legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Holly McDede and Shannon Lin contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney, whose district covers The Stud’s neighborhood, said he will work to find the bar a permanent home. His office is working closely with Honey Mahogany — co-owner of The Stud, community activist and alum of RuPaul's Drag Race — to draft a local proposal that supports San Francisco’s nightlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to have to be completely outside of the box to be able to support our small businesses and especially our nightlife and our entertainment, which is not just about the money that comes in the door,” Haney said. “This is our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But securing a new location, especially during a pandemic, is difficult. Mahogany said moving to a new space will realistically cost somewhere between $700,000 to $1 million, so The Stud started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/stud-in-exile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> to fundraise for “start-up and buildout costs ... and to support the newly social-distanced reality of that in the interim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11820147\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-800x559.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-1020x712.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Goodbye in Style\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For community members wanting to help right now, ForeverMORE said the best thing to do is support the virtual events they’re holding — which include \u003ca href=\"https://www.studsf.com/drag-alive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drag Alive every Saturday at 7 p.m.\u003c/a>, Turbo Pageant on Wednesdays and Princess every other Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The demonstration lasted for more two months and ended with the protesters reaching an agreement with the city of Oakland to buy the contested house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moms 4 Housing argued that housing is a human right — a principle Watts echoed on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our neighbors are dying on the streets and in congregate shelters,” Watts said. “They have nowhere to shelter in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home on 19th Street in San Francisco has been vacant for years, said Monica Covington, who was commissioned by the property’s former owners to sell the two-story walk-up. It was last listed at nearly $2.5 million, she said, but needed significant work to refurbish. That was about three to four years ago, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even then, it had been vacant for a number of years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covington wasn’t sure what happened to the property but said the investment group who had hired her, Citadel Real Estate, no longer owned it. 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