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Jessica Najarro faces the same charges as Badillo, one of two owners of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996890/predatory-san-francisco-towing-company-barred-from-city-business-for-5-years\">“predatory” towing company\u003c/a> that was barred from doing business with San Francisco for five years last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on July 9, the pair allegedly “conspired to defraud an insurance company by submitting a fraudulent insurance claim on a wrecked car that Badillo purchased in June 2019.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The car was undrivable and severely damaged. Najarro obtained an insurance policy for it and, one month later, falsely reported that it had been in a single-car accident. An insurance company reimbursed her $34,037.48. The indictment alleges the money was deposited into a bank account controlled by Badillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badillo and Najarro were arrested on Thursday. 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The FBI spokesperson contacted by KQED declined to provide additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://specialtytowingbayarea.com/locations/\">website for Specialty Towing\u003c/a> lists seven Bay Area locations, including one on Oakdale Avenue as well as an address on 87th Avenue in Oakland. The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office confirmed the latter address is associated with a towing company owned by Badillo and Abigail Fuentes, who came under fire after a video showing a Specialty Towing truck \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvDedeuCl0\">trying to tow a moving vehicle went viral\u003c/a> in April. On July 23, City Attorney David Chiu announced that the couple had been barred after finding they illegally towed cars and scammed owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple operated three towing companies: Auto Towing, Jose’s Towing and Specialty Towing and Recovery. Reports of people being scammed by the companies date back at least to February 2019, when Sammy Hallaq had his black 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser illegally towed from a Foods Co. parking lot in the Bayview. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997360/this-sf-man-stood-up-to-the-viral-predatory-towing-company-his-fight-continues\">Hallaq’s quest for retribution\u003c/a> eventually led to Badillo and Fuentes being charged with a combined 18 felonies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11997360 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240724-SAMMY-HALLAQ-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Auto Towing also illegally towed at least six vehicles from a bank parking lot in the Portola neighborhood between February and May 2023 without the bank’s permission, and Chiu said his office found that Auto Towing “was engaged in predatory behavior and unfair business practices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu said the company intentionally misled and scammed people out of hundreds of dollars by illegally towing cars and taking them to a lot separate from their permitted operating location, “making it difficult for owners to find their cars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuentes and Badillo are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996890/predatory-san-francisco-towing-company-barred-from-city-business-for-5-years\">also named in multiple civil \u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">and criminal welfare fraud cases\u003c/span>. In an ongoing 2021 civil fraud case against Fuentes, court documents allege that after Badillo was banned by the California attorney general in 2017 from ever operating a towing business in the state — he transferred ownership of the business to Fuentes and continued to run it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office charged Fuentes with 12 felonies and Badillo with six felonies in October related to an alleged welfare fraud scheme. The couple are also alleged to have defrauded multiple benefits programs. According to court documents, while Fuentes worked as a senior eligibility worker for the city’s Human Services Agency, she approved Badillo’s benefits requests. He reported having a monthly income of $1,000 and no additional assets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While receiving public benefits, Fuentes and Badillo’s companies had a gross annual income of over $2 million. 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The event, in which skateboarders race down Dolores Street at high speeds, resulted in over 100 teenagers and adults being arrested last year. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Hill Bomb has become controversial in recent years. Paramedics are often required for skaters who wipe out, and complaints from neighborhood groups have mounted. In 2023, the event ended with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956110/sfpd-releases-video-footage-from-skateboarding-hill-bomb\">arrests of 113 people\u003c/a>, including more than 80 minors. This led to outrage and a lawsuit from parents, who sued the city on behalf of their children for alleged civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the San Francisco Police Department held a press conference before the event, warning the public that it would have a heavy presence at Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It cost more than $247,000 in overtime for SFPD officers to attempt to stop the hill bomb. In addition, roughly $6,400 was spent on barricades rentals, according to\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dizz_h/status/1821374367584096343\"> public records\u003c/a> obtained by Hazel Williams, a homeless rights advocate, and shared with KQED. 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The event, in which skateboarders race down Dolores Street at high speeds, resulted in over 100 teenagers and adults being arrested last year. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Hill Bomb has become controversial in recent years. Paramedics are often required for skaters who wipe out, and complaints from neighborhood groups have mounted. In 2023, the event ended with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956110/sfpd-releases-video-footage-from-skateboarding-hill-bomb\">arrests of 113 people\u003c/a>, including more than 80 minors. This led to outrage and a lawsuit from parents, who sued the city on behalf of their children for alleged civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the San Francisco Police Department held a press conference before the event, warning the public that it would have a heavy presence at Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It cost more than $247,000 in overtime for SFPD officers to attempt to stop the hill bomb. In addition, roughly $6,400 was spent on barricades rentals, according to\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dizz_h/status/1821374367584096343\"> public records\u003c/a> obtained by Hazel Williams, a homeless rights advocate, and shared with KQED. The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, which assisted SFPD, estimated that it spent another roughly $29,000 on overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999438\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-33_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-33_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-33_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-33_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-33_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-33_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD stood guard during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year’s event cost the police department $143,000 in overtime costs, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2023/08/overtime-dolores-hill-bomb-sfpd-civil-rights-lawsuit/\">\u003cem>Mission Local\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evan Sernoffsky, SFPD’s director of strategic communications, said the department’s investment in policing at the event yielded significant results, adding that last year’s arrests were related to vandalism of city property, alleged violence and other property destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This year, thanks to our community outreach and public messaging, there were dramatically fewer people at the event,” he said in an email. “Importantly, there was no widespread violence and property damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the KQED series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">The Fandom Vote\u003c/a>, exploring the election-year concerns and voting preferences of significant pop culture fanbases.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]wo years ago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998109/olivia-rodrigo-guts-san-francisco-chase-center-bag-policy-pinkpantheress\">pop star Olivia Rodrigo\u003c/a> had a direct message for the five Supreme Court justices that ruled in favor of overturning \u003ci>Roe v. Wade\u003c/i>:\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-madmajyuc\"> “We hate you.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m devastated and terrified that so many women and so many girls are going to die because of this,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-madmajyuc\">Rodrigo said onstage at England’s Glastonbury Festival\u003c/a> before dedicating the Lily Allen song “Fuck You” to the justices, calling each out by name. “[They] have shown us that, at the end of the day, they truly don’t give a shit about freedom,” Rodrigo said to the massive crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999077\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1264\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-800x395.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-1020x504.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-1536x758.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-2048x1011.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych2-1920x948.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabella Nuñez wears sunglasses reading ‘Olivia Rodrigo World Tour’ at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 21-year-old singer has been no less vocal on her wildly popular — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13962051/review-olivia-rodrigo-san-francisco-chase-center-guts-tour\">critically acclaimed\u003c/a> — \u003ci>Guts\u003c/i> world tour, which came to San Francisco for two shows in early August. Rodrigo has \u003ca href=\"https://www.eifoundation.org/partners/olivia-rodrigos-fund-4-good/\">partnered\u003c/a> with the National Network of Abortion Funds, an organization dedicated to increasing access to abortion care across the United States, and has donated a portion of ticket sales to local and statewide abortion care groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodrigo’s sharp, bold songs are also steeped in stylistic references to \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/9/riot-grrrl-movement-retrospective-thinkpiece-punk-rock/#:~:text=Riot%20Grrrl%20has%20historically%20been,identity%2C%20politics%2C%20and%20abortion.\">riot-grrrl\u003c/a>, the 1990s punk feminist movement that championed reproductive rights and abortion access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13960424']Reproductive rights are a cause that resonates strongly with fans, like 20-year-old Elizabeth Feliciano, who traveled from Reno to the Bay Area to see Rodrigo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m Christian myself, and I don’t think I’d ever get an abortion. But I think it’s up to everyone to have a choice in their own body,” Feliciano said. “I also think our country’s made on the premises of free religion. So we can’t force religion on anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999076\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1269\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-800x396.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-1020x505.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-1536x761.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-2048x1015.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-1920x951.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Feliciano, 20, poses for a photo for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Feliciano was one of nearly 20,000 attendees at Chase Center in San Francisco for Rodrigo’s Friday show. Excitement buzzed in the air as fans — clad in Rodrigo’s instantly recognizable black-purple-surly protagonist-of-a-teen-movie \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/olivia-rodrigo-complete-style-evolution\">Y2K-meets-’90s\u003c/a> aesthetic — took pictures, bought merch and lounged in the sun as they waited for the gates to open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998800\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Monsour, with “pink” written on his head for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With a pivotal presidential election just months away, many fans also spoke candidly of their anxiety about the future of the country. Along with reproductive rights, fans raised concerns about the cost of living, immigration justice, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997961/an-opportunity-how-do-pro-palestinian-advocates-feel-about-a-kamala-harris-candidacy\">the ongoing siege of Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent change at the top of the Democratic ticket, meanwhile, brought new enthusiasm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The election] makes me very nervous, but I’m glad that Kamala Harris is running,” said 21-year-old Lauryn Ige of Wailuku, Hawaii. “It’d be really cool to have a woman for president. I like what she stands for. I very much care about the topic of women’s bodies and them choosing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998799\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998799\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauryn Ige, 21, wears purple flower earrings for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rodrigo has already shown support for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/olivia-rodrigo-kamala-harris-19597411\">reposting an Instagram video\u003c/a> of Harris vowing to restore abortion access in the country. \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Harris has made abortion a major pillar of her campaign and has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996803/where-do-kamala-harris-and-joe-biden-diverge-on-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more vocal about it\u003c/a> than her predecessor, Biden.\u003c/span> Abortion care is also a cause that has greatly \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134834724/michigan-abortion-amendment-midterm-results\">mobilized voters\u003c/a> — especially women — in states where it was at risk of being further restricted or even banned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris’ nomination has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-31/kamala-harris-uses-tiktok-to-pull-in-gen-z-voters-after-biden-s-exit\">energized\u003c/a> a \u003ca href=\"https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/47th-edition-spring-2024\">Gen Z and millennial voting bloc,\u003c/a> many of whom had been open about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960424/megan-thee-stallion-stans-hotties-election-biden-trump-san-francisco\">the despondency they previously felt about Biden as the Democratic candidate\u003c/a>. But much of the ensuing media coverage has now speculated on \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/363560/gen-z-brat-coconut-kamala-harris-vote-young-voter?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=voxdotcom&utm_campaign=vox.social\">whether or not Harris can actually bring more young people to the polls. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998793\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1270px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998793\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1270\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-3-KQED.jpg 1270w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-3-KQED-800x1260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-3-KQED-1020x1606.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-3-KQED-160x252.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-3-KQED-975x1536.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seth Angeles, 24, holds up a flag of Olivia Rodrigo at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Strong in what we believe in’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, just 37% of youth voters — ages 18 to 29, as defined by \u003ca href=\"https://circle.tufts.edu/\">Tufts University’s data\u003c/a> — turned out for the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. In the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Biden, youth voter turnout rose to 54%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some at Rodrigo’s San Francisco concert, November’s general election will be their first time voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping that all the young voters come out to vote, especially because we’re one of the percentage of people that don’t vote,” said 20-year-old Heather Esguerra from Santa Clara. “So hopefully, because she’s in the running now, we all come out to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998791\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998791\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-1920x1242.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Aarty Sharma, Natally Martin, Heather Esguerra and Khyati Mahajan hang out at the Chase Center before Olivia Rodrigo’s concert in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Esguerra was attending the concert with San Jose’s Aarty Sharma, 20, who said she hoped Harris would reinstate abortion rights nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, it’s the woman’s choice. It’s our body,” Sharma said. “I think we should have an opinion about it at the very minimum, and we should be able to make that choice for ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13959370']Sharma gave a nervous laugh as she added: “I’m really, really hoping that it will change for the better. Because right now it’s not looking too good, I’m not gonna lie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esguerra said that no matter who was inaugurated in January 2025, she believed in the power of Gen Z to steer the direction of the country in the coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very strong in what we believe in,” Esguerra said. “Especially us being so young and fighting for what we want. I think it’s very good for us to already start doing that, despite what’s going to happen with our government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998792\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Esguerra’s glittery eyeshadow makeup for Olivia Rodrigo’s concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Esguerra talked, another one of their friends — 19-year-old Khyati Mahajan from Santa Clara — brightened up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of [Esguerra’s] answer, I feel hopeful,” Mahajan said. “I felt very sad before because global warming, and everything is really bad right now. People are not taking action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mahajan, Harris is “more of a moderate candidate than I would have liked. I definitely want someone more liberal, who’s going to make more change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998797\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1388\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-1020x708.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-1536x1066.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-1920x1332.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betsy Romero, 23, wears a purple cowboy hat for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s kind of scary thinking we could lose our rights’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Richmond residents Linda Scruggs, 24, and Betsy Romero, 23, also hope Harris will pull through in November. “I am concerned that we’re going down a really bad path, like going back to the past instead of progressing as a country,” Scruggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just think our country’s going really towards a racist, sexist environment,” she added. “So many people have already fought to change that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Mexican American, Romero said the Republican party’s stance on abortion and immigration particularly worried her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13955679']“It’s kind of scary thinking we could lose our rights as not only women but immigrants,” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero said she recognized the importance of influencers and celebrities like Rodrigo in politics. In fact, Romero became more interested in politics by following New York Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/aoc\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitch channel\u003c/a>, where the politician plays games with other popular streamers. Now, she’s planning to help with voter registration on her college campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Celebrities are a great way to get their audiences to contribute [to causes],” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999079\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999079\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1264\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-800x395.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-1020x504.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-1536x758.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-2048x1011.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-1920x948.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ananya Bahugudumbi, 20, wears a purple butterfly on her hair for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Twenty-year-old San Jose resident Ananya Bahugudumbi will also be voting for the first time this November. She feels that stars like Rodrigo have a definite responsibility to their younger fans who look up to them. “Personally, if I had that kind of influence, I would be using it to talk about the things that are important to me and that are important to the world as a whole,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bahugudumbi also wanted elected representatives to keep the average American in mind when making decisions. “There’s a lot of issues in the world going on right now, and I think that a lot of it is influenced by money. People who have power,” Bahugudumbi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected representatives, she said, “should remember that the people who are voting for them are like the people here at this concert.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Reproductive rights are a cause that resonates strongly with fans, like 20-year-old Elizabeth Feliciano, who traveled from Reno to the Bay Area to see Rodrigo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m Christian myself, and I don’t think I’d ever get an abortion. But I think it’s up to everyone to have a choice in their own body,” Feliciano said. “I also think our country’s made on the premises of free religion. So we can’t force religion on anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999076\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1269\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-800x396.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-1020x505.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-1536x761.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-2048x1015.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych1-1920x951.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Feliciano, 20, poses for a photo for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Feliciano was one of nearly 20,000 attendees at Chase Center in San Francisco for Rodrigo’s Friday show. Excitement buzzed in the air as fans — clad in Rodrigo’s instantly recognizable black-purple-surly protagonist-of-a-teen-movie \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/olivia-rodrigo-complete-style-evolution\">Y2K-meets-’90s\u003c/a> aesthetic — took pictures, bought merch and lounged in the sun as they waited for the gates to open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998800\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Monsour, with “pink” written on his head for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With a pivotal presidential election just months away, many fans also spoke candidly of their anxiety about the future of the country. Along with reproductive rights, fans raised concerns about the cost of living, immigration justice, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997961/an-opportunity-how-do-pro-palestinian-advocates-feel-about-a-kamala-harris-candidacy\">the ongoing siege of Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent change at the top of the Democratic ticket, meanwhile, brought new enthusiasm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The election] makes me very nervous, but I’m glad that Kamala Harris is running,” said 21-year-old Lauryn Ige of Wailuku, Hawaii. “It’d be really cool to have a woman for president. I like what she stands for. I very much care about the topic of women’s bodies and them choosing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998799\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998799\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauryn Ige, 21, wears purple flower earrings for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rodrigo has already shown support for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/olivia-rodrigo-kamala-harris-19597411\">reposting an Instagram video\u003c/a> of Harris vowing to restore abortion access in the country. \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Harris has made abortion a major pillar of her campaign and has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996803/where-do-kamala-harris-and-joe-biden-diverge-on-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more vocal about it\u003c/a> than her predecessor, Biden.\u003c/span> Abortion care is also a cause that has greatly \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134834724/michigan-abortion-amendment-midterm-results\">mobilized voters\u003c/a> — especially women — in states where it was at risk of being further restricted or even banned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris’ nomination has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-31/kamala-harris-uses-tiktok-to-pull-in-gen-z-voters-after-biden-s-exit\">energized\u003c/a> a \u003ca href=\"https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/47th-edition-spring-2024\">Gen Z and millennial voting bloc,\u003c/a> many of whom had been open about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960424/megan-thee-stallion-stans-hotties-election-biden-trump-san-francisco\">the despondency they previously felt about Biden as the Democratic candidate\u003c/a>. 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In the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Biden, youth voter turnout rose to 54%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some at Rodrigo’s San Francisco concert, November’s general election will be their first time voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping that all the young voters come out to vote, especially because we’re one of the percentage of people that don’t vote,” said 20-year-old Heather Esguerra from Santa Clara. “So hopefully, because she’s in the running now, we all come out to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998791\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998791\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-1-KQED-1920x1242.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Aarty Sharma, Natally Martin, Heather Esguerra and Khyati Mahajan hang out at the Chase Center before Olivia Rodrigo’s concert in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Esguerra was attending the concert with San Jose’s Aarty Sharma, 20, who said she hoped Harris would reinstate abortion rights nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, it’s the woman’s choice. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Sharma gave a nervous laugh as she added: “I’m really, really hoping that it will change for the better. Because right now it’s not looking too good, I’m not gonna lie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esguerra said that no matter who was inaugurated in January 2025, she believed in the power of Gen Z to steer the direction of the country in the coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very strong in what we believe in,” Esguerra said. “Especially us being so young and fighting for what we want. I think it’s very good for us to already start doing that, despite what’s going to happen with our government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998792\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Esguerra’s glittery eyeshadow makeup for Olivia Rodrigo’s concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Esguerra talked, another one of their friends — 19-year-old Khyati Mahajan from Santa Clara — brightened up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of [Esguerra’s] answer, I feel hopeful,” Mahajan said. “I felt very sad before because global warming, and everything is really bad right now. People are not taking action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mahajan, Harris is “more of a moderate candidate than I would have liked. I definitely want someone more liberal, who’s going to make more change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998797\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1388\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-1020x708.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-1536x1066.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OLIVIAPOLITICS_GC-8-KQED-1920x1332.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betsy Romero, 23, wears a purple cowboy hat for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s kind of scary thinking we could lose our rights’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Richmond residents Linda Scruggs, 24, and Betsy Romero, 23, also hope Harris will pull through in November. “I am concerned that we’re going down a really bad path, like going back to the past instead of progressing as a country,” Scruggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just think our country’s going really towards a racist, sexist environment,” she added. “So many people have already fought to change that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Mexican American, Romero said the Republican party’s stance on abortion and immigration particularly worried her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It’s kind of scary thinking we could lose our rights as not only women but immigrants,” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero said she recognized the importance of influencers and celebrities like Rodrigo in politics. In fact, Romero became more interested in politics by following New York Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/aoc\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitch channel\u003c/a>, where the politician plays games with other popular streamers. Now, she’s planning to help with voter registration on her college campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Celebrities are a great way to get their audiences to contribute [to causes],” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999079\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999079\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1264\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-800x395.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-1020x504.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-1536x758.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-2048x1011.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Olivia.diptych3-1920x948.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ananya Bahugudumbi, 20, wears a purple butterfly on her hair for the Olivia Rodrigo concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Twenty-year-old San Jose resident Ananya Bahugudumbi will also be voting for the first time this November. She feels that stars like Rodrigo have a definite responsibility to their younger fans who look up to them. “Personally, if I had that kind of influence, I would be using it to talk about the things that are important to me and that are important to the world as a whole,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bahugudumbi also wanted elected representatives to keep the average American in mind when making decisions. “There’s a lot of issues in the world going on right now, and I think that a lot of it is influenced by money. People who have power,” Bahugudumbi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Facing a tough reelection this November, San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s “tough-love” approach to homelessness in the city has become increasingly vitriolic — an approach some critics say could put actual lives at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">Breed vowed to begin “aggressively” removing people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a> from encampments beginning in August. She told reporters, “We are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of San Francisco that they have to take our offer” of shelter or housing. She continued, “We will be using law enforcement to cite, and those citations can get progressive and can lead to a misdemeanor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensified rhetoric comes as voter polling \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareacouncil.org/press-releases/2022-bay-area-council-poll-voters-demand-get-tough-approach-on-homelessness/\">frequently shows homelessness is a top issue for San Franciscans\u003c/a> and as the incumbent seeks to overcome challengers’ accusations that she hasn’t done enough to clean the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It follows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">Gov. 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At last count, there were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping\">more than 4,300 people sleeping in tents or cars on San Francisco’s streets\u003c/a> on any given night, and only around 3,600 shelter beds, of which more than 90% were \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/#:~:text=Capacity%20Card%20showing%20the%20total,Use%20Escape%20to%20exit.\">already occupied\u003c/a>. On Monday, there were 170 people on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">online reservation system\u003c/a> for shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What Breed’s Opponents Are Saying\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not all Democrats are falling in line with the gloves-off approach. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, for example, criticized the governor’s encampment order, and the county’s Board of Supervisors recently passed a motion to prevent jail time for simply living in an encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, mayoral candidates to Breed’s left and right jumped at the opportunity to critique the recent blitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear: Nothing prohibited the city from clearing encampments pre-Grants Pass,” Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor who is running to unseat Breed, posted to social media last week, referring to the recent Supreme Court ruling. “Mayor Breed used ongoing litigation as an excuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell is campaigning on promises to sweep all of the city’s major encampments if elected and has positioned himself as the most conservative among a largely moderate slate of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie echoed the criticism, calling it a “lack of action” and pointing out that the city does not have enough shelter beds or supportive housing to move people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pushing encampments from one block to another didn’t work when Mark Farrell tried it, and it’s not going to work under this mayor,” Lurie said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998907\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998907\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, flanked by former Mayor Mark Farrell (left), Mayor London Breed and Aaron Peskin (right). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed’s progressive opponent, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, said Breed is promoting harsh policies that often fail to efficiently and compassionately move people into long-term housing after an encampment is removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Policies to address homelessness must be humane, lawful and effective — not implemented just because someone’s job is on the line…What is happening now is a quick and performative election-year gimmick,” Peskin said in a statement. “Mayor Breed and former Mayor Farrell are advocating for failed policies from the past that simply sweep our homeless problem from one neighborhood to another without any long-term solutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tough Love\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Advocates for people experiencing homelessness say that although Breed’s rhetoric has ramped up, her actual policies have not changed as dramatically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her narratives have shifted as she has seen political opportunity,” said Christin Evans, a small business owner in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood and vice chair of the city’s Homelessness Oversight Commission. “I think in this particular political moment, the rhetoric is amplified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evans pointed to the mayor’s recent order \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">that city workers conducting sweeps first offer homeless people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998474/breed-orders-sf-homeless-outreach-workers-to-offer-relocation-out-of-city-before-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bus ticket out of the city\u003c/a> — \u003c/span>a tool the city has had available and used since 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She is amplifying these things to make it sound like she is doing something when it’s really theater,” Evans said. “She has been capable and able to address these issues all along, and she hasn’t done that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2018, when running for mayor, Breed promoted a tough-love approach in her plans to address homelessness. “There is nothing compassionate or safe about relegating people, particularly those suffering from mental health or addiction issues, to sleep on our streets,” she said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed was also careful to contextualize homelessness as the result of larger structural inequalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness often seems like a uniquely, or at least, acutely San Francisco problem. But it isn’t,” she \u003ca href=\"https://londonbreed.medium.com/a-bold-approach-to-homelessness-a42121dc586c\">wrote in a Medium post\u003c/a> during her campaign. “The federal government has been cutting supportive housing and homelessness funding for decades and leaving cities holding the bag. West Coast cities, with high costs of living and scarce housing, are particularly susceptible to homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed talks to members of the press after a dramatic meeting in April 2019 about the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In December 2022, a U.S. judge barred San Francisco from enforcing sit-lie laws without first offering an alternative shelter as part of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958939/sf-homelessness-lawsuit-faces-critical-hearing-over-sweeps-ban\">ongoing lawsuit against the city\u003c/a> for not following its own homelessness response policies. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Grants Pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993312/court-lifts-restrictions-on-sf-encampment-sweeps\">overturned that ruling\u003c/a>, giving the city more freedom to clear encampments even if shelters are full. The lower court, however, kept the city bound to its own requirement to “bag and tag” personal items during sweeps so people could later recover them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has always been some level of (homeless) criminalization that’s taken place in San Francisco, but it’s been more behind the scenes,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, who leads the Coalition on Homelessness. “Fast-forward to today, and this administration is calling for arrests of unhoused people as if that is a potential solution to homelessness. That’s what’s changed significantly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='homelessness']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Breed’s six years as mayor, San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/\">temporary shelter supply\u003c/a> has increased by more than 60%, according to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, thousands of new permanent supportive housing units \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/data/ocoh-fund-annual-report-fy22-23-executive-summary?_gl=1*edbb9g*_ga*MTk2Mzg5NzE0NS4xNzE0Njc0NTIx*_ga_BT9NDE0NFC*MTcyMjg4NDk0MC4zNi4xLjE3MjI4ODUyMzMuMC4wLjA.*_ga_63SCS846YP*MTcyMjg4NDk0MC4zNi4xLjE3MjI4ODUyMzMuMC4wLjA.#ocoh-capacity-added\">have come online\u003c/a>, and the city has invested millions of dollars into affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed’s administration helped 2,400 people move into San Francisco’s temporary shelter last year and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/new-data-san-francisco-street-homelessness-hits-10-year-low\">more than 15,000 people off the street\u003c/a> during her overall tenure, according to the mayor’s office. And, while the city’s overall homeless population has increased in recent years, the number of people in San Francisco sleeping in tents, cars and RVs has \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/about/research-and-reports/pit/\">decreased by 16%\u003c/a> since 2019, according to data from the federal Point-in-Time count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with those efforts, a drop-off of pandemic-era rent and eviction relief, persistent economic inequality, and the ongoing shortage of both emergency and permanent affordable housing have all enabled a steady flow of people falling into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The numbers don’t show that kind of impact because, sadly, we’re dealing with the influx of people from everywhere,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Dangerous Precedent\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Caught in the middle of the political winds are people actually living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really fueling some very mean-spirited policies and acts of vigilantism and attacks on homeless people,” Supervisor Dean Preston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston joined other government officials and unhoused San Francisco residents at a recent rally outside Hotel Whitcomb, where attendees decried Breed’s recent actions. Advocates are calling on the city to acquire the hotel and use it to house people who are experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several speakers highlighted the fact that people living on the street are \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2803839\">more likely to die of overdose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://nhchc.org/study-shows-involuntary-displacement-of-people-experiencing-homelessness-may-cause-significant-spikes-in-mortality-overdoses-and-hospitalizations/\">end up in the hospital\u003c/a>, and experience other traumatic setbacks when they are forcefully displaced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, we have seen in an election year over and over again, going back decades in this city, that ramped-up rhetoric and talk of criminalizing homeless people is viewed by some as a ticket to electoral success in this city,” Preston said. “And it’s disgusting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man experiencing homelessness packs up his belongings in anticipation of an encampment sweep by San Francisco’s Dept. of Public Works around Showplace Square on Aug. 1. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed did not confirm when reporters asked last week whether jail time is on the table for people who defy sit-lie laws. Legal advocates, however, say that is already happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unhoused folks are being criminalized purely for being poor. And we have lots of clients coming to us who have been arrested and have faced harassment from police,” said Angela Chan, attorney and advocate at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates at the rally said they would like to see the city further expand rental and eviction relief, housing subsidies like Section 8 vouchers, and continue to invest in both shelter and permanent housing for extremely low-income people. Chan and others also urged the city to rapidly fill the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-homeless-crisis-tents-vacancy-sros-street-18348739.php\">hundreds of empty permanent supportive housing units\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The irony of people who are denied housing but are offered jail on a daily basis is really concerning,” Chan said. “I think every San Franciscan should really take stock of this moment and push our city to use our resources much more wisely and much more humanely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Facing a tough reelection this November, San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s “tough-love” approach to homelessness in the city has become increasingly vitriolic — an approach some critics say could put actual lives at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">Breed vowed to begin “aggressively” removing people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a> from encampments beginning in August. She told reporters, “We are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of San Francisco that they have to take our offer” of shelter or housing. She continued, “We will be using law enforcement to cite, and those citations can get progressive and can lead to a misdemeanor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensified rhetoric comes as voter polling \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareacouncil.org/press-releases/2022-bay-area-council-poll-voters-demand-get-tough-approach-on-homelessness/\">frequently shows homelessness is a top issue for San Franciscans\u003c/a> and as the incumbent seeks to overcome challengers’ accusations that she hasn’t done enough to clean the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It follows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order last month\u003c/a>, directing state agencies to clear encampments from state properties, along with a majority-conservative U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June, which gave cities greater leeway to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">fine or jail people for camping on sidewalks and in parks\u003c/a> — even if no alternative shelter is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Breed appeared to deliver on her promises: A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-mayor-california-homeless-encampments-3f8b79c8446bb60b5168711f8b06695c\">flurry\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/30/san-francisco-aggressive-homeless-camp-sweeps-begin/\">media\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/homeless-encampments-sweeps-breed-19607448.php\">reports\u003c/a> detailed encampment sweeps taking place throughout the city despite a shortage of available shelter. At last count, there were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping\">more than 4,300 people sleeping in tents or cars on San Francisco’s streets\u003c/a> on any given night, and only around 3,600 shelter beds, of which more than 90% were \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/#:~:text=Capacity%20Card%20showing%20the%20total,Use%20Escape%20to%20exit.\">already occupied\u003c/a>. On Monday, there were 170 people on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">online reservation system\u003c/a> for shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What Breed’s Opponents Are Saying\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not all Democrats are falling in line with the gloves-off approach. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, for example, criticized the governor’s encampment order, and the county’s Board of Supervisors recently passed a motion to prevent jail time for simply living in an encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, mayoral candidates to Breed’s left and right jumped at the opportunity to critique the recent blitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear: Nothing prohibited the city from clearing encampments pre-Grants Pass,” Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor who is running to unseat Breed, posted to social media last week, referring to the recent Supreme Court ruling. “Mayor Breed used ongoing litigation as an excuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell is campaigning on promises to sweep all of the city’s major encampments if elected and has positioned himself as the most conservative among a largely moderate slate of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie echoed the criticism, calling it a “lack of action” and pointing out that the city does not have enough shelter beds or supportive housing to move people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pushing encampments from one block to another didn’t work when Mark Farrell tried it, and it’s not going to work under this mayor,” Lurie said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998907\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998907\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, flanked by former Mayor Mark Farrell (left), Mayor London Breed and Aaron Peskin (right). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed’s progressive opponent, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, said Breed is promoting harsh policies that often fail to efficiently and compassionately move people into long-term housing after an encampment is removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Policies to address homelessness must be humane, lawful and effective — not implemented just because someone’s job is on the line…What is happening now is a quick and performative election-year gimmick,” Peskin said in a statement. “Mayor Breed and former Mayor Farrell are advocating for failed policies from the past that simply sweep our homeless problem from one neighborhood to another without any long-term solutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tough Love\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Advocates for people experiencing homelessness say that although Breed’s rhetoric has ramped up, her actual policies have not changed as dramatically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her narratives have shifted as she has seen political opportunity,” said Christin Evans, a small business owner in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood and vice chair of the city’s Homelessness Oversight Commission. “I think in this particular political moment, the rhetoric is amplified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evans pointed to the mayor’s recent order \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">that city workers conducting sweeps first offer homeless people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998474/breed-orders-sf-homeless-outreach-workers-to-offer-relocation-out-of-city-before-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bus ticket out of the city\u003c/a> — \u003c/span>a tool the city has had available and used since 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She is amplifying these things to make it sound like she is doing something when it’s really theater,” Evans said. “She has been capable and able to address these issues all along, and she hasn’t done that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2018, when running for mayor, Breed promoted a tough-love approach in her plans to address homelessness. “There is nothing compassionate or safe about relegating people, particularly those suffering from mental health or addiction issues, to sleep on our streets,” she said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed was also careful to contextualize homelessness as the result of larger structural inequalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness often seems like a uniquely, or at least, acutely San Francisco problem. But it isn’t,” she \u003ca href=\"https://londonbreed.medium.com/a-bold-approach-to-homelessness-a42121dc586c\">wrote in a Medium post\u003c/a> during her campaign. “The federal government has been cutting supportive housing and homelessness funding for decades and leaving cities holding the bag. West Coast cities, with high costs of living and scarce housing, are particularly susceptible to homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed talks to members of the press after a dramatic meeting in April 2019 about the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In December 2022, a U.S. judge barred San Francisco from enforcing sit-lie laws without first offering an alternative shelter as part of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958939/sf-homelessness-lawsuit-faces-critical-hearing-over-sweeps-ban\">ongoing lawsuit against the city\u003c/a> for not following its own homelessness response policies. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Grants Pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993312/court-lifts-restrictions-on-sf-encampment-sweeps\">overturned that ruling\u003c/a>, giving the city more freedom to clear encampments even if shelters are full. The lower court, however, kept the city bound to its own requirement to “bag and tag” personal items during sweeps so people could later recover them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has always been some level of (homeless) criminalization that’s taken place in San Francisco, but it’s been more behind the scenes,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, who leads the Coalition on Homelessness. “Fast-forward to today, and this administration is calling for arrests of unhoused people as if that is a potential solution to homelessness. That’s what’s changed significantly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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