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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The Union Square location, which Macy’s has operated since 1947, stretches almost an entire city block and employs at least 400 people, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, the union representing its workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The store’s imminent demise will be among the largest single retail closures in San Francisco’s history. It comes amid an ongoing exodus of major retailers from the city’s downtown, which has struggled to recover from the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last June, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/business/westfield-giving-up-sf-mall/index.html#:~:text=The%20mall%20operator's%20decision%20to,%2C%20retailers%2C%20and%20employees.%E2%80%9D\">Westfield announced plans \u003c/a>to give up its nearby San Francisco Centre mall on Market Street, the city’s largest indoor shopping center. And just over two months later, the city’s last remaining Nordstrom store, located inside the mall, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/nordstrom-closure-sf-centre-mall-18336862.php\">closed its doors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed waved aside concerns about other major retailers leaving the city, emphasizing that Neiman Marcus, also in Union Square, is committed to staying here and has “no plans to make any decisions around exiting San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So many of our luxury retailers are doing really well in Union Square,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Union Square Alliance, a collective of business owners in the neighborhood’s 27-block radius, said in a statement that the store “could still be open for years to come” as Macy’s looks for a buyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In all likelihood, there will be a holiday shopping season and Macy’s great tree in 2024,” said Marisa Rodriguez, the group’s CEO. “Having said that, the situation is fluid, and there is no getting around the fact that this announcement hurts. For generations, Macy’s has been synonymous with Union Square.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Rodriguez urged the city to negotiate with Macy’s to keep the store open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However, if that does not come to pass, our expectation is that a new owner for this iconic site will come forward to continue a fresh and vibrant vision at this critical location,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Union Square, said he was “devastated” to hear the news and urged the city to aggressively invest in the neighborhood ahead of the store’s closure. The location had “potential for mixed-use, food & beverage and residential on the upper floors,” Peskin said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Macy’s was one of the last holdouts against the national trend of retail closures and consolidations,” he added, “but as with every seeming blow to our downtown recovery, I see a potential opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed acknowledged that the closure is emblematic of the dramatic change that downtown San Francisco is experiencing and pledged to continue working with Macy’s and any future owner to develop the site in a way that best served the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to see a bit of a shift downtown,” she said. “Instead of penalizing and focusing on fees and taxes and other things, our goal is to focus on how do we incentivize? How do we get people excited about investing in downtown for the possibilities of university soccer stadiums, day spas and other opportunities that we know people have an interest in?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Breed admitted that the closure announcement still comes as a major disappointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Macy’s has always meant a lot to the people of this city,” she said in an earlier statement. “It’s where families came to shop for the holidays. It’s where many people from my community got their first jobs or even held jobs for decades. It’s hard to think of Macy’s not being part of our city anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Critics, however, point to the almost $1 billion in affordable housing bonds voters approved over the past decade that they say has done little to solve the city’s housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='What to Know About the March 5 Election' link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide,KQED 2024 Voter Guide' link2='https://www.kqed.org/news/11973915/california-primary-election-2024-find-your-early-voting-site-or-ballot-drop-off-location,Find Your Early Voting Sites and Ballot Dropoff Locations' link3='https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary,How Do I Vote As No Party Prefernce?' hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/01/KQED-Presidential-Primary-2024-Election-1200x675@2x-1020x574.png']General obligation bonds are a type of municipal bond that allow the city to borrow money at a fixed interest rate. Though cities sometimes increase property taxes through these kinds of bonds, San Francisco’s policy requires the city to issue new bonds only as prior bonds are paid off, and if property taxes were to rise, they could only rise to 2006 levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who recently rallied in support of the measure, told KQED he’s fairly confident Proposition A will get voter approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Franciscans have voted on — and approved — a bevy of measures to fund affordable housing over the past decade. In 2015 and 2019, voters approved $310 million and $600 million bonds, respectively. Then, in 2016, voters also passed a $260 seismic safety bond, which was partly dedicated to funding the preservation and rehabilitation of existing affordable apartments. And, although it wasn’t a bond measure, voters in 2018 also approved Proposition C, which imposed a tax on individuals and businesses that earn more than $50 million in annual income to fund services and housing for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the years since those measures passed, the housing crisis has worsened, and residents are expressing frustration over how long it has taken to build more affordable housing in the city. Peskin said he and other elected officials are working hard to ensure Proposition A passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are complicated times,” Peskin told KQED. “People see a $300 million bond, and even though it doesn’t cost them any additional money, doesn’t raise their taxes, people are in a cranky mood these days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2018 and 2022, local revenue sources, such as general obligation bonds and special taxes, contributed \u003ca href=\"https://onesanfrancisco.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/Agenda%20Item%205%20-%202024%20Affordable%20Housing%20Bond%20Presentation.pdf\">about $200 million annually in funding for affordable housing (PDF)\u003c/a>. Of that, general obligation bonds made up 36% — making them the single largest source of local funding for housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Annie Fryman, director of special projects at the think tank and housing advocacy group, SPUR, said San Francisco, like many other big cities across the country, has a cyclical boom-and-bust style economy. Unlike many other revenue sources, which she said depend on that cycle’s whims, general obligation bonds offer a source of stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you fund affordable housing with a general obligation bond, that investment in affordable housing is not necessarily bound to that year’s budget deficit or budget surplus,” she said. “It allows nonprofit housing developers to have reliability about the amount of local money going into affordable housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the city’s affordable housing funding comes from state and federal agencies, which provide a bevy of tax credits and competitive grant programs that can also vary in amount from year to year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, as the state faced a nearly $40 billion budget shortfall, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937777/newsoms-proposed-budget-keeps-most-housing-homeless-funding-intact-advocates-want-more\">cuts to affordable housing programs\u003c/a>. Especially in times like these where state funding is uncertain, Fryman said it’s important to have access to steady, reliable funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But opponents like Larry Marso, a member of the San Francisco Republican County Central Committee, argue adding more dense housing for low-income people could fundamentally change the character of every San Francisco neighborhood. And, despite all the measures voters have approved over the past decade to fund affordable housing, he said the problem is as dire as ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our government has proven incompetent at managing the problems of homelessness, drug abuse and mental health on the streets, particularly in our highest-density neighborhoods,” Marso said. “Voting ‘No’ on Prop A is really the only opportunity San Francisco voters have to say, ‘We need to change the direction of housing policy.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for Proposition A say the housing built with funding from general obligations bonds takes years before tenants can move in. 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"content": "\u003cp>Thousands lined the streets of Chinatown Saturday for San Francisco’s dazzling annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976610/your-guide-to-the-2024-san-francisco-chinese-new-year-parade\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> that celebrates the Lunar New Year and the Chinese \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951648/lunar-new-year-of-the-dragon-superstitions-celebrations\">Year of the Dragon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning at Second and Market streets in downtown San Francisco at 5:15 p.m., the nearly three-hour parade made its way through Chinatown on a 1.3-mile course that rounded Union Square before ending at Kearny and Columbus Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977001\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977001\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dragon passes by at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers of the parade say it’s considered one of the top ten parades in the world by the International Festivals & Events Association and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-chinese-new-year-18678491.php\">the biggest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977004\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977004\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Performing Arts perform during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977014\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977014\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Lisa Performing Arts watch the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many arrived early to get a good spot or a seat ahead of the parade. Cynthia Lee and her family, who’ve been coming to the annual event for the last five years, were there an hour before the parade started with their lawn chairs set up against the barricade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have family members who are born in the year of the dragon. and this is their year,” Lee said. “It only comes around once every 12 years, and we’ve got a couple people reaching 96 this year, so the fact that they’re still around is already a big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977008\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed (left) and City Administrator Carmen Chu wave to the crowd during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants walk with a dragon at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calvin Hom, 73, started coming to the parade when he was 12 years old, but this year’s is the first he’s been to in 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After the weather, we’ve been having, it’s so beautiful tonight, and after the pandemic, we gotta come out and celebrate,” said Hom, who was gifted a seat in the bleachers by a “fabulous, fabulous” friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a celebration of life. … It’s wall-to-wall people, I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977016\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977016\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Hom, 74, attends the Chinese New Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. Hom is a San Francisco native and was born in the SF Chinese Hospital. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977002\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade featured floats and a nearly 300-foot dragon puppet, with Golden Globe-winning comedian and actor Awkwafina as grand marshal. There are also five wooden dragon statues across the city, produced by local artists for the Lunar New Year celebrations, which will continue through March 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977009\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977009\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectators watch the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elianna Goldstein, who used to go to the parade when she was a kid, was back for the first time in 20 years with her two kids, aged 7 and 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember always dodging between legs trying to see anything, so I’m very excited that we have this spot, and [my kids are] going to be able to see everything up close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977010\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firecrackers are set off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Year of the Dragon officially began on Feb. 10 and is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals in the Chinese zodiac, considered a powerful and lucky sign, with those born that year being considered innovative thinkers with inquisitive minds. This is the year of the wood dragon, one of five elements along with water, earth, fire and metal. It lasts until Jan. 28 and will be followed by the Year of the Snake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977011\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lion dancers at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Alex Rodriguez, who was there with her 5-year-old, the experience this year was nostalgic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really fun when I was young; I grew up in Castro Valley, and [[our school]] would do a little dragon parade for us when I was little, so I wanted to pass on the joy,” she said. “It’s amazing. I love the costumes, the people, everybody’s so friendly. … The lion dances have also been my favorite since I was little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garfield Elementary School prepares to march at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides the parade, there is a Community Street Fair on Saturday and Sunday, 5:15–8 p.m., with food vendors, activities, folk dancing, opera and drumming performances organized by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977013\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks go off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Lakshmi Sarah, Dana Cronin and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Thousands lined the streets of Chinatown Saturday for San Francisco’s dazzling annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976610/your-guide-to-the-2024-san-francisco-chinese-new-year-parade\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> that celebrates the Lunar New Year and the Chinese \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951648/lunar-new-year-of-the-dragon-superstitions-celebrations\">Year of the Dragon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning at Second and Market streets in downtown San Francisco at 5:15 p.m., the nearly three-hour parade made its way through Chinatown on a 1.3-mile course that rounded Union Square before ending at Kearny and Columbus Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977001\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977001\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dragon passes by at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers of the parade say it’s considered one of the top ten parades in the world by the International Festivals & Events Association and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-chinese-new-year-18678491.php\">the biggest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977004\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977004\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Performing Arts perform during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977014\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977014\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Lisa Performing Arts watch the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many arrived early to get a good spot or a seat ahead of the parade. Cynthia Lee and her family, who’ve been coming to the annual event for the last five years, were there an hour before the parade started with their lawn chairs set up against the barricade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have family members who are born in the year of the dragon. and this is their year,” Lee said. “It only comes around once every 12 years, and we’ve got a couple people reaching 96 this year, so the fact that they’re still around is already a big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977008\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed (left) and City Administrator Carmen Chu wave to the crowd during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants walk with a dragon at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calvin Hom, 73, started coming to the parade when he was 12 years old, but this year’s is the first he’s been to in 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After the weather, we’ve been having, it’s so beautiful tonight, and after the pandemic, we gotta come out and celebrate,” said Hom, who was gifted a seat in the bleachers by a “fabulous, fabulous” friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a celebration of life. … It’s wall-to-wall people, I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977016\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977016\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Hom, 74, attends the Chinese New Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. Hom is a San Francisco native and was born in the SF Chinese Hospital. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977002\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade featured floats and a nearly 300-foot dragon puppet, with Golden Globe-winning comedian and actor Awkwafina as grand marshal. There are also five wooden dragon statues across the city, produced by local artists for the Lunar New Year celebrations, which will continue through March 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977009\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977009\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectators watch the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elianna Goldstein, who used to go to the parade when she was a kid, was back for the first time in 20 years with her two kids, aged 7 and 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember always dodging between legs trying to see anything, so I’m very excited that we have this spot, and [my kids are] going to be able to see everything up close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977010\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firecrackers are set off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Year of the Dragon officially began on Feb. 10 and is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals in the Chinese zodiac, considered a powerful and lucky sign, with those born that year being considered innovative thinkers with inquisitive minds. This is the year of the wood dragon, one of five elements along with water, earth, fire and metal. It lasts until Jan. 28 and will be followed by the Year of the Snake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977011\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lion dancers at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Alex Rodriguez, who was there with her 5-year-old, the experience this year was nostalgic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really fun when I was young; I grew up in Castro Valley, and [[our school]] would do a little dragon parade for us when I was little, so I wanted to pass on the joy,” she said. “It’s amazing. I love the costumes, the people, everybody’s so friendly. … The lion dances have also been my favorite since I was little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garfield Elementary School prepares to march at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides the parade, there is a Community Street Fair on Saturday and Sunday, 5:15–8 p.m., with food vendors, activities, folk dancing, opera and drumming performances organized by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977013\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks go off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Lakshmi Sarah, Dana Cronin and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with San Francisco’s dazzling \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> on Saturday, Feb. 24, with comedian and actor Awkafina as the Grand Marshall and a new dragon arriving in the city from China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harlan Wong — this year’s parade director — calls the Year of the Dragon the most “powerful sign” in the Chinese Zodiac.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sfchinesenewyearparaderoutemap\">What’s the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade route?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sfchinesenewyearparadestreetclosures\">What streets will be closed Saturday for the parade?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#lunarnewyearpartiesbayarea\">Where are other Lunar New Year celebrations in the next few weeks?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“This is the Year of the Dragon and, more importantly, is the Year of the Wood Dragon,” he said, explaining the association with trees and the color green. “So this is definitely hoping for a new beginning. A new growth for the society, for the economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11939659\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a red t shirt holds a dragon's head prop outdoors.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dylan Gong leads Boy Scout Troop 201 during the Lunar New Year parade in Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951648/lunar-new-year-of-the-dragon-superstitions-celebrations\">Year of the Dragon is also a lucky one\u003c/a>. Those born under the dragon sign are considered to be \u003ca href=\"https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/culture/article/3250661/year-of-the-dragon/index.html\">innovative thinkers and have an inquisitive mind.\u003c/a> Birth years that fall under the Year of the Dragon include \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/08/what-are-years-of-the-dragon/72402804007/\">1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 and 2012. \u003c/a>(You can \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/year-of-the-dragon-lunar-new-statues-san-francisco-heavenly-jade-thrive-city/14368640/\">find five dragon sculptures\u003c/a> throughout San Francisco.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for our guide to attending one of the biggest celebrations in the Bay Area to mark Lunar New Year 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sfchinesenewyearparaderoutemap\">\u003c/a>What is the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade route?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Saturday’s Chinese New Year parade will begin at Second and Market streets at 5:15 p.m. PT. (Remember, \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/san-francisco\">sunset will be just before 6 p.m. that evening\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\" alt=\"A map showing transit lines within a city.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-800x650.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-1020x829.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-160x130.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map detailing the Chinese Lunar New Year parade route and transportation reroutes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy ofSFMTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Crowds will get busier as the route approaches Chinatown, so depending on where you’re hoping to watch from, you may want to get there early to secure a good viewing spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade then goes around Union Square and ends at Kearny and Columbus Avenue. The parade is around 1.3 miles and will last around two and a half hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I need tickets to the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The parade is \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/faq/\">a free event\u003c/a>. However, if you want to sit on the bleachers, you will need paid tickets to be assigned a specific section (but not a specific seat).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/tickets/\">purchase tickets online\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/tickets/\">on the Chinese New Year Parade official website\u003c/a>, which range from $41 to $70. The $70 tickets come with a gift bag. The bleacher seating is free for children under two years, as long as they are sitting on the lap of a caregiver. Organizers suggest that if you buy tickets, you’ll need to be seated close to 4 p.m. to be ready for the start of the parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11939668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"People dressed in bright green costumes and pink hats with face masks walk in formation while holding red drums and drum sticks.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group performs a waist drum dance followed by traditional fan dancers during the Lunar New Year parade in Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you need accessible spaces, you will also need a ticket. All sections of the bleachers will have wheelchair seating, but you will need a ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://i0.wp.com/chineseparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bleachers.png?resize=720%2C344&ssl=1\">There are four bleacher sections\u003c/a>, each on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington and Jackson streets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">California and Sacramento streets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kearny and Grant streets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stockton and Powell streets\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Portable restrooms will be available near the bleachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sfchinesenewyearparadestreetclosures\">\u003c/a>How can I get to the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade? Are there street closures?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chinese New Year organizers \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/transportation/\">strongly encourage public transportation\u003c/a> with their list of transportation options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SF Muni bus system has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/project-updates/chinese-new-year-parade-service-alert\">a page where you can view updates and changes\u003c/a> to the MUNI service and reroutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Street closures for the parade will be on Saturday from \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/project-updates/chinese-new-year-parade-service-alert\">3 p.m. to around 9:30 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second Street between Market and Mission (starting earlier, at 2 p.m.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Market between Second Street and Geary\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Geary between Market and Powell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Powell between Geary and Post\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Post between Kearny to Powell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kearny between Geary and Pacific\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\" alt=\"A map showing transit lines within a city.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-800x650.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-1020x829.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-160x130.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map detailing the Chinese Lunar New Year parade route and transportation reroutes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy ofSFMTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Is there any parking for the Chinese New Year parade?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/transportation/\">parking garages\u003c/a> at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Union Street at \u003cb>123 O’Farrell Street\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinatown at \u003cb>250 Clay Street \u003c/b>and \u003cb>733 Kearny Street\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Beach at \u003cb>735 Vallejo Street \u003c/b>and \u003cb>766 Vallejo Street\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also get \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/search?kind=destination&id=49876&%243p=a_hasoffers&%24affiliate_json=http%3A%2F%2Ftracking.spothero.com%2Faff_c%3Foffer_id%3D1%26aff_id%3D1391%26file_id%3D28%26source%3Dsanfranciscochinesenewyearandfestival%26aff_sub2%3Dparkingpage%26format%3Djson&_branch_match_id=1200175964809914211&utm_source=Partnerships&utm_campaign=Tune_Platform&utm_medium=paid+advertising&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA5WSW2%2FjIBCFf415zAUnsbsSWlVK%2B7gvVZ%2BtCR4CGwdYBrfKv%2B8Qp1F60WpX4mUOzOHMBzbnSD%2Fmc4ohW0xhBjHOBucP80zLKH%2F9ecLlz4PzveqRsvOQXfDC9Wp11zYbUclVHRV0FigYg4mKAsa4wUHG7jcFryxfUdX3lXzklRNottvPrhfqcGSdezpd1Y9nl871Vb1dVnJT5Kmo70rNxjgJsuWSwpg0ckXgTQKvHemgrfNI6PH1hMBib0ryFxgufjTuJLdESCVIhD0W45COkFkukcWYhnNsuub%2BwqfMciXEwSu5LizY4YYGG38aqGoe9OD04aIsZN%2F02Mp2bVYGzLpdMNa6MVg3dXs5Hih3ekwJvT5xz%2FPT9maDxxoLgMWkEerge0inLo67wRFH5s1CykJ3fZeL9L%2Fw9gGGQk4K0haPOCESlnOoL3xEhGzVB0rf%2FJazpZLinZJaiimW%2BqdQ4gan%2BjtM8RmlYpDiA0a1eANaxB3DDgMAAA%3D%3D&view=dl\">a parking pass on websites like SpotHero\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What will the weather be like on Saturday for the Chinese New Year parade?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The parade will be happening rain or shine, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/faq/\">Chinese New Year parade’s official website\u003c/a>. The current forecast calls for a low of \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.74518500000005&lon=-122.41590499999995\">51 F, with a mostly clear sky\u003c/a>, so bring warm layers — this is San Francisco, you know the drill — and perhaps an umbrella, just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also adorn yourself in lucky colors like \u003ca href=\"https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/chinese-new-year-fashion-red-and-gold-runway-looks\">red and gold\u003c/a> to mark the Lunar New Year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What can I \u003cb>\u003ci>not \u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cb>bring to the Chinese New Year parade?\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The organizers say the parade is a public event, so \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/faq/\">you should not bring things like weapons, firearms, explosives or drones. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In consideration of others. We also ask that no coolers, pets, selfie sticks or camera tripods are allowed in the bleacher sections,” the website reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"lunarnewyearpartiesbayarea\">\u003c/a>What other events are happening to mark the Lunar New Year?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can view the official Chinese New Year event calendar \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/eventscalendar/\">on their website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, Feb. 3: \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/eventscalendar/\">Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant & Coronation Ball\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, Feb. 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunar-new-years-vegan-family-style-feast-and-francis-wong-solo-tickets-769403024157?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Lunar New Years Vegan Family Style Feast and Francis Wong solo\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, Feb. 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uspaacc-western-lunar-new-year-celebration-feb-23-tickets-806594123737?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">USPAACC Western Lunar New Year Celebration\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, Feb. 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinese-new-year-event-at-pacific-rim-plaza-i-ii-tickets-846140217167?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Chinese New Year Event at Pacific Rim Plaza I & II\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saturday, Feb. 24 and Sunday, Feb. 25: \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/communityfair/\">Community Street Fair\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saturday, Feb. 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-chinese-new-year-treasure-hunt-tickets-795734281657?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">2024 Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saturday, Feb. 24: \u003ca href=\"https://thethirdplace.is/event/happy-lunar-new-queer\">Union St. Lunar New Year Scavenger Celebration \u003c/a>(in San Francisco)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saturday, Feb. 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-paul-parents-2024-dragon-new-year-parade-at-washington-and-grant-tickets-829251011097?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">St. Paul Parents at 2024 Dragon New Year Parade at Washington and Grant\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sunday, Feb. 25: \u003ca href=\"https://thethirdplace.is/event/lunar-new-year-with-the-happy-crane\">Lunar New Year Pop-Up Tasting with The Happy Crane\u003c/a> (in San Francisco)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sunday, Feb. 25: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunar-tickets-808544487327?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">LUNAR at Oasis (in San Francisco)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sunday, March 3: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rcmis-lunar-new-year-banquet-tickets-814571514327?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">RCMIS Lunar New Year Banquet\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sunday, March 3: \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/eventscalendar/\">YMCA Run/Walk\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>KQED’s Caroline Smith contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with San Francisco’s dazzling \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> on Saturday, Feb. 24, with comedian and actor Awkafina as the Grand Marshall and a new dragon arriving in the city from China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harlan Wong — this year’s parade director — calls the Year of the Dragon the most “powerful sign” in the Chinese Zodiac.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sfchinesenewyearparaderoutemap\">What’s the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade route?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sfchinesenewyearparadestreetclosures\">What streets will be closed Saturday for the parade?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#lunarnewyearpartiesbayarea\">Where are other Lunar New Year celebrations in the next few weeks?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“This is the Year of the Dragon and, more importantly, is the Year of the Wood Dragon,” he said, explaining the association with trees and the color green. “So this is definitely hoping for a new beginning. A new growth for the society, for the economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11939659\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a red t shirt holds a dragon's head prop outdoors.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/043_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dylan Gong leads Boy Scout Troop 201 during the Lunar New Year parade in Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951648/lunar-new-year-of-the-dragon-superstitions-celebrations\">Year of the Dragon is also a lucky one\u003c/a>. Those born under the dragon sign are considered to be \u003ca href=\"https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/culture/article/3250661/year-of-the-dragon/index.html\">innovative thinkers and have an inquisitive mind.\u003c/a> Birth years that fall under the Year of the Dragon include \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/08/what-are-years-of-the-dragon/72402804007/\">1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 and 2012. \u003c/a>(You can \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/year-of-the-dragon-lunar-new-statues-san-francisco-heavenly-jade-thrive-city/14368640/\">find five dragon sculptures\u003c/a> throughout San Francisco.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for our guide to attending one of the biggest celebrations in the Bay Area to mark Lunar New Year 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sfchinesenewyearparaderoutemap\">\u003c/a>What is the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade route?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Saturday’s Chinese New Year parade will begin at Second and Market streets at 5:15 p.m. PT. (Remember, \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/san-francisco\">sunset will be just before 6 p.m. that evening\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\" alt=\"A map showing transit lines within a city.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-800x650.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-1020x829.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-160x130.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map detailing the Chinese Lunar New Year parade route and transportation reroutes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy ofSFMTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Crowds will get busier as the route approaches Chinatown, so depending on where you’re hoping to watch from, you may want to get there early to secure a good viewing spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade then goes around Union Square and ends at Kearny and Columbus Avenue. The parade is around 1.3 miles and will last around two and a half hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do I need tickets to the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The parade is \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/faq/\">a free event\u003c/a>. However, if you want to sit on the bleachers, you will need paid tickets to be assigned a specific section (but not a specific seat).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/tickets/\">purchase tickets online\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/tickets/\">on the Chinese New Year Parade official website\u003c/a>, which range from $41 to $70. The $70 tickets come with a gift bag. The bleacher seating is free for children under two years, as long as they are sitting on the lap of a caregiver. Organizers suggest that if you buy tickets, you’ll need to be seated close to 4 p.m. to be ready for the start of the parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11939668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11939668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"People dressed in bright green costumes and pink hats with face masks walk in formation while holding red drums and drum sticks.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62390_026_KQED_OaklandLunarNewYearParade_01292023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group performs a waist drum dance followed by traditional fan dancers during the Lunar New Year parade in Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood on Jan. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you need accessible spaces, you will also need a ticket. All sections of the bleachers will have wheelchair seating, but you will need a ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://i0.wp.com/chineseparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bleachers.png?resize=720%2C344&ssl=1\">There are four bleacher sections\u003c/a>, each on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington and Jackson streets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">California and Sacramento streets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kearny and Grant streets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stockton and Powell streets\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Portable restrooms will be available near the bleachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sfchinesenewyearparadestreetclosures\">\u003c/a>How can I get to the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade? Are there street closures?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chinese New Year organizers \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/transportation/\">strongly encourage public transportation\u003c/a> with their list of transportation options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SF Muni bus system has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/project-updates/chinese-new-year-parade-service-alert\">a page where you can view updates and changes\u003c/a> to the MUNI service and reroutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Street closures for the parade will be on Saturday from \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/project-updates/chinese-new-year-parade-service-alert\">3 p.m. to around 9:30 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second Street between Market and Mission (starting earlier, at 2 p.m.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Market between Second Street and Geary\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Geary between Market and Powell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Powell between Geary and Post\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Post between Kearny to Powell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kearny between Geary and Pacific\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png\" alt=\"A map showing transit lines within a city.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-800x650.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-1020x829.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/muni_reroute_map_for_chinese_new_year_parade_2023_0-160x130.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map detailing the Chinese Lunar New Year parade route and transportation reroutes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy ofSFMTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Is there any parking for the Chinese New Year parade?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/transportation/\">parking garages\u003c/a> at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Union Street at \u003cb>123 O’Farrell Street\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinatown at \u003cb>250 Clay Street \u003c/b>and \u003cb>733 Kearny Street\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Beach at \u003cb>735 Vallejo Street \u003c/b>and \u003cb>766 Vallejo Street\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also get \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/search?kind=destination&id=49876&%243p=a_hasoffers&%24affiliate_json=http%3A%2F%2Ftracking.spothero.com%2Faff_c%3Foffer_id%3D1%26aff_id%3D1391%26file_id%3D28%26source%3Dsanfranciscochinesenewyearandfestival%26aff_sub2%3Dparkingpage%26format%3Djson&_branch_match_id=1200175964809914211&utm_source=Partnerships&utm_campaign=Tune_Platform&utm_medium=paid+advertising&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA5WSW2%2FjIBCFf415zAUnsbsSWlVK%2B7gvVZ%2BtCR4CGwdYBrfKv%2B8Qp1F60WpX4mUOzOHMBzbnSD%2Fmc4ohW0xhBjHOBucP80zLKH%2F9ecLlz4PzveqRsvOQXfDC9Wp11zYbUclVHRV0FigYg4mKAsa4wUHG7jcFryxfUdX3lXzklRNottvPrhfqcGSdezpd1Y9nl871Vb1dVnJT5Kmo70rNxjgJsuWSwpg0ckXgTQKvHemgrfNI6PH1hMBib0ryFxgufjTuJLdESCVIhD0W45COkFkukcWYhnNsuub%2BwqfMciXEwSu5LizY4YYGG38aqGoe9OD04aIsZN%2F02Mp2bVYGzLpdMNa6MVg3dXs5Hih3ekwJvT5xz%2FPT9maDxxoLgMWkEerge0inLo67wRFH5s1CykJ3fZeL9L%2Fw9gGGQk4K0haPOCESlnOoL3xEhGzVB0rf%2FJazpZLinZJaiimW%2BqdQ4gan%2BjtM8RmlYpDiA0a1eANaxB3DDgMAAA%3D%3D&view=dl\">a parking pass on websites like SpotHero\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What will the weather be like on Saturday for the Chinese New Year parade?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The parade will be happening rain or shine, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://chineseparade.com/faq/\">Chinese New Year parade’s official website\u003c/a>. The current forecast calls for a low of \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.74518500000005&lon=-122.41590499999995\">51 F, with a mostly clear sky\u003c/a>, so bring warm layers — this is San Francisco, you know the drill — and perhaps an umbrella, just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also adorn yourself in lucky colors like \u003ca href=\"https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/chinese-new-year-fashion-red-and-gold-runway-looks\">red and gold\u003c/a> to mark the Lunar New Year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The newest member of the San Francisco Elections Commission, a seven-member civilian body that oversees and creates policy for the city’s Department of Elections, isn’t legally allowed to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly Wong, an immigrant rights advocate, is believed to be the first noncitizen appointed to the commission. At a swearing-in ceremony administered by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin on Wednesday at San Francisco City Hall, dozens of people gathered to commemorate the occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong said she hopes her appointment is a beacon of hope for other immigrants living in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Kelly Wong, member, San Francisco Elections Commission\"]‘I’ve seen how language and cultural barriers prevent immigrants with limited English proficiency from fully exercising their right to vote.’[/pullquote]“There are always voices inside my head. Like, ‘You can’t do it. You’re not competent. You’re an immigrant. This is not your country.’ That’s not true,” said Wong, who immigrated to the U.S. in 2019 from Hong Kong to pursue graduate studies. “If I can do it, you can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong’s appointment is the result of a 2020 voter-approved measure that removed the citizenship requirement to serve on San Francisco boards, commissions and advisory bodies. Each of the commission’s seven members is appointed by a different city official, such as the mayor, city attorney or district attorney. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses and a business suit faces a group of people seated in a court room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin begins the swearing-in ceremony for appointee Kelly Wong to San Francisco’s Elections Commission at City Hall on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m very impressed by her commitment to enfranchising people who rarely vote, to educating people about the voting process, and to bring in noncitizens and get them the tools they need as they become citizens,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drawing on her lived experience, Wong said she wants to increase engagement among the city’s immigrant and non-English speaking communities. Anyone who has delved into San Francisco’s ballot knows it can be just as confusing for native English speakers to decipher the myriad propositions, their arguments, and the city’s ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though I’m fluent in English, I still encounter challenges in navigating a new system, let alone participating in political conversation and activities,” Wong said in an interview with KQED before Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Wong’s priorities is to ensure that voter materials are translated in a way that people can understand – she pointed out, for example, that there isn’t an equivalent term for the word “reparations” in Cantonese or Mandarin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen how language and cultural barriers prevent immigrants with limited English proficiency from fully exercising their right to vote,” Wong said. “Is there a way to do voter outreach that is not just about translation but can touch on political education while maintaining neutrality and impartiality in elections?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2022, Wong has done this kind of work as an immigrant rights advocate at Chinese for Affirmative Action, a civil rights group in San Francisco that focuses on the city’s Chinese community. Since commissioners are unpaid, Wong will continue her work as an advocate, helping people like Christina Ouyang, who immigrated here from China 13 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever I experience a language barrier or difficulties around access, I can come to Kelly for help,” Ouyang said in Cantonese. (She spoke to KQED through an interpreter.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976032\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976032\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people with some wearing masks, applaud in a room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd claps after appointee Kelly Wong is sworn in to San Francisco’s Elections Commission at City Hall. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Noncitizens aren’t totally barred from voting in San Francisco. In 2016, after multiple attempts in previous years to pass a similar measure, voters approved Proposition N, which allowed San Francisco noncitizens to vote in school board elections if they had a child who went to school in the district. In 2022, a state Superior Court judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923048/a-fight-is-brewing-over-local-noncitizen-voting\">struck down\u003c/a> the law in a case brought by the United States Justice Foundation, a conservative nonprofit. The California Court of Appeal ultimately reversed the ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that we have to go beyond, ‘Are we doing the bare minimum to how we can get everyone fully involved?’” said Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hopes that Wong’s appointment reasserts the commitment of recent measures to get more San Franciscans civically involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping there will be a day where it won’t be as newsworthy that you have someone who’s an immigrant and a noncitizen involved in helping make the city run better, especially in a city where such a large percentage of the community is immigrants,” Pan said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This Valentine’s Day, KQED community engagement reporter Carlos Cabrera-Lomeli joins us to talk about growing up in San Francisco’s Mission District — and one particular mural that he loves and remembers dearly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC6480280563\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and welcome to the Bay. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. San Francisco gets a lot of hate, but you don’t get to hate it unless you love it. And one person I know who loves San Francisco is my colleague, Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí, who proudly reps the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It was just such a place where they were characters everywhere. It was definitely a feeling of like, everyone could do what they want or just be themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Carlos has seen the neighborhood through a lot of changes over the years. Stores closing, childhood friends priced out and beloved murals getting painted over. This Valentine’s Day, Carlos shares with us a story of one mural he loved dearly and what it meant to lose it. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>I’m Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí, and I’m the community engagement reporter with KQED. So my family first arrived in the Bay area when I was seven. We moved to Oakland. Back then it was myself, my mom, and at the time my stepdad. During that time, my little brother was born. We’re eight years apart. A few months later, when we moved to Hayward and and Hayward, things took a turn for the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>My stepdad. He did things that made my mom and myself unsafe emotionally and physically hurting us. And it got to a point where my mom decided to leave and come to San Francisco, because here there are several really, really amazing, incredibly helpful and generous shelters for moms and their kids. The reason we moved to San Francisco wasn’t a very happy one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It was a very painful one, but it was also the start of a really, really amazing relationship with a place that welcomed us with a lot of people who worked really hard to make sure that we were safe and that we have what we needed. We first moved to Hays Valley, and that’s where we were for over a year and a shelter. And when I was ten, we made it to the mission where I still call home. At that time I was starting middle school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>My middle school was in the Fillmore in the Western addition. It was a KIPP school, which for folks unfamiliar, that’s a charter school system, a very, very like disciplined charter school system. We had to be in school from 730 to 5. But as soon as it was five, the way that we would, like, run out like rats out of the school building to just hang out to like, run around for the kids who lived in the mission, you know, we’d get on the 22 and then eventually, you know, the 14, the 49 there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>They’re these huge busses, these long, super long busses, and they’re like kind of like two busses, like connected. And the back, the windows were a thing where all you had to do was push them and they would open up, and there were these huge windows and we would always be parting. None of us had like real speakers, but we all had like, radios. We like blasting like radio music and then like doing other stuff that you weren’t supposed to do in our bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>And then as soon as, like, you know, the driver would get mad at us. We’d all, like, jump out from those windows. Seeing friends, you know, like, hold onto the back of the bus because they were on their skateboards and they would just, like, grab on the back of the bus, and the bus would just, you know, like, ferry them through the mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>There are definitely things that maybe things my friends and I were doing pretty early on that we shouldn’t have been doing. But it’s always been a very active, super colorful, super noisy, super loud part of the city, which I love. I was born and raised in Mexico City. Also, I’m very loud and very colorful and just very chaotic city. I knew I wanted to be back where there was just kids playing in the street, busses moving all the time, cars, music, am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>Mission Street has always been that. I was ten years old when I first saw Al Fuego or Cease Fire by Juan Alisha on the corner of Mission Street and 21st Street. It’s immediately. What stood out to me was that it was the face like a kid. And this kid, he was standing on this beautiful, beautiful field. And there’s mountains and it looks so humid and green and just lush. But in front of him, there’s many, many machine guns pointing at him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>But what’s separating him from the machine? Guns are two hands, huge hands. And you can’t see whose hands they are. They just appear in front of the kid. The kid is looking at you, and it’s very much like a mona Lisa effect, where no matter where you are on the intersection, it felt like he was looking at you. You know, they weren’t angry, they weren’t happy, they weren’t sad, but they were just eyes full of a very strong emotion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>That immediately struck me. You know the element like, why are guns pointing at this kid? Who is he and who are those hands? Now, the mural was showing a moment where, like, a kid was in danger. But this force, these hands came and defended him. I’ve always been very protective of my mom. We were very close. At that time, I brother was only one when we left the situation with my stepdad. I made a promise that I would always protect them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong> Seeing a visual representation of hands coming to protect someone vulnerable, it’s showing me that it is possible and that I’m also in a place that believes in it, that strongly believes in it. You know, again, this wasn’t in a random alley. It was in the heart of this neighborhood. Tens of thousands of people must have walked past it every single day. Juan Alicia painted ceasefire in 1988.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>There was a lot of armed conflicts throughout the region of Central America and in Honduras. There was a very active American intervention, and the mural was actually set in the fields of Honduras. Many of the folks left and came to San Francisco. You’ve had families coming from Central America for 40, 50 years. Many other parts of the US are seeing folks come from Central America, and it’s like the first wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>But San Francisco is a place where you see, you know, two, three, four generations of Central American families here. And one Alysia in 1988 decides to paint a mural. Calling for a cease fire and a protection of civilians in Honduras. And that’s what we see. We see a young boy who represents the vulnerable civilian population of Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>Being protected, being shielded away from a lot of the violence, a lot of the guns, a lot of the armaments that were being brought in thanks to American imperialism, American foreign policy objectives. You know, as I became, I feel like more and more San Franciscan, I learned that that is history of folks coming from Central America to create a sanctuary, a safe space for their homes, for their families here in the city. It really connected? With what?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>The reason that my family had come San Francisco. I first found out that the mural was the face through my mom. I’m out comes and I’m in high school. And she says, you can’t believe what happened to Juan Alice’s mural. And the next day I go check it out. And sure enough, someone had scribbled, I think, something like toy across it. A couple days later, more tagging happens on it and there was no explanation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It wasn’t necessarily something like frustrating, but really just like a why why someone would do this to something so beautiful and important. As I understand Juan Alisha raised funds to try to rehabilitate the mural, but at the end of the day, then it happened. And then years later, the property owners commissioned another mural on top of it. And it’s the painting of a horse. The horses isn’t like doing anything or jumping over a fence or anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It’s just the horse, and it’s like standing on a beach or empty field and that’s about it. I really do think that it doesn’t have the same context and the same message. And I’ve definitely been in many conversations with people that are like, why is there a horse there and what? But years later, the horse is still there. So I guess it’s part of us now too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>One of my favorite things to do when I go running throughout the mission is because I have a list of favorite murals I like to see, and there are some murals are no longer exist, but I think that that is the one that I it’s the most. Years later, I actually got to see a version of the mural one more time. And this was at an exhibition organized by the San Francisco Arts Commission. They included one of the original sketches that Juan Alicia had made of the mural, and it wasn’t huge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It was like maybe three feet by four feet and there wasn’t any color. But you know the boy. He looked at you with the same intensity. The landscape was still as beautiful as it was when I first looked at it. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe that I was seeing it after such a long time. I never thought I was going to see them like a version of that mural again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>So much had happened since I had last seen it. I went to college, I graduated. I became a journalist. I learned so many things about myself and seeing it again. It was like coming back into contact with that younger version of me, and I realized, whoa, it doesn’t necessarily have the same grounding effect as it did before, but I think that’s okay. You know, so much has changed for the better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>My family, you know, we’ve obviously become a lot more stable. And we’ve been we’ve been able to grow. You know, my mom has been able to continue her career. My brother’s about to go to college. I. 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The kid is looking at you, and it’s very much like a mona Lisa effect, where no matter where you are on the intersection, it felt like he was looking at you. You know, they weren’t angry, they weren’t happy, they weren’t sad, but they were just eyes full of a very strong emotion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>That immediately struck me. You know the element like, why are guns pointing at this kid? Who is he and who are those hands? Now, the mural was showing a moment where, like, a kid was in danger. But this force, these hands came and defended him. I’ve always been very protective of my mom. We were very close. At that time, I brother was only one when we left the situation with my stepdad. 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You know, as I became, I feel like more and more San Franciscan, I learned that that is history of folks coming from Central America to create a sanctuary, a safe space for their homes, for their families here in the city. It really connected? With what?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>The reason that my family had come San Francisco. I first found out that the mural was the face through my mom. I’m out comes and I’m in high school. And she says, you can’t believe what happened to Juan Alice’s mural. And the next day I go check it out. And sure enough, someone had scribbled, I think, something like toy across it. A couple days later, more tagging happens on it and there was no explanation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It wasn’t necessarily something like frustrating, but really just like a why why someone would do this to something so beautiful and important. As I understand Juan Alisha raised funds to try to rehabilitate the mural, but at the end of the day, then it happened. And then years later, the property owners commissioned another mural on top of it. And it’s the painting of a horse. The horses isn’t like doing anything or jumping over a fence or anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It’s just the horse, and it’s like standing on a beach or empty field and that’s about it. I really do think that it doesn’t have the same context and the same message. And I’ve definitely been in many conversations with people that are like, why is there a horse there and what? But years later, the horse is still there. So I guess it’s part of us now too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>One of my favorite things to do when I go running throughout the mission is because I have a list of favorite murals I like to see, and there are some murals are no longer exist, but I think that that is the one that I it’s the most. Years later, I actually got to see a version of the mural one more time. And this was at an exhibition organized by the San Francisco Arts Commission. They included one of the original sketches that Juan Alicia had made of the mural, and it wasn’t huge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>It was like maybe three feet by four feet and there wasn’t any color. But you know the boy. He looked at you with the same intensity. The landscape was still as beautiful as it was when I first looked at it. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe that I was seeing it after such a long time. 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When we first came into this city, you know, we had so little and just so many, just the worries and anxieties and then seeing it again on the other side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>I really appreciate that opportunity. When I think about this mural now. One of the things. That stands out is how San Francisco, this little place, specifically the mission, this little neighborhood, its place in the history of so many. Movements. So much organizing is just really, really cool. It just it shows you that this is in like the DNA of the community, of the neighborhood, of the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong> I think it’s really cool when art, when public art can teach it again, because I came in as I’ve had no idea about any of this history, that I was like standing on sacred ground, pretty much. S.F. and the Bay. There’s always going to be tough spots and periods of transformation. But we have to have love for this version of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí: \u003c/strong>I feel like San Francisco had faith in me and my family when we first came in. Right? And I’m not someone who, you know, drops a ball or leaves the court when things are getting a little, a little tougher. Things are not going to get better if the people that love it stop loving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí, a community engagement reporter for KQED. This 40 minute conversation with Carlos was pitched, cut down, and edited by producer Maria Esquinca, with additional production and editing support from senior editor Alan Montecillo and me, who scored this episode. Our intern is Ellie Prickett-Morgan. Music courtesy of First Come Music Audio Network and blew down sessions. And I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thanks for listening. And from all of us here at the Bay. Happy Valentine’s Day.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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And Farrell’s past business dealings are getting renewed attention, potentially leaving him susceptible to attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed, who has long enjoyed support from the Black community, is pushing public safety measures to ignite a moderate Democrat base. Daniel Lurie, the Levi Strauss heir and nonprofit CEO, is courting Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, hoping they’re dissatisfied enough with Breed to jump ship. And Supervisor Ahsha Safai is expected to capitalize on his relationships with unions during labor negotiations with the city this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who is clamoring for Farrell to become mayor?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody in San Francisco that is concerned about public safety,” he said. “Everybody in San Francisco that is concerned about the tent encampments and drug abuse happening on our streets, and everybody in San Francisco that is concerned about our local economy, about small businesses surviving and the downtown corridor that has turned into a veritable ghost town on a daily basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell told KQED that as mayor, he would hire a new police chief, “aggressively” hire more police officers and “clear all tent encampments” in his first year in office. He also said he’d exempt small businesses making less than $5 million in gross receipts from paying business taxes, among other tax reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Lurie and Breed are already pushing anti-crime agendas. Jim Stearns, a campaign consultant not representing any mayoral candidates, said Farrell might find it difficult to distinguish himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a couple problems with the strategy. It’s very crowded on the right side of the field right now,” he said. “I think what it does is leave a very wide gap for other candidates who have a more holistic balance to the city’s problems.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Phelicia Jones, founder, Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community\"]‘Where have you been in the last five years, and what have you been doing? So now you come out of the woodwork and you want to be mayor?’[/pullquote]Phelicia Jones, the founder of Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community, a group focusing on the inequities and historical injustices experienced by Black people in San Francisco, said Farrell’s campaign lacks a natural springboard given his time away from city politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where have you been in the last five years, and what have you been doing?” said Jones, who supports Breed. “So now you come out of the woodwork and you want to be mayor?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said San Francisco’s Black community will best remember Farrell for replacing Breed as mayor after a heated vote by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Breed was the Board of Supervisors president and became acting mayor after Ed Lee’s death. Farrell was chosen as the replacement to serve out Lee’s term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board cited a need for a “caretaker” who would not carry the power of incumbency during the election to replace Lee. Farrell repeated the justification in an interview with KQED last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was viewed as a backroom deal to oust the city’s first Black woman mayor in favor of a wealthy white man. Jones, a San Francisco native, said that’s what her community will remember about Farrell.[aside label='More on London Breed' tag='london-breed']“It was a coup,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell contends his time as mayor was more successful than Breed’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayor Breed has a great personal story. We should all acknowledge that,” he said. “But after nearly six years in city hall as mayor, she also has a track record now. And more importantly, a track record of failed leadership — manning the ship as it’s gone down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his time as mayor, Farrell authored an $11 billion city budget, which increased funding for supportive homeless services, like the once-controversial homeless navigation centers, as well as the Homeward Bound program, which helps send homeless people to live with loved ones across the country. The budget included funding to hire 250 police officers but also more than $7 million for criminal justice reform measures like a pilot program to divert criminals from jail before trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The diversion program would be a controversial funding measure in today’s political atmosphere, where groups like Stop Crime Action are running candidates against the San Francisco Superior Court judges they have accused of not being tough enough on alleged criminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much like Breed, Farrell clashed with progressives on the Board of Supervisors during his tenure as mayor. The board rejected his two appointments to the San Francisco Police Commission, accusing them of being too cozy with the San Francisco Police Officers Association, the union representing officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell’s most controversial moments as mayor came as he began his tenure. In February 2018, a letter written by a partner of Farrell’s at the investment firm Thayer Ventures leaked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are incredibly excited about this development, both because we believe Mark’s role as Mayor of San Francisco (as short as his term will be) will inure to the long-term benefit of Thayer Ventures,” wrote Thayer partner Chris Hemmeter, in a confidential memo, \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/sf-mayor-conflict-of-interest-mark-farrell-venture-capital-firm/3049068/\">according to ABC 7 news\u003c/a>.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Chris Hemmeter, partner, Thayer Ventures\"]‘We are incredibly excited about this development, both because we believe Mark’s role as Mayor of San Francisco (as short as his term will be) will inure to the long-term benefit of Thayer Ventures.’[/pullquote]The letter raised concerns Farrell would profit financially from relationships built during his time in City Hall. It’s an issue that could give his opponents ammunition. In a \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/HLn1c_JTZ-E?si=EwK_CoCZdQJCChuJ&t=593\">2022 YouTube clip\u003c/a>, Georgetown University students asked Farrell what his most successful investment was. He said Sonder, an Airbnb-like company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve loved the team from the beginning, literally met them inside city hall of San Francisco,” Farrell said. “Translated to discussions outside with our venture fund.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell told KQED he met the Sonder team when the supervisors were considering approving regulations around short-term housing rental companies. He said a partner at Thayer introduced the Sonder team to the investment firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One had absolutely nothing to do with each other — period,” Farrell, a managing director at Thayer, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick Ford, the executive director of the San Francisco Ethics Commission, declined to comment on Farrell’s relationship with Sonder. He did say that city rules bar lawmakers from voting on regulations with companies they have financial relationships with. City law doesn’t bar connections made in government from continuing in private life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonder went public in 2022 with a $1.9 billion valuation, \u003ca href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sonder-underwhelms-public-debut-163000355.html\">according to Yahoo Finance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stearns said voters might have reason to question if there are other financial agreements Farrell made with companies he came across while in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People have to wonder what else is going on,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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She gave the maximum to Breed again in 2022 for her reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230905-TheStudReopening-16-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974597\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230905-TheStudReopening-16-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"An African American woman wearing a navy blue blazer with a rainbow strips on her shirt, stands at a podium with a white man wearing glasses behind her.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230905-TheStudReopening-16-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230905-TheStudReopening-16-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230905-TheStudReopening-16-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230905-TheStudReopening-16-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230905-TheStudReopening-16-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a press conference to announce a new location of The Stud, a longtime LGBTQ+ venue, on Folsom Street in the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District in San Francisco on Sept. 5, 2023, after its closure at its former site in 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Louie is somewhat typical of campaign donors. They’re usually people who own property in the city or pay substantial taxes like business owners. She’s a landlord, and her properties include Cathay House, an easily recognizable part of Chinatown’s silhouette because of its pagoda-style terracing. It’s a small palace on a hill that would be recognizable to anyone who’s ever climbed California street in a cable car. One of her commercial tenants is Mister Jiu’s, a Michelin-star restaurant whose owner, Brandon Jew, was crowned the best chef in California at the 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the years following her initial donation to Breed, Louie has seen racism rise in San Francisco. Anti-Asian hate crimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961693/californias-anti-asian-hate-crimes-decline-but-long-term-pattern-persists\">jumped from 89 in 2020 to 247 in 2021\u003c/a>. In 2022, according to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Hate%20Crime%20In%20CA%202022f.pdf\">California’s Department of Justice data (PDF)\u003c/a>, hate crimes decreased to 140. Louie still agrees with Breed’s pro-police stance, but her faith in Breed’s execution began to waver last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many San Franciscans, Louie is fearful of crime and the effect it has had on local businesses. The foot traffic to Chinatown shops had noticeably dipped, according to Louie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974574\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"A campaign ad of a man wearing a white dress shirt and blue tie on the side of a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A campaign ad for Daniel Lurie in the Financial District of San Francisco on Feb. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11959648,news_11973503,news_11962351\" label=\"Related Stories\"]In October, she donated $500 to Daniel Lurie, one of Breed’s opponents. She isn’t the only one. Campaign finance records show 90 people who donated to Breed’s past campaigns have now given to Lurie, heir to the Levi Strauss fortune and CEO of the Tipping Point, a nonprofit combating poverty. Seventeen of the 90 have given to both this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED verified the crossover donors through publicly accessible entries from the San Francisco Ethics Commission. According to experts interviewed by KQED, the donors serve as a bellwether for how voters feel about Breed leading into the mayor’s race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I feel the same as a lot of businesses where we’re concerned about the overall reputation of San Francisco not being as clean,” Louie said. “The crime still has to be brought under control. And I think there’s also people saying, ‘Hey, we’ve given plenty of time to try and fix the problems, and she hasn’t done it.’ So we need new blood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crime is playing an outsize role in elections in San Francisco. In 2023, violent crime increased by just 3% while crime overall dropped 8%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/SFPDCrimeReport_Dec2023_20240201.pdf\">according to the San Francisco Police Department (PDF)\u003c/a>. Crime rates are still far below the highs of the 1990s, and San Francisco’s violent crime spiked less than San Mateo, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/crime-trends-in-california/\">the most recently available statewide data\u003c/a>. Social media has contributed to heightened public safety fears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polls show \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us/san-francisco-mayor-challengers.html\">voters are disillusioned\u003c/a> with Breed. One poll released Wednesday by Lurie’s campaign showed he would win a ranked-choice voting election, beating Breed by 11 percentage points. But Jim Ross, who ran Gov. Gavin Newsom’s San Francisco mayoral campaign in 2003, said that donor actions are a stronger indicator of voter mood than polling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they’ve invested in a candidate, it takes a lot to move them off that candidate,” Ross said. “This is actually dollars in the bank, not just words to an interviewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Daniel Lurie, philanthropist and San Francisco mayoral candidate\"]‘What I’ve seen and what I’ve heard from people is that they are tired of this mayor and the supervisors (being) unable to work together to bring progress to issues that everyone wants to see addressed.’[/pullquote]But the crossover donors aren’t a clear sign that Breed will need to pack up her City Hall office. Jane Kim, a former supervisor who is now California director of the Working Families Party, thinks most voters feel much like Louie — dissatisfied but not yet decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not even sure they’re settled on ‘We don’t want London,’ to be honest,” she said. “I think everyone is shopping for who that best leader is. And I think London is still on that list.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed declined to comment at a Feb. 1 campaign event for Proposition C, which would waive property transfer taxes to convert offices into residences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s campaign has raised more than $500,000 from 1,500 donors in just under 100 days since he declared. Breed raised $658,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’ve seen and what I’ve heard from people is that they are tired of this mayor and the supervisors (being) unable to work together to bring progress to issues that everyone wants to see addressed,” Lurie said. “The mayor’s not bringing people together. And what we see from the mayor is finger-pointing and excuses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Latterman, a senior director of product research in the tech industry, doesn’t think the crossover donors showed a significant dip in enthusiasm for Breed. Latterman, the former principal of the research firm Fall Line Analytics who has worked as a political consultant for state Sen. Scott Wiener, said Breed is bearing the brunt of voters’ frustration with crime. He told KQED that Lurie hadn’t offered a stark enough contrast with Breed to capitalize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962480\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt='A person holds up a sign that reads \"Daniel Lurie for Mayor\" in a large indoor crowd.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Daniel Lurie hold up signs as he announces his candidacy for Mayor of San Francisco at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in San Francisco on Sept. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s an outside chance she’s beatable,” Latterman said. “I still have not handicapped her to lose this race because you have to have an alternative who people envision as a mayor, (who) they see as a leader who can do her politics generally but much more effective and strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People don’t know a damned thing about Lurie. They don’t know if he’s that guy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latterman said it would take a few hundred more donors crossing over to signal Breed is losing enough contributors to endanger her campaign. Ross said the donors are also significant because they’re more powerful measures of success than the gobs of cash raised by independent expenditure committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independent expenditure committee money is usually spent on TV and internet advertisements. According to Ross, mayoral campaigns are won and lost based on the strength of the “retail campaign,” which are candidate meet-and-greets held in local shops and people’s living rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross said Newsom did “a thousand events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They want to talk to the mayor. They want to touch them,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commercial real estate broker Zach Haupert, who lives in San Francisco with his wife and two young children, connected with Breed and Lurie at events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haupert, who grew up in Indiana and moved to the city in 2007, met Breed at a candidate luncheon in 2018 at the Old Clam House on Bayshore, one of the city’s oldest restaurants. It was after the death of Mayor Ed Lee, the moment that thrust the responsibility of leadership on Breed’s shoulders. As the then-Board of Supervisors president, she became acting mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Clam House, Breed recounted what led her to that moment: growing up in the Fillmore, a historically Black San Francisco community, she rose out of a family touched by drug addiction and poverty to become a prominent city leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her personal story was hugely important to me,” Haupert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He felt inspired. He donated $500 to her campaign. Since then, Haupert saw the streets surrounding his business fall into decline. His office in the South Beach neighborhood became “lined with encampments” during the pandemic, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We end up chasing off people trying to break into our building, more or less just vandalizing everything that’s in their path,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haupert agrees with Breed’s solutions for crime, which include raises to retain police officers but feels she hasn’t gotten the job done. His dissatisfaction led him to attend Lurie’s campaign kickoff at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I listened to him speak, and I was fully on board and empowered by what his plan is,” Haupert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sets Haupert apart from Louie, who is still on the fence about the candidates. Kim said while it’s unusual to see donors like Haupert spurn a candidate they’ve previously supported in a reelection year, “I think we’re also in very different political times in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie is ready for candidates to deliver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point, I think people are really looking for results because they’ve had a lot of the talk,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the years following her initial donation to Breed, Louie has seen racism rise in San Francisco. Anti-Asian hate crimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961693/californias-anti-asian-hate-crimes-decline-but-long-term-pattern-persists\">jumped from 89 in 2020 to 247 in 2021\u003c/a>. In 2022, according to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Hate%20Crime%20In%20CA%202022f.pdf\">California’s Department of Justice data (PDF)\u003c/a>, hate crimes decreased to 140. Louie still agrees with Breed’s pro-police stance, but her faith in Breed’s execution began to waver last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many San Franciscans, Louie is fearful of crime and the effect it has had on local businesses. The foot traffic to Chinatown shops had noticeably dipped, according to Louie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974574\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"A campaign ad of a man wearing a white dress shirt and blue tie on the side of a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240202-DANIEL-LURIE-AD-MD-01-KQED_1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A campaign ad for Daniel Lurie in the Financial District of San Francisco on Feb. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In October, she donated $500 to Daniel Lurie, one of Breed’s opponents. She isn’t the only one. Campaign finance records show 90 people who donated to Breed’s past campaigns have now given to Lurie, heir to the Levi Strauss fortune and CEO of the Tipping Point, a nonprofit combating poverty. Seventeen of the 90 have given to both this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED verified the crossover donors through publicly accessible entries from the San Francisco Ethics Commission. According to experts interviewed by KQED, the donors serve as a bellwether for how voters feel about Breed leading into the mayor’s race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I feel the same as a lot of businesses where we’re concerned about the overall reputation of San Francisco not being as clean,” Louie said. “The crime still has to be brought under control. And I think there’s also people saying, ‘Hey, we’ve given plenty of time to try and fix the problems, and she hasn’t done it.’ So we need new blood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crime is playing an outsize role in elections in San Francisco. In 2023, violent crime increased by just 3% while crime overall dropped 8%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/SFPDCrimeReport_Dec2023_20240201.pdf\">according to the San Francisco Police Department (PDF)\u003c/a>. Crime rates are still far below the highs of the 1990s, and San Francisco’s violent crime spiked less than San Mateo, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/crime-trends-in-california/\">the most recently available statewide data\u003c/a>. Social media has contributed to heightened public safety fears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polls show \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us/san-francisco-mayor-challengers.html\">voters are disillusioned\u003c/a> with Breed. One poll released Wednesday by Lurie’s campaign showed he would win a ranked-choice voting election, beating Breed by 11 percentage points. But Jim Ross, who ran Gov. Gavin Newsom’s San Francisco mayoral campaign in 2003, said that donor actions are a stronger indicator of voter mood than polling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they’ve invested in a candidate, it takes a lot to move them off that candidate,” Ross said. “This is actually dollars in the bank, not just words to an interviewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But the crossover donors aren’t a clear sign that Breed will need to pack up her City Hall office. Jane Kim, a former supervisor who is now California director of the Working Families Party, thinks most voters feel much like Louie — dissatisfied but not yet decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not even sure they’re settled on ‘We don’t want London,’ to be honest,” she said. “I think everyone is shopping for who that best leader is. And I think London is still on that list.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed declined to comment at a Feb. 1 campaign event for Proposition C, which would waive property transfer taxes to convert offices into residences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s campaign has raised more than $500,000 from 1,500 donors in just under 100 days since he declared. 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He told KQED that Lurie hadn’t offered a stark enough contrast with Breed to capitalize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962480\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt='A person holds up a sign that reads \"Daniel Lurie for Mayor\" in a large indoor crowd.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230926-DANIEL-LURIE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Daniel Lurie hold up signs as he announces his candidacy for Mayor of San Francisco at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in San Francisco on Sept. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s an outside chance she’s beatable,” Latterman said. “I still have not handicapped her to lose this race because you have to have an alternative who people envision as a mayor, (who) they see as a leader who can do her politics generally but much more effective and strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People don’t know a damned thing about Lurie. They don’t know if he’s that guy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latterman said it would take a few hundred more donors crossing over to signal Breed is losing enough contributors to endanger her campaign. Ross said the donors are also significant because they’re more powerful measures of success than the gobs of cash raised by independent expenditure committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independent expenditure committee money is usually spent on TV and internet advertisements. According to Ross, mayoral campaigns are won and lost based on the strength of the “retail campaign,” which are candidate meet-and-greets held in local shops and people’s living rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross said Newsom did “a thousand events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They want to talk to the mayor. They want to touch them,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commercial real estate broker Zach Haupert, who lives in San Francisco with his wife and two young children, connected with Breed and Lurie at events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haupert, who grew up in Indiana and moved to the city in 2007, met Breed at a candidate luncheon in 2018 at the Old Clam House on Bayshore, one of the city’s oldest restaurants. It was after the death of Mayor Ed Lee, the moment that thrust the responsibility of leadership on Breed’s shoulders. As the then-Board of Supervisors president, she became acting mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Clam House, Breed recounted what led her to that moment: growing up in the Fillmore, a historically Black San Francisco community, she rose out of a family touched by drug addiction and poverty to become a prominent city leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her personal story was hugely important to me,” Haupert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He felt inspired. He donated $500 to her campaign. Since then, Haupert saw the streets surrounding his business fall into decline. His office in the South Beach neighborhood became “lined with encampments” during the pandemic, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We end up chasing off people trying to break into our building, more or less just vandalizing everything that’s in their path,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haupert agrees with Breed’s solutions for crime, which include raises to retain police officers but feels she hasn’t gotten the job done. His dissatisfaction led him to attend Lurie’s campaign kickoff at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I listened to him speak, and I was fully on board and empowered by what his plan is,” Haupert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sets Haupert apart from Louie, who is still on the fence about the candidates. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, including one that would require single adults on welfare to be screened and treated for illegal drug addiction or else lose cash assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/domestic-general-news-3b2cac01584f4479b7b1da0bde1c8a88\">Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> also supports a ballot measure that would grant police more crime-fighting powers, such as using drones and surveillance cameras. In November, she’ll face cranky voters in a competitive reelection bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is in a struggle to redefine itself after the pandemic left it in economic tatters and highlighted its \u003ca style=\"font-weight: var(--font-weight-reg)\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-sports-business-health-lifestyle-538efc664e9da0d2f0831f3f3ed9a4d7\">longstanding problems\u003c/a> with homelessness, drugs and property crime. Opponents say both ballot measures are wildly out of step with San Francisco’s support for privacy and civil liberties and will only hurt the marginalized communities the city prides itself on helping. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed\"]‘They said San Francisco makes it too easy for people to access and to use drugs on the streets of the city, and we need to do something a lot more aggressive.’[/pullquote]But Breed, the first Black woman to lead San Francisco, said at a January campaign stop that residents from poorer, Black and immigrant neighborhoods are pleading for more police, and recovery advocates are demanding change as more than 800 people died of accidental overdose last year — a record fueled by the abundance of cheap and potent fentanyl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They said San Francisco makes it too easy for people to access and to use drugs on the streets of the city, and we need to do something a lot more aggressive,” Breed said at Footprint, an athletic apparel and shoe store that has been repeatedly burglarized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Breed’s name isn’t on the presidential primary ballots going out now — San Francisco uses a method where residents rank mayoral candidates by preference a single time in November — the two measures she’s pushing are. They serve as an opening salvo for her reelection campaign as she faces off against fellow moderates who say her approach to the city’s problems has been weak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violent crimes are low in San Francisco, but the city has long struggled with quality-of-life crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said rates of retail theft and auto smash-ins have declined recently, thanks in large part to strategic operations by city police. Similarly, police have stepped up enforcement of drug laws, including by issuing citations to people using drugs in public as a way to disrupt the behavior and an opportunity to persuade the person cited to seek help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she said San Francisco needs to do more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If approved by voters, Proposition F would offer another way to compel treatment by allowing the city to screen single adults on local welfare for substance abuse. People found to be abusing illegal drugs would be required to enroll in treatment if they want to receive cash assistance from the city, which maxes out at just over $700 a month. [aside label='More Stories on Public Health' tag='public-health']Opponents say coercion doesn’t work and homelessness may increase if the measure passes. Drug addicts are not criminals, they say, and there are not enough treatment beds and counseling services as it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A crackdown on drugs is reminiscent of the failed war on drugs that disproportionately harmed Black families, said Chris Ballard, co-executive director of Coleman Advocates, which pushes for improvements for Black and Latino youth in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are more ethical ways to address the issue aside from punitive measures, and that’s the proper way to take care of a community, to show true support,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Trent Rhorer, executive director of the San Francisco Human Services Agency, which provides cash assistance and employment services to low-income residents without dependent children, said the current situation conflicts with the agency’s mission: to improve lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To give someone who’s addicted to fentanyl $700 a month, I don’t think it helps improve their lives,” he said. “In fact, I think it does the opposite.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compelling treatment has become more acceptable in Democratic California, despite angst over the potential loss of civil liberties, as visible signs of homelessness and mental illness, fentanyl addiction, and unsafe street behavior surge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, several counties rolled out an alternative mental health court created by Democratic Gov. 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It would also allow police to pursue more suspects by vehicle, not just in cases of a violent felony or immediate threat to public safety — a policy store owner Michael Hsu learned of the hard way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hsu has had his Footprint store broken into multiple times since he took over in 2020, most recently on Jan. 1. Police arrived as the suspects were leaving but could not pursue them because no lives were at risk. Hsu, who lost about $20,000 in merchandise and damage, called that discouraging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re sending the wrong message to these criminals,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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