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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS8866_UberX_3-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126917\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS8866_UberX_3-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"The California Public Utilities Commission requires Transportation Network Companies like UberX to display signage. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Public Utilities Commission requires transportation network companies like UberX to display signage. (Jeremy Raff/KQED) \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>n March 6, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=13992\" target=\"_blank\">Neighborhood Services and Safety Committee\u003c/a> of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing on safety issues related to ride-service companies like Lyft and UberX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing was prompted by two accidents in San Francisco: On New Year's Eve an UberX driver struck three members of a family in a crosswalk, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/02/122446/\" target=\"_blank\">killing a 6-year-old girl\u003c/a>. And in January a \u003ca href=\"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/lyft-car-reportedly-in-accident-in-san-francisco-injuring-pedestrian/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft driver struck an elderly woman\u003c/a>, fracturing her leg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nobody knows just how many TNC (transportation network company) vehicles are whizzing around town carrying passengers, but the San Francisco Cab Drivers Association, an avowed archenemy of the nascent industry, says it has counted more than 3,000 to date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We interviewed a number of TNC drivers to hear firsthand what they thought about safety issues, and eventually focused on those who drive for UberX, since they were the ones who most frequently described a lack of attention to driver safety and training within the sign-up process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the main points, corroborated by the six UberX drivers we interviewed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>UberX has not been inspecting drivers' cars, as required by the California Public Utiltiies Commission (CPUC), but simply reviews vehicle photos supplied by the drivers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>UberX does not observe applicants actually driving before they are approved to work for the company.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>UberX applicants receive no training related to safe driving before they are approved.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other issues emerged as well. Several drivers said that the UberX app, which is provided on a separate cellphone from the driver's personal phone, can be distracting. And two drivers said the ratings that each passenger gives to each driver can lead to unsafe driving, either because of a pressure to chat with riders or to drive faster than is advisable.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> UberX's driver training submission stands out for its brevity — just four paragraphs. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Almost all the interviewees said UberX’s process of signing up many drivers at the same time included no scrutiny or assessment of individuals beyond the background checks mandated by the state. One driver described the process as \"like a cattle call.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I\u003c/strong>n a series of emails back and forth with KQED, UberX spokesman Andrew Noyes did not provide direct responses to these specific findings, but did volunteer that “Uber has submitted a proposal to the CPUC that addresses some of the issues you’ve outlined and we’re awaiting their approval.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Accidents get supervisors' attention\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year's Eve, while driving for UberX, Syed Muzaffar, 57, of Union City, struck three pedestrians in the Tenderloin, killing 6-year-old Sofia Liu. The girl’s family has since \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/27/lawyer-filing-suit-against-ride-service-company-uber-in-death-of-6-year-o/\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against Muzaffar and Uber, claiming the driver app runs afoul of California’s distracted-driving laws. Muzaffar had been \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/01/uber-uberx-sofia-liu.html?page=all\" target=\"_blank\">convicted of reckless driving\u003c/a> in Florida in 2004, a \u003ca href=\"http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-14/news/chi-uber-apologizes-for-missing-conviction-in-check-of-driver-20140214_1_chicago-tribune-driver-background\" target=\"_blank\">revelation\u003c/a> that was the first of several concerning \u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/01/06/exclusive-uber-driver-accused-of-assault-passed-zero-tolerance-background-check-despite-criminal-history/\" target=\"_blank\">inadequate background checks\u003c/a> by UberX. (The company has since \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/02/12/uber-to-vet-drivers-more-thoroughly/\" target=\"_blank\">announced\u003c/a> an upgrade of its vetting process.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Jane Kim, whose district includes the intersection where the New Year’s Eve fatality occurred, told KQED that the incident raised “questions regarding the driver training and selection process for the increasing number of ride-share drivers on our city streets. While emerging driver service apps fulfill an important need for flexible on-demand transportation in San Francisco, we must examine a universal baseline of scrutiny and safety oversight for these services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135925422\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Eric Mar, who is organizing the upcoming hearing on March 6, told us “there were questions raised by the Sofia Liu accident and the (Lyft) accident. People want to ensure that drivers are well monitored and there are safety precautions that companies are ensuring. What are the driver training and safety precautions that this new, unregulated industry is adhering to?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Driver training?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC has made public safety its \u003cem>raison d'etre\u003c/em> for claiming regulatory oversight of the TNCs. In its \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K192/77192335.PDF\">decision\u003c/a> last year giving \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/31/cpuc-rideshare-decision/\" target=\"_blank\">the ride-service firms sanction to operate in the state\u003c/a>, the commission wrote that “protecting and enhancing public safety is the paramount purpose behind regulating this industry. We initiated this rule-making for the sole purpose of determining how TNCs affect public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from requiring background checks, one way the CPUC tried to address the issue of public safety was by mandating driver training programs. From Page 27 of the agency's decision:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>TNCs shall establish a driver training program to ensure that all drivers are safely operating the vehicle prior to the driver being able to offer service. This program must be filed with the Commission within 45 days of the adoption of this decision. TNCs must report to the Commission on an annual basis the number of drivers that became eligible and completed the course.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We obtained these required filings from the CPUC. Below is Uber's, which stands out for its brevity -- just one page, including double spacing and double paragraph breaks. Filing as Rasier, its ride-service subsidiary, Uber submitted under a heading of “\u003ca href=\"//www.scribd.com/doc/203225658/Rasier-Driver-Training-Program%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">Driver Training Program\u003c/a>” exactly four paragraphs, with the actual steps the company plans to enhance driver training expressed in two sentences:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Rasier will also recommend that partners with less than five years of driving history take a driver training course at a school listed in the California DMV’s Occupational License Status Information System database. For each California city where Rasier partners operate, Rasier will provide, during the application or onboarding process, a list of three such local driving schools.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were a little surprised that the company would submit to its regulatory agency a driver safety plan that can fit on a midsize cocktail napkin. So we asked Uber if they had given the CPUC anything else related to driver training. They said, yes, they had submitted additional materials to the CPUC. At our request, the CPUC went back to double-check, then came back to us with nope, that's all there is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Supervisor Jane Kim what she thought of Uber's skimpy driver-safety filing. She said it didn't surprise her, as \u003ca href=\"http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202625115231/Uber-Tries-to-Hit-Brakes-on-CPUC-Ridesharing-Rules?slreturn=20140119134750\" target=\"_blank\">Uber's appeal\u003c/a> of the CPUC's \"very limited regulations\" was a \"statement in and of itself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to Uber's ultra-short filing, both \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/203225643/Lyft-CPUC-Report\">Lyft\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/203225680/Sidecar-Driver-Training-Program\">Sidecar\u003c/a> filed documents describing driver training programs that were a little more extensive. Lyft, for instance, now requires applicants to drive with a \"mentor,\" who assesses candidates' suitability. Nathan Rosquist, 32, who has been driving in the Bay Area for Lyft since January, said he drove with his mentor for 30-40 minutes. The mentor also inspected his car. Lyft says these required ride-alongs have been in place since mid-October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'You're good to go'\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The UberX drivers we spoke to described the company's driver-safety program as perfunctory. Four of the drivers would talk to us only if we agreed to withhold their names, because they were either afraid their insurance companies would find out they drive commercially or they did not want to jeopardize their standing with UberX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erika Maldonado, 25, of San Francisco, is a former KQED intern who recently signed up with UberX after the company offered financial incentives to lure away Lyft drivers. Maldonado said there was little if any material about safe driving in Uber's approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"3f483b40852154ec4c30952976dd9410\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the training is a video tutorial online that you do at home. Standards for having your car clean, encouraging you to dress your best and look more professional. Some conduct things -- like telling you not to ask for tips or a good rating. And how to use the app.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyler Granlund, 31, of Los Angeles, said in his training, he got “just the basics of how to provide the customers good service and what they expect from the driver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was like a factory,\" said a 27-year-old male driver from Oakland. \"I went in there and in a five-minute turnaround, I was an Uber driver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went down there and there were just hundreds of people signing up,\" said Mikey, a 32-year-old UberX driver from the East Bay. \"I see someone, he gives me the phone and asks if I saw the training video. He said, 'You’re all good to go.' ”\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car inspection by photo\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC decision requires TNCs to either conduct a 19-point inspection “prior to allowing the driver to operate the vehicle” or to have the vehicle inspected at a facility licensed by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair. None of the drivers we spoke to had anybody from UberX look at ther cars. Instead, UberX requires drivers to upload photos of their vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have to submit photos of every angle of your car, and interior photos,\" said Granlund. \"Those had to be approved before you could drive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC inspection mandate includes items such as brakes, steering, headlights, seat belts, muffler and exhaust -- things that would be hard to assess, seemingly, from photos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Eric Mar what he thought about the lack of direct inspection of driver vehicles. “That just highlights how unregulated it is,” he said. “That would make me really nervous, that there’s not a physical inspection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as judging driving abilities, none of the drivers were observed operating their vehicle by anyone from UberX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber spokesman Noyes said the company is currently in the process of \"securing a relationship with an inspection service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are TNCs creating distracted drivers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the drivers we interviewed is a 40-something who lives in San Francisco and has been driving as many as 40-plus hours a week for UberX since before the CPUC rendered its decision last year. She says she is \"close to quitting\" because she does not believe it's currently possible for TNC drivers to get proper insurance and because she thinks the work is extremely dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> 'I see a lot of (ride-service) drivers suddenly stopping in the middle of traffic to pick up a rider.'\u003ccite> Uber driver \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>There are a “lot of factors working against” driving safely, she said. \"I’m multitasking a lot. I'm engaging in conversations with strangers in my car, trying to navigate correctly to my destination, paying attention to the GPS if I need it and interacting with the app if I need to. Like most drivers, I tend to drive at the most lucrative times, and those are the most dangerous times because there's the most drivers on the road and the most pedestrians. Every single time I drive I either see an accident, the aftermath, or I will see several near-misses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked her if she thought there should be more evaluation of drivers by UberX. \"Oh God, yeah,\" she said. She does not believe the company places an emphasis on safe driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everything they communicate to the driver is about providing the best, most professional, most convenient, expedient service to the rider.\" That, she said, can be at odds with traffic laws, encouraging double-parking or blocking traffic in order to give the customer the closest pickup point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's unspoken pressure from Uber to pick the rider up exactly where they are, as opposed to finding the safest place to pull over. The riders often won’t see you or find you easily unless you pull up right to where they are. I see a lot of (ride-service) drivers suddenly stopping in the middle of traffic to pick up a rider. They don't put on their hazards, don’t give drivers any warning. They’re paying attention to their app.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the notion that the app encourages distracted driving, as asserted in the lawsuit of Sofia Liu's family, is valid, especially when taken in the context of everything else a TNC driver has to contend with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It gives you an audible beep when a ride comes through. Most drivers are going to look at where the ride is coming from and decide if they want it based on where it is. You tap it (to accept). Then you have to look at the location of where the person is, figure out where you are and the quickest way to get to them. If you're a smart, safe driver, you’re going to pull over and look at the map. But the truth is you're not always in a circumstance where you can do that, so you’re doing it while driving and navigating traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Plus you have strangers in your car who are having a conversation with you and ... that’s an important part of having a good rating.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126925\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 307px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/8865_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-126925 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/8865_transform-512x640.jpg\" alt=\"UberX drivers receive a company phone and emblem after signing up. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"307\" height=\"384\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UberX drivers receive a company phone and emblem after signing up. (Jeremy Raff/KQED) \u003ccite>((Jeremy Raff/KQED))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two other drivers who have driven for both UberX and Lyft agreed the app is distracting. “With Uber more than Lyft, it creates a distraction because you are using two phones, one to accept a request and another to navigate and call the passenger,” one driver said. “Lyft has a navigation installed in their app so there's less fumbling between phones, but both systems typically lead to drivers looking at their phones. Unless you are pulled over between every request, it is impossible to avoid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're scrambling between two different phones, various apps, busy streets, etc.,” said another driver. “I'd say probably not the safest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The driver from San Francisco also thinks Uber's habit of raising fares in areas with the most demand, called \"surge pricing,\" encourages unsafe driving. Surge pricing comes into play at periods of peak demand, such as on New Year's Eve or during storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When there’s high surge pricing there’s intense incentive to get to the part of town where it’s happening. If you’re in the Sunset and you see that you're going to be paid three or four times better downtown, you want to get downtown as fast as you can. Surge pricing on New Year's Eve was crazy, six times (the regular price) in a four-block radius downtown, and the next block only two times. I can tell you, even as someone who works extra hard to be a super-paranoid defensive driver, when you see surge pricing go on, you want to get to that area the fastest you can, and you’re paying attention on the phone where the surge pricing is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> City officials want local regulations\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since everyone has their favorite story of a San Francisco cab driver re-enacting the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLOLi_Ex-Q\" target=\"_blank\">chase scene\u003c/a> from “Bullitt,” you may be wondering by now if taxis are any better. To be fair, a couple of our UberX interviewees who were very critical of the company's lack of attention to driver safety also said they've seen taxis driving as recklessly as or worse than TNCs. But one thing to keep in mind: There are just 1,900 licensed cabs in the city, while no caps exist on the number of ride-service drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cab drivers are also required to go to “taxi school” before being certified. But Christiane Hayashi, director of Taxis and Accessible Services for the SFMTA, said that until now, no discernible standards for taxi schools have been in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, earlier this month the agency rolled out a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/TDT-101-Driver-Training-School-Cert1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new set of taxi-school standards\u003c/a>. These stipulate course length, instructor credentials, curriculum and testing. Courses must last a minimum of 28 hours, and the SFMTA has laid out specific time requirements for topics like maps/routes/locations, the California Vehicle Code and traffic safety, pedestrian safety, and taxi rules and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the sort of requirement that city officials would like to see applied to ride-service firms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe (TNCs) fulfill a need,\" said Supervisor Kim. \"But I believe that regulations (the city) holds taxicabs to will make them better. They should be held to the same standards that our taxi drivers are.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar said his March hearing will address “what authority we have locally to protect public safety” when it comes to TNCs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike in Seattle, where the city is \u003ca href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/2014/seattles-updated-ride-sharing-ordinance/\" target=\"_blank\">considering putting limits\u003c/a> on the number of ride-service drivers, or Chicago, where a \u003ca href=\"http://www.wbez.org/news/city-moves-regulate-rideshare-companies-109639\" target=\"_blank\">per-driver fee is under consideration\u003c/a>, the city may not have much recourse except to push the CPUC for stricter regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, in battling regulations around the country, \u003ca href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/2014/seattle-ride-sharing-innovation/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft CEO John Zimmer has pointed to California\u003c/a> as a model of what ride-service regulation should look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS8866_UberX_3-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126917\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS8866_UberX_3-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"The California Public Utilities Commission requires Transportation Network Companies like UberX to display signage. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Public Utilities Commission requires transportation network companies like UberX to display signage. (Jeremy Raff/KQED) \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>n March 6, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=13992\" target=\"_blank\">Neighborhood Services and Safety Committee\u003c/a> of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hold a hearing on safety issues related to ride-service companies like Lyft and UberX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing was prompted by two accidents in San Francisco: On New Year's Eve an UberX driver struck three members of a family in a crosswalk, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/02/122446/\" target=\"_blank\">killing a 6-year-old girl\u003c/a>. And in January a \u003ca href=\"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/lyft-car-reportedly-in-accident-in-san-francisco-injuring-pedestrian/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft driver struck an elderly woman\u003c/a>, fracturing her leg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nobody knows just how many TNC (transportation network company) vehicles are whizzing around town carrying passengers, but the San Francisco Cab Drivers Association, an avowed archenemy of the nascent industry, says it has counted more than 3,000 to date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We interviewed a number of TNC drivers to hear firsthand what they thought about safety issues, and eventually focused on those who drive for UberX, since they were the ones who most frequently described a lack of attention to driver safety and training within the sign-up process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the main points, corroborated by the six UberX drivers we interviewed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>UberX has not been inspecting drivers' cars, as required by the California Public Utiltiies Commission (CPUC), but simply reviews vehicle photos supplied by the drivers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>UberX does not observe applicants actually driving before they are approved to work for the company.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>UberX applicants receive no training related to safe driving before they are approved.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other issues emerged as well. Several drivers said that the UberX app, which is provided on a separate cellphone from the driver's personal phone, can be distracting. And two drivers said the ratings that each passenger gives to each driver can lead to unsafe driving, either because of a pressure to chat with riders or to drive faster than is advisable.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> UberX's driver training submission stands out for its brevity — just four paragraphs. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Almost all the interviewees said UberX’s process of signing up many drivers at the same time included no scrutiny or assessment of individuals beyond the background checks mandated by the state. One driver described the process as \"like a cattle call.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I\u003c/strong>n a series of emails back and forth with KQED, UberX spokesman Andrew Noyes did not provide direct responses to these specific findings, but did volunteer that “Uber has submitted a proposal to the CPUC that addresses some of the issues you’ve outlined and we’re awaiting their approval.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Accidents get supervisors' attention\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year's Eve, while driving for UberX, Syed Muzaffar, 57, of Union City, struck three pedestrians in the Tenderloin, killing 6-year-old Sofia Liu. The girl’s family has since \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/27/lawyer-filing-suit-against-ride-service-company-uber-in-death-of-6-year-o/\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against Muzaffar and Uber, claiming the driver app runs afoul of California’s distracted-driving laws. Muzaffar had been \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/01/uber-uberx-sofia-liu.html?page=all\" target=\"_blank\">convicted of reckless driving\u003c/a> in Florida in 2004, a \u003ca href=\"http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-14/news/chi-uber-apologizes-for-missing-conviction-in-check-of-driver-20140214_1_chicago-tribune-driver-background\" target=\"_blank\">revelation\u003c/a> that was the first of several concerning \u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/01/06/exclusive-uber-driver-accused-of-assault-passed-zero-tolerance-background-check-despite-criminal-history/\" target=\"_blank\">inadequate background checks\u003c/a> by UberX. (The company has since \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/02/12/uber-to-vet-drivers-more-thoroughly/\" target=\"_blank\">announced\u003c/a> an upgrade of its vetting process.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Jane Kim, whose district includes the intersection where the New Year’s Eve fatality occurred, told KQED that the incident raised “questions regarding the driver training and selection process for the increasing number of ride-share drivers on our city streets. While emerging driver service apps fulfill an important need for flexible on-demand transportation in San Francisco, we must examine a universal baseline of scrutiny and safety oversight for these services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='undefined' height='undefined'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135925422&visual=true&undefined'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135925422'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Eric Mar, who is organizing the upcoming hearing on March 6, told us “there were questions raised by the Sofia Liu accident and the (Lyft) accident. People want to ensure that drivers are well monitored and there are safety precautions that companies are ensuring. What are the driver training and safety precautions that this new, unregulated industry is adhering to?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Driver training?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC has made public safety its \u003cem>raison d'etre\u003c/em> for claiming regulatory oversight of the TNCs. In its \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K192/77192335.PDF\">decision\u003c/a> last year giving \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/31/cpuc-rideshare-decision/\" target=\"_blank\">the ride-service firms sanction to operate in the state\u003c/a>, the commission wrote that “protecting and enhancing public safety is the paramount purpose behind regulating this industry. We initiated this rule-making for the sole purpose of determining how TNCs affect public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from requiring background checks, one way the CPUC tried to address the issue of public safety was by mandating driver training programs. From Page 27 of the agency's decision:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>TNCs shall establish a driver training program to ensure that all drivers are safely operating the vehicle prior to the driver being able to offer service. This program must be filed with the Commission within 45 days of the adoption of this decision. TNCs must report to the Commission on an annual basis the number of drivers that became eligible and completed the course.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>We obtained these required filings from the CPUC. Below is Uber's, which stands out for its brevity -- just one page, including double spacing and double paragraph breaks. Filing as Rasier, its ride-service subsidiary, Uber submitted under a heading of “\u003ca href=\"//www.scribd.com/doc/203225658/Rasier-Driver-Training-Program%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">Driver Training Program\u003c/a>” exactly four paragraphs, with the actual steps the company plans to enhance driver training expressed in two sentences:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Rasier will also recommend that partners with less than five years of driving history take a driver training course at a school listed in the California DMV’s Occupational License Status Information System database. For each California city where Rasier partners operate, Rasier will provide, during the application or onboarding process, a list of three such local driving schools.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were a little surprised that the company would submit to its regulatory agency a driver safety plan that can fit on a midsize cocktail napkin. So we asked Uber if they had given the CPUC anything else related to driver training. They said, yes, they had submitted additional materials to the CPUC. At our request, the CPUC went back to double-check, then came back to us with nope, that's all there is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Supervisor Jane Kim what she thought of Uber's skimpy driver-safety filing. She said it didn't surprise her, as \u003ca href=\"http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202625115231/Uber-Tries-to-Hit-Brakes-on-CPUC-Ridesharing-Rules?slreturn=20140119134750\" target=\"_blank\">Uber's appeal\u003c/a> of the CPUC's \"very limited regulations\" was a \"statement in and of itself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to Uber's ultra-short filing, both \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/203225643/Lyft-CPUC-Report\">Lyft\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/203225680/Sidecar-Driver-Training-Program\">Sidecar\u003c/a> filed documents describing driver training programs that were a little more extensive. Lyft, for instance, now requires applicants to drive with a \"mentor,\" who assesses candidates' suitability. Nathan Rosquist, 32, who has been driving in the Bay Area for Lyft since January, said he drove with his mentor for 30-40 minutes. The mentor also inspected his car. Lyft says these required ride-alongs have been in place since mid-October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'You're good to go'\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The UberX drivers we spoke to described the company's driver-safety program as perfunctory. Four of the drivers would talk to us only if we agreed to withhold their names, because they were either afraid their insurance companies would find out they drive commercially or they did not want to jeopardize their standing with UberX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erika Maldonado, 25, of San Francisco, is a former KQED intern who recently signed up with UberX after the company offered financial incentives to lure away Lyft drivers. Maldonado said there was little if any material about safe driving in Uber's approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the training is a video tutorial online that you do at home. Standards for having your car clean, encouraging you to dress your best and look more professional. Some conduct things -- like telling you not to ask for tips or a good rating. And how to use the app.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyler Granlund, 31, of Los Angeles, said in his training, he got “just the basics of how to provide the customers good service and what they expect from the driver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was like a factory,\" said a 27-year-old male driver from Oakland. \"I went in there and in a five-minute turnaround, I was an Uber driver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went down there and there were just hundreds of people signing up,\" said Mikey, a 32-year-old UberX driver from the East Bay. \"I see someone, he gives me the phone and asks if I saw the training video. He said, 'You’re all good to go.' ”\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Car inspection by photo\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC decision requires TNCs to either conduct a 19-point inspection “prior to allowing the driver to operate the vehicle” or to have the vehicle inspected at a facility licensed by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair. None of the drivers we spoke to had anybody from UberX look at ther cars. Instead, UberX requires drivers to upload photos of their vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have to submit photos of every angle of your car, and interior photos,\" said Granlund. \"Those had to be approved before you could drive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC inspection mandate includes items such as brakes, steering, headlights, seat belts, muffler and exhaust -- things that would be hard to assess, seemingly, from photos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Eric Mar what he thought about the lack of direct inspection of driver vehicles. “That just highlights how unregulated it is,” he said. “That would make me really nervous, that there’s not a physical inspection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as judging driving abilities, none of the drivers were observed operating their vehicle by anyone from UberX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber spokesman Noyes said the company is currently in the process of \"securing a relationship with an inspection service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are TNCs creating distracted drivers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the drivers we interviewed is a 40-something who lives in San Francisco and has been driving as many as 40-plus hours a week for UberX since before the CPUC rendered its decision last year. She says she is \"close to quitting\" because she does not believe it's currently possible for TNC drivers to get proper insurance and because she thinks the work is extremely dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> 'I see a lot of (ride-service) drivers suddenly stopping in the middle of traffic to pick up a rider.'\u003ccite> Uber driver \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>There are a “lot of factors working against” driving safely, she said. \"I’m multitasking a lot. I'm engaging in conversations with strangers in my car, trying to navigate correctly to my destination, paying attention to the GPS if I need it and interacting with the app if I need to. Like most drivers, I tend to drive at the most lucrative times, and those are the most dangerous times because there's the most drivers on the road and the most pedestrians. Every single time I drive I either see an accident, the aftermath, or I will see several near-misses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked her if she thought there should be more evaluation of drivers by UberX. \"Oh God, yeah,\" she said. She does not believe the company places an emphasis on safe driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everything they communicate to the driver is about providing the best, most professional, most convenient, expedient service to the rider.\" That, she said, can be at odds with traffic laws, encouraging double-parking or blocking traffic in order to give the customer the closest pickup point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's unspoken pressure from Uber to pick the rider up exactly where they are, as opposed to finding the safest place to pull over. The riders often won’t see you or find you easily unless you pull up right to where they are. I see a lot of (ride-service) drivers suddenly stopping in the middle of traffic to pick up a rider. They don't put on their hazards, don’t give drivers any warning. They’re paying attention to their app.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the notion that the app encourages distracted driving, as asserted in the lawsuit of Sofia Liu's family, is valid, especially when taken in the context of everything else a TNC driver has to contend with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It gives you an audible beep when a ride comes through. Most drivers are going to look at where the ride is coming from and decide if they want it based on where it is. You tap it (to accept). Then you have to look at the location of where the person is, figure out where you are and the quickest way to get to them. If you're a smart, safe driver, you’re going to pull over and look at the map. But the truth is you're not always in a circumstance where you can do that, so you’re doing it while driving and navigating traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Plus you have strangers in your car who are having a conversation with you and ... that’s an important part of having a good rating.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126925\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 307px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/8865_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-126925 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/8865_transform-512x640.jpg\" alt=\"UberX drivers receive a company phone and emblem after signing up. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"307\" height=\"384\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UberX drivers receive a company phone and emblem after signing up. (Jeremy Raff/KQED) \u003ccite>((Jeremy Raff/KQED))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two other drivers who have driven for both UberX and Lyft agreed the app is distracting. “With Uber more than Lyft, it creates a distraction because you are using two phones, one to accept a request and another to navigate and call the passenger,” one driver said. “Lyft has a navigation installed in their app so there's less fumbling between phones, but both systems typically lead to drivers looking at their phones. Unless you are pulled over between every request, it is impossible to avoid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're scrambling between two different phones, various apps, busy streets, etc.,” said another driver. “I'd say probably not the safest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The driver from San Francisco also thinks Uber's habit of raising fares in areas with the most demand, called \"surge pricing,\" encourages unsafe driving. Surge pricing comes into play at periods of peak demand, such as on New Year's Eve or during storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When there’s high surge pricing there’s intense incentive to get to the part of town where it’s happening. If you’re in the Sunset and you see that you're going to be paid three or four times better downtown, you want to get downtown as fast as you can. Surge pricing on New Year's Eve was crazy, six times (the regular price) in a four-block radius downtown, and the next block only two times. I can tell you, even as someone who works extra hard to be a super-paranoid defensive driver, when you see surge pricing go on, you want to get to that area the fastest you can, and you’re paying attention on the phone where the surge pricing is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> City officials want local regulations\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since everyone has their favorite story of a San Francisco cab driver re-enacting the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLOLi_Ex-Q\" target=\"_blank\">chase scene\u003c/a> from “Bullitt,” you may be wondering by now if taxis are any better. To be fair, a couple of our UberX interviewees who were very critical of the company's lack of attention to driver safety also said they've seen taxis driving as recklessly as or worse than TNCs. But one thing to keep in mind: There are just 1,900 licensed cabs in the city, while no caps exist on the number of ride-service drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cab drivers are also required to go to “taxi school” before being certified. But Christiane Hayashi, director of Taxis and Accessible Services for the SFMTA, said that until now, no discernible standards for taxi schools have been in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, earlier this month the agency rolled out a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/TDT-101-Driver-Training-School-Cert1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new set of taxi-school standards\u003c/a>. These stipulate course length, instructor credentials, curriculum and testing. Courses must last a minimum of 28 hours, and the SFMTA has laid out specific time requirements for topics like maps/routes/locations, the California Vehicle Code and traffic safety, pedestrian safety, and taxi rules and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the sort of requirement that city officials would like to see applied to ride-service firms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe (TNCs) fulfill a need,\" said Supervisor Kim. \"But I believe that regulations (the city) holds taxicabs to will make them better. They should be held to the same standards that our taxi drivers are.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar said his March hearing will address “what authority we have locally to protect public safety” when it comes to TNCs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike in Seattle, where the city is \u003ca href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/2014/seattles-updated-ride-sharing-ordinance/\" target=\"_blank\">considering putting limits\u003c/a> on the number of ride-service drivers, or Chicago, where a \u003ca href=\"http://www.wbez.org/news/city-moves-regulate-rideshare-companies-109639\" target=\"_blank\">per-driver fee is under consideration\u003c/a>, the city may not have much recourse except to push the CPUC for stricter regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, in battling regulations around the country, \u003ca href=\"http://www.geekwire.com/2014/seattle-ride-sharing-innovation/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft CEO John Zimmer has pointed to California\u003c/a> as a model of what ride-service regulation should look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As if sending one’s child to public or private school were not a tough enough decision, parents now face issues related to the time and money they donate. Is it fair to focus your efforts only on the school your child attends? Should you only be concerned about other schools where parents lack the time and money to fundraise effectively? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As if sending one’s child to public or private school were not a tough enough decision, parents now face issues related to the time and money they donate. Is it fair to focus your efforts only on the school your child attends? Should you only be concerned about other schools where parents lack the time and money to fundraise effectively? Do PTAs and booster clubs now contribute to education inequality ?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126598\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 293px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/14/ptasandthewideninggapineducation/rs7870_img_2615/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-126598\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-126598 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS7870_IMG_2615-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"A young boy sits at a desk, drawing a chart.\" width=\"293\" height=\"219\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A study by San Francisco Public Press found that the PTA budgets of San Francisco Public Schools quadrupled in the past five years. Photo: Francesca Segrè\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A feature in the \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/news/public-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a> by Jeremy Adam Smith lays out the difference between the haves and have nots very well — faced with severe funding cutbacks during the last five years, parents stepped in to help fill the need. But as Smith pointed out during a conversation on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402140900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s “Forum\u003c/a>, not all schools anted up equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Fundraising Gap\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found that over the course of the recession, over the course of all these budget cuts, (San Francisco public schools’) PTA budgets approximately quadrupled. … But we also found that just 10 schools raised half that money, as much as the other 61 combined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how do those fundraising differences actually play out on school campuses? Smith cited two of the schools he reported on: Grattan Elementary School in San Francisco’s Haight district and Junipero Serra Elementary School in the city’s Bernal Heights neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126630\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126630\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-2-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Parade 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the San Gabriel Valley Chinese Cultural Association prepare for the start of the parade (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thousands turned out to ring in the Year of the Horse at the Chinese New Year Parade in downtown San Francisco on Saturday night, despite the threat of rain. Spectators packed the parade route, stretching from the Financial District to Chinatown to see dozens of colorful floats, marching bands, dragon dancers, lions and other creatures (including San Francisco politicians), in one of the city's most colorful annual events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126634\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-6.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126634\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-6-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Parade 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children from Alamo Elementary School carried pink lotus flowers (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Firecrackers rang out and filled the streets with smoke as marchers made their way through the parade route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126633\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-5-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Parade 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children interact with a lion dancer at the Chinese New Year Parade (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"My daughter was afraid of firecrackers, until I told her they were scaring away the evil spirits,\" said Lois Kwam, who marched with a group of San Francisco police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126636\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126636\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-9-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Parade 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children from San Francisco's Wah Mei Pre-School prepare for the 2014 Chinese New Year Parade (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade is the largest parade of its kind outside of Asia. There were more than 100 entries in this year's event, and it took them all about two hours to meander through the roughly 1.5-mile course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126637\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-10.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126637\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-10-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Parade 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the St Mary's Language School Drill Team took part in the parade (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade began around sundown and continued into the evening. A few raindrops fell towards the beginning of the event, but organizers' fears of rain never materialized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126631\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126631\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-3-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Parade 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Barnes and Wes Kashiwagi from the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band prepare for the start of the parade (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Golden Dragon, a 268-foot dragon that was lit up and is accompanied by the sound of thousands of firecrackers, served as the finale. The serpentine dragon was produced in the small Chinese town on Foshan, and it was carried by about 100 men and women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-7.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126635\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CNYParade-7-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Parade 2014\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Dragon brought up the rear of the parade on Market Street (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"disqusTitle": "Photo Essay: Two PTA Presidents, Two Realities",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126493\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/girl-640x447.jpeg\" alt=\"A child buys tickets at the Halloween-Día de los Muertos fundraiser for Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights. The event netted $3,000 for the PTA. (Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child buys tickets at the Halloween Dia de los Muertos fundraiser for Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights. The event netted $3,000 for the PTA. (Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This photo essay was originally published on \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/publicschools\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a>, a KQED News Associate.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By: Jeremy Adam Smith, Luke Thomas and Tearsa Joy Hammock, \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez and Barry Schmell come from very different backgrounds, but they have at least one thing in common: They both lead their schools’ parent-teacher associations — Ana Hernandez at Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights, Barry Schmell at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once upon a time, PTAs held bake sales to pay for field trips and annual gifts for the teachers. Those days are gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, after five years of severe budget cuts in the San Francisco Unified School District, PTAs are being asked to pay for teachers, reading specialists, social workers and school psychologists, computers, basic school supplies, staff training and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all PTAs can afford those things. Parents at just 10 elementary schools raise more than half the PTA money that all 71 elementary schools in the district take in. Many of the rest raise nothing, or almost nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents at some schools have personal wealth and other advantages, such as better language and organizational skills. Fundraising has become an essential part of public school finance in San Francisco — and that is triggering far-reaching changes in the culture of the schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126476\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Barry Schmell’s daughter, Jonesy, attends fourth grade at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, which raised more than any other elementary school in the district in 2011 — but in subsequent years lost funding. Schmell is divorced from his adopted daughter’s other father, and works from his home in the Castro as Google’s senior technical instructor and course developer. The job gives him flexibility to be deeply involved in his daughter’s life and education. Schmell was raised in Baltimore, the youngest of five in an Orthodox Jewish family, and studied at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins. “I grew up in a home where my mother was the PTA president,” Schmell said. “I grew up stuffing envelopes in our living room, and so I kind of feel like that’s part of school. I was surprised that public schools in San Francisco required so much fundraising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126477\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez, seated second from left, is PTA chapter president at Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights, where her daughter, Jasmine, (far right, next to her big sister) goes to school. Hernandez emigrated from Guatemala in 2004, fleeing poverty and a society shattered by 50 years of civil war. Today, she supports the entire family working 42 hours a week as a cook in Burlingame. Her husband, Byron, lost one of his fingers in an accident on his job as a laundry mechanic, and as a result he is out of work. Despite her inflexible and demanding schedule, Hernandez said she stays involved with the PTA because it gives her life meaning and community. But for the family to make ends meet, she needs a second job. If she succeeds in finding one, she said she would have to quit leading the PTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126479\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During “morning circle” at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, Schmell shows off invitations to a roller-skating party fundraiser. He and members of the Parent-Faculty Club aim to raise $50,000 for supplies, field trips and arts programs this year. “It isn’t just the fundraising — this is my community,” Schmell said. “I have amazing relationships and experiences through the school.” The families are diverse, and Schmell and daughter Jonesy know others who are like theirs: multiracial, with gay parents and adopted children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126480\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra-640x426.jpeg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez serves food at a monthly dinner party hosted by Junipero Serra’s PTA. She first got involved by working on the school’s food bank, distributing food to hungry families. This school year, the PTA aims to raise around $7,000 to support field trips, buy computers, get gifts for the teachers and underwrite the fifth-grade graduation project. The PTA also sets aside part of that fund to support Junipero Serra families facing economic emergencies. Because almost all the school’s families live in poverty, their financial contributions tend to be modest. “They can help with $1, $2,” Hernandez said. “Even when they have no money, people help in different ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schmell shows off the school library to a group of parents who are considering sending their children to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. By giving tours and organizing frequent “fun raisers,” Schmell is working to revitalize a school that has struggled around issues of funding equity, race and social class, as well as management. A nonprofit organization, Friends of Harvey Milk, was one of the top fundraisers in the city, spending $380,000 a year, almost exclusively on before-school and after-school enrichment programs. But that collapsed in 2011 after key supporters withdrew, leaving the school with little fundraising infrastructure. “If we had everyone at Harvey Milk give $250 for the year, then we wouldn’t have to do severe fundraising,” he said. “I’m very concerned about technology. I’d love for us to have a computer lab, and we need to do a targeted fundraising campaign for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoLibrary.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126482\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoLibrary-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Tearsa Joy Hammock/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After years of cuts, the Junipero Serra library now has an annual budget of just $500. Many parents said the library has actually improved in recent years, thanks to book donations and volunteer efforts. Even so, the shelves feel underpopulated, and the room underused. With a limited budget, Principal Evelyn Cheung had to make hard choices, so she prioritized the computer lab and technology training for the kids ahead of other costs. Hernandez supports Cheung’s priorities, and the PTA has been able to buy computers for the lab. “Some people think the government pays for everything at school, but it’s not like that,” she said. “I try to explain to the parents: We have to make fundraising, because that is how we can help the school.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I waited tables in college, and I hated pooling the tips,” Schmell said. This memory makes him reluctant to support a system in which San Francisco schools would share the money raised by parents and redistribute some of it to lower-income schools. His connection to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and to the Castro is strong, and that is what motivates him to give. The same is true for Castro businesses that support the school. They might not give as much if they thought their money was going to children in other communities. “But maybe it would be better for us,” he said. “If other people are able to do more, then we’ll benefit from that as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezDaughter.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezDaughter-640x414.jpg\" alt=\"(Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Tearsa Joy Hammock/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, at the Italian restaurant where Hernandez works, a customer comes to the kitchen to give a tip directly to her, in appreciation for a delicious meal. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all PTAs can afford those things. Parents at just 10 elementary schools raise more than half the PTA money that all 71 elementary schools in the district take in. Many of the rest raise nothing, or almost nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents at some schools have personal wealth and other advantages, such as better language and organizational skills. Fundraising has become an essential part of public school finance in San Francisco — and that is triggering far-reaching changes in the culture of the schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126476\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Barry Schmell’s daughter, Jonesy, attends fourth grade at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, which raised more than any other elementary school in the district in 2011 — but in subsequent years lost funding. Schmell is divorced from his adopted daughter’s other father, and works from his home in the Castro as Google’s senior technical instructor and course developer. The job gives him flexibility to be deeply involved in his daughter’s life and education. Schmell was raised in Baltimore, the youngest of five in an Orthodox Jewish family, and studied at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins. “I grew up in a home where my mother was the PTA president,” Schmell said. “I grew up stuffing envelopes in our living room, and so I kind of feel like that’s part of school. I was surprised that public schools in San Francisco required so much fundraising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126477\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez, seated second from left, is PTA chapter president at Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights, where her daughter, Jasmine, (far right, next to her big sister) goes to school. Hernandez emigrated from Guatemala in 2004, fleeing poverty and a society shattered by 50 years of civil war. Today, she supports the entire family working 42 hours a week as a cook in Burlingame. Her husband, Byron, lost one of his fingers in an accident on his job as a laundry mechanic, and as a result he is out of work. Despite her inflexible and demanding schedule, Hernandez said she stays involved with the PTA because it gives her life meaning and community. But for the family to make ends meet, she needs a second job. If she succeeds in finding one, she said she would have to quit leading the PTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126479\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During “morning circle” at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, Schmell shows off invitations to a roller-skating party fundraiser. He and members of the Parent-Faculty Club aim to raise $50,000 for supplies, field trips and arts programs this year. “It isn’t just the fundraising — this is my community,” Schmell said. “I have amazing relationships and experiences through the school.” The families are diverse, and Schmell and daughter Jonesy know others who are like theirs: multiracial, with gay parents and adopted children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126480\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra-640x426.jpeg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez serves food at a monthly dinner party hosted by Junipero Serra’s PTA. She first got involved by working on the school’s food bank, distributing food to hungry families. This school year, the PTA aims to raise around $7,000 to support field trips, buy computers, get gifts for the teachers and underwrite the fifth-grade graduation project. The PTA also sets aside part of that fund to support Junipero Serra families facing economic emergencies. Because almost all the school’s families live in poverty, their financial contributions tend to be modest. “They can help with $1, $2,” Hernandez said. “Even when they have no money, people help in different ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schmell shows off the school library to a group of parents who are considering sending their children to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. By giving tours and organizing frequent “fun raisers,” Schmell is working to revitalize a school that has struggled around issues of funding equity, race and social class, as well as management. A nonprofit organization, Friends of Harvey Milk, was one of the top fundraisers in the city, spending $380,000 a year, almost exclusively on before-school and after-school enrichment programs. But that collapsed in 2011 after key supporters withdrew, leaving the school with little fundraising infrastructure. “If we had everyone at Harvey Milk give $250 for the year, then we wouldn’t have to do severe fundraising,” he said. “I’m very concerned about technology. I’d love for us to have a computer lab, and we need to do a targeted fundraising campaign for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoLibrary.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126482\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoLibrary-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Tearsa Joy Hammock/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After years of cuts, the Junipero Serra library now has an annual budget of just $500. Many parents said the library has actually improved in recent years, thanks to book donations and volunteer efforts. Even so, the shelves feel underpopulated, and the room underused. With a limited budget, Principal Evelyn Cheung had to make hard choices, so she prioritized the computer lab and technology training for the kids ahead of other costs. Hernandez supports Cheung’s priorities, and the PTA has been able to buy computers for the lab. “Some people think the government pays for everything at school, but it’s not like that,” she said. “I try to explain to the parents: We have to make fundraising, because that is how we can help the school.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I waited tables in college, and I hated pooling the tips,” Schmell said. This memory makes him reluctant to support a system in which San Francisco schools would share the money raised by parents and redistribute some of it to lower-income schools. His connection to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and to the Castro is strong, and that is what motivates him to give. The same is true for Castro businesses that support the school. They might not give as much if they thought their money was going to children in other communities. “But maybe it would be better for us,” he said. “If other people are able to do more, then we’ll benefit from that as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezDaughter.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezDaughter-640x414.jpg\" alt=\"(Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Tearsa Joy Hammock/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, at the Italian restaurant where Hernandez works, a customer comes to the kitchen to give a tip directly to her, in appreciation for a delicious meal. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/goldengate060113.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126120\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/goldengate060113-640x557.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Godfrey in San Francisco's Presidio. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"557\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Godfrey in San Francisco’s Presidio. (Dan Brekke/KQED) \u003ccite>((Dan Brekke/KQED))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For those of us who remember when crossing the Golden Gate Bridge cost a dollar, the possibility of raising the non-FasTrak toll to $8 might have triggered a knee-jerk “What?! An $8 toll?!” response, followed by a few expletives, and finally, some questions like, “Why do they need so much more money if the bridge is already built?” or “When will the increase take effect?” For those of you have reached the questioning phase of your reaction, here a few things to keep in mind when considering the ultimate $8 price tag:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1) Wednesday is the Final Day of the Public Comment Period\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speak now or forever hold your peace. Interested parties and persons have until \u003cstrong>8 p.m. tonight\u003c/strong> to \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php#comment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit a comment\u003c/a> on what fare increase they prefer. The formal public comment meeting is also tonight at 7 p.m. in San Rafael. And by “tonight,” yes, we mean Feb. 12, 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those seeking alternatives to a Golden Gate Bridge toll increase of two bucks over the next five years seem to be pretty much out of luck. The options listed on the \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District website\u003c/a> suggest that the options are pretty much six of one, half a dozen of the other. The four options the district wants feedback on all add up to a $2 increase. It’s simply a matter of how quickly that increase is implemented — all at once or bit by bit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2) The Golden Gate Bridge District Manages Much More Than a Bridge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, the agency that manages the bridge, is “basically a transit agency,” according to its general manager and CEO Denis Mulligan. “We spend over half of our tolls on subsidizing bus and ferry service,” Mulligan said on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s “Forum\u003c/a>“. “We carry 25 percent of all trips from the North Bay into the city on our buses and ferries during commute periods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Currently No Sidewalk Toll Is on the Table\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During “Forum’s” discussion\u003c/a>, several listeners inquired about charging pedestrians and cyclists who use the bridge. Mulligan made it clear that a sidewalk fee will not defer the proposed auto toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When (the board) put forward the proposals they did not include a sidewalk toll, so at this juncture they could not approve a sidewalk as part of the toll increase.” said Mulligan. “That having been said – they have the discretion to impose a sidewalk toll. There were turnstiles up until 1971 where people dropped a dime in to get on the bridge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan said that the bridge sees about 10,000 pedestrians a day during the summer and about 6,000 cyclists daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) The Bridge District Receives No Local Tax Support\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters and opponents of the toll increase repeatedly pointed out the bridge’s lack of tax support during “\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum’s” discussion\u003c/a>. Mulligan used the fact to support the higher toll: “We do not receive sales tax measure money or property tax measure money from San Francisco or Marin counties, so tolls are the source of our principal subsidy for bus and ferry service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The district’s website\u003c/a> lists “transit fares, grants, and advertising/concessions” as other sources of revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Deluxe, a Marin-based activist and opponent of the toll hike, views the lack of tax support as one reason to reform how the bridge is managed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marin has to man-up and find a different way to fund public transit,” said Deluxe. “It’s totally unsustainable. It’s not the Golden Fleece Bridge, it’s not the Cash Cow Bridge, and Marin County and San Francisco — the largest percentage of riders across the bridge are from those two counties – they’re not ATM machines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drew comparisons to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District\u003c/a>. According to Deluxe, “Property tax is their biggest source of funding, 29 percent of their budget comes from property tax, county sales tax contributes 8 percent, the fare box another 17 percent. So it’s not rocket science — this is how other counties do it and we need to do it, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) The Bridge District Has Been Criticized for Overpaying Its Leaders\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Deluxe’s other complaints against the bridge district is that it is top-heavy with too many managers, who earn too much money. And a user who identified himself by the name “JonMW72” left this comment on “Forum’s” website:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The salaries of management are a bit outrageous if you look at the publicly available database. What is the deputy GM of the bridge doing making $176,000 a year? Deputy GM of the bus division makes $323,000 a year. A ‘paint superintendent’ makes $118,000 …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan responded to the criticism by citing measures to control staff costs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve taken a variety of steps to reduce the cost of staff, both those staff that are still here, through changes in medical coverage, contributions from employees, employees paying part of their pension, but also (by) reducing the number of employees. We have 25 percent fewer employees than we had a decade ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6) Bridge Traffic Numbers Are Stalled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says that its costs are rising while bridge traffic and thus, toll revenue, is staying the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing the district’s website\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fuel for the buses and ferries and steel and paint for the bridge are more expensive today than in 2008 when tolls were last increased. At the same time, toll revenues have remained flat as traffic volumes have not grown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan mentioned on “Forum” that “ferry ridership is up 7 percent compared to a year earlier, and our regional bus service is up 3 percent.” He did not elaborate on how those increases are helping, if at all, to recover rising operating costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7) Improvements and Maintenance Projects Are Planned\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “Forum” listener asked Mulligan to explain what the public will get in return for the increased tolls. His response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We have growing capital needs on the bridge. The bridge is 76 years old, and we also have growing capital needs on our 40-year-old bus and ferry facilities. So we have an array of projects coming up, and one of the most visible ones is later this year we’ll install a movable median barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. 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Mulligan made it clear that a sidewalk fee will not defer the proposed auto toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When (the board) put forward the proposals they did not include a sidewalk toll, so at this juncture they could not approve a sidewalk as part of the toll increase.” said Mulligan. “That having been said – they have the discretion to impose a sidewalk toll. There were turnstiles up until 1971 where people dropped a dime in to get on the bridge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan said that the bridge sees about 10,000 pedestrians a day during the summer and about 6,000 cyclists daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) The Bridge District Receives No Local Tax Support\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters and opponents of the toll increase repeatedly pointed out the bridge’s lack of tax support during “\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum’s” discussion\u003c/a>. Mulligan used the fact to support the higher toll: “We do not receive sales tax measure money or property tax measure money from San Francisco or Marin counties, so tolls are the source of our principal subsidy for bus and ferry service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The district’s website\u003c/a> lists “transit fares, grants, and advertising/concessions” as other sources of revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Deluxe, a Marin-based activist and opponent of the toll hike, views the lack of tax support as one reason to reform how the bridge is managed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marin has to man-up and find a different way to fund public transit,” said Deluxe. “It’s totally unsustainable. It’s not the Golden Fleece Bridge, it’s not the Cash Cow Bridge, and Marin County and San Francisco — the largest percentage of riders across the bridge are from those two counties – they’re not ATM machines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drew comparisons to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District\u003c/a>. According to Deluxe, “Property tax is their biggest source of funding, 29 percent of their budget comes from property tax, county sales tax contributes 8 percent, the fare box another 17 percent. So it’s not rocket science — this is how other counties do it and we need to do it, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) The Bridge District Has Been Criticized for Overpaying Its Leaders\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Deluxe’s other complaints against the bridge district is that it is top-heavy with too many managers, who earn too much money. And a user who identified himself by the name “JonMW72” left this comment on “Forum’s” website:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The salaries of management are a bit outrageous if you look at the publicly available database. What is the deputy GM of the bridge doing making $176,000 a year? Deputy GM of the bus division makes $323,000 a year. A ‘paint superintendent’ makes $118,000 …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan responded to the criticism by citing measures to control staff costs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve taken a variety of steps to reduce the cost of staff, both those staff that are still here, through changes in medical coverage, contributions from employees, employees paying part of their pension, but also (by) reducing the number of employees. We have 25 percent fewer employees than we had a decade ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6) Bridge Traffic Numbers Are Stalled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says that its costs are rising while bridge traffic and thus, toll revenue, is staying the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing the district’s website\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fuel for the buses and ferries and steel and paint for the bridge are more expensive today than in 2008 when tolls were last increased. At the same time, toll revenues have remained flat as traffic volumes have not grown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan mentioned on “Forum” that “ferry ridership is up 7 percent compared to a year earlier, and our regional bus service is up 3 percent.” He did not elaborate on how those increases are helping, if at all, to recover rising operating costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7) Improvements and Maintenance Projects Are Planned\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “Forum” listener asked Mulligan to explain what the public will get in return for the increased tolls. His response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We have growing capital needs on the bridge. The bridge is 76 years old, and we also have growing capital needs on our 40-year-old bus and ferry facilities. So we have an array of projects coming up, and one of the most visible ones is later this year we’ll install a movable median barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. 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