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"content": "\u003cp>The city of San Francisco filed suit Tuesday against President Trump and his administration, charging that Trump's order to strip funding from sanctuary cities amounts to an invasion of the city's sovereignty, a violation of the 10th Amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Mayor Ed Lee announced the \u003ca href=\"#sfvstrump\">lawsuit (embedded below)\u003c/a> at City Hall, arguing that previous court decisions over states' rights issues prevent the federal government from enacting policy like \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/questions-resistance-greet-trumps-immigration-orders-in-california/\">last week's executive order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a step I take lightly, but it’s one that’s necessary to defend the people of this city, this state and this country from the overreach of a president who has shown little respect for our Constitution, states' rights or the rule of law,\" Herrera said. \"The fabric of our communities and billions of dollars are at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/305628698\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united\">executive order\u003c/a> directs the U.S. attorney general and secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to take federal grants away from jurisdictions that refuse to comply with a U.S. law that requires local governments to communicate with the federal government about undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States willfully violate federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States,\" the order stated. \"Tens of thousands of removable aliens have been released into communities across the country, solely because their home countries refuse to accept their repatriation. Many of these aliens are criminals who have served time in our federal, state, and local jails. The presence of such individuals in the United States, and the practices of foreign nations that refuse the repatriation of their nationals, are contrary to the national interest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the lawsuit states that San Francisco's sanctuary laws don't prevent the city from communicating with federal officials -- and Herrera said city officials do that regularly. The city attorney wants a court to rule that San Francisco's sanctuary policies and ordinances comply with that federal code, or to decide that the relevant federal law is unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11295129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11295129\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera says not only is President Trump's executive order to strip funding from sanctuary cities illegal, but that it also undermines local communities by 'sowing distrust of law enforcement.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-800x603.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-1020x769.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-1180x890.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-960x724.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-240x181.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-375x283.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-520x392.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera says not only is President Trump's executive order to strip funding from sanctuary cities illegal, but that it also undermines local communities by 'sowing distrust of law enforcement.' \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“President Trump's executive order tries to turn city and state employees into federal immigration officers. That is unconstitutional,\" Herrera said. \"No president can commandeer the local police force and turn it into the deportation arm of the federal government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera argued that the order undermines local communities by \"sowing distrust of law enforcement,\" and that far from making cities safer -- as Trump and supporters of the order claim -- it will make them less safe. He cited \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2017/01/26/297292/release-in-sanctuary-counties-crime-is-significantly-lower-and-economies-are-stronger-than-in-comparable-nonsanctuary-ones-says-new-cap-nilc-report/\">a report, released last week\u003c/a> by a pro-immigration group, finding that there's less crime in sanctuary jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sanctuary policies encourage undocumented immigrants to report crimes so that cities can investigate and prosecute. These policies get violent criminals off the street who might otherwise not have been reported,\" he said. \"Many people think that sanctuary city policies protect criminals, but that is wrong. If the federal government has a criminal warrant, we honor that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera said the city has been gearing up for a legal fight since Trump's election, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/29/donald-trump-wants-to-cut-funding-from-sanctuary-cities-but-can-he/\">given his campaign promises to target sanctuary cities.\u003c/a> And both he and Mayor Lee said they would welcome the participation of other sanctuary cities and the state of California in the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are ready to fight to keep our city safe,\" Lee said. \"As a city we will fight back, and today we fight back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee and Herrera downplayed the possibility that the suit would make San Francisco even more of a target for the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's no secret San Francisco has been a target, as it were, from well before the filing of this lawsuit today, and we owe it to our residents to make sure we are protecting their interests, protecting taxpayer dollars,\" Herrera said. \"We are going to use every tool at our disposal to make sure that the rule of law is followed, our residents are protected and they know they have an entity here that will fight on their behalf.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he has a message for the new president, Herrera didn't mince words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obey the rule of law. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The city of San Francisco filed suit Tuesday against President Trump and his administration, charging that Trump's order to strip funding from sanctuary cities amounts to an invasion of the city's sovereignty, a violation of the 10th Amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Mayor Ed Lee announced the \u003ca href=\"#sfvstrump\">lawsuit (embedded below)\u003c/a> at City Hall, arguing that previous court decisions over states' rights issues prevent the federal government from enacting policy like \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/questions-resistance-greet-trumps-immigration-orders-in-california/\">last week's executive order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a step I take lightly, but it’s one that’s necessary to defend the people of this city, this state and this country from the overreach of a president who has shown little respect for our Constitution, states' rights or the rule of law,\" Herrera said. \"The fabric of our communities and billions of dollars are at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/305628698&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/305628698'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united\">executive order\u003c/a> directs the U.S. attorney general and secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to take federal grants away from jurisdictions that refuse to comply with a U.S. law that requires local governments to communicate with the federal government about undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States willfully violate federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States,\" the order stated. \"Tens of thousands of removable aliens have been released into communities across the country, solely because their home countries refuse to accept their repatriation. Many of these aliens are criminals who have served time in our federal, state, and local jails. The presence of such individuals in the United States, and the practices of foreign nations that refuse the repatriation of their nationals, are contrary to the national interest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the lawsuit states that San Francisco's sanctuary laws don't prevent the city from communicating with federal officials -- and Herrera said city officials do that regularly. The city attorney wants a court to rule that San Francisco's sanctuary policies and ordinances comply with that federal code, or to decide that the relevant federal law is unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11295129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11295129\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera says not only is President Trump's executive order to strip funding from sanctuary cities illegal, but that it also undermines local communities by 'sowing distrust of law enforcement.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-800x603.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-1020x769.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-1180x890.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-960x724.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-240x181.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-375x283.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Herrera-520x392.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera says not only is President Trump's executive order to strip funding from sanctuary cities illegal, but that it also undermines local communities by 'sowing distrust of law enforcement.' \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“President Trump's executive order tries to turn city and state employees into federal immigration officers. That is unconstitutional,\" Herrera said. \"No president can commandeer the local police force and turn it into the deportation arm of the federal government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera argued that the order undermines local communities by \"sowing distrust of law enforcement,\" and that far from making cities safer -- as Trump and supporters of the order claim -- it will make them less safe. He cited \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2017/01/26/297292/release-in-sanctuary-counties-crime-is-significantly-lower-and-economies-are-stronger-than-in-comparable-nonsanctuary-ones-says-new-cap-nilc-report/\">a report, released last week\u003c/a> by a pro-immigration group, finding that there's less crime in sanctuary jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sanctuary policies encourage undocumented immigrants to report crimes so that cities can investigate and prosecute. These policies get violent criminals off the street who might otherwise not have been reported,\" he said. \"Many people think that sanctuary city policies protect criminals, but that is wrong. If the federal government has a criminal warrant, we honor that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herrera said the city has been gearing up for a legal fight since Trump's election, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/29/donald-trump-wants-to-cut-funding-from-sanctuary-cities-but-can-he/\">given his campaign promises to target sanctuary cities.\u003c/a> And both he and Mayor Lee said they would welcome the participation of other sanctuary cities and the state of California in the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are ready to fight to keep our city safe,\" Lee said. \"As a city we will fight back, and today we fight back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee and Herrera downplayed the possibility that the suit would make San Francisco even more of a target for the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's no secret San Francisco has been a target, as it were, from well before the filing of this lawsuit today, and we owe it to our residents to make sure we are protecting their interests, protecting taxpayer dollars,\" Herrera said. \"We are going to use every tool at our disposal to make sure that the rule of law is followed, our residents are protected and they know they have an entity here that will fight on their behalf.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he has a message for the new president, Herrera didn't mince words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obey the rule of law. 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"content": "\u003cp>President Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, retired surgeon \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/politics/ben-carson-housing-urban-development-trump.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Carson\u003c/a>, has no experience in housing or homeless services. He’s never held elected office or a government job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Carson says as a pediatric neurosurgeon and pediatrician he saw firsthand the devastating health impacts of homelessness and sub-standard housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At his \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZfJH9Cidg8\" target=\"_blank\">Senate confirmation hearing \u003c/a>earlier this month, the 65-year-old Republican expressed support for homeless programs that emphasize housing first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/306395530″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know of one individual who was chronically homeless and having a very difficult time with substance abuse that, through that program, not only became employed but was able to purchase their own home,” said Carson. “And those are programs that we will study carefully, see what we can derive from those, and how we can take those lessons and multiply them across the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ‘’\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfhip.org/index.php?module=promisepractice&controller=index&action=view&pid=3933\" target=\"_blank\">housing first\u003c/a>” philosophy is at the heart of homeless reduction strategies in big cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where homelessness is on the rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289264\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289264\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"L.A. originations like the Skid Row Housing Trust are hoping President Trump’s choice for HUD chief doesn’t mean a shift in focus away from a housing first approach to combatting homeless.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.A. organizations like the Skid Row Housing Trust are hoping President Trump’s choice for HUD chief doesn’t mean a shift in focus away from a housing-first approach to combating homelessness. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In any given year, tens of millions of dollars of HUD money flows through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority \u003c/a>to scores of nonprofit programs aimed at getting people into supportive housing — and into drug rehab, job training and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, we hope that there is a recognition of the fact that the federal government has an important role to play,” says Mike Alvidrez, the chief executive officer at \u003ca href=\"http://skidrow.org/\" target=\"_blank\">L.A.’s Skid Row Housing Trust.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trust operates a number of large, modern, permanent supportive housing projects across Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Primarily in terms of rental subsidies required to be available to help pay for the operating costs of a building that houses homeless folks. We wouldn’t want to see homelessness get worse across the county,” says Alvidrez, when asked about the coming leadership shake-up at HUD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289268\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"One of a number of permanent supportive housing complexes in downtown Los Angeles complexes that rely in part on rental subsides for formerly homeless tenants .\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of a number of permanent supportive housing complexes in downtown Los Angeles that rely in part on federal rental subsidies for formerly homeless tenants . \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the homeless and those at risk of homelessness may have cause for concern. Ben Carson is \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/23/ben-carson-obamas-housing-rules-try-to-accomplish-/\" target=\"_blank\">generally critical \u003c/a>of social welfare programs that he sees as trapping people in a cycle of dependence. On \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/12/06/checking-in-with-san-franciscos-top-homeless-official/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED’s Forum program last month\u003c/a>, San Francisco’s director of the new \u003ca href=\"http://dhsh.sfgov.org/\">Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, \u003c/a>Jeff Kositsky, expressed hope that the agency would not see a reduction in HUD money under the new Republican leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A significant portion of San Francisco’s roughly $250 million a year homeless budget comes from HUD. Kositsky says his team is working on contingency plans should there be any significant drop in funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, we can never rely on federal, state and even local funding. We always need to be careful in our planning and are thinking about this,” says Kositsky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He expressed faith in HUD staff that will likely stay on in the new administration, and in long-standing federal housing initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I’m hopeful that these programs are going to continue because HUD’s been very successful in this particular area,” says Kositsky. “And I hope that Ben Carson will recognize that and not knock the country off of what I think has been a pretty positive trajectory around homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289274\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg\" alt=\"Several homeless services programs at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco rely on HUD funding. Staff there express concern over President Trump’s choice to run the federal department. \" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-1180x863.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-960x703.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-240x176.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-375x274.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-520x381.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several homeless services programs at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco rely on HUD funding. Staff there express concern over President Trump’s choice to run the federal department. \u003ccite>(Lacy Robertrs / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At his Senate confirmation hearing, Carson was vague on whether he aimed to slash the HUD budget or redirect how money is spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a style befitting a Donald Trump nominee, he pledged to create a housing plan that is “world class.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to convince you all that this is what we need to do. I don’t know what that number is going to be. Quite frankly it might be more, might be less,” said Carson. “But it will be what is required to accomplish what we need to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bipartisan Senate committee confirmed Carson’s appointment as the nation’s new housing chief earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nomination now goes before the Republican-controlled Senate for a final vote.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ‘’\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfhip.org/index.php?module=promisepractice&controller=index&action=view&pid=3933\" target=\"_blank\">housing first\u003c/a>” philosophy is at the heart of homeless reduction strategies in big cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where homelessness is on the rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289264\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289264\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"L.A. originations like the Skid Row Housing Trust are hoping President Trump’s choice for HUD chief doesn’t mean a shift in focus away from a housing first approach to combatting homeless.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SKHT-close-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.A. organizations like the Skid Row Housing Trust are hoping President Trump’s choice for HUD chief doesn’t mean a shift in focus away from a housing-first approach to combating homelessness. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In any given year, tens of millions of dollars of HUD money flows through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority \u003c/a>to scores of nonprofit programs aimed at getting people into supportive housing — and into drug rehab, job training and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, we hope that there is a recognition of the fact that the federal government has an important role to play,” says Mike Alvidrez, the chief executive officer at \u003ca href=\"http://skidrow.org/\" target=\"_blank\">L.A.’s Skid Row Housing Trust.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trust operates a number of large, modern, permanent supportive housing projects across Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Primarily in terms of rental subsidies required to be available to help pay for the operating costs of a building that houses homeless folks. We wouldn’t want to see homelessness get worse across the county,” says Alvidrez, when asked about the coming leadership shake-up at HUD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289268\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"One of a number of permanent supportive housing complexes in downtown Los Angeles complexes that rely in part on rental subsides for formerly homeless tenants .\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/skht-STREET-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of a number of permanent supportive housing complexes in downtown Los Angeles that rely in part on federal rental subsidies for formerly homeless tenants . \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the homeless and those at risk of homelessness may have cause for concern. Ben Carson is \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/23/ben-carson-obamas-housing-rules-try-to-accomplish-/\" target=\"_blank\">generally critical \u003c/a>of social welfare programs that he sees as trapping people in a cycle of dependence. On \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/12/06/checking-in-with-san-franciscos-top-homeless-official/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED’s Forum program last month\u003c/a>, San Francisco’s director of the new \u003ca href=\"http://dhsh.sfgov.org/\">Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, \u003c/a>Jeff Kositsky, expressed hope that the agency would not see a reduction in HUD money under the new Republican leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A significant portion of San Francisco’s roughly $250 million a year homeless budget comes from HUD. Kositsky says his team is working on contingency plans should there be any significant drop in funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, we can never rely on federal, state and even local funding. We always need to be careful in our planning and are thinking about this,” says Kositsky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He expressed faith in HUD staff that will likely stay on in the new administration, and in long-standing federal housing initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I’m hopeful that these programs are going to continue because HUD’s been very successful in this particular area,” says Kositsky. “And I hope that Ben Carson will recognize that and not knock the country off of what I think has been a pretty positive trajectory around homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289274\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg\" alt=\"Several homeless services programs at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco rely on HUD funding. Staff there express concern over President Trump’s choice to run the federal department. \" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-1180x863.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-960x703.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-240x176.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-375x274.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-520x381.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several homeless services programs at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco rely on HUD funding. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>We will update this post as more information is available.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 7:20 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huge crowds protested at Women's March demonstrations in Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento and San Francisco Saturday for a second day of actions against President Donald Trump and his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demonstrations paralleled the large nationwide protests and the massive \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/21/washington-flooded-with-pink-as-womens-march-descends-on-d-c/\" target=\"_blank\">Women's March on Washington\u003c/a>, which drew an estimated 500,000 people to rally against the Trump administration's agenda, particularly on issues of women's rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/303889139\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's Women's Marches follow Friday protests across the nation and in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/20/trump-inauguration-protests-sweep-across-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area\u003c/a> after Trump's inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11280902\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of people poured into Civic Center Plaza for the San Francisco Women's March.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11280902\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/sf-civic-center.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people poured into Civic Center Plaza for the San Francisco Women's March. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Women's March in San Francisco drew tens of thousands of demonstrators to Civic Center Plaza in the afternoon, followed by a march on Market Street through rain and wind that began after 4:30 p.m. The march was still going strong as of 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters chanted, \"Racist, sexist, anti-gay. Donald Trump go away,\" \"Hear our voice\" and \"My body, my choice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isabel Martinez, a ninth grader at Gateway High School in San Francisco, watched the march from the sidewalk. After talking about social movements in school, Martinez chose to come out to the march and participate. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think Donald Trump has a lot of respect for women, coming out here gives me a chance to share what I have to say,” Martinez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Barnes chanted with other protesters as she carried a candle during the march.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not invisible and nobody is going to speak for us,” Barnes said. “We have a voice, we’ve had it the whole time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BrittanyKirstin/status/822977051007168512\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate demonstration against abortion took place at Civic Center shortly after 12 p.m. followed by a march. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Anti-abortion-protesters-march-in-San-Francisco-10874385.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle reported\u003c/a> that thousands turned out at City Hall for the 13th annual Walk for Life West Coast. It was a protest that was scheduled well before the presidential election was decided. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11280900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of people crowd Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland during the Women’s March rally on Jan.21, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11280900\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/oakland1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people crowd Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland during the Women’s March rally on Jan.21, 2017. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, thousands gathered at Madison Park at 11 a.m. for a march to City Hall in downtown, according to KQED's Devin Katayama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters carried signs reading, \"Girls can fight\" and \"Nasty woman,\" a reference to comments Donald Trump made about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 60,000 people packed into Frank Ogawa Plaza downtown, which was at near capacity at about 1:30 p.m., according to Oakland officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important to feel a sense of security and safety, and I think by a bunch of people coming out here should to do that,\" said Hayward resident Kelsey Shiell at the Oakland march. \"It really creates that community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RadioDevin/status/822911199461314560\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of my friends, especially my friends that are girls, feel like he’s sending the wrong message to girls of a young age like us,\" 12-year-old Mila Matos of Berkeley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQEDSashaKhokha/status/822908474409435136\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mood in Oakland was described as happy, and demonstrators said the march was a sign of unity designed to send a political message, Katayama said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ClydeDon/status/822975348425928704\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department said the protest and march was peaceful and that there were no arrests. Demonstrators left protest signs inside the 19th Street BART station after the march. One read, \"Nasty women get shit done and bow to no one.\" Another read, \"Please don't go back to sleep.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11280899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of demonstrators marched down the Capitol Mall during the Sacramento Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. The march culminated with a rally on the steps of the Capitol Building, with speakers, musicians and poetry performances.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11280899\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Sacramento2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of demonstrators marched down the Capitol Mall during the Sacramento Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. The march culminated with a rally on the steps of the Capitol Building, with speakers, musicians and poetry performances. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento, thousands began marching shortly after 11 a.m. from Southside Park to the state Capitol building where there will be speakers and a rally, according to KQED's Katie Orr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters carried signs reading, \"I'm with her\" with arrows pointing toward other women in the crowd. Another sign read, \"Let's talk about the elephant in my uterus,\" referring to the Republican party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento protest was peaceful, upbeat and communal as demonstrators marched shoulder to shoulder, according to KQED's Bert Johnson, who tweeted from the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento resident Linda Hsu marched with fellow members of the group Active Sacramento Lesbians. \"Lesbians are the best feminists,\" she said, and shouted, \"We love you all!\" to other marchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/bertjohnsonfoto/status/822891153544474624\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, thousands gathered at City Hall for a march to Cesar Chavez Plaza. A San Jose Police Department spokesman estimated the march at about 25,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pragna Tantravahi, 20, is a De Anza College student and Fremont resident. She said the San Jose Women's March is the first protest she's attended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Equal pay and women's maternity leave is still a huge problem that we're still fighting for, and I think under a Trump presidency, that's going to be much harder to fight for,\" Tantravahi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/rachaelmyrow/status/822899779038388224\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bert Johnson, Devin Katayama, Queena Kim, and Tara Siler contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>What could go wrong with a tech company’s plan to place hundreds or perhaps thousands of shared bikes around San Francisco, the nation’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.bicycling.com/culture/news/the-50-best-bike-cities-of-2016/slide/2\">second-most-bike-friendly city\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>China-based \u003ca href=\"https://www.bluegogo.com/us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluegogo\u003c/a>, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/01/18/sf-supervisors-bluegogo-bike-sharing.html\">has reportedly\u003c/a> scooped up $34 million in startup funds, appears ready to begin deploying its blue aluminum bikes in popular neighborhoods around San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the Bay Area’s public bike-share system — which \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/01/18/sf-supervisors-bluegogo-bike-sharing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plans to begin expanding this year\u003c/a> from 700 to 7,000 bikes — Bluegogo’s bikes don’t need docking stations. Bluegogo says it will place its bikes only where bicycles may be legally parked and that users will be instructed to do the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But San Francisco city officials, led by Supervisor Aaron Peskin, have painted a scenario in which abandoned Bluegogo bikes could wind up piled on city sidewalks and other public spaces. At a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/akrazia/status/821793340861489152\">City Hall press conference on Wednesday\u003c/a>, blow-up photos showing \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/17/chinese-discard-hundreds-of-cycles-for-hire-in-giant-pile\">a mess of abandoned shared bikes\u003c/a> in China were displayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bluegogo is just another example of the tech arrogance that has gotten everybody from Airbnb to Uber in trouble,” said Peskin. “San Francisco has historically been known for its welcome mat, but in recent years we’ve let ourselves become a doormat. It’s time to put the public’s interests first, even if that means disrupting the disrupters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, joined by Supervisor Mark Farrell and Brian Wiedenmeier, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, vowed to introduce legislation “prohibiting the unpermitted use of the public realm as a distribution platform for private bike-share corporations and other unregulated ‘sharing economy’ schemes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Jan. 16 letter to Bluegogo from Ed Reiskin, head of the Municipal Transportation Agency, and Mohammed Nuru, director of Public Works, asked the company to provide its business plan, show it has obtained a city business license, and confirm that its operations would not interfere with the city’s exclusive contract with Bay Area Motivate LLC, which operates Bay Area BikeShare, soon to become Ford GoBike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exclusive bike-share contract contains just three exceptions: traditional bike-rental operations, electric scooter sharing, and automated round-trip bike sharing — systems that require users to return bicycles to the site where they’re rented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city letter warns that if Bluegogo’s business violated that contract provision, the city may withhold permits and could take legal action against the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of equal concern, the letter said, was the company’s use of public sidewalks and streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the extent that your shared bicycles will occupy the public right of way, we require they do so in compliance with local law and in a manner that does not constitute a public nuisance or public safety hazard,” the letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Public Works, said the department has the authority to remove the bikes if they become a hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11276996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11276996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1020x532.png\" alt=\"Bluegogo insists its bikes will be placed only where its legal to park a bicycle, and that its users will be instructed to do the same.\" width=\"640\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1020x532.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-160x83.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-800x417.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1180x616.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-960x501.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-240x125.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-375x196.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-520x271.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM.png 1221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluegogo’s bikes have locking clamps on the back wheels, and an alarm sounds when the bikes move without being unlocked. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Bluegogo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Ilya Movshovich, Bluegogo’s vice president of U.S. operations, said considering that San Francisco is “a bike city,” Bluegogo was shocked to see the pushback from city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still happy to be cooperative and collaborative,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to SFMTA officials dated Jan. 2 and provided by Bluegogo, Movshovich wrote to Luis Montoya, the head of the SFMTA’s livable streets program. He inquired about what permits the company might need and shared some general information about the company’s planned operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that according to California law, we can’t drop our bikes in positions that would disrupt an adequate path for pedestrian traffic. We don’t intend to do that. We also have a system in place to monitor, review and reward/penalize users for bicycle placement behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Movshovich wrote that the company would charge a $99 deposit that “would hedge against damaged bikes or if the user is irresponsible with bike placement or any actions that would jeopardize the safety of others — they would get assessed a warning, and possibly a fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bluegogo says it plans to charge 99 cents for every 30 minutes, along with the $99 deposit. The cheapest Bay Area BikeShare membership is $9 for 24 hours, a charge that provides unlimited rides up to 30 minutes each; rides of 30 to 60 minutes incur a $4 overage fee; rides over 60 minutes cost $7 for each additional half-hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Users can locate a bike with the Bluegogo app, reserve it and have about 15 minutes to pick it up before the reservation expires. The bikes weigh 33 pounds and come equipped with airless tires, so users don’t have to worry about flats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The beauty is the fact that we don’t have docking stations, which makes us special and unique in this market,” said Movshovich, who is also co-founder of the shared-parking startup \u003ca href=\"https://www.carmanation.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CARMAnation\u003c/a>. “It’s more likely that people are going to be using the bikes when it’s a couple of steps from them as opposed to a couple of blocks. 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