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"content": "\u003cp>Many Bay Area travelers have been relieved that because \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a> uses a private contractor for its security screening rather than the Transportation Security Administration, it has been largely unaffected by the partial government shutdown, which has caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077353/ice-airports-tsa-trump-deployed-shutdown-sfo-incident-your-rights-what-to-know\">hours-long security lines\u003c/a> in other airports around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But new guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration that went into effect on Monday is now restricting how planes land on SFO’s runways and is already causing delays for a quarter of arriving flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetraveler.org/faa-ends-sfos-iconic-parallel-landings-cutting-capacity/\">uniquely\u003c/a> has two main landing runways, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">about 750 feet apart\u003c/a>. On a clear day, planes can land side-by-side, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">allowing around 60 arrivals per hour\u003c/a>. On foggy days, SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">avoids these dual arrivals\u003c/a> for safety reasons and \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">reduces arrivals to 30 per hour.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the FAA told KQED that the agency’s “safety measure prohibits flights from making side-by-side approaches to SFO’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather when the pilots acknowledge having the other aircraft in sight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And as of Monday, the FAA’s new rule for SFO landings “requires staggered approaches, with one aircraft offset from the aircraft on the parallel runway,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This change has already led to flight delays “averaging around 30 minutes,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you have an upcoming flight in or out of SFO, or are planning to travel soon, what should you know? Read more on these restrictions and how they could impact your flights in and out of the Bay’s biggest airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\"> What should I do if I have an existing flight booking?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\"> Will this change impact security lines, too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are the changes to SFO’s runways, and why will this cause flight delays?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firstly, you should know: Delays caused by this new FAA runway restriction are coming on the heels of unrelated construction work at SFO that’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>causing delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 30, unrelated to the recent FAA restriction, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/media/press-releases/six-month-closure-runway-1r-sfo-set-begin-march-30th\">SFO closed Runway 1 Right\u003c/a> for construction that is predicted to last six months. Yakel said the airport is currently forecasting that 15% of flights will be delayed over the next half a year due to this project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers wait for their flight at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But now, on top of that, the FAA restriction will \u003cem>also \u003c/em>“increase the delay potential to approximately 25% of arriving flights experiencing a delay of at least 30 minutes,” Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the FAA on ways to improve the arrival rate at SFO,” Yakel said to KQED. “We remain in contact with both the FAA and airlines on this issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAA confirmed to KQED that it is “exploring ways to safely increase the airport arrival rate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which is to say: Between construction and the new FAA restriction, there’s a higher chance passengers will face flight delays at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this just affect incoming flights at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The restriction — and the 25%-of-flights-affected figure — apply to arriving flights, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if that arriving aircraft is turning around to represent a departing flight, that could also experience a delay,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Delta Airlines plane at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That means that even if your flight \u003cem>leaves \u003c/em>from SFO, you could still be left waiting — because the plane your flight is using has been delayed arriving.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\">\u003c/a>Will this impact existing bookings for flights arriving at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This depends on the airlines, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know they are looking into this,” he said. “Airlines would communicate such changes directly to affected customers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson with United Airlines — which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/hub-airports.html\">its hub at SFO\u003c/a> — said that they are “reviewing the FAA’s updated guidance to determine if we will need to make any changes to our flight schedule in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067051\" 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She recommended that you download your airline’s app and turn on alerts, which “will give you updates about delays, gate changes [and] cancellations, and just help you stay ahead of those surprises.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058887/flight-delays-government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-sfo-oak-sjc\">a backup\u003c/a>, travelers can also check on the status of their flight on \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/passengers/flight-info/flight-status\">the SFO website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long will this restriction be in place?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yakel said that the “FAA has yet to communicate a timeframe for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO’s unrelated runway construction project, however, is scheduled to end on Oct. 2. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetraveler.org/faa-ends-sfos-iconic-parallel-landings-cutting-capacity/\">uniquely\u003c/a> has two main landing runways, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">about 750 feet apart\u003c/a>. On a clear day, planes can land side-by-side, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">allowing around 60 arrivals per hour\u003c/a>. On foggy days, SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">avoids these dual arrivals\u003c/a> for safety reasons and \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">reduces arrivals to 30 per hour.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the FAA told KQED that the agency’s “safety measure prohibits flights from making side-by-side approaches to SFO’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather when the pilots acknowledge having the other aircraft in sight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And as of Monday, the FAA’s new rule for SFO landings “requires staggered approaches, with one aircraft offset from the aircraft on the parallel runway,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This change has already led to flight delays “averaging around 30 minutes,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you have an upcoming flight in or out of SFO, or are planning to travel soon, what should you know? Read more on these restrictions and how they could impact your flights in and out of the Bay’s biggest airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\"> What should I do if I have an existing flight booking?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\"> Will this change impact security lines, too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are the changes to SFO’s runways, and why will this cause flight delays?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firstly, you should know: Delays caused by this new FAA runway restriction are coming on the heels of unrelated construction work at SFO that’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>causing delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 30, unrelated to the recent FAA restriction, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/media/press-releases/six-month-closure-runway-1r-sfo-set-begin-march-30th\">SFO closed Runway 1 Right\u003c/a> for construction that is predicted to last six months. 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The pair criticized Wiener for opposing progressive tax proposals, while Wiener touted his legislative experience and poked at the track records of his opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, Chan and Chakrabarti would all be considered liberals in Congress, and each vowed to stand up to the Trump administration, increase access to health care and vote against funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Many of the night’s sharpest divisions emerged around their respective political styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchanges grew spiciest when moderators Scott Shafer and Sydney Johnson of KQED gave the candidates the opportunity to ask each other questions, soliciting gasps from the crowd of more than 1,500 at the Sydney Goldstein Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti asked Wiener why he was not supporting Proposition D, a measure on San Francisco’s June ballot that would place a surcharge on large corporations in which the top executive earns 100 times more than the company’s median employee. He framed the tax as a way to backfill funding from federal cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t stand up to your donors to fight Trump tax cuts now, how will you do that in Congress?” Chakrabarti asked Wiener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saikat Chakrabarti speaks during a debate with Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen. Scott Wiener, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Chan followed up, pressing Wiener on why the measure he wrote to authorize a regional tax to support BART, Muni and Caltrain took the form of a sales tax, instead of a tax on corporations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is it that when you have a chance to actually have a progressive taxation, a regional overpaid CEO tax, and yet you chose to actually go for a regional sales tax?” she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener responded that San Francisco’s downtown recovery was not moving along fast enough to warrant a new tax on large businesses. He framed his bill authorizing a sales tax vote on transit as a form of political pragmatism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and Supervisor Connie Chan, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we could have gone with a business tax, and it would not have passed the Legislature, and I’m pretty sure the governor would have vetoed it,” Wiener said. “We could have said let’s do a business tax, and the whole thing falls apart, or we could say, let’s do a sales tax, which can pass … and actually not have BART and Muni and Caltrain fall apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who was chief of staff to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, faced questions about his own participation in local elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti said he skipped some elections because he was not politically engaged when he first moved to the city, noting he voted in New York when campaigning for Ocasio-Cortez.[aside postID=news_12075071 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-36-BL_qed.jpg']Wiener dismissed Chakrabarti’s retort that Wiener’s supporters were amplifying the residency attacks in political mailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got my little tiny violin out because let’s be clear: Mr. Chakrabarti has spent more of his tech, hedge-fund money than everyone else combined, including outside campaigns,” Wiener said, referencing the $1.4 million Chakrabarti has contributed to his own campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The self-funding has allowed Chakrabarti to keep pace with Wiener, who has raised money for a potential congressional run for years, and ended 2025 with more than $2.7 million, according to campaign finance filings. Chan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064891/san-francisco-supervisor-connie-chan-runs-for-nancy-pelosis-congressional-seat\">entered the race\u003c/a> in November, leaving her with comparatively less — around $174,000, reported before the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan has represented the Richmond District on the Board of Supervisors since 2021. A progressive, Chan is known for her outspoken opposition to the board’s moderate majority on issues such as housing. Last year, she voted against Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” upzoning plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said Chan’s opposition to a rapid bus line on Geary Boulevard has slowed transit in her district. Chan said she supported a transit-only lane on the side of the street, but not the rapid line that would have run down the center of the street on an elevated platform, as on Van Ness Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pressed by the moderators on whether her strident opposition to several major initiatives should raise concerns about her ability to get things done, Chan said, “Government is not just about winning a vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078324\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Connie Chan speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and state Sen. Scott Wiener, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The debate, co-sponsored by KQED, City Arts & Lectures, the Commonwealth Club World Affairs and Manny’s, was the largest yet ahead of the June 2 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trio of candidates has emerged as the top contenders in an 11-candidate field vying to succeed Pelosi. The 86-year-old Democrat and former House speaker is not seeking reelection after holding the seat since 1987.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fireworks began early when candidates were asked whether the U.S. should rethink its relationship with Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069081/candidates-vying-for-nancy-pelosis-san-francisco-house-seat-hold-first-debate\">candidate forum\u003c/a> in January, Chan and Chakrabarti held up “yes” signs indicating they believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, while Wiener did not answer the question. The interaction went viral, and days later, Wiener \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069409/scott-wiener-pivots-after-congressional-forum-israel-has-committed-genocide-in-gaza\">changed course\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/2010464312792404192?s=20\">posted a video\u003c/a> on his social media saying Israeli attacks “qualifies as genocide.” He later resigned as co-chair of the state’s Legislative Jewish Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees listen as three leading candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat — Saikat Chakrabarti, Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen. Scott Wiener — debate at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, all three candidates described Israel’s actions as genocide and vowed to oppose future military spending for Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the candidates spoke, a woman in the crowd yelled that Wiener was promoting genocide, causing a halt in the debate while she was removed from the theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The top two finishers in the June primary, regardless of party, will advance to the general election. There are eight other candidates on the ballot, including attorney Marie Hurabiell and technology advocate Omed Hamid — both Democrats — along with Republicans David Ganezer, publisher of a Santa Monica newspaper, and Jingchao Xiong, a social management scientist and former state Senate candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchanges grew spiciest when moderators Scott Shafer and Sydney Johnson of KQED gave the candidates the opportunity to ask each other questions, soliciting gasps from the crowd of more than 1,500 at the Sydney Goldstein Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti asked Wiener why he was not supporting Proposition D, a measure on San Francisco’s June ballot that would place a surcharge on large corporations in which the top executive earns 100 times more than the company’s median employee. He framed the tax as a way to backfill funding from federal cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t stand up to your donors to fight Trump tax cuts now, how will you do that in Congress?” Chakrabarti asked Wiener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saikat Chakrabarti speaks during a debate with Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen. Scott Wiener, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Chan followed up, pressing Wiener on why the measure he wrote to authorize a regional tax to support BART, Muni and Caltrain took the form of a sales tax, instead of a tax on corporations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is it that when you have a chance to actually have a progressive taxation, a regional overpaid CEO tax, and yet you chose to actually go for a regional sales tax?” she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener responded that San Francisco’s downtown recovery was not moving along fast enough to warrant a new tax on large businesses. He framed his bill authorizing a sales tax vote on transit as a form of political pragmatism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and Supervisor Connie Chan, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we could have gone with a business tax, and it would not have passed the Legislature, and I’m pretty sure the governor would have vetoed it,” Wiener said. “We could have said let’s do a business tax, and the whole thing falls apart, or we could say, let’s do a sales tax, which can pass … and actually not have BART and Muni and Caltrain fall apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who was chief of staff to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, faced questions about his own participation in local elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti said he skipped some elections because he was not politically engaged when he first moved to the city, noting he voted in New York when campaigning for Ocasio-Cortez.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Wiener dismissed Chakrabarti’s retort that Wiener’s supporters were amplifying the residency attacks in political mailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got my little tiny violin out because let’s be clear: Mr. Chakrabarti has spent more of his tech, hedge-fund money than everyone else combined, including outside campaigns,” Wiener said, referencing the $1.4 million Chakrabarti has contributed to his own campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The self-funding has allowed Chakrabarti to keep pace with Wiener, who has raised money for a potential congressional run for years, and ended 2025 with more than $2.7 million, according to campaign finance filings. Chan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064891/san-francisco-supervisor-connie-chan-runs-for-nancy-pelosis-congressional-seat\">entered the race\u003c/a> in November, leaving her with comparatively less — around $174,000, reported before the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan has represented the Richmond District on the Board of Supervisors since 2021. A progressive, Chan is known for her outspoken opposition to the board’s moderate majority on issues such as housing. Last year, she voted against Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” upzoning plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said Chan’s opposition to a rapid bus line on Geary Boulevard has slowed transit in her district. Chan said she supported a transit-only lane on the side of the street, but not the rapid line that would have run down the center of the street on an elevated platform, as on Van Ness Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pressed by the moderators on whether her strident opposition to several major initiatives should raise concerns about her ability to get things done, Chan said, “Government is not just about winning a vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078324\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Connie Chan speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and state Sen. Scott Wiener, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The debate, co-sponsored by KQED, City Arts & Lectures, the Commonwealth Club World Affairs and Manny’s, was the largest yet ahead of the June 2 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trio of candidates has emerged as the top contenders in an 11-candidate field vying to succeed Pelosi. The 86-year-old Democrat and former House speaker is not seeking reelection after holding the seat since 1987.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fireworks began early when candidates were asked whether the U.S. should rethink its relationship with Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069081/candidates-vying-for-nancy-pelosis-san-francisco-house-seat-hold-first-debate\">candidate forum\u003c/a> in January, Chan and Chakrabarti held up “yes” signs indicating they believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, while Wiener did not answer the question. 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Supervisor Fielder is currently navigating a mental health condition and needs time and space to recover before making any major decisions,” said Sasha Gaona, chief of staff for Fielder’s office. “She wants to regain stable health so she can thoughtfully and responsibly consider her options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First elected in 2024, Fielder represents the Mission, Portola and Bernal Heights neighborhoods. She is widely viewed as the most progressive member of a Board of Supervisors that is dominated by moderate Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before announcing her medical leave, Fielder had been absent from multiple Board of Supervisors and committee meetings in the last month. The full board is currently on a spring recess and will not reconvene until April 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie released a statement wishing Fielder a speedy recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12073557 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a press conference on Feb. 13, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She is a dedicated advocate for her community,” Lurie said. “I am encouraging everyone to give her the time and space to get better so she can do that work fully, and I’m wishing her strength and all the best for her health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Fielder were to resign, Lurie would select her appointment, extending his influence over the Board of Supervisors. Rumors have already circulated about potential replacements and how Lurie could bring the board’s political tilt closer to the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be his third supervisorial appointment since he took office. In November, Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063157/lurie-names-29-year-old-isabella-beya-alcaraz-as-san-francisco-supervisor\">appointed Beya Alcaraz\u003c/a> to replace recalled Supervisor Joel Engardio in the Sunset District. But the young Filipina supervisor quickly resigned after reporting showed she had potentially attempted to skirt taxes for the pet shop she ran in the neighborhood. Lurie later \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065576/sf-mayor-lurie-appoints-city-college-trustee-alan-wong-as-sunset-district-supervisor\">appointed Alan Wong\u003c/a>, who is now running for a permanent seat to represent the westside district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielder, a Latina and indigenous woman, has been one of the most vocal supervisors opposing President Donald Trump’s agenda around issues such as immigration enforcement and federal funding cuts. She’s drawn a stark contrast to several of her more moderate colleagues and particularly Lurie, who has often refrained from speaking publicly about Trump.[aside postID=news_12061453 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250128-SFImmigration-25-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Jen Snyder, a progressive political strategist with Red Bridge Strategies, said District 9 voters would likely reject a moderate supervisor if Fielder resigns and Lurie has the opportunity to fill her seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“District 9 is progressive. And there is an army of volunteers and neighbors who will make sure that it remains that way regardless of what Jackie chooses to do,” Snyder said. “I’m positive that a big part of Jackie’s leave of absence will be considering what is best for her district, which she cares deeply for. But just a reminder that it wasn’t just Jackie that won. It was her unapologetically progressive platform that won an astounding majority of votes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Supervisor Aaron Peskin said he hopes that Fielder gets the help and support she needs, and ultimately that she chooses to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I respect any decision she makes. And I have every confidence that the sophisticated progressive voters of District 9 will ultimately, as they have for decades, will elect progressive supervisors no matter who the mayor should appoint,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, remarks poured in from community groups and political leaders across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Native community is sending you prayers during your healing. We look forward to you coming back to work soon to lead and protect our families in our community,” reads a statement from the American Indian Cultural Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand unequivocally with Supervisor Fielder and offer her our full support. We are holding her in our hearts and surrounding her with strength, care and deep respect, and we call on the community to do the same,” the Latino Task Force said in a statement. “We encourage her to prioritize her health and not feel pressure to make decisions about her role during an acute health crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051931 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks at an event celebrating the creation of a union by the workers at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation at Boeddeker Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fielder’s colleagues on the Board of Supervisors also wished her healing over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor Fielder has been a powerful leader on civil rights, immigration and for working people, and I’ve valued the chance to work with her and learn from her leadership on those issues,” Supervisor Bilal Mahmood said in a statement. “Whatever path she chooses, I know she will remain a fierce advocate for those communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Connie Chan, another progressive member of the board who is also running to represent San Francisco in Congress, said in a statement, “We will support Supervisor Fielder and her team during this time to make decisions that are in the best interest of Supervisor Fielder’s health and the people she represents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, a candidate for California’s 11th Congressional District, participates in a forum with other candidates at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a tough world we’re in, in terms of the political world, and it’s intense, it’s spirited, and there’s all that, but at the end of the day, there are real humans behind these decisions,” Supervisor Danny Sauter told KQED on Monday. “Supervisor Fielder is a good person who cares about her community, and I want her to take time to heal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielder’s staff said they would continue to meet with constituents during her medical leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On matters of her personal health, we respectfully ask the press to give her the privacy and space necessary for healing, and not to report on unsubstantiated rumors,” Fielder’s aides said in a statement. “We urge everyone to treat this situation with the same respect and sensitivity as they would if she were recovering from any other medical emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First elected in 2024, Fielder represents the Mission, Portola and Bernal Heights neighborhoods. She is widely viewed as the most progressive member of a Board of Supervisors that is dominated by moderate Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before announcing her medical leave, Fielder had been absent from multiple Board of Supervisors and committee meetings in the last month. The full board is currently on a spring recess and will not reconvene until April 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie released a statement wishing Fielder a speedy recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12073557 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a press conference on Feb. 13, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She is a dedicated advocate for her community,” Lurie said. “I am encouraging everyone to give her the time and space to get better so she can do that work fully, and I’m wishing her strength and all the best for her health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Fielder were to resign, Lurie would select her appointment, extending his influence over the Board of Supervisors. Rumors have already circulated about potential replacements and how Lurie could bring the board’s political tilt closer to the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be his third supervisorial appointment since he took office. In November, Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063157/lurie-names-29-year-old-isabella-beya-alcaraz-as-san-francisco-supervisor\">appointed Beya Alcaraz\u003c/a> to replace recalled Supervisor Joel Engardio in the Sunset District. But the young Filipina supervisor quickly resigned after reporting showed she had potentially attempted to skirt taxes for the pet shop she ran in the neighborhood. Lurie later \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065576/sf-mayor-lurie-appoints-city-college-trustee-alan-wong-as-sunset-district-supervisor\">appointed Alan Wong\u003c/a>, who is now running for a permanent seat to represent the westside district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielder, a Latina and indigenous woman, has been one of the most vocal supervisors opposing President Donald Trump’s agenda around issues such as immigration enforcement and federal funding cuts. She’s drawn a stark contrast to several of her more moderate colleagues and particularly Lurie, who has often refrained from speaking publicly about Trump.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And I have every confidence that the sophisticated progressive voters of District 9 will ultimately, as they have for decades, will elect progressive supervisors no matter who the mayor should appoint,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, remarks poured in from community groups and political leaders across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Native community is sending you prayers during your healing. We look forward to you coming back to work soon to lead and protect our families in our community,” reads a statement from the American Indian Cultural Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand unequivocally with Supervisor Fielder and offer her our full support. We are holding her in our hearts and surrounding her with strength, care and deep respect, and we call on the community to do the same,” the Latino Task Force said in a statement. “We encourage her to prioritize her health and not feel pressure to make decisions about her role during an acute health crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051931 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks at an event celebrating the creation of a union by the workers at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation at Boeddeker Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fielder’s colleagues on the Board of Supervisors also wished her healing over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor Fielder has been a powerful leader on civil rights, immigration and for working people, and I’ve valued the chance to work with her and learn from her leadership on those issues,” Supervisor Bilal Mahmood said in a statement. “Whatever path she chooses, I know she will remain a fierce advocate for those communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Connie Chan, another progressive member of the board who is also running to represent San Francisco in Congress, said in a statement, “We will support Supervisor Fielder and her team during this time to make decisions that are in the best interest of Supervisor Fielder’s health and the people she represents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, a candidate for California’s 11th Congressional District, participates in a forum with other candidates at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a tough world we’re in, in terms of the political world, and it’s intense, it’s spirited, and there’s all that, but at the end of the day, there are real humans behind these decisions,” Supervisor Danny Sauter told KQED on Monday. “Supervisor Fielder is a good person who cares about her community, and I want her to take time to heal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielder’s staff said they would continue to meet with constituents during her medical leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On matters of her personal health, we respectfully ask the press to give her the privacy and space necessary for healing, and not to report on unsubstantiated rumors,” Fielder’s aides said in a statement. “We urge everyone to treat this situation with the same respect and sensitivity as they would if she were recovering from any other medical emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In the fall, the city’s public ethics watchdogs revealed Davis accepted flight upgrades, vacation rentals, support for personal business ventures, a portrait of herself and other gifts totaling nearly $40,000 from nonprofits that received large contracts and payments from the HRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the scandal, more than 30 arts and culture organizations were left in the lurch after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974119/city-of-san-francisco-cancels-14-million-in-dream-keeper-initiative-funding\">city canceled their funding\u003c/a> last spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is certainly a lesson for the city that there has to be an infrastructure of checks and balances to ensure that things like this don’t happen,” Jenkins said Monday, adding that her office’s investigation into Davis and Spingola is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Brass, Davis’ attorney, said he had “a lot of questions” to be answered during the discovery phase, adding that Davis had disclosed her relationship with Collective Impact and had sought oversight and resources from the city attorney’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city recruited somebody from Collective Impact to run the city department, and then now we’re shocked that she had conflicts of interest with Collective Impact. 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Spring is here. It feels like summer is here too. How have you all been dealing with the heat wave and also allergies?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:01:37] Oh my God. I feel like I’m so annoying in our morning meetings when it’s like, Oh, how are we all doing? And I’m like, Oh, my allergies are still bad, but they have been really bad. I feel two different ways about the heat. On the one hand, I feel grateful. The same day it was 75 degrees Fahrenheit and the Outer Sunset, our niece in Illinois had a snow day. So yeah, not a lot to complain about, but also as a lifelong Zyrtec taker, no free ads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:02:05] Zyrtec life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:02:05] Yeah. This is It’s been one of the worst allergy seasons I can remember in a very, very long time. I’m just sneezing and blowing my nose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:12] Yeah. And I don’t think you’re the only one either. I went to the doctor maybe like a few weeks ago and my doctor looked at my nose and was like, you’re like the only person who’s walked in here who has not had bad allergies this year. It’s really, really bad this year, have you been struggling at all Alex? You look, you look great.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:02:30] I have no allergy issues whatsoever, the kinds that you’re describing, but you know, my partner does, and so we have the Allegra and Claritin all at home and stocked up. 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Phones and emails were finally restored on Friday, but the city was still working to get other functions back online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:03:38] So when we say ransomware attack and Foster City’s networks being down, what does that mean exactly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:45] So employees woke up in the early mornings of March 19th to find that there was a cybersecurity breach on their systems. And basically everything outside of their emergency response system was completely inoperable. There’s now an investigation into just how bad this breach is, but they really have very limited information. They did say that it’s possible that some public information may have been breached as part of this ransomware attack. And they did say that anyone who’s actually done business with the city of Foster City should change their personal passwords and take any measures to protect their personal data just out of abundance of caution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:04:33] So like, if I understand this correctly, everything just went to like a grinding halt. Like, I mean…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:38] I mean, the city said that if you contacted them while their phones and emails were down, that they basically wouldn’t be able to respond until they were back online. City Hall has remained open this whole time, but basically with limited services available. For example, the system that’s used to track like permitting in the city is totally frozen. I also saw on their Facebook page that things like Summer activity registration for the city’s Parks and Recs Department is delayed because of this system-wide outage, though the city has said that emergency services, 911 calls are completely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:05:19] You mentioned earlier that the city declared a state of emergency. What does that do exactly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:25] The state of emergency allows Foster City to basically breeze past all the regular city procedures that it takes to buy stuff, especially the necessary equipment and supplies that they need to deal with this attack and to basically solve the issue. And it also opens the door for any sort of financial support from outside agencies as well. KQED actually was a victim of a very similar ransomware attack back in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:05:59] Were you here then?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:00] I was, I was here very, very briefly, I think at the very, very start. So I didn’t really deal with the months and months of absolute chaos in the KQD newsroom. But I mean, folks were like using hotspots on their cell phones. It was a crazy time. They were MacGyvering all these ways to keep. The radio going and I think most folks probably didn’t even notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:06:26] And I also read that as this foster city ransomware attack happened, there’s like a big cybersecurity conference in San Francisco at Moscone, like literally happening right around the same time. So you have basically a lot of expertise here in the city that maybe could have headed over there too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:52] And that is it for my story. We’re gonna take a quick break, but when we come back, a rare verdict in a case against social media companies and their impact on mental health, and can San Francisco’s small clubs survive? Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:16] And we’re back with The Bay’s monthly news roundup where we talk about some of the other stories we’ve been following this month. By the way, if you wanna help support shows like The Bay and the kind of work that we’re doing, make sure to go to kqed.org slash donate. And Alan Montecillo, our senior editor from The Bay, what story did you bring today?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:07:39] Well, it’s a big accountability story for Silicon Valley. A California jury on Wednesday found Meta and Google liable for the depression and anxiety of a 20-year-old woman who says she used these social media apps, specifically YouTube and Instagram, as a small child. They awarded her $6 million. On top of that, this actually comes on the heels of a different trial in New Mexico where Meta was ordered to pay $375 million for not protecting young users from child predators. So… One of the reasons this is significant is I think this is a rare moment of, you know, potential accountability for these companies. And some are wondering whether this could be sort of a so-called big tobacco moment for big tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:22] Yeah, Alan, I mean, what was this trial like? What did the people representing this young woman say?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:08:29] The main plaintiff in this California trial was a woman who went by the name of Kaylee. She’s now, like I said, 20 years old. She says she started using Instagram when she was 11, which by the way is against meta terms of service. You’re supposed to be 13 or older to use Instagram. She says, she suffered depression, anxiety, body image issues, and specifically that there were features with these apps like infinite scroll and video autoplay that played a in causing her to become addicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:08:56] To these platforms. Partly what’s interesting about this case, right, is like how they went about this legally, like what arguments they made, because I think you, for a long time, there was some law that prevented going after the product specifically, but here they tried to go about this in a different way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:09:14] Way, right? Yes, you’re right. The strategy is really one of the reasons why some folks are saying this could be a turning point. So you can’t really hold companies legally liable for the content that people post on their platforms. It’s a federal law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. So instead, the plaintiff here and potentially others as well are saying, you all, social media companies are essentially manufacturers of a defective product that is addictive. And harms people, especially young people. And furthermore, that you knew that. They showed internal documents from Meta in which Mark Zuckerberg and other executives talked about how they were trying to attract young people, one document said, quote, if we want to win big with teens, we must bring them in as tweens. Another memo internally showed that 11 year olds were much more likely to keep coming back to Instagram compared with other apps, even though you’re supposed to be 13. So, I think… It’s more about the public health angle and stating a case that these products themselves are designed to be addictive. That’s why the analogies to big tobacco are being drawn here. This is what one of the lawyers in the California trial, Marc Lanier, said after the verdict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marc Lanier \u003c/strong>[00:10:27] We’ve sent a message with this, that you will be held accountable just because of the features alone that drive addiction. That’s a huge message for these companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:38] I mean, I can think of so many people in my personal life who say, like, I need to take a break from Instagram. It is not good for my mental health. I mean I’ve taken a break from Instagram myself before. But what is the argument on the other side that the tech companies were making in this trial?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:10:57] Well, Meta and Google plan to appeal this decision in California. They say they’ve put in plenty of protections in their products for young people. Metta, and Google also say that there are all kinds of reasons why young people, including the plaintiff, have mental health challenges and that it’s unfair to basically single out social media companies like them as the main cause of it. And Ashly Davis, a spokesperson for Meta. Essentially said as much after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ashly Davis \u003c/strong>[00:11:29] Teen mental health is profoundly complex and cannot be linked to a single app. We will continue to defend ourselves vigorously as every case is different and we remain confident in our record of protecting teens online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:11:44] There’s also a Google spokesperson, Jose Castañeda, who said, quote, this case misunderstands YouTube. Remember, this is YouTube and Instagram, who are kind of on the hook here, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site. So look, I mean, these companies have a lot of money. They have a lotta lawyers. This is an ultimate defeat for them by any means, but it is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:12:04] So Alan, one of the interesting details about this trial was this jar of M&M’s. Can you talk more about that? Cause it’s kind of, it’s fascinating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:12:13] Yeah, Marc Lanier, the lawyer I mentioned earlier, showed the jury a jar full of M&M’s and said that each piece of candy represented a billion dollars that Metta was worth, which kind of brings us to the six million dollar figure that the companies now owe. You could take it a couple different ways. One is like, look, Mark Zuckerberg made more than six million dollars by like the end of this sentence, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:37] Drop in the bucket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:12:38] Drop in the bucket. An M&M. Right. An M& M in the Bucket. Yeah. It’s not a lot of money, but when you think about all the people who use social media and the fact that this is $6 million in damages for one plaintiff, you add that up, it could be a slightly larger drop in the buckets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:12:54] I think this could be a bellwether case, right? This could set some precedent, right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:12:58] Well, I think it literally is a Bellwether case. It’s tied to about 2,000 other pending lawsuits that are brought by parents and school districts. And in fact, this summer there will be a federal trial in the Northern District of California with a series of claims made by parents and school district. So lots of people were watching this. I mean, there were parents outside the courthouse whose kids had taken their own lives and they, you know, in part blame social media. Many people had to testify in this trial, including Mark Zuckerberg himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:13:27] No, there have been reports of young people themselves saying they’re like trying to go phone-less, right, and like getting rid of it. There’s that song by Lorde where she throws the cell phone in the water. And I feel like there’s this sense of in the air that young people themselves recognize that tech companies are maybe doing things that, you know, not responsibly done, or you’re not totally aware of, like, your relationship to this tech could be something that I need to change myself. There’s more ownership of our relationship to technology than maybe when we were kind of first starting to use Facebook, where we were just like, wow, this is so cool, a website where we can connect with people. And it feels like we’re light years ahead of where… That place is right now for all kinds of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:14:10] I mean, you even see there’s some phone-free school districts, you know, and the results from that can be hit or miss, but what are the other vectors of this feeling that maybe this isn’t great for us?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:23] Such an interesting story, Alan, thank you so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:14:26] You’re very welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:29] And last but not least, Alex Gonzalez, editor at KQED, very curious what story you’ve brought for us today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:14:37] Yeah, so this comes from our colleague, Nastia Voynovskaya, and her question for this story is, can San Francisco small clubs survive?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:14:48] Yeah, I mean, how are San Francisco Small Gloves doing? I feel like I thought about this a lot in the immediate post-pandemic economic recovery phase, I guess, when places were fully opened and we were wondering, oh, are we all going to things?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:15:04] Yeah, you’re totally right. So I think that’s kind of part of what’s happening here. So this was kind of came about from an industry summit during San Francisco’s music week. So it’s kind an insidery thing, but one of the main points that Nastia brings up in this story is, you know, kind of the concern for the health of the local music ecosystem. And specifically these places categorized as like independent music venues. So these are your lay. You know, in San Francisco, Thee Parkside, Bottom of the Hill. But these also happen to be two venues that are gonna be closing this year. And it’s part of this larger trend that was reported on by this trade association recently that said just around a third of these kind of independent music venues are actually profitable. Even though that same report said that they generated billions of dollars for the nation’s economy, then this tension is really What I found interesting and what, Alan, you just brought up about kind of where we are. Six years now this month from the COVID-19 lockdowns, right? Can you believe it? Six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:11] I was just going to say this actually reminds me of a story that we worked on on the Bay about small local theaters around the Bay Area very similarly struggling with getting people to come back to their theaters post pandemic and closing as a result because of that sort of behavior shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:16:31] That behavior change has been difficult for a lot of folks to sort of get away from, right? We’re just, the competition is the couch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:16:38] Powerful competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:16:39] It’s powerful competition, right? Because you think, what’s going to motivate me to drive to a place, to pay for an expensive ticket, to then you maybe want to partake in a drink. Those drinks are expensive, right. So then that’s kind of what makes this really interesting is that you have all of these structural things, but at the same time, this component of human behavior all coming together when you think about a small independent music venue. It’s like really interesting how we. How there’s an ecosystem around it. If we have fewer of these places that are allowing up and coming acts to give them a chance to do, to showcase their art and also to make money off of what they’re doing, right? To sort of see a career around this, we’re losing that like platform for interesting talent, for new talent to sort of then maybe make it big, right, or find an audience even, right. And let’s not even talk about becoming the next, you know, pop star here. It’s just like. Making it as an artist too, that’s also kind of at play here, just in the way that actors and producers and playwrights want to make it work in a local theater, because if not, then we’re just going to have Marvel the musical. Right. 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So one of the panelist like pitched the idea of like putting a dollar for every ticket sold at a corporate backed concert into like this recovery fund. And then dividing that up among smaller venues, which is kind of interesting, right, that a dollar even can potentially go a really long way. There are things too that artists themselves can do. They can maybe try to push back, you know, push back their agents telling, you know who maybe wanna push them to more profitable venues or places where they’re gonna sell out more tickets and actually say, hey, we actually wanna perform at a bottom of the hill kind of a place, right? And then finally, we the fans, right. 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How have you all been dealing with the heat wave and also allergies?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:01:37] Oh my God. I feel like I’m so annoying in our morning meetings when it’s like, Oh, how are we all doing? And I’m like, Oh, my allergies are still bad, but they have been really bad. I feel two different ways about the heat. On the one hand, I feel grateful. The same day it was 75 degrees Fahrenheit and the Outer Sunset, our niece in Illinois had a snow day. So yeah, not a lot to complain about, but also as a lifelong Zyrtec taker, no free ads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:02:05] Zyrtec life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:02:05] Yeah. This is It’s been one of the worst allergy seasons I can remember in a very, very long time. I’m just sneezing and blowing my nose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:12] Yeah. And I don’t think you’re the only one either. I went to the doctor maybe like a few weeks ago and my doctor looked at my nose and was like, you’re like the only person who’s walked in here who has not had bad allergies this year. It’s really, really bad this year, have you been struggling at all Alex? You look, you look great.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:02:30] I have no allergy issues whatsoever, the kinds that you’re describing, but you know, my partner does, and so we have the Allegra and Claritin all at home and stocked up. 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I also saw on their Facebook page that things like Summer activity registration for the city’s Parks and Recs Department is delayed because of this system-wide outage, though the city has said that emergency services, 911 calls are completely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:05:19] You mentioned earlier that the city declared a state of emergency. What does that do exactly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:25] The state of emergency allows Foster City to basically breeze past all the regular city procedures that it takes to buy stuff, especially the necessary equipment and supplies that they need to deal with this attack and to basically solve the issue. And it also opens the door for any sort of financial support from outside agencies as well. 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So you have basically a lot of expertise here in the city that maybe could have headed over there too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:52] And that is it for my story. We’re gonna take a quick break, but when we come back, a rare verdict in a case against social media companies and their impact on mental health, and can San Francisco’s small clubs survive? Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:16] And we’re back with The Bay’s monthly news roundup where we talk about some of the other stories we’ve been following this month. By the way, if you wanna help support shows like The Bay and the kind of work that we’re doing, make sure to go to kqed.org slash donate. And Alan Montecillo, our senior editor from The Bay, what story did you bring today?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:07:39] Well, it’s a big accountability story for Silicon Valley. A California jury on Wednesday found Meta and Google liable for the depression and anxiety of a 20-year-old woman who says she used these social media apps, specifically YouTube and Instagram, as a small child. They awarded her $6 million. On top of that, this actually comes on the heels of a different trial in New Mexico where Meta was ordered to pay $375 million for not protecting young users from child predators. So… One of the reasons this is significant is I think this is a rare moment of, you know, potential accountability for these companies. And some are wondering whether this could be sort of a so-called big tobacco moment for big tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:22] Yeah, Alan, I mean, what was this trial like? What did the people representing this young woman say?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:08:29] The main plaintiff in this California trial was a woman who went by the name of Kaylee. She’s now, like I said, 20 years old. She says she started using Instagram when she was 11, which by the way is against meta terms of service. You’re supposed to be 13 or older to use Instagram. She says, she suffered depression, anxiety, body image issues, and specifically that there were features with these apps like infinite scroll and video autoplay that played a in causing her to become addicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:08:56] To these platforms. Partly what’s interesting about this case, right, is like how they went about this legally, like what arguments they made, because I think you, for a long time, there was some law that prevented going after the product specifically, but here they tried to go about this in a different way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:09:14] Way, right? Yes, you’re right. The strategy is really one of the reasons why some folks are saying this could be a turning point. So you can’t really hold companies legally liable for the content that people post on their platforms. It’s a federal law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. So instead, the plaintiff here and potentially others as well are saying, you all, social media companies are essentially manufacturers of a defective product that is addictive. And harms people, especially young people. And furthermore, that you knew that. They showed internal documents from Meta in which Mark Zuckerberg and other executives talked about how they were trying to attract young people, one document said, quote, if we want to win big with teens, we must bring them in as tweens. Another memo internally showed that 11 year olds were much more likely to keep coming back to Instagram compared with other apps, even though you’re supposed to be 13. So, I think… It’s more about the public health angle and stating a case that these products themselves are designed to be addictive. That’s why the analogies to big tobacco are being drawn here. This is what one of the lawyers in the California trial, Marc Lanier, said after the verdict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marc Lanier \u003c/strong>[00:10:27] We’ve sent a message with this, that you will be held accountable just because of the features alone that drive addiction. That’s a huge message for these companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:38] I mean, I can think of so many people in my personal life who say, like, I need to take a break from Instagram. It is not good for my mental health. I mean I’ve taken a break from Instagram myself before. But what is the argument on the other side that the tech companies were making in this trial?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:10:57] Well, Meta and Google plan to appeal this decision in California. They say they’ve put in plenty of protections in their products for young people. Metta, and Google also say that there are all kinds of reasons why young people, including the plaintiff, have mental health challenges and that it’s unfair to basically single out social media companies like them as the main cause of it. And Ashly Davis, a spokesperson for Meta. Essentially said as much after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ashly Davis \u003c/strong>[00:11:29] Teen mental health is profoundly complex and cannot be linked to a single app. We will continue to defend ourselves vigorously as every case is different and we remain confident in our record of protecting teens online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:11:44] There’s also a Google spokesperson, Jose Castañeda, who said, quote, this case misunderstands YouTube. Remember, this is YouTube and Instagram, who are kind of on the hook here, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site. So look, I mean, these companies have a lot of money. They have a lotta lawyers. This is an ultimate defeat for them by any means, but it is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:12:04] So Alan, one of the interesting details about this trial was this jar of M&M’s. Can you talk more about that? Cause it’s kind of, it’s fascinating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:12:13] Yeah, Marc Lanier, the lawyer I mentioned earlier, showed the jury a jar full of M&M’s and said that each piece of candy represented a billion dollars that Metta was worth, which kind of brings us to the six million dollar figure that the companies now owe. You could take it a couple different ways. One is like, look, Mark Zuckerberg made more than six million dollars by like the end of this sentence, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:37] Drop in the bucket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:12:38] Drop in the bucket. An M&M. Right. An M& M in the Bucket. Yeah. It’s not a lot of money, but when you think about all the people who use social media and the fact that this is $6 million in damages for one plaintiff, you add that up, it could be a slightly larger drop in the buckets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:12:54] I think this could be a bellwether case, right? This could set some precedent, right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:12:58] Well, I think it literally is a Bellwether case. It’s tied to about 2,000 other pending lawsuits that are brought by parents and school districts. And in fact, this summer there will be a federal trial in the Northern District of California with a series of claims made by parents and school district. So lots of people were watching this. I mean, there were parents outside the courthouse whose kids had taken their own lives and they, you know, in part blame social media. Many people had to testify in this trial, including Mark Zuckerberg himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:13:27] No, there have been reports of young people themselves saying they’re like trying to go phone-less, right, and like getting rid of it. There’s that song by Lorde where she throws the cell phone in the water. And I feel like there’s this sense of in the air that young people themselves recognize that tech companies are maybe doing things that, you know, not responsibly done, or you’re not totally aware of, like, your relationship to this tech could be something that I need to change myself. There’s more ownership of our relationship to technology than maybe when we were kind of first starting to use Facebook, where we were just like, wow, this is so cool, a website where we can connect with people. And it feels like we’re light years ahead of where… That place is right now for all kinds of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:14:10] I mean, you even see there’s some phone-free school districts, you know, and the results from that can be hit or miss, but what are the other vectors of this feeling that maybe this isn’t great for us?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:23] Such an interesting story, Alan, thank you so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:14:26] You’re very welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:29] And last but not least, Alex Gonzalez, editor at KQED, very curious what story you’ve brought for us today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:14:37] Yeah, so this comes from our colleague, Nastia Voynovskaya, and her question for this story is, can San Francisco small clubs survive?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:14:48] Yeah, I mean, how are San Francisco Small Gloves doing? I feel like I thought about this a lot in the immediate post-pandemic economic recovery phase, I guess, when places were fully opened and we were wondering, oh, are we all going to things?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:15:04] Yeah, you’re totally right. So I think that’s kind of part of what’s happening here. So this was kind of came about from an industry summit during San Francisco’s music week. So it’s kind an insidery thing, but one of the main points that Nastia brings up in this story is, you know, kind of the concern for the health of the local music ecosystem. And specifically these places categorized as like independent music venues. So these are your lay. You know, in San Francisco, Thee Parkside, Bottom of the Hill. But these also happen to be two venues that are gonna be closing this year. And it’s part of this larger trend that was reported on by this trade association recently that said just around a third of these kind of independent music venues are actually profitable. Even though that same report said that they generated billions of dollars for the nation’s economy, then this tension is really What I found interesting and what, Alan, you just brought up about kind of where we are. Six years now this month from the COVID-19 lockdowns, right? Can you believe it? Six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:11] I was just going to say this actually reminds me of a story that we worked on on the Bay about small local theaters around the Bay Area very similarly struggling with getting people to come back to their theaters post pandemic and closing as a result because of that sort of behavior shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:16:31] That behavior change has been difficult for a lot of folks to sort of get away from, right? We’re just, the competition is the couch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:16:38] Powerful competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:16:39] It’s powerful competition, right? Because you think, what’s going to motivate me to drive to a place, to pay for an expensive ticket, to then you maybe want to partake in a drink. Those drinks are expensive, right. So then that’s kind of what makes this really interesting is that you have all of these structural things, but at the same time, this component of human behavior all coming together when you think about a small independent music venue. It’s like really interesting how we. How there’s an ecosystem around it. If we have fewer of these places that are allowing up and coming acts to give them a chance to do, to showcase their art and also to make money off of what they’re doing, right? To sort of see a career around this, we’re losing that like platform for interesting talent, for new talent to sort of then maybe make it big, right, or find an audience even, right. And let’s not even talk about becoming the next, you know, pop star here. It’s just like. Making it as an artist too, that’s also kind of at play here, just in the way that actors and producers and playwrights want to make it work in a local theater, because if not, then we’re just going to have Marvel the musical. Right. That probably exists. There is a Spider-Man the musical actually. Yeah, that exists. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:17:54] That’s crazy, I did not know that. Yeah, very similarly to this local theater story. It’s like you’re losing this whole part of the pipeline for local artists to make it big.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:18:08] So what’s the move here? I mean, there’s these sort of structural, very high semi-fixed costs that all of these businesses are facing, and then there’s also the consumer behavior side of it. What do we do about it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Gonzalez \u003c/strong>[00:18:19] So this is kind of the interesting thing that our colleague Nastia brings up in this story and that she reported on in that some of the panelists at this industry summit were suggesting like kind of recreating a version of the recovery fund that we saw during the COVID lockdowns for artists. So one of the panelist like pitched the idea of like putting a dollar for every ticket sold at a corporate backed concert into like this recovery fund. And then dividing that up among smaller venues, which is kind of interesting, right, that a dollar even can potentially go a really long way. There are things too that artists themselves can do. They can maybe try to push back, you know, push back their agents telling, you know who maybe wanna push them to more profitable venues or places where they’re gonna sell out more tickets and actually say, hey, we actually wanna perform at a bottom of the hill kind of a place, right? And then finally, we the fans, right. We just have to leave the couch, which is… Very challenging i know, but if you do go out there and support these places then that can that can also be an avenue too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:19:23] I mean, it is kind of a relief to know that I have some agency in helping to solve this problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-rv-permit-homelessness-impacts/\">\u003cem>published\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> by El Tecolote.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/rvs\">San Francisco’s RV permit\u003c/a> promised stability. For Miguel Mercado, it delivered the opposite. Last week, after the RV was turned over to the city, Mercado started sleeping on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For almost three years, the 58-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant had lived inside a friend’s RV without paying rent. In exchange, he helped with repairs, kept it clean and pushed it down the block at midnight each Sunday to avoid street-sweeping tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That fragile arrangement has now unraveled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/rv-permit-large-vehicles-san-francisco/\">imposed\u003c/a> a two-hour parking limit citywide for oversized vehicles in an effort to reduce the number of RVs used as shelters. Residents who could prove they had been living in the city in May 2025 were granted temporary exemptions through the Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077851\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12077851 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado hangs the keys to his home on a key holder inside his RV in the Mission District on Feb. 12, 2026. He has lived here for two years, but now faces eviction after his housemate enrolled their RV in the city’s vehicle buyback program, meaning it will be sold and destroyed. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/strategy-to-address-vehicular-homelessness-and-restore-public-spaces\">City officials said\u003c/a> the program would stabilize vehicle residents while restoring public space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie claims it is producing results. He recently \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/san-franciscos-quarterly-homelessness-data-shows-record-lows-3rd-time-daniel-lurie-took-office/18675815/\">announced\u003c/a> that the number of RVs in San Francisco has dropped about 20% since December, falling from 462 vehicles to 374 in February, while 67 vehicle households have moved from RVs into housing or shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But early results show a stark imbalance: since enforcement began in November 2025, the city has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/large--vehicle--program--outcomes\">towed 159 RVs\u003c/a> under the ordinance and another 194 for other reasons — more than five times the number of households placed into housing through the permit program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077852\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado poses for a portrait in front of the RV he called home for nearly three years, moments before city staff arrived to tow and destroy it on March 9, 2026. He moved into the RV after finding no other refuge as an immigrant with an asylum case. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Months into enforcement, residents say that while the program offers relief to some, it is pushing others into deeper instability through denials, displacement and mounting fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Collateral displacement\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Without the RV, Mercado said, he has nowhere left to sleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The RV’s owner, who lives in the vehicle with him, qualified for housing through the LVRP permit and opted into the city’s large vehicle buyback program. Mercado said outreach workers communicated only with the registered owner during the permit rollout, and they never contacted him or offered him housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result: his friend got a studio apartment with his wife. Mercado got the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado packs his belongings before city staff arrives to tow his RV on March 9, 2026. Not knowing where he will sleep next, he gets rid of most of his things, even giving his bed to a neighbor who sleeps in a van. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know what I can do. That’s the concern of the immigrant,” Mercado said. “I’ll figure it out. I do wish him the best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The permit system is largely tied to vehicle registration, meaning assistance often goes to the person who appears on the title, not necessarily the person sleeping inside the RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applicants were required to provide documents such as vehicle registration in their name, insurance, towing records and vehicle purchase, requirements that can exclude secondary occupants like Mercado.[aside postID=news_12043940 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/07312024-RVRESIDENTSWINSTON-ET-PU-22-KQED.jpg']A city official, speaking on background, said permits are intended for the people living in the RV but acknowledged that assistance depends on outreach teams knowing those occupants exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they’re not known to city outreach teams… that is going to have an effect on them,” the official said. Mercado’s case illustrates this program gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The official added that the purpose of the buyback program is to buy RVs that people are living in, “not to buy back RVs from owners who are not living in them.” But without a system to track who actually sleeps inside, that distinction can be lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Emergency Management did not provide data on how many people may be living in vehicles they do not own, nor did they clarify what options exist for secondary occupants once a registered owner exits the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mercado, the consequence is immediate: he has no roof over his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the RV, he said, memories of his early days in the U.S. resurface: standing in the rain with only his passport after his belongings were confiscated at the border and sleeping on the streets after exiting the immigration detention center, while battling pneumonia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado helps his housemate, Armando, clear out the RV they shared for years on March 9, 2026. Armando qualified for housing through the city’s LVRP program. Mercado did not. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, as the program has ended for him, he fears reliving it all over again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They make it difficult, even when one wants to better oneself and not be a burden,” Mercado said. “The immigrant doesn’t want to be a burden. But they become a burden. Why?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, he sleeps in a broken-down car borrowed from a friend in El Sobrante — in another city and county, another life he didn’t choose.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A promise of housing, a return to temporary shelter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Katia S., who recently gave birth to her first child, believed the permit program would provide her family with a lasting housing opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After repeatedly being \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-rv-permit-denied/\">denied\u003c/a> a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit despite submitting documentation, she and her husband were later placed in a hotel for 90 days in December, after\u003cem> El Tecolote\u003c/em>’s reporting on allegations that a Homeless Outreach Team worker sold \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/rv-permit-cash-scam/\">permits for cash\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado, 58, holds his Nicaraguan passport, one of the few things that he carried throughout his migration journey, in San Francisco, Calif., on Dec. 8, 2025. Mercado, who has lived in a friend’s RV, will once again be out on the street with very few resources available to him. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Katia said an outreach worker named Alejandra made her a clear promise: stay at the hotel, and then you will qualify for an apartment. “When two or three months pass, we’re going to place you in a permanent place,” she recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katia said she was also told that giving up the RV would help her qualify for permanent housing through the LVRP program and its buyback option. Instead, the same day they moved into the hotel — Dec. 19 — the vehicle was towed. The family has since been unable to locate it and retrieve all their personal belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three days later, on Dec. 23, Katia gave birth to her son via emergency C-section. “The baby was tangled in the cord,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1973px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077858\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1973\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1.jpeg 1973w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1973px) 100vw, 1973px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathia Z., 30, who was eight months pregnant, holds Yerservi M.’s hand on her belly outside their RV in San Francisco’s Bayview–Hunters Point neighborhood on Nov. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 19, Katia, her husband and their newborn were moved into another shelter run by Compass, where they could remain for another 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Katia recently asked her social worker about transitioning to permanent housing, the answer was bleak. She was told that permanent placements are now largely reserved for people with disabilities, serious illnesses, or addictions. For her family, a permanent home was “very unlikely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contrast with other RV families is stark. Katia said she knows of another family who, through the program, had their RV paid off and were placed in a home for two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why not us?” she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer, she was told, lies in the scam she never asked to be part of. When Katia pressed for more help from the city, her outreach worker told her they no longer qualified for certain programs because they had obtained an “illegal sticker.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1987px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1987\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1.jpeg 1987w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1-160x106.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1987px) 100vw, 1987px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Millsaps, an investigator with the City Attorney’s Office, and Eric Karsseboom, an inspector with the District Attorney’s Office, speak with Yerservi M. about a Homeless Outreach Team worker accused of illegally selling him a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit in San Francisco on Dec. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the scams continue. The Coalition on Homelessness said it recently received another call from an RV resident, reporting that a permit was offered to him for cash. While the Homeless Outreach Team worker was fired, it appears concerns about fraud persist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing acknowledged the allegation against the HOT outreach worker and said it is “committed to maintaining the utmost integrity” of the permitting process. However, the department did not respond to questions about the most recent scam report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Katia’s family, reporting the fraud changed nothing. They remain in limbo, caught in the fallout of the alleged scam, still waiting for the stability that they were promised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I asked to at least return the RV, or help me find something stable,” Katia said to her outreach worker. “I’m thinking, ‘do we have to leave San Francisco?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her family’s case highlights one of the key tensions in the rollout: while the permit program is designed to transition residents out of vehicular homelessness, some families say they have instead cycled through temporary placements without securing long-term stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12077883 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado walks out of the United States Appraisers Building at 630 Sansome Street, after his annual immigration check-in on Jan. 27, 2026. Fearful that he was going to be detained, Mercado becomes emotional and wipes away his tears after walking out of his appointment. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials stress that the permit program is not the only gateway to assistance. “The permit is not a prerequisite to receive services,” said Jackie Thornhill, communications manager for the Department of Emergency Management. Anyone experiencing homelessness is “still eligible to engage with city outreach workers,” receive problem-solving assistance, and potentially shelter or housing placement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as \u003cem>El Tecolote’s\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-housing-homeless-families/\">reporting\u003c/a> has documented, eligibility is far from a guarantee. According to city data, from July 2024 to May 2025, 1,826 families were assessed for rental support. Only 30 — less than 1.6% — were placed into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Katia’s family, that math means the promise of stability remains just out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mounting fines and towing push residents to the brink\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For residents who remain outside the permit system, the two-hour rule has translated into mounting fines and repeated towing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Kauffman, 70, vividly remembers a parking control officer telling him, “We’re going to come get you tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, keeps his belongings in his van where he sleeps, in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2026. Kauffman has been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, and has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard and pay $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The next day, his RV was towed, requiring two trucks to haul it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kauffman has three vehicles: two RVs and a shuttle bus. All have mechanical issues except the bus, but all are registered under his name and paid off, he said. Thieves have repeatedly tried breaking into the vehicles, damaging ignition systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since enforcement began, Kauffman said he spent roughly $4,000 on impound and towing fees. Even with a low-income waiver, he pays just over $100 per impound, plus approximately $700 to transport the vehicle back to its parking spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citywide, the two-hour ordinance has generated 599 citations at $108 each, which is worth $64,692, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/large--vehicle--program--outcomes\">public dashboard.\u003c/a> But that figure captures only one slice of enforcement.[aside postID=news_12062202 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RV1-scaled.jpg']From November to Feb. 12, San Francisco towed 194 RVs for expired registration and violation of the 72-hour rule. Nearly 40% of all tows were for registration issues alone, paving another way for the city to clear RVs from its streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kauffman said he was only able to secure one permit sticker. Because the city issues one permit per vehicle and does not allow multiple permits for one person, his friend, an 80-year-old mechanic with memory issues, was displaced from one of the unpermitted RVs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s sleeping in his car now,” Kauffman said. “He’s old — very old.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, DEM’s Jackie Thornhill said, ”One individual cannot occupy multiple vehicles, and therefore should not be issued multiple permits.” Thornhill did not comment on how the city addresses situations where vehicles are used as shared shelter among friends or relatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the 70-year-old has adapted to enforcement by changing his strategy on where he parks his other RV. In early February, someone smashed the windows and ransacked the RV. He then had it towed across the city line to Daly City, hoping to avoid more problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He implores the city to reform the LVRP rules so more people can be met where they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How has anything changed since that program? We’re just paying the costs,” Kauffman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kauffman is not the only one. The Coalition on Homelessness often hears from people getting towed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Friedenbach, the coalition’s director, described one recent case: an in-home care worker who was at his job — caring for someone else’s home — when his own home was towed away. His dog was inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077868\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01-1536x1029.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, who’s been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, rests inside his van where he sleeps in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 20, 2026. Kauffman has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard and pay $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The dog didn’t get hurt, but that’s very dangerous because all the stuff falls down,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, who had $60 to his name, needed $107 to get his RV back. He asked the Coalition about shelter options, but with shelter waitlists stretching months long, there was nothing they could offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>José Arámbula, 48, experienced a similar loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 18, the trailer he had been sleeping in was towed in the Mission District. He had been visiting a friend nearby when neighbors called to warn him that a tow truck had arrived. Arámbula said he rushed over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I got there, it was gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Arámbula smiles at his pitbull, Kira, who sleeps in the car with him on March 6, 2026. Days earlier, the RV he had been living in was towed from the Mission District with Kira still inside. He retrieved his dog, but lost his IDs, clothes and everything he owned. \u003ccite>(Erika Carlos/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His beloved pitbull, Kira, had been inside the vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time they take one, they take everything,” Arámbula said. “They give you a phone number to recover your things, but nobody ever answers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said losing documents during previous tows has made it difficult to replace his identification or recover his belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My IDs were in there. My clothes. Everything,” he said. “You lose it all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arámbula said he was able to retrieve Kira, but not his belongings. He now has only the clothes he was wearing and is sleeping in his small car with his dog. He said he plans to sell the vehicle in hopes of saving enough money to buy another RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They promise help when everything is happening,” he said. “But once things calm down, they forget about the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077872\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Arámbula drives through the Mission District looking for a place to safely park and sleep for the night on March 6, 2026. \u003ccite>(Erika Carlos/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friedenbach also noted that despite the program budgeting funds for parking signage, many warning signs have yet to appear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/o0122-25.pdf\">ordinance\u003c/a> states the city intended to install 400 signs warning drivers of the new enforcement zones. But parking control officers no longer chalk tires to warn residents of time limits, she said, meaning many people don’t know they’re at risk of being towed until it’s too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This idea that they needed to hammer people and scare them in order to push them into housing is silly,” she said. “There’s nothing positive about the rest of the program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gap to widen as permits begin to expire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>LVRP permits are set to expire by April, but could be extended for up to six additional months for eligible residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city is currently making arrangements for extensions for those vehicles and will work directly with permitted occupants on the process,” wrote DEM’s Jackie Thornhill in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say that’s not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077874\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado charges his LED lamp inside his RV in the Mission District on Feb. 12, 2026. The solar system in the RV barely holds enough power to get through the night, just enough for his phone and lights. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Coalition on Homelessness is calling on the city to follow the Large Vehicle legislation’s requirement for “automatic renewal” without a new application process — and to keep renewing permits every six months until residents secure housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also want the city to reopen the permit process for people who were left out and people who have become homeless after the qualifying date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our affordability crisis is going nowhere,” Friedenbach said. “We’re going to continue having folks who rely on RVs to shelter themselves. The city needs to plan for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Latino residents, she said, additional barriers compounded the problem: few Spanish-speaking outreach workers, schedules that conflicted with work, and heightened fear of Immigration Customs Enforcement after recent federal raids. “Folks are nervous about answering their doors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, inspects his RV on the side of the road after retrieving it from the City & County of San Francisco Impound in Daly City, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2026. Kauffman has been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, and has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard and pay $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As permits begin to expire this spring, the uneven outcomes of the rollout are likely to become more visible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mercado, the stakes could not be higher. His asylum case hangs in the balance. He is required to check in with ICE in June, but with no stable place to live and no money for a lawyer, he doesn’t know how he will manage it. One misstep could mean deportation to a country he fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no one who advocates for the immigrants who are on the streets, who are surviving — not at the government’s expense,” he said. “But through their own survival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Erika Carlos contributed to this report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-rv-permit-homelessness-impacts/\">\u003cem>published\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> by El Tecolote.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/rvs\">San Francisco’s RV permit\u003c/a> promised stability. For Miguel Mercado, it delivered the opposite. Last week, after the RV was turned over to the city, Mercado started sleeping on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For almost three years, the 58-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant had lived inside a friend’s RV without paying rent. In exchange, he helped with repairs, kept it clean and pushed it down the block at midnight each Sunday to avoid street-sweeping tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That fragile arrangement has now unraveled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/rv-permit-large-vehicles-san-francisco/\">imposed\u003c/a> a two-hour parking limit citywide for oversized vehicles in an effort to reduce the number of RVs used as shelters. Residents who could prove they had been living in the city in May 2025 were granted temporary exemptions through the Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077851\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12077851 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado hangs the keys to his home on a key holder inside his RV in the Mission District on Feb. 12, 2026. He has lived here for two years, but now faces eviction after his housemate enrolled their RV in the city’s vehicle buyback program, meaning it will be sold and destroyed. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/strategy-to-address-vehicular-homelessness-and-restore-public-spaces\">City officials said\u003c/a> the program would stabilize vehicle residents while restoring public space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie claims it is producing results. He recently \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/san-franciscos-quarterly-homelessness-data-shows-record-lows-3rd-time-daniel-lurie-took-office/18675815/\">announced\u003c/a> that the number of RVs in San Francisco has dropped about 20% since December, falling from 462 vehicles to 374 in February, while 67 vehicle households have moved from RVs into housing or shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But early results show a stark imbalance: since enforcement began in November 2025, the city has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/large--vehicle--program--outcomes\">towed 159 RVs\u003c/a> under the ordinance and another 194 for other reasons — more than five times the number of households placed into housing through the permit program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077852\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado poses for a portrait in front of the RV he called home for nearly three years, moments before city staff arrived to tow and destroy it on March 9, 2026. He moved into the RV after finding no other refuge as an immigrant with an asylum case. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Months into enforcement, residents say that while the program offers relief to some, it is pushing others into deeper instability through denials, displacement and mounting fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Collateral displacement\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Without the RV, Mercado said, he has nowhere left to sleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The RV’s owner, who lives in the vehicle with him, qualified for housing through the LVRP permit and opted into the city’s large vehicle buyback program. Mercado said outreach workers communicated only with the registered owner during the permit rollout, and they never contacted him or offered him housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result: his friend got a studio apartment with his wife. Mercado got the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado packs his belongings before city staff arrives to tow his RV on March 9, 2026. Not knowing where he will sleep next, he gets rid of most of his things, even giving his bed to a neighbor who sleeps in a van. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know what I can do. That’s the concern of the immigrant,” Mercado said. “I’ll figure it out. I do wish him the best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The permit system is largely tied to vehicle registration, meaning assistance often goes to the person who appears on the title, not necessarily the person sleeping inside the RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applicants were required to provide documents such as vehicle registration in their name, insurance, towing records and vehicle purchase, requirements that can exclude secondary occupants like Mercado.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A city official, speaking on background, said permits are intended for the people living in the RV but acknowledged that assistance depends on outreach teams knowing those occupants exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they’re not known to city outreach teams… that is going to have an effect on them,” the official said. Mercado’s case illustrates this program gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The official added that the purpose of the buyback program is to buy RVs that people are living in, “not to buy back RVs from owners who are not living in them.” But without a system to track who actually sleeps inside, that distinction can be lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Emergency Management did not provide data on how many people may be living in vehicles they do not own, nor did they clarify what options exist for secondary occupants once a registered owner exits the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mercado, the consequence is immediate: he has no roof over his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the RV, he said, memories of his early days in the U.S. resurface: standing in the rain with only his passport after his belongings were confiscated at the border and sleeping on the streets after exiting the immigration detention center, while battling pneumonia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado helps his housemate, Armando, clear out the RV they shared for years on March 9, 2026. Armando qualified for housing through the city’s LVRP program. Mercado did not. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, as the program has ended for him, he fears reliving it all over again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They make it difficult, even when one wants to better oneself and not be a burden,” Mercado said. “The immigrant doesn’t want to be a burden. But they become a burden. Why?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, he sleeps in a broken-down car borrowed from a friend in El Sobrante — in another city and county, another life he didn’t choose.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A promise of housing, a return to temporary shelter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Katia S., who recently gave birth to her first child, believed the permit program would provide her family with a lasting housing opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After repeatedly being \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-rv-permit-denied/\">denied\u003c/a> a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit despite submitting documentation, she and her husband were later placed in a hotel for 90 days in December, after\u003cem> El Tecolote\u003c/em>’s reporting on allegations that a Homeless Outreach Team worker sold \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/rv-permit-cash-scam/\">permits for cash\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/2025-2026-RVMIGUELMERCADO-ET-PU-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado, 58, holds his Nicaraguan passport, one of the few things that he carried throughout his migration journey, in San Francisco, Calif., on Dec. 8, 2025. Mercado, who has lived in a friend’s RV, will once again be out on the street with very few resources available to him. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Katia said an outreach worker named Alejandra made her a clear promise: stay at the hotel, and then you will qualify for an apartment. “When two or three months pass, we’re going to place you in a permanent place,” she recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katia said she was also told that giving up the RV would help her qualify for permanent housing through the LVRP program and its buyback option. Instead, the same day they moved into the hotel — Dec. 19 — the vehicle was towed. The family has since been unable to locate it and retrieve all their personal belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three days later, on Dec. 23, Katia gave birth to her son via emergency C-section. “The baby was tangled in the cord,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1973px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077858\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1973\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1.jpeg 1973w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/112025-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-14-BW-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1973px) 100vw, 1973px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathia Z., 30, who was eight months pregnant, holds Yerservi M.’s hand on her belly outside their RV in San Francisco’s Bayview–Hunters Point neighborhood on Nov. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 19, Katia, her husband and their newborn were moved into another shelter run by Compass, where they could remain for another 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Katia recently asked her social worker about transitioning to permanent housing, the answer was bleak. She was told that permanent placements are now largely reserved for people with disabilities, serious illnesses, or addictions. For her family, a permanent home was “very unlikely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contrast with other RV families is stark. Katia said she knows of another family who, through the program, had their RV paid off and were placed in a home for two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why not us?” she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer, she was told, lies in the scam she never asked to be part of. When Katia pressed for more help from the city, her outreach worker told her they no longer qualified for certain programs because they had obtained an “illegal sticker.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1987px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1987\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1.jpeg 1987w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1-160x106.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/121725-UNPERMITTEDRVS-ET-PU-12-BW-1-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1987px) 100vw, 1987px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Millsaps, an investigator with the City Attorney’s Office, and Eric Karsseboom, an inspector with the District Attorney’s Office, speak with Yerservi M. about a Homeless Outreach Team worker accused of illegally selling him a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit in San Francisco on Dec. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the scams continue. The Coalition on Homelessness said it recently received another call from an RV resident, reporting that a permit was offered to him for cash. While the Homeless Outreach Team worker was fired, it appears concerns about fraud persist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing acknowledged the allegation against the HOT outreach worker and said it is “committed to maintaining the utmost integrity” of the permitting process. However, the department did not respond to questions about the most recent scam report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Katia’s family, reporting the fraud changed nothing. They remain in limbo, caught in the fallout of the alleged scam, still waiting for the stability that they were promised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I asked to at least return the RV, or help me find something stable,” Katia said to her outreach worker. “I’m thinking, ‘do we have to leave San Francisco?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her family’s case highlights one of the key tensions in the rollout: while the permit program is designed to transition residents out of vehicular homelessness, some families say they have instead cycled through temporary placements without securing long-term stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12077883 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado walks out of the United States Appraisers Building at 630 Sansome Street, after his annual immigration check-in on Jan. 27, 2026. Fearful that he was going to be detained, Mercado becomes emotional and wipes away his tears after walking out of his appointment. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials stress that the permit program is not the only gateway to assistance. “The permit is not a prerequisite to receive services,” said Jackie Thornhill, communications manager for the Department of Emergency Management. Anyone experiencing homelessness is “still eligible to engage with city outreach workers,” receive problem-solving assistance, and potentially shelter or housing placement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as \u003cem>El Tecolote’s\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-housing-homeless-families/\">reporting\u003c/a> has documented, eligibility is far from a guarantee. According to city data, from July 2024 to May 2025, 1,826 families were assessed for rental support. Only 30 — less than 1.6% — were placed into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Katia’s family, that math means the promise of stability remains just out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mounting fines and towing push residents to the brink\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For residents who remain outside the permit system, the two-hour rule has translated into mounting fines and repeated towing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Kauffman, 70, vividly remembers a parking control officer telling him, “We’re going to come get you tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-03-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, keeps his belongings in his van where he sleeps, in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2026. Kauffman has been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, and has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard and pay $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The next day, his RV was towed, requiring two trucks to haul it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kauffman has three vehicles: two RVs and a shuttle bus. All have mechanical issues except the bus, but all are registered under his name and paid off, he said. Thieves have repeatedly tried breaking into the vehicles, damaging ignition systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since enforcement began, Kauffman said he spent roughly $4,000 on impound and towing fees. Even with a low-income waiver, he pays just over $100 per impound, plus approximately $700 to transport the vehicle back to its parking spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citywide, the two-hour ordinance has generated 599 citations at $108 each, which is worth $64,692, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/large--vehicle--program--outcomes\">public dashboard.\u003c/a> But that figure captures only one slice of enforcement.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>From November to Feb. 12, San Francisco towed 194 RVs for expired registration and violation of the 72-hour rule. Nearly 40% of all tows were for registration issues alone, paving another way for the city to clear RVs from its streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kauffman said he was only able to secure one permit sticker. Because the city issues one permit per vehicle and does not allow multiple permits for one person, his friend, an 80-year-old mechanic with memory issues, was displaced from one of the unpermitted RVs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s sleeping in his car now,” Kauffman said. “He’s old — very old.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, DEM’s Jackie Thornhill said, ”One individual cannot occupy multiple vehicles, and therefore should not be issued multiple permits.” Thornhill did not comment on how the city addresses situations where vehicles are used as shared shelter among friends or relatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the 70-year-old has adapted to enforcement by changing his strategy on where he parks his other RV. In early February, someone smashed the windows and ransacked the RV. He then had it towed across the city line to Daly City, hoping to avoid more problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He implores the city to reform the LVRP rules so more people can be met where they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How has anything changed since that program? We’re just paying the costs,” Kauffman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kauffman is not the only one. The Coalition on Homelessness often hears from people getting towed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Friedenbach, the coalition’s director, described one recent case: an in-home care worker who was at his job — caring for someone else’s home — when his own home was towed away. His dog was inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077868\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-01-1536x1029.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, who’s been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, rests inside his van where he sleeps in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 20, 2026. Kauffman has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard and pay $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The dog didn’t get hurt, but that’s very dangerous because all the stuff falls down,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, who had $60 to his name, needed $107 to get his RV back. He asked the Coalition about shelter options, but with shelter waitlists stretching months long, there was nothing they could offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>José Arámbula, 48, experienced a similar loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 18, the trailer he had been sleeping in was towed in the Mission District. He had been visiting a friend nearby when neighbors called to warn him that a tow truck had arrived. Arámbula said he rushed over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I got there, it was gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9799-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Arámbula smiles at his pitbull, Kira, who sleeps in the car with him on March 6, 2026. Days earlier, the RV he had been living in was towed from the Mission District with Kira still inside. He retrieved his dog, but lost his IDs, clothes and everything he owned. \u003ccite>(Erika Carlos/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His beloved pitbull, Kira, had been inside the vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time they take one, they take everything,” Arámbula said. “They give you a phone number to recover your things, but nobody ever answers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said losing documents during previous tows has made it difficult to replace his identification or recover his belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My IDs were in there. My clothes. Everything,” he said. “You lose it all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arámbula said he was able to retrieve Kira, but not his belongings. He now has only the clothes he was wearing and is sleeping in his small car with his dog. He said he plans to sell the vehicle in hopes of saving enough money to buy another RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They promise help when everything is happening,” he said. “But once things calm down, they forget about the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077872\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/EBC_9825-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Arámbula drives through the Mission District looking for a place to safely park and sleep for the night on March 6, 2026. \u003ccite>(Erika Carlos/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friedenbach also noted that despite the program budgeting funds for parking signage, many warning signs have yet to appear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/o0122-25.pdf\">ordinance\u003c/a> states the city intended to install 400 signs warning drivers of the new enforcement zones. But parking control officers no longer chalk tires to warn residents of time limits, she said, meaning many people don’t know they’re at risk of being towed until it’s too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This idea that they needed to hammer people and scare them in order to push them into housing is silly,” she said. “There’s nothing positive about the rest of the program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gap to widen as permits begin to expire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>LVRP permits are set to expire by April, but could be extended for up to six additional months for eligible residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city is currently making arrangements for extensions for those vehicles and will work directly with permitted occupants on the process,” wrote DEM’s Jackie Thornhill in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say that’s not enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077874\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Mercado_3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Mercado charges his LED lamp inside his RV in the Mission District on Feb. 12, 2026. The solar system in the RV barely holds enough power to get through the night, just enough for his phone and lights. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/El Tecolote)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Coalition on Homelessness is calling on the city to follow the Large Vehicle legislation’s requirement for “automatic renewal” without a new application process — and to keep renewing permits every six months until residents secure housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also want the city to reopen the permit process for people who were left out and people who have become homeless after the qualifying date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our affordability crisis is going nowhere,” Friedenbach said. “We’re going to continue having folks who rely on RVs to shelter themselves. The city needs to plan for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Latino residents, she said, additional barriers compounded the problem: few Spanish-speaking outreach workers, schedules that conflicted with work, and heightened fear of Immigration Customs Enforcement after recent federal raids. “Folks are nervous about answering their doors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-14-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, inspects his RV on the side of the road after retrieving it from the City & County of San Francisco Impound in Daly City, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2026. Kauffman has been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, and has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard and pay $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As permits begin to expire this spring, the uneven outcomes of the rollout are likely to become more visible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mercado, the stakes could not be higher. His asylum case hangs in the balance. He is required to check in with ICE in June, but with no stable place to live and no money for a lawyer, he doesn’t know how he will manage it. One misstep could mean deportation to a country he fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no one who advocates for the immigrants who are on the streets, who are surviving — not at the government’s expense,” he said. “But through their own survival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Erika Carlos contributed to this report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But, having already spent five years in jail awaiting trial, Watson received credit for time served, and San Francisco Superior Court Judge Linda Colfax said he could have the remaining three years suspended if he follows the rules of his probation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ratanapakdee’s daughter, Monthanus, expressed her family’s disappointment in a statement shared by Justice For Vicha, the foundation named for her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We respect the court process. However, this is not about revenge — it is about accountability,” she said. “When consequences do not reflect the seriousness of the harm, it raises concerns about how we protect our seniors and public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11897351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS47911_011_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-qut.jpg\" alt='Four people wearing masks , with two people wearing blue t-shirts hold signs that read \"no more attacks on Asians\" and \"Unity together.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS47911_011_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS47911_011_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS47911_011_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS47911_011_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS47911_011_SanFrancisco_StopAAPIHateRally_0320201-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds gather at Portsmouth Square in San Francisco’s Chinatown on March 20, 2021, for a Stop AAPI Hate rally, which made space for people to grieve, make art and honor the lives lost to recent anti-Asian violence. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vicha Ratanapakdee was out for his usual morning walk in the quiet neighborhood he lived in with his wife, daughter and her family when Watson charged at him and knocked him to the ground. Ratanapakdee never regained consciousness and died two days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watson testified on the stand that he was in a haze of confusion and anger at the time of the unprovoked attack, according \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/grandpa-vicha-murder-jury-verdict/4013795/\">to KRON-TV\u003c/a>. He said he lashed out and didn’t know that Ratanapakdee was Asian or older.[aside postID=news_11915634 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Photo00_FEATURED-1-1020x680.jpg']San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, whose office defended Watson, also said at his trial that the defendant is “fully remorseful for his mistake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Office of the San Francisco Public Defender did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment on Watson’s sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Footage of the attack was captured on a neighbor’s security camera and spread across social media, prompting a surge in activism over a rise in anti-Asian crimes driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of people across several U.S. cities \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-health-san-francisco-race-and-ethnicity-782e4e92c47e17c9704d80ca791921b0\">commemorated the anniversary\u003c/a> of Ratanapakdee’s death in 2022, seeking justice for Asian Americans who have been harassed, assaulted and even killed in alarming numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asians in America have long been subject to prejudice and discrimination, but the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/victims-anti-asian-attacks-reflect-0632beaa1726f17dcabb672c224ad86a\">attacks escalated sharply\u003c/a> after COVID-19 first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 10,000 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were reported to the \u003ca href=\"https://stopaapihate.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/21-SAH-NationalReport2-v2.pdf\">Stop AAPI Hate coalition\u003c/a> from March 2020 through September 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11865808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11865808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/Image-from-iOS-37-scaled-e1616348826100.jpg\" alt=\"A group of demonstrators hold signs that say, 'Stop Asian Hate' during a vigil and rally in San Francisco’s Chinatown on March 20, 2021.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of demonstrators hold signs that say ‘Stop Asian Hate’ during a vigil and rally in San Francisco’s Chinatown on March 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the Ratanapakdee family asserts he was attacked because of his race, hate crime charges were not filed and the argument was not raised in trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors have said hate crimes are difficult to prove absent statements by the suspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, whose office defended Watson, also said at his trial that the defendant is “fully remorseful for his mistake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Office of the San Francisco Public Defender did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment on Watson’s sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Footage of the attack was captured on a neighbor’s security camera and spread across social media, prompting a surge in activism over a rise in anti-Asian crimes driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of people across several U.S. cities \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-health-san-francisco-race-and-ethnicity-782e4e92c47e17c9704d80ca791921b0\">commemorated the anniversary\u003c/a> of Ratanapakdee’s death in 2022, seeking justice for Asian Americans who have been harassed, assaulted and even killed in alarming numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asians in America have long been subject to prejudice and discrimination, but the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/victims-anti-asian-attacks-reflect-0632beaa1726f17dcabb672c224ad86a\">attacks escalated sharply\u003c/a> after COVID-19 first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 10,000 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were reported to the \u003ca href=\"https://stopaapihate.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/21-SAH-NationalReport2-v2.pdf\">Stop AAPI Hate coalition\u003c/a> from March 2020 through September 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11865808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11865808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/Image-from-iOS-37-scaled-e1616348826100.jpg\" alt=\"A group of demonstrators hold signs that say, 'Stop Asian Hate' during a vigil and rally in San Francisco’s Chinatown on March 20, 2021.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of demonstrators hold signs that say ‘Stop Asian Hate’ during a vigil and rally in San Francisco’s Chinatown on March 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the Ratanapakdee family asserts he was attacked because of his race, hate crime charges were not filed and the argument was not raised in trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors have said hate crimes are difficult to prove absent statements by the suspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Brielle Pajares never thought the charming and supportive man she fell in love with would one day send her running for her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s exactly what happened in 2023, after the couple moved into a new place together in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> with her two boys. Her partner began isolating their family from friends, and things escalated one night when he choked and beat her after she said she was leaving because of his drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she escaped after biting his arm to break free. But when the police came, 4-foot-11-inch Pajares was the one arrested after he showed cops the bite marks, she said. Without any alternative place to go, she said she returned home after three nights in jail. Her abuser later installed a metal lock on the door, purchased a rifle and threatened to kill her if she ever tried to leave again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing every survivor understands is that leaving an abuser can be the most dangerous moment of all. When control is slipping away, violence often escalates, sometimes to the point of deadly harm,” she said. “That was the reality I was facing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pajares eventually worked up the courage to leave, spending nights on the street and couch surfing with friends, before she finally found assistance from the nonprofit Compass Family Services and moved into a new place. But she has not yet obtained a restraining order from her abuser, and now that her housing is more stable, navigating the legal system has been a new nightmare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s extremely scary as someone who’s been through the trauma of having to go to jail as a result of trying to speak up,” Pajares told KQED. “We don’t get the legal assistance we need, and therefore we feel that we don’t have a voice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years ago, San Francisco took a step aimed at making sure women in the city don’t have the same experience as Pajares. But advocates say the city hasn’t gone far enough, and are calling on officials to do more to support survivors amid concerns budget woes will push their cause to the back burner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987931\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivy Lee (center), flanked by San Francisco Mayor London Breed (left) and Supervisor Catherine Stefani, was announced as director of the city’s new Office of Victim and Witness Rights at a press conference in the West Portal neighborhood on May 28. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2022, voters approved Proposition D, a ballot measure championed by former Supervisor Catherine Stefani that created the Office of Victim and Witness Rights and tasked the new department with establishing a right to legal counsel for survivors of domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the successful measure did not allocate any funds to operate the new office or legal services, and no funding has been directed toward the program, effectively rendering it inactive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has also slashed spending in recent years to address a yawning budget deficit. This year, Mayor Daniel Lurie directed all departments to make cuts to close the city’s $900 million shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor, who campaigned on being tough on crime, has so far refrained from making cuts to public safety. Many types of crime have decreased over the past year in San Francisco, but domestic violence has fluctuated, going up 1% from December 2024 to December 2025, then down 2% this January compared to the prior year, according to San Francisco Police Department crime reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domestic violence work “is such an essential part of the mayor’s initiative for safety,” said Sierra Sparks, the associate director of development at Open Door Legal, which provides legal aid services to domestic violence survivors. “We need to ensure that our most vulnerable residents are also protected and that there’s a plan in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra Sparks, an associate director of development at Open Door Legal, on March 25, 2026. Sparks is among the advocates calling on San Francisco to invest more funding into legal services for survivors of domestic violence. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Advocates are calling on the city to stave off cuts and find alternative sources of funding, such as supporting the proposed Overpaid CEO Tax, which would tax companies where the CEO earns at least 100 times the median-income employee. They also want the city to fund more legal aid services for survivors of domestic violence, and say the city is obligated to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Prop D] is exactly the kind of thing we need for our economic recovery and helps the most vulnerable communities,” said Anya Worley-Ziegmann, coordinator for the People’s Budget Coalition, a group of unions and community organizations fighting anticipated budget cuts. “We want to see no cuts to domestic violence, and we need to see an increased investment in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the city looks to make difficult budget cuts across departments, Sparks and others are concerned that the funding for legal and other domestic violence services could be on the chopping block. It’s deja vu for advocates who sounded the alarm for similar threats to domestic violence services during last year’s budget cycle. The issue is now even more dire with the Trump administration making major cuts to federal health care and social services, advocates said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard that they’re looking at taking deep cuts from some small agencies that serve really marginalized communities, like the Asian Women’s Shelter. There are other places to cut besides lifeline services,” said Beverly Upton, executive director of the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium. “We are hoping to see a better outcome in the mayor’s budget. We are really hoping he will find a different place where it won’t have such a huge impact.”[aside postID=news_12053754 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/IMG_1139-2000x1500.jpg']At this time, the mayor has not yet released his official budget proposal, which is expected in May. Officials in the mayor’s office did not comment on whether the city is looking to fund Prop D’s right-to-counsel program this year for the first time. However, the city is currently studying how the approach could work and what amount of funding it would require, either from the city or outside private sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors on the Government Audit and Oversight Committee recently approved a waiver to allow the city to privately fundraise donations for survivors of crimes, including domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Mayor’s Office of Victims’ Rights is working with a partner organization on a pro-bono basis to conduct an analysis on how the city can most effectively run a domestic violence right-to-counsel program,” a spokesperson from the mayor’s office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, survivors like Pajares are often left with little help navigating how to escape a relationship or getting back on their feet once they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domestic violence is not only a matter of life or death for the individuals involved, but it often has a direct correlation to the city’s rates of homelessness, something many survivors like Pajares have experienced as they flee an abuser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, 43% of families who were assessed for housing between 2024-25 reported that they were escaping violence, according to an email from San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing that was shared with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I had legal counsel, it would have just expedited that process [of leaving],” Pajares said, “and I probably would have had a restraining order. 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But advocates say the city hasn’t gone far enough, and are calling on officials to do more to support survivors amid concerns budget woes will push their cause to the back burner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987931\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BreedLeeStefani_qut-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivy Lee (center), flanked by San Francisco Mayor London Breed (left) and Supervisor Catherine Stefani, was announced as director of the city’s new Office of Victim and Witness Rights at a press conference in the West Portal neighborhood on May 28. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2022, voters approved Proposition D, a ballot measure championed by former Supervisor Catherine Stefani that created the Office of Victim and Witness Rights and tasked the new department with establishing a right to legal counsel for survivors of domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the successful measure did not allocate any funds to operate the new office or legal services, and no funding has been directed toward the program, effectively rendering it inactive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has also slashed spending in recent years to address a yawning budget deficit. This year, Mayor Daniel Lurie directed all departments to make cuts to close the city’s $900 million shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor, who campaigned on being tough on crime, has so far refrained from making cuts to public safety. Many types of crime have decreased over the past year in San Francisco, but domestic violence has fluctuated, going up 1% from December 2024 to December 2025, then down 2% this January compared to the prior year, according to San Francisco Police Department crime reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Domestic violence work “is such an essential part of the mayor’s initiative for safety,” said Sierra Sparks, the associate director of development at Open Door Legal, which provides legal aid services to domestic violence survivors. “We need to ensure that our most vulnerable residents are also protected and that there’s a plan in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/DV2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra Sparks, an associate director of development at Open Door Legal, on March 25, 2026. 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Raju said he intends to appeal and made clear outside the courthouse ahead of the hearing that even after being held in contempt, he has continued to turn away cases one day a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our view is that his order is an illegal order,” Raju told reporters. “So one day a week, we have declined to take some of the cases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dispute has been ongoing since May 2025, when the public defender’s office first declared itself unavailable one day a week due to excessive caseloads. The 26 counts of contempt stem from refusals between January 12 and February 10, according to court documents. Raju said active misdemeanor cases have grown 78% and felony cases 56% since 2019 — and that each case now requires far more work than it once did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dorfman acknowledged receiving 45 letters from legal experts around the country urging him to reverse his contempt finding — and said he read them all but was not persuaded. 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He told the judge the court “doesn’t have the contempt power to hold the [mayor’s office or district attorney],” and that imposing monetary sanctions on an office already starved of resources “will just make it worse.” If any sanction was warranted at all, DeClark said, it should be $1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the courtroom, Deputy Public Defender Tal Klement, who has worked at the office since 2003, described working 50 to 60 hours a week on top of court time and going to physical therapy for shoulder pain while raising two children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My excessive caseload impacts the quality of my representation,” Klement testified.[aside postID=news_12077372 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/005_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1455_qed.jpg']Deputy Public Defender Seth Meisels, a 21-year veteran of the office, pointed to the sheer volume of digital evidence attorneys must now review in every case — body-worn camera footage, surveillance video, forensic records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has become increasingly difficult to determine which cases will go to trial,” he said. “But we still have to do the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the courthouse before the hearing, public defenders from Contra Costa, Alameda, Sacramento, Sonoma, Santa Cruz and Yolo counties gathered in solidarity with Raju. San Joaquin County Public Defender Judyanne Vallado, whose office declared itself unavailable for homicide and sex offenses carrying potential life sentences last year, said the move ultimately helped clear the court’s docket — not just her office’s caseload.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Declaring unavailable isn’t just about helping the public defender’s office,” she said. “It’s helping the entire court justice system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods said he is considering taking the same steps as Raju if conditions in his office reach a breaking point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At some point in time, we have to say no,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raju said his office is in conversations with City Hall about a five-year plan to bring staffing closer to the standards set by a 2023 national workload study, which found the office needs 36 additional attorneys, along with more investigators, social workers and support staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He acknowledged the plan would still not bring the office to parity with the district attorney’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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He received leniency for his cooperation with authorities, White said. Last year, Amiri and Wenger were sentenced to seven and seven and a half years in prison, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government’s investigation revealed that Rombough’s misconduct stood out among related cases as “the worst of the worst,” the judge said. Rombough bragged about using his 40-millimeter impact round launcher \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985781/antioch-police-targeted-black-people-with-dogs-and-40mm-launchers-suit-alleges\">to abuse suspects\u003c/a>, and he celebrated his colleagues’ use of violence. Rombough and his colleagues then falsified police reports to misrepresent their actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel horrible about the victims, and about the other police officers who have had to clean up the job I created,” Rombough told White. “I understand why certain individuals don’t trust the police, because of what has happened here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029719\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Antioch Police vehicle sits in the parking lot of the Antioch Police Department on March 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rombough joined the Antioch Police Department in 2017. 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In one text exchange with another officer, he sent a photograph of an injury, with the comments “and another one got 40d,” referring to his firearm, and “Bro so much fun.”[aside postID=news_12069430 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']But U.S. prosecutors said there was a second part to Rombough’s story: that after the former officer was indicted by a federal jury in 2023, investigators witnessed “a tremendous turnaround as well, unlike anyone else involved in the case,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Cheng said during the sentencing hearing. “In this, we saw a full and complete acceptance of responsibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal attorneys recommended a 36-month sentence — much more lenient than the punishments meted out to Amiri and Wenger. 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