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The union representing union security officers from across San Francisco and Silicon Valley voted in favor of an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike authorization.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12098183\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098183\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An advocate holds a sign during a Sept. 2, 2026, press conference at Mechanics Monument Plaza in San Francisco’s Financial District. Security officers represented by the union from across San Francisco and Silicon Valley voted in favor of an Unfair Labor Practice strike authorization. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Who can survive with $22 an hour in San Francisco?” Huerta asked as members of the crowd shouted, “Shame.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Allied Universal declined to comment on ongoing labor negotiations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tejinder Singh, a security officer at Google and bargaining committee member, said that the union and the security giants have their last round of negotiations Wednesday, and that officers are ready to strike if the companies do not agree to their demands. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A union press release states that their roughly 14,000 members asked for raises, employer-paid family health care, retirement benefits and job security, and were offered “a mere 25-cent raise over the next four years, including no raise at all in three of those years.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Singh said that he did not know how he and his colleagues would survive without a pay increase, given how much prices have skyrocketed across the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Everything has increased, gas costs, food costs, rent, medical costs … everything,” Singh said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The union announcement came days after artificial intelligence giant \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097028/bay-area-security-workers-threaten-action-after-anthropic-office-closure\">Anthropic shuttered\u003c/a> the doors to its San Francisco office and told employees to work from home after its security contractor, Allied Universal, warned of a possible strike. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Speaking directly to companies like Anthropic, Salesforce, Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, Cisco and others, which rely on guards, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) reminded the lucrative industry how essential security workers are to keep their employees and operations safe. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“None of this wealth would be possible if it wasn’t for [the guards],” Haney said. “They need to support you like you support them. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>Angelique Ramsey of Long Beach owns about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13992300/finding-your-people-meetups-hobbies-making-friends-bay-area\">25 fountain pens\u003c/a>. Her favorite is the Benu Euphoria, a glittering pen with a custom “architect” nib, a specialty grind that changes the shape of the line as you move the pen across the page.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was looking for something that wasn’t a throwaway,” said Ramsey, 38. “I like that intentionality of sitting down and writing a letter, having something that’s a possession that you take care of. And so, you know, you can go overboard with it, but you don’t have to.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In this era of incessant, instant communication, fountain pens seem like a novelty from another, analog era. Perhaps this is exactly why millennials especially are flocking to events like the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscopenshow.com\">S.F. Pen Show\u003c/a> at the end of August, to rub shoulders with an estimated 5,000 people in various stages of vintage writing instrument obsession at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel in Millbrae.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Though the San Francisco show isn’t the biggest in the country — that distinction belongs to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dcpenshow.com\">Washington, D.C., Fountain Pen Supershow\u003c/a> — the S.F. Pen Show has become a major gathering for the Pacific Rim pen community.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097876\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-2-KQED.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-2-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left, Angelique Ramsey, Tracy Velasquez and Jennifer Harford attend the S.F. Pen Show in Millbrae, California, on Aug. 28, 2026. Ramsey and Velasquez said they were primarily focused on drawing Harford, new to fountain pens, deeper into the obsession. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097620\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pens on display at Michael’s Fat Boy pen booth at the San Francisco International Pen Show at The Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae on Aug. 30, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097599\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clare Coco holds up a pen made from abalone shells at the San Francisco International Pen Show at The Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae, California, on Aug. 30, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Patrick Yandell, 31, manages U.S. business for the pen manufacturer OMAS, founded a century ago in Bologna, Italy. Like many vintage pen brands, OMAS has had a complicated corporate history. LVMH bought the company from the founder’s heirs in 2000. After subsequent ownership changes and a period of dormancy, the brand was revived by descendants of the founder, Armando Simoni. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yandell says most people own digital devices to accomplish most of the practical tasks that used to be accomplished with pen and paper. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can still find the sober black and navy blue pens similar to what your parents and grandparents wrote with, to be sure. But the display cases at the Pen Show are filled with iridescent resin, glitter and breathtakingly elaborate Japanese lacquerwork. The taste today is for pens — and accessories — that deliver maximum delight. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fountain pens cost anywhere from a few dollars for something like a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gouletpens.com/products/platinum-preppy-fountain-pen-violet\">Platinum Preppy\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.executivepensdirect.com/en-us/blogs/fun-stuff/the-ten-most-expensive-pens-in-the-world\">millions of dollars\u003c/a>, depending on a pen’s brand, craftsmanship, rarity and the precious materials involved. Your mileage will vary depending on your taste and bank account balance. That said, you don’t need to spend a lot of money to have a good time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing now is a lot of people who came to fountain pens, not out of any practical sense whatsoever, but just as a hobby,” said Yandell, who owns more than 200 pens himself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s part of a whole ecosystem that’s arisen.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Traditional OMAS pens are still on offer, and newer models are made with materials and techniques that evoke the company’s hundred-year history. The old world is still there — it just has more glitter, to accommodate the fact that a growing number of the people doing the buying and selling are in their 30s and 40s.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That sparkle caught the eye of Gardena-resident Tracy Velasquez, who traveled to the Pen Show with Ramsey and another friend, Jennifer Harford. Velasquez has nearly 100 pens in her collection. Her favorite is also a Benu Euphoria, a gift from her husband called Vodka on the Rocks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The resin body is striking, made from a silver luminescent resin and featuring multicolored holographic sparkles. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I really like collecting things that are shiny,” Velasquez said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In contrast with her friends Ramsey and Velasquez, 38-year-old Harford of Berkeley owned exactly one: a Pilot fountain pen widely celebrated as an entry-level favorite. That was her entry down the rabbit hole that is fountain pen collecting, one her friends watch with affectionate excitement. They traveled north just to see her eyes agog at the crowds and the vast array of pens on display at the S.F. Pen Show.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097875\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-1-KQED.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-1-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A display case of Ogivas at the S.F. Pen Show in Millbrae, California, on Aug. 28, 2026, showcases materials and techniques that evoke the hundred-year history of Italian pen maker OMAS. The old world is still there. It just has more glitter. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“My fiancé bought me my first pen and ink, and so he was kind of the one to push me into it,” she said. “And once I had that start, then I was like, I see what the hype is.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.capenshow.com/\">California Pen Show\u003c/a>, held near Los Angeles each February, also has a particularly strong West Coast presence, but if the presence of Southern Californians at the Westin was any indication, the two shows complement each other as much as they compete. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s true for Fernanda Izidorio, who lives in Los Angeles and owns about 40 pens. 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(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"12097877\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097877\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-3-KQED.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-3-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fernanda Izidorio is a member of the Greater Los Angeles Metro Pen & Ink Group, or Glampig, which has presence on Instagram and Discord, as well as IRL groups that meet in L.A. and Orange counties. “I actually really like meeting people in person,” Izidorio said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Angelique Ramsey of Long Beach owns about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13992300/finding-your-people-meetups-hobbies-making-friends-bay-area\">25 fountain pens\u003c/a>. Her favorite is the Benu Euphoria, a glittering pen with a custom “architect” nib, a specialty grind that changes the shape of the line as you move the pen across the page.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was looking for something that wasn’t a throwaway,” said Ramsey, 38. “I like that intentionality of sitting down and writing a letter, having something that’s a possession that you take care of. And so, you know, you can go overboard with it, but you don’t have to.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In this era of incessant, instant communication, fountain pens seem like a novelty from another, analog era. Perhaps this is exactly why millennials especially are flocking to events like the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscopenshow.com\">S.F. Pen Show\u003c/a> at the end of August, to rub shoulders with an estimated 5,000 people in various stages of vintage writing instrument obsession at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel in Millbrae.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Though the San Francisco show isn’t the biggest in the country — that distinction belongs to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dcpenshow.com\">Washington, D.C., Fountain Pen Supershow\u003c/a> — the S.F. Pen Show has become a major gathering for the Pacific Rim pen community.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097876\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-2-KQED.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-2-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left, Angelique Ramsey, Tracy Velasquez and Jennifer Harford attend the S.F. Pen Show in Millbrae, California, on Aug. 28, 2026. Ramsey and Velasquez said they were primarily focused on drawing Harford, new to fountain pens, deeper into the obsession. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097620\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00087_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pens on display at Michael’s Fat Boy pen booth at the San Francisco International Pen Show at The Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae on Aug. 30, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097599\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00313_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clare Coco holds up a pen made from abalone shells at the San Francisco International Pen Show at The Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae, California, on Aug. 30, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Patrick Yandell, 31, manages U.S. business for the pen manufacturer OMAS, founded a century ago in Bologna, Italy. Like many vintage pen brands, OMAS has had a complicated corporate history. LVMH bought the company from the founder’s heirs in 2000. After subsequent ownership changes and a period of dormancy, the brand was revived by descendants of the founder, Armando Simoni. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yandell says most people own digital devices to accomplish most of the practical tasks that used to be accomplished with pen and paper. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can still find the sober black and navy blue pens similar to what your parents and grandparents wrote with, to be sure. But the display cases at the Pen Show are filled with iridescent resin, glitter and breathtakingly elaborate Japanese lacquerwork. The taste today is for pens — and accessories — that deliver maximum delight. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fountain pens cost anywhere from a few dollars for something like a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gouletpens.com/products/platinum-preppy-fountain-pen-violet\">Platinum Preppy\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.executivepensdirect.com/en-us/blogs/fun-stuff/the-ten-most-expensive-pens-in-the-world\">millions of dollars\u003c/a>, depending on a pen’s brand, craftsmanship, rarity and the precious materials involved. Your mileage will vary depending on your taste and bank account balance. That said, you don’t need to spend a lot of money to have a good time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing now is a lot of people who came to fountain pens, not out of any practical sense whatsoever, but just as a hobby,” said Yandell, who owns more than 200 pens himself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s part of a whole ecosystem that’s arisen.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Traditional OMAS pens are still on offer, and newer models are made with materials and techniques that evoke the company’s hundred-year history. The old world is still there — it just has more glitter, to accommodate the fact that a growing number of the people doing the buying and selling are in their 30s and 40s.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That sparkle caught the eye of Gardena-resident Tracy Velasquez, who traveled to the Pen Show with Ramsey and another friend, Jennifer Harford. Velasquez has nearly 100 pens in her collection. Her favorite is also a Benu Euphoria, a gift from her husband called Vodka on the Rocks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The resin body is striking, made from a silver luminescent resin and featuring multicolored holographic sparkles. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I really like collecting things that are shiny,” Velasquez said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In contrast with her friends Ramsey and Velasquez, 38-year-old Harford of Berkeley owned exactly one: a Pilot fountain pen widely celebrated as an entry-level favorite. That was her entry down the rabbit hole that is fountain pen collecting, one her friends watch with affectionate excitement. They traveled north just to see her eyes agog at the crowds and the vast array of pens on display at the S.F. 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(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“My fiancé bought me my first pen and ink, and so he was kind of the one to push me into it,” she said. “And once I had that start, then I was like, I see what the hype is.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.capenshow.com/\">California Pen Show\u003c/a>, held near Los Angeles each February, also has a particularly strong West Coast presence, but if the presence of Southern Californians at the Westin was any indication, the two shows complement each other as much as they compete. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s true for Fernanda Izidorio, who lives in Los Angeles and owns about 40 pens. She said the trip north is as much about community as it is machinery.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Izidorio is a member of the Greater Los Angeles Metro Pen & Ink Group, or Glampig, which has a presence on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/glampig_club/\">Instagram\u003c/a> and Discord, as well as IRL groups that meet in L.A. and Orange counties. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00109_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00109_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00109_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00109_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Hochstetler hovers a magnifying glass over a fountain pen at Michael’s Fat Boy pen booth at the San Francisco International Pen Show at The Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae, California, on Aug. 30, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"12097877\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097877\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-3-KQED.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/RainingFountainPens-RM-3-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fernanda Izidorio is a member of the Greater Los Angeles Metro Pen & Ink Group, or Glampig, which has presence on Instagram and Discord, as well as IRL groups that meet in L.A. and Orange counties. “I actually really like meeting people in person,” Izidorio said. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097596\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00237_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097596\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00237_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00237_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260830-itsrainingfountainpens-00237_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees browse at the San Francisco International Pen Show at The Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae, California, on Aug. 30, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I actually really like meeting people in person,” Izidorio said. “It is, in a way, online. We get to contact each other, communicate through Discord. But then we actually meet in person and try pens. That’s very fun.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are careers in this universe beyond manufacturing and retail. Nik Pang, 43, for instance, is a \u003ca href=\"https://entropy.ink\">professional calligrapher\u003c/a> who repairs and sells vintage pens.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pang and his wife have imposed a hard “cap” on his personal collection: 700 pens and pen-like objects. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>About 500 of them, he said, aren’t particularly useful for writing, but he’s interested in the history of the technology. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> supervisors are voting Tuesday on a proposal to change the city’s street tree rules, despite months of advocacy from environmentalists who say the ordinance would allow developers to pay their way out of tree planting requirements.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Despite its green reputation, San Francisco has the \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/urban-forest-plan\">smallest urban tree canopy\u003c/a> of any large U.S. city — and one that is actively declining. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have net lost hundreds of trees since our last census in 2017. The city is not doing it,” said Joshua Klipp, a planting leader with Friends of the Urban Forest and former member of the Urban Forestry Council.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In an effort to grow the tree canopy, the city’s longstanding urban forest and climate action plans call for tens of thousands of street trees to be planted over two decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097711\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tree outside of a building in the Civic Center neighborhood in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Aiding efforts to meet that lofty goal, city code requires developers to plant trees every 20 feet on the street in front of their lot, unless physically unfeasible. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The slate of amendments up for a vote on Tuesday, sponsored by Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong and Mayor Daniel Lurie, as part of a broader push to streamline permits, would also limit how residents can appeal city-initiated tree removals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to balance expanding our urban canopy with streamlining public safety and permitting,” Ian Schneider, the government affairs manager for the Department of Public Works, said during a hearing in July. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under the proposed legislation, developers of projects under a certain size and scope could opt to pay $2,590 per tree that their lot would require in lieu of planting one. That money would go directly to San Francisco’s “Adopt-A-Tree” Fund, which pays for city planting and watering efforts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Klipp said that alternative doesn’t address the city’s existing problem: not planting enough street trees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have lost hundreds of trees since our last census,” he said. “If we were crushing it, if that fund was empty and we were keeping pace with the Urban Forest Plan and Climate Action Plan, I honestly wouldn’t oppose it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, the city’s street tree count is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">largely stagnant\u003c/a>, despite the Urban Forest Plan’s goal to grow the population by 50,000 over 20 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t just want to see our supervisors overlook our own rights in the city charter to have trees put in, and [give] developers a pass,” said Melinda Dart, who lives what she described as the “concrete-covered” Outer Mission.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Holding a sign that read “Lurie vs. Lorax?,” Dart joined Klipp and a small group of other activists outside City Hall on Monday to knock on supervisors’ doors and urge them to vote against the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097709\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Star (right) sings at a call to action against File No. 251211, a new bill which would allow developers to pay their way out of tree planting, outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The other changes in the ordinance would ease restrictions on tree removals — which have mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">kept pace\u003c/a> with plantings since 2015.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The amendment has also ruffled feathers among the city’s Board of Appeals, a body which provides final review on city determinations. Last week, the Board sent a letter to supervisors urging them to strike out language which stripped it of its ability to hear appeals for hazardous trees, and shortened the process for non-hazardous trees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Initially, the proposal would have eliminated all appeals to city-initiated hazardous tree removals, but it was amended by the Land Use and Transportation Committee to allow appeals from the Public Works director.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Executive director Julie Lamarre said the process already doesn’t apply to removals in emergency situations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097710\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trees outside of the Hiram W. 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(Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Advocates hold up signs during a call to action against File No. 251211, a new bill which would allow developers to pay their way out of tree planting, outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really not a problem. We’re not slowing things up for the department,” she said during the committee meeting in July. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lamarre said there have been four appeals filed against city-initiated tree removals since 2024, two of which were withdrawn. The city’s separate “emergency” provision bypasses all appeals, she said, and maintaining the appeals process when possible ensures that residents and city workers engage with each other. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I do think the appeals process is beneficial in that it does spotlight an area … and it kind of forces the departments and the constituents to talk. I think that’s really beneficial and part of the democratic process,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Land Use and Transportation Committee forwarded the proposal with a positive recommendation. \u003c/p>\n",
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The city is not doing it,” said Joshua Klipp, a planting leader with Friends of the Urban Forest and former member of the Urban Forestry Council.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In an effort to grow the tree canopy, the city’s longstanding urban forest and climate action plans call for tens of thousands of street trees to be planted over two decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097711\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tree outside of a building in the Civic Center neighborhood in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Aiding efforts to meet that lofty goal, city code requires developers to plant trees every 20 feet on the street in front of their lot, unless physically unfeasible. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The slate of amendments up for a vote on Tuesday, sponsored by Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong and Mayor Daniel Lurie, as part of a broader push to streamline permits, would also limit how residents can appeal city-initiated tree removals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to balance expanding our urban canopy with streamlining public safety and permitting,” Ian Schneider, the government affairs manager for the Department of Public Works, said during a hearing in July. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under the proposed legislation, developers of projects under a certain size and scope could opt to pay $2,590 per tree that their lot would require in lieu of planting one. That money would go directly to San Francisco’s “Adopt-A-Tree” Fund, which pays for city planting and watering efforts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Klipp said that alternative doesn’t address the city’s existing problem: not planting enough street trees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have lost hundreds of trees since our last census,” he said. “If we were crushing it, if that fund was empty and we were keeping pace with the Urban Forest Plan and Climate Action Plan, I honestly wouldn’t oppose it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, the city’s street tree count is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">largely stagnant\u003c/a>, despite the Urban Forest Plan’s goal to grow the population by 50,000 over 20 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t just want to see our supervisors overlook our own rights in the city charter to have trees put in, and [give] developers a pass,” said Melinda Dart, who lives what she described as the “concrete-covered” Outer Mission.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Holding a sign that read “Lurie vs. Lorax?,” Dart joined Klipp and a small group of other activists outside City Hall on Monday to knock on supervisors’ doors and urge them to vote against the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097709\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Star (right) sings at a call to action against File No. 251211, a new bill which would allow developers to pay their way out of tree planting, outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The other changes in the ordinance would ease restrictions on tree removals — which have mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">kept pace\u003c/a> with plantings since 2015.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The amendment has also ruffled feathers among the city’s Board of Appeals, a body which provides final review on city determinations. Last week, the Board sent a letter to supervisors urging them to strike out language which stripped it of its ability to hear appeals for hazardous trees, and shortened the process for non-hazardous trees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Initially, the proposal would have eliminated all appeals to city-initiated hazardous tree removals, but it was amended by the Land Use and Transportation Committee to allow appeals from the Public Works director.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Executive director Julie Lamarre said the process already doesn’t apply to removals in emergency situations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097710\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trees outside of the Hiram W. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>Over the past 10 years, Joanna Hernandez has learned that even a small thing can become a challenge when a loved one is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/jails\">behind bars\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her son has been held in San Francisco County Jail since July 2016 and is set for trial in September. A tooth ached without dental care. Lunch trays served cold. Deputies ridiculed him, he told his mother.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And for her 9-year-old grandson, seeing his father has meant months of emails to command staff and visits canceled without warning.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They’re still human beings,” Hernandez said. “They deserve compassionate medical care and mental health support. 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Nearly 500 people completed the survey of the roughly 1,200 people incarcerated at the time. DPA designed the 78-question survey in collaboration with the Sheriff’s Office and other city departments.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I hope that this sheds light and provides an avenue for a lot of other neighboring counties and states to review and look at what’s happening inside of their county jails,” said Paul Briley, who spent about two months in a San Francisco county jail and now leads nonprofit Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. “So that the conditions of confinement are not depriving people of their basic humanity.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the survey, about 31% said they had been seriously injured in the jails, and 36% said the jail does not adequately protect people from violence. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Of the 151 people who reported an injury, 64 identified a physical altercation with Sheriff’s Office deputies as the source, compared with 40 who named other incarcerated people. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto said following up on the injury reports is his highest priority, and noted the responses are self-reported and were not independently verified. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to be safe, and we don’t want to think that our system is not protecting people,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His office logged 226 fights between incarcerated people and 125 incidents of violence toward staff last fiscal year, he said, plus 36 excessive force complaints, one sustained after an outside investigation by DPA. But he said the survey’s anonymity makes individual claims nearly impossible to trace.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>More than half of women surveyed said they felt unprotected. This followed calls from advocates earlier this year to investigate reports that more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065232/advocates-demand-investigation-after-women-say-sf-jail-deputies-recorded-strip-searches\">a dozen women incarcerated\u003c/a> at a San Francisco jail were strip-searched in front of male deputies and recorded on body-worn cameras.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Briley said he became an advocate after seeing the conditions in county jails: 4 a.m. cold showers, wearing other people’s dirty clothing and an intake unit where meals are cold and no one goes outside.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sheriff in uniform speaks from a podium.\" class=\"wp-image-11968000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheriff Paul Miyamoto speaks during a news conference in Civic Center in San Francisco on June 8, 2023. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It sparked a fire inside of me to have to address this from the outside,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Food was the lowest-rated section in the survey. Nearly two-thirds said meals do not meet their nutritional needs at all. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Angela Chan, assistant chief attorney at the Public Defender’s Office, said she watched a client receive a lunch of two small pieces of bread, a ball of unidentifiable meat and a few dried baby carrots.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s supposed to keep that adult individual full and healthy for half a day,” Chan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She said clients have left custody with high blood pressure and other conditions they did not arrive with. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Miyamoto said the menu is vetted against state standards and reviewed by a nutritionist. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It may not seem tasty or healthy at some times, but we definitely have guardrails,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Roughly one in three said they could not reach their attorney by phone, video or in person, and 40% said lockdowns interfered with legal visits. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Briley said he was most surprised by how long some people have been inside. The survey found 39 respondents had spent five to 10 years in the jails and 15 for more than a decade. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In a county jail,” he said. “This is not a prison.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a next step, the Sheriff’s Office has asked the Jail Justice Coalition for recommendations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think this is just a list of complaints,” said Anne Stuhldreher, senior adviser in the city’s office of the Treasurer, which helped develop the survey. “It’s really a list that lays out, OK, these are the challenges that we really need to work on — to fix.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Asked what she would change right now, Hernandez said she wants to be able to hold her son. 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DPA designed the 78-question survey in collaboration with the Sheriff’s Office and other city departments.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I hope that this sheds light and provides an avenue for a lot of other neighboring counties and states to review and look at what’s happening inside of their county jails,” said Paul Briley, who spent about two months in a San Francisco county jail and now leads nonprofit Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. “So that the conditions of confinement are not depriving people of their basic humanity.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the survey, about 31% said they had been seriously injured in the jails, and 36% said the jail does not adequately protect people from violence. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Of the 151 people who reported an injury, 64 identified a physical altercation with Sheriff’s Office deputies as the source, compared with 40 who named other incarcerated people. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto said following up on the injury reports is his highest priority, and noted the responses are self-reported and were not independently verified. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to be safe, and we don’t want to think that our system is not protecting people,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His office logged 226 fights between incarcerated people and 125 incidents of violence toward staff last fiscal year, he said, plus 36 excessive force complaints, one sustained after an outside investigation by DPA. But he said the survey’s anonymity makes individual claims nearly impossible to trace.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>More than half of women surveyed said they felt unprotected. This followed calls from advocates earlier this year to investigate reports that more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065232/advocates-demand-investigation-after-women-say-sf-jail-deputies-recorded-strip-searches\">a dozen women incarcerated\u003c/a> at a San Francisco jail were strip-searched in front of male deputies and recorded on body-worn cameras.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Briley said he became an advocate after seeing the conditions in county jails: 4 a.m. cold showers, wearing other people’s dirty clothing and an intake unit where meals are cold and no one goes outside.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sheriff in uniform speaks from a podium.\" class=\"wp-image-11968000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/009_KQED_SheriffPressConference_06082023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheriff Paul Miyamoto speaks during a news conference in Civic Center in San Francisco on June 8, 2023. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It sparked a fire inside of me to have to address this from the outside,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Food was the lowest-rated section in the survey. Nearly two-thirds said meals do not meet their nutritional needs at all. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Angela Chan, assistant chief attorney at the Public Defender’s Office, said she watched a client receive a lunch of two small pieces of bread, a ball of unidentifiable meat and a few dried baby carrots.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s supposed to keep that adult individual full and healthy for half a day,” Chan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She said clients have left custody with high blood pressure and other conditions they did not arrive with. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Miyamoto said the menu is vetted against state standards and reviewed by a nutritionist. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It may not seem tasty or healthy at some times, but we definitely have guardrails,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Roughly one in three said they could not reach their attorney by phone, video or in person, and 40% said lockdowns interfered with legal visits. Chan said her staff sometimes wait hours to see a client and are told no one is available to bring them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s a matter of priority,” she said, adding that lockdowns are not a lawful basis to deny a legal visit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Miyamoto said delays happen but denied intentionally “preventing people from seeing their attorneys.” He cited the difficulty of moving people between San Bruno and downtown courts and the mismatch between jail phone hours and public defenders’ court calendars.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-JAILSEARCHSUIT-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12085080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-JAILSEARCHSUIT-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-JAILSEARCHSUIT-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-JAILSEARCHSUIT-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju speaks during a rally outside of San Francisco County Jail 2 on May 22, 2026, one year after women incarcerated at the jail alleged they were subjected to illegal strip searches by sheriff’s deputies in a women’s housing unit. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Briley said he was most surprised by how long some people have been inside. The survey found 39 respondents had spent five to 10 years in the jails and 15 for more than a decade. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In a county jail,” he said. “This is not a prison.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a next step, the Sheriff’s Office has asked the Jail Justice Coalition for recommendations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think this is just a list of complaints,” said Anne Stuhldreher, senior adviser in the city’s office of the Treasurer, which helped develop the survey. “It’s really a list that lays out, OK, these are the challenges that we really need to work on — to fix.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Asked what she would change right now, Hernandez said she wants to be able to hold her son. There should be a rule, she said, that anyone held longer than a year gets at least one hug a month from their mother.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The human touch between a loved one and an incarcerated loved one can do so much,” she said. “Imagine what that can do to his mental health.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the city’s Department of Police Accountability sustained two excessive force complaints. Only one complaint was sustained. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-kqed-v2-dropcap-paragraph dropcap-paragraph\">\u003cspan class=\"dropcap\">A\u003c/span>s a book collector in the early 2000s, Randall Tarpey-Schwed and his husband read bedtime stories endlessly to their children.\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We read all kinds of children’s books to our kids,” Tarpey-Schwed of Mill Valley said. “But I wanted to make sure that some of those showed \u003cem>their \u003c/em>kind of family.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tarpey-Schwed’s passion had taught him to go searching for deep cuts like these: specifically, books for young people that featured LGBTQ families and characters. He began scouring used book websites and other corners of the internet for titles to bring back to his family — something that he said took “a lot of persistence.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But his efforts paid off when these books became an instant hit with his daughters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’d ask them, ‘What do you want to read tonight?’” he said. “Sometimes they would say, ‘Oh, I want a Papa and Daddy book.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095736\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A person reads a newspaper at the Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Exploring his growing collection, Tarpey-Schwed saw how the genre evolved — especially when looking at the earlier titles from as early as the 1960s. While some of the books were undoubtedly dated, they still communicated the values he and his husband felt were important: acceptance, community and love.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Over the years, he eventually amassed over 200 books, magazines and other printed materials that featured queer characters, themes and other diverse representations of families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As his daughters grew up, Tarpey-Schwed carefully packed the books away. But he always wanted to find a home for them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then, through the bibliophile circles of San Francisco, Myles Cooper, a library manager at the Mechanics’ Institute — a beautiful \u003ca href=\"https://www.vogue.com/article/what-is-beaux-arts-architecture\">Beaux-Arts-style\u003c/a> historical library in downtown San Francisco — found out about Tarpey-Schwed’s archive of books. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Which is how Tarpey-Schwed handed off his yearslong work in November last year — and how the Mechanics Institute became the new, public home of what they call one of the most thorough catalogs of early LGBTQ children’s literature in the United States, dating from 1969. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Scores of books which for years were stored in Tarpey-Schwed’s home can now be viewed in person by appointment or \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/\">online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The Mechanics’ Institute was willing to make a commitment to preserve it as a collection, rather than, say, putting all the books into circulation,” Tarpey-Schwed said. “I felt this was more important to keep it together. Because, in its whole, it shows the history of the genre.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘It’s adorable — and it’s true’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Mechanics’ Institute dates back to the 19th century, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/the-mechanics-institute-san-francisco-s-first-tech-incubator/article_644e6ace-b579-52eb-bbb2-6aec5a9534f5.html\">years before\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/about-us/history-san-francisco-public-library\">the first branch of the San Francisco Public Library\u003c/a> opened its doors. During \u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/about-us/history-and-mission/\">its initial years\u003c/a>, the center served as a place for people to learn vocational skills at the tail end of the Gold Rush. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, the Mechanics’ Institute is a home for the Bay Area’s chess players, cultural events and \u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/research-and-resources/special-collections/\">special collections\u003c/a> for researchers to dive into. And a major reason, Cooper said, why the Mechanics’ Institute took in Tarpey-Schwed’s “wonderful addition” was to “widen, broaden and tell more stories that relate to people here and that are important to people today.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection has some contemporary examples, what makes it unique are the earlier titles Tarpey-Schwed discovered — many of which came from small independent presses, are out of print or were self-published.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095738\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist, is photographed at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Like \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-146/heather-has-two-mommies\">“Heather Has Two Mommies”\u003c/a> by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Diana Souza, self-published in 1989 before being picked up a year earlier by \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20131103212823/http://www.glbtq.com/sfeatures/interviewsalyson.html\">Alyson Wonderland\u003c/a> — a then-brand-new LGBTQ children’s fiction publisher. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The collection, while telling the story of LGBTQ families, “also tells the stories of publishing,” Cooper said. “Publishers that dared to print some of those first stories that had representation of alternative families.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tarpey-Schwed’s collection traces how the genre was also impacted by real-life events, like legal developments around marriage equality and family law — or the lack of them. For instance, some of the earlier works Tarpey-Schwed found written before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016010/reflecting-on-the-fight-for-marriage-equality\">marriage equality\u003c/a> tried to grapple with what to \u003cem>call \u003c/em>the union of two parents, or a new partner of a parent. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So, it could be ‘roommate’ — which I think is a hilarious euphemism,” he said. “There’s one story in which a little girl is portrayed as living with her mother and her godmother. But when you look at the iconography of the image, it’s clearly a lesbian couple.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A title that became dear to Tarpey-Schwed’s own family is \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-137/in-our-mothers-house\">“In Our Mother’s House,”\u003c/a> by Patricia Polacco, which follows two moms throwing a block party in Berkeley. At one point in the book, a neighbor storms in and snaps at the family, scaring the kids.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And then — this is going to choke me up talking about it — what happens is that every one of the neighbors, one by one, comes up and gives the family a hug,” Tarpey-Schwed said. “Even though it’s a complicated and nuanced story, at the end, it cuts right through to: ‘But your family is loved.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095737\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist, is photographed at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through a box of books from the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s maybe an assumption out there that writing a children’s book is like writing a dumbed-down version of an adult book, and that’s completely wrong,” he said. “Children’s books are a genre of their own, and a really good children’s book is a good book, period.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Cooper, \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-139/and-tango-makes-three\">“And Tango Makes Three”\u003c/a> has a special place in his heart, bringing back memories of reading it to elementary-school students upon its first release in 2005. Written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole, the famous book is based on \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/08/usa.gayrights\">a true story\u003c/a> of two penguins in a New York zoo who raise a baby chick named Tango after zoo keepers notice their desire for a family — evidenced by their attempts to “hatch” a rock.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“How can you argue with that?” Cooper said. “It’s adorable, and it’s true.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A broad censorship effect’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, “And Tango Makes Three” — like many of the books in the Tarpey-Schwed collection — has been a target of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data\">coordinated campaigns nationwide\u003c/a> that aim to pull diverse books off the shelves of public libraries and schools. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a very fragile area of collections,” Cooper said. “They’re being banned, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/book-bans-california-libraries/\">even in public libraries in California\u003c/a>. It really is an area that we need to collect and keep and maintain just for our own history.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2016, the American Library Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data\">tracked 208 unique titles\u003c/a> that were challenged in public schools and libraries in the United States. In 2025, that number shot up to over 4,200 titles — and nearly 40% of those titles featured LGBTQ characters or characters of color. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095731\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through Asha’s Mums, a book published in 1990, which is part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The ALA also found that almost all book challenges in 2025 were initiated \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data\">by pressure groups, government officials and decision-makers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Along with these challenges, \u003ca href=\"https://lawlibguides.sandiego.edu/c.php?g=1421168&p=10542274\">various laws and policies\u003c/a> — some carrying serious consequences for offenders — can be found across the country that are attempting to restrict materials based on broad definitions like being \u003ca href=\"https://arktimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Filed-Complaint-Fayetteville-Public-Library-et-al.-v.-Crawford-County-et-al.pdf\">“harmful to minors.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The wave of censorship seen in the 2020s arose after the initial stages of the pandemic, often involving the same people involved with the anti-masking movement, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101904708/conservative-mothers-as-a-political-force-in-california\">Moms for Liberty\u003c/a>, said Sarah Lamdan, the executive director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A lot of the emphasis on book bans and censorship attacks has been around the concept of ‘protecting children,’” Lamdan said. But “anyone who’s willing to say that “And Tango Makes Three” could be harmful to anyone isn’t being honest with themselves or the community that they’re addressing.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And as the book challenges increase across the country, “the fatigue around fighting it has definitely set in at the same time,” said Jonathan Friedman, the Sy Syms managing director of U.S. free expression programs at PEN America. “It’s just normalized; it’s not news.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco authors and married duo Sarah and Ian Hoffman are very familiar with that fatigue. They are the authors of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sarahandianhoffman.com/books/\">the “Jacob” picture book series\u003c/a>, which includes installments like “Jacob’s New Dress”.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first time one of their books was banned was in 2017, in a North Carolina school district. Bans at the time were rare enough, Sarah Hoffman said, that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/north-carolina-school-jacobs-new-dress-book.html\">\u003cem>New York Times \u003c/em>was interested in the story\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We got all these love notes from people in North Carolina saying things like, ‘We’re so sorry, we are not all like that, we don’t want to ban your book, your book is wonderful.’ So it was actually kind of a great experience,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But now, “the book banners are so well organized … It’s impossible for anyone to keep up with,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095735\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California does have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893478/california-pushes-back-on-the-book-banning-movement\">some protections against these campaigns\u003c/a>. In 2024, the state adopted a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1825\">Freedom to Read Act\u003c/a>, which states that public libraries cannot exclude materials from their shelves based on content like race, gender and sexual orientation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s not a cure-all. It doesn’t mean that, ‘Okay, there’s no more censorship in California,’” the American Library Association’s Lamdan said. Rather, “there’s a tool to push back on censorship attempts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in many other parts of the country, the book banning movement has only strengthened — especially after the Supreme Court’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oyez.org/cases/2024/24-297\">\u003cem>Mahmoud v. 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(Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095730\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through Asha’s Mums, a book published in 1990, which is part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her picture book \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-020/operation-marriage\">“Operation Marriage”\u003c/a>, which features in the Mechanics’ Institute Tarpey-Schwed collection, follows Alex and her younger brother Nicky, who are trying to convince their moms to get married before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981023/a-queer-journalist-reflects-on-the-legacy-of-the-propostion-8-trial-tapes\">the passage of Proposition 8\u003c/a> — the California law that banned same-sex marriage in 2008, which was ultimately struck down a few years later.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chin-Lee said it’s based on a true story about a family who attended her church in Palo Alto. In fact, the making of the picture book was a community effort: People from the church even posed for pictures, which local artist Lea Lyon then illustrated, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in 2023 — well after the legalization of gay marriage nationwide — “Operation Marriage” was challenged by \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1am1vKU3MR1209AanJVqySFtRYe3IiB1k/edit?gid=479202673#gid=479202673\">a Midland, Texas, county commissioner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mrt.com/news/article/midland-county-releases-full-list-redesignated-18342965.php\">a group of volunteers\u003c/a> who wanted to remove it from the shelves of the children’s section of a public library and into the adults’ section.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have freedom of speech, freedom of writing, and the kids that are LGBTQ especially need our support,” she said. “They need to be able to see themselves in books.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These books also play a role for parents. The Hoffmans’ first book about Jacob — “Jacob’s New Dress” — depicted a little boy who wants to wear a dress. It was based on their son Sam, who, as a kid, “liked all things that were pink and girly and sparkly” and asked to wear a dress to school when he was four, Sarah Hoffman said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That was when we faced our first issue as parents, because we wanted to let Sam be himself,” she said. “And clearly this was coming from \u003cem>him\u003c/em>, because nothing around him said little boys should like these things.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through the pages of Daddy’s Roommate, a book published in 1990, which is a part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While they were the only parents in Sam’s school navigating this, they connected with other parents online all over the world who also had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/loveyouforyou\">gender nonconforming kids\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Everyone felt alone until they found this group, and suddenly we had community,” Hoffman said. “We realized that we all face the same kinds of issues.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The collection is already acting as a historical reference — and source of inspiration — for the field’s writers too. Like San Francisco children’s book author Marcus Ewert, the writer of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sevenstories.com/books/2795-10-000-dresses\">10,000 Dresses\u003c/a>,” about a young trans girl named Bailey. For Ewert, the archive functions as a trove of the genre’s pioneers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Oh my God, I wanna spend hours and hours and hours just looking at all these things,” he said. “As little time capsules, as little pieces of history.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Profound effects’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Along with being a resource for early examples of LGBTQ children’s literature, Tarpey-Schwed said he hoped that more titles and examples will continue to be added to the collection.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The children’s publishing world in the past few years has seen a major wave of inclusive literature, partly thanks to industry-wide initiatives like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.diversebooks.org/\">We Need Diverse Books campaign\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It was hugely successful in getting all these stories out there that weren’t being told,” Ian Hoffman said. But the backlash to the campaign was also swift — and he admitted the last few years have felt “bleak.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095724\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095724\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The authors of the 1979 children’s book When Megan Went Away dedicate the book to children of lesbian mothers. The book is a part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection. 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(Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But his wife, Sarah Hoffman, had some optimism. “We can temporarily go back, but you can’t change the fact that these books have existed,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Mechanics’ Institute archivist Cooper, the collection has been an exciting opportunity to learn more about children’s literature. Most people in his 40s like him, or older, have never experienced queer picture books.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[We] didn’t grow up with these kinds of stories,” he said. “I think that really does affect children … When they’re thinking about their life, what’s it going to be like? ‘I never pictured having a family, because I didn’t see that reflected in literature.’” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This can really have profound effects on children today,” Cooper said.\u003c/p>\n",
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He began scouring used book websites and other corners of the internet for titles to bring back to his family — something that he said took “a lot of persistence.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But his efforts paid off when these books became an instant hit with his daughters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’d ask them, ‘What do you want to read tonight?’” he said. “Sometimes they would say, ‘Oh, I want a Papa and Daddy book.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095736\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-71-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A person reads a newspaper at the Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Exploring his growing collection, Tarpey-Schwed saw how the genre evolved — especially when looking at the earlier titles from as early as the 1960s. While some of the books were undoubtedly dated, they still communicated the values he and his husband felt were important: acceptance, community and love.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Over the years, he eventually amassed over 200 books, magazines and other printed materials that featured queer characters, themes and other diverse representations of families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As his daughters grew up, Tarpey-Schwed carefully packed the books away. But he always wanted to find a home for them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then, through the bibliophile circles of San Francisco, Myles Cooper, a library manager at the Mechanics’ Institute — a beautiful \u003ca href=\"https://www.vogue.com/article/what-is-beaux-arts-architecture\">Beaux-Arts-style\u003c/a> historical library in downtown San Francisco — found out about Tarpey-Schwed’s archive of books. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Which is how Tarpey-Schwed handed off his yearslong work in November last year — and how the Mechanics Institute became the new, public home of what they call one of the most thorough catalogs of early LGBTQ children’s literature in the United States, dating from 1969. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Scores of books which for years were stored in Tarpey-Schwed’s home can now be viewed in person by appointment or \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/\">online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The Mechanics’ Institute was willing to make a commitment to preserve it as a collection, rather than, say, putting all the books into circulation,” Tarpey-Schwed said. “I felt this was more important to keep it together. Because, in its whole, it shows the history of the genre.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘It’s adorable — and it’s true’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Mechanics’ Institute dates back to the 19th century, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/the-mechanics-institute-san-francisco-s-first-tech-incubator/article_644e6ace-b579-52eb-bbb2-6aec5a9534f5.html\">years before\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/about-us/history-san-francisco-public-library\">the first branch of the San Francisco Public Library\u003c/a> opened its doors. During \u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/about-us/history-and-mission/\">its initial years\u003c/a>, the center served as a place for people to learn vocational skills at the tail end of the Gold Rush. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, the Mechanics’ Institute is a home for the Bay Area’s chess players, cultural events and \u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/research-and-resources/special-collections/\">special collections\u003c/a> for researchers to dive into. And a major reason, Cooper said, why the Mechanics’ Institute took in Tarpey-Schwed’s “wonderful addition” was to “widen, broaden and tell more stories that relate to people here and that are important to people today.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection has some contemporary examples, what makes it unique are the earlier titles Tarpey-Schwed discovered — many of which came from small independent presses, are out of print or were self-published.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095738\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-81-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist, is photographed at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Like \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-146/heather-has-two-mommies\">“Heather Has Two Mommies”\u003c/a> by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Diana Souza, self-published in 1989 before being picked up a year earlier by \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20131103212823/http://www.glbtq.com/sfeatures/interviewsalyson.html\">Alyson Wonderland\u003c/a> — a then-brand-new LGBTQ children’s fiction publisher. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The collection, while telling the story of LGBTQ families, “also tells the stories of publishing,” Cooper said. “Publishers that dared to print some of those first stories that had representation of alternative families.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tarpey-Schwed’s collection traces how the genre was also impacted by real-life events, like legal developments around marriage equality and family law — or the lack of them. For instance, some of the earlier works Tarpey-Schwed found written before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016010/reflecting-on-the-fight-for-marriage-equality\">marriage equality\u003c/a> tried to grapple with what to \u003cem>call \u003c/em>the union of two parents, or a new partner of a parent. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So, it could be ‘roommate’ — which I think is a hilarious euphemism,” he said. “There’s one story in which a little girl is portrayed as living with her mother and her godmother. But when you look at the iconography of the image, it’s clearly a lesbian couple.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A title that became dear to Tarpey-Schwed’s own family is \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-137/in-our-mothers-house\">“In Our Mother’s House,”\u003c/a> by Patricia Polacco, which follows two moms throwing a block party in Berkeley. At one point in the book, a neighbor storms in and snaps at the family, scaring the kids.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And then — this is going to choke me up talking about it — what happens is that every one of the neighbors, one by one, comes up and gives the family a hug,” Tarpey-Schwed said. “Even though it’s a complicated and nuanced story, at the end, it cuts right through to: ‘But your family is loved.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095737\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-79-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist, is photographed at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through a box of books from the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s maybe an assumption out there that writing a children’s book is like writing a dumbed-down version of an adult book, and that’s completely wrong,” he said. “Children’s books are a genre of their own, and a really good children’s book is a good book, period.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Cooper, \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-139/and-tango-makes-three\">“And Tango Makes Three”\u003c/a> has a special place in his heart, bringing back memories of reading it to elementary-school students upon its first release in 2005. Written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole, the famous book is based on \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/08/usa.gayrights\">a true story\u003c/a> of two penguins in a New York zoo who raise a baby chick named Tango after zoo keepers notice their desire for a family — evidenced by their attempts to “hatch” a rock.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“How can you argue with that?” Cooper said. “It’s adorable, and it’s true.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A broad censorship effect’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, “And Tango Makes Three” — like many of the books in the Tarpey-Schwed collection — has been a target of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data\">coordinated campaigns nationwide\u003c/a> that aim to pull diverse books off the shelves of public libraries and schools. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a very fragile area of collections,” Cooper said. “They’re being banned, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/book-bans-california-libraries/\">even in public libraries in California\u003c/a>. It really is an area that we need to collect and keep and maintain just for our own history.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2016, the American Library Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data\">tracked 208 unique titles\u003c/a> that were challenged in public schools and libraries in the United States. In 2025, that number shot up to over 4,200 titles — and nearly 40% of those titles featured LGBTQ characters or characters of color. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095731\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through Asha’s Mums, a book published in 1990, which is part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The ALA also found that almost all book challenges in 2025 were initiated \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data\">by pressure groups, government officials and decision-makers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Along with these challenges, \u003ca href=\"https://lawlibguides.sandiego.edu/c.php?g=1421168&p=10542274\">various laws and policies\u003c/a> — some carrying serious consequences for offenders — can be found across the country that are attempting to restrict materials based on broad definitions like being \u003ca href=\"https://arktimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Filed-Complaint-Fayetteville-Public-Library-et-al.-v.-Crawford-County-et-al.pdf\">“harmful to minors.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The wave of censorship seen in the 2020s arose after the initial stages of the pandemic, often involving the same people involved with the anti-masking movement, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101904708/conservative-mothers-as-a-political-force-in-california\">Moms for Liberty\u003c/a>, said Sarah Lamdan, the executive director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A lot of the emphasis on book bans and censorship attacks has been around the concept of ‘protecting children,’” Lamdan said. But “anyone who’s willing to say that “And Tango Makes Three” could be harmful to anyone isn’t being honest with themselves or the community that they’re addressing.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And as the book challenges increase across the country, “the fatigue around fighting it has definitely set in at the same time,” said Jonathan Friedman, the Sy Syms managing director of U.S. free expression programs at PEN America. “It’s just normalized; it’s not news.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco authors and married duo Sarah and Ian Hoffman are very familiar with that fatigue. They are the authors of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sarahandianhoffman.com/books/\">the “Jacob” picture book series\u003c/a>, which includes installments like “Jacob’s New Dress”.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first time one of their books was banned was in 2017, in a North Carolina school district. Bans at the time were rare enough, Sarah Hoffman said, that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/north-carolina-school-jacobs-new-dress-book.html\">\u003cem>New York Times \u003c/em>was interested in the story\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We got all these love notes from people in North Carolina saying things like, ‘We’re so sorry, we are not all like that, we don’t want to ban your book, your book is wonderful.’ So it was actually kind of a great experience,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But now, “the book banners are so well organized … It’s impossible for anyone to keep up with,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095735\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-67-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California does have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893478/california-pushes-back-on-the-book-banning-movement\">some protections against these campaigns\u003c/a>. In 2024, the state adopted a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1825\">Freedom to Read Act\u003c/a>, which states that public libraries cannot exclude materials from their shelves based on content like race, gender and sexual orientation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s not a cure-all. It doesn’t mean that, ‘Okay, there’s no more censorship in California,’” the American Library Association’s Lamdan said. Rather, “there’s a tool to push back on censorship attempts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in many other parts of the country, the book banning movement has only strengthened — especially after the Supreme Court’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oyez.org/cases/2024/24-297\">\u003cem>Mahmoud v. Taylor\u003c/em>\u003c/a> ruling in 2025 that a group of parents’ freedom of religion was violated when they couldn’t opt their children out of a class that included LGBTQ storybooks.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“What is so stunning about that decision is that it has this potential to have such a broad censorship effect on the very books that we know can have such a powerful positive impact for many young children,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Able to see themselves’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Libraries are intended to meet the needs of their communities, Lamdan said — and are supposed to have an array of books that touch every person.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For her, the Mechanics’ Institute’s motives for acquiring Tarpey-Schwed’s collection show “exactly why censorship in libraries is so harmful.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Everybody deserves to see themselves reflected in stories and to see themselves reflected in library collections,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Making sure children feel seen is a major motivating factor for the works written by Half Moon Bay author Cynthia Chin-Lee — compounded by her experience as an Asian American growing up in the 60s with little to no representation in the stories around her.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095727\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-25-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095727\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-25-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-25-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-25-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through the pages of The Generous Jefferson Bartleby Jones, a book published in 1991, which is a part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095730\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-41-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through Asha’s Mums, a book published in 1990, which is part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her picture book \u003ca href=\"https://tarpey-schwed-special-collection.vercel.app/items/KB-020/operation-marriage\">“Operation Marriage”\u003c/a>, which features in the Mechanics’ Institute Tarpey-Schwed collection, follows Alex and her younger brother Nicky, who are trying to convince their moms to get married before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981023/a-queer-journalist-reflects-on-the-legacy-of-the-propostion-8-trial-tapes\">the passage of Proposition 8\u003c/a> — the California law that banned same-sex marriage in 2008, which was ultimately struck down a few years later.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chin-Lee said it’s based on a true story about a family who attended her church in Palo Alto. In fact, the making of the picture book was a community effort: People from the church even posed for pictures, which local artist Lea Lyon then illustrated, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in 2023 — well after the legalization of gay marriage nationwide — “Operation Marriage” was challenged by \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1am1vKU3MR1209AanJVqySFtRYe3IiB1k/edit?gid=479202673#gid=479202673\">a Midland, Texas, county commissioner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mrt.com/news/article/midland-county-releases-full-list-redesignated-18342965.php\">a group of volunteers\u003c/a> who wanted to remove it from the shelves of the children’s section of a public library and into the adults’ section.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have freedom of speech, freedom of writing, and the kids that are LGBTQ especially need our support,” she said. “They need to be able to see themselves in books.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These books also play a role for parents. The Hoffmans’ first book about Jacob — “Jacob’s New Dress” — depicted a little boy who wants to wear a dress. It was based on their son Sam, who, as a kid, “liked all things that were pink and girly and sparkly” and asked to wear a dress to school when he was four, Sarah Hoffman said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That was when we faced our first issue as parents, because we wanted to let Sam be himself,” she said. “And clearly this was coming from \u003cem>him\u003c/em>, because nothing around him said little boys should like these things.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-31-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through the pages of Daddy’s Roommate, a book published in 1990, which is a part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While they were the only parents in Sam’s school navigating this, they connected with other parents online all over the world who also had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/loveyouforyou\">gender nonconforming kids\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Everyone felt alone until they found this group, and suddenly we had community,” Hoffman said. “We realized that we all face the same kinds of issues.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The collection is already acting as a historical reference — and source of inspiration — for the field’s writers too. Like San Francisco children’s book author Marcus Ewert, the writer of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sevenstories.com/books/2795-10-000-dresses\">10,000 Dresses\u003c/a>,” about a young trans girl named Bailey. For Ewert, the archive functions as a trove of the genre’s pioneers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Oh my God, I wanna spend hours and hours and hours just looking at all these things,” he said. “As little time capsules, as little pieces of history.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Profound effects’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Along with being a resource for early examples of LGBTQ children’s literature, Tarpey-Schwed said he hoped that more titles and examples will continue to be added to the collection.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The children’s publishing world in the past few years has seen a major wave of inclusive literature, partly thanks to industry-wide initiatives like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.diversebooks.org/\">We Need Diverse Books campaign\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It was hugely successful in getting all these stories out there that weren’t being told,” Ian Hoffman said. But the backlash to the campaign was also swift — and he admitted the last few years have felt “bleak.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095724\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095724\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The authors of the 1979 children’s book When Megan Went Away dedicate the book to children of lesbian mothers. The book is a part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12095726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095726\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260814-LGBTBookArchive-NG-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Myles Cooper, library manager and archivist at the Mechanics’ Institute, flips through the pages of a 1989 self-published version Heather Has Two Mommies, which is a part of the institute’s Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection, at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But his wife, Sarah Hoffman, had some optimism. “We can temporarily go back, but you can’t change the fact that these books have existed,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Mechanics’ Institute archivist Cooper, the collection has been an exciting opportunity to learn more about children’s literature. Most people in his 40s like him, or older, have never experienced queer picture books.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[We] didn’t grow up with these kinds of stories,” he said. “I think that really does affect children … When they’re thinking about their life, what’s it going to be like? ‘I never pictured having a family, because I didn’t see that reflected in literature.’” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This can really have profound effects on children today,” Cooper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The act would establish a half-cent sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, as well as a 1-cent sales tax in San Francisco, for 14 years, generating an estimated $980 million annually, according to Metropolitan Transportation Commission figures. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supporters of the measure see it as critical to maintaining the Bay Area’s economy and quality of life.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The ballot question, as approved last month by a governing body known as the Public Transit Revenue Measure District, and made up of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission board of directors, is as follows:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“To prevent major service cuts to BART and other transit, avoid increased traffic, and reduce pollution by: Preserving BART, Caltrain, VTA, SamTrans, AC Transit, Muni, other transit for everyone, including workers, students, seniors, persons with disabilities; Supporting transit safety, cleanliness, affordability, reliability; Repairing targeted roads/potholes; Requiring financial transparency, oversight, accountability; shall the measure enacting a 0.5% (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara counties), and 1% (San Francisco) sales tax for 14 years generating approximately $980,000,000 annually, be adopted?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taking a fine-tooth comb to that wording, the challengers wanted to hit the delete button on references to service cuts and preservation, among other issues.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Dieguez and his co-petitioners, these details matter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ Preserving BART implies that it’s at risk in some way, whereas funding it implies what it is, giving it more money to continue to operate,” Dieguez told KQED on Aug. 17.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/251030-BayAreaVoters-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095745\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/251030-BayAreaVoters-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/251030-BayAreaVoters-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/251030-BayAreaVoters-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A voter is given a sticker after dropping his ballot at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 30, 2025, ahead of the statewide special election. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democratic Party voted to endorse Manny Yekutiel for District 8 supervisor despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090065/sexual-assault-allegations-against-manny-yekutiel-roil-san-francisco-democrats\">sexual assault allegations\u003c/a> against the local cafe owner who has forged close ties with many of the city’s prominent political leaders. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The endorsement arrived the same day the local party announced the conclusion of an investigation into allegations made by Brad Chapin, who claimed Yekutiel assaulted him at a party in 2020. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>An ombudsperson tasked with reviewing Chapin’s complaint said that no judgment could be made about whether the alleged incident occurred. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yekutiel said in a statement that he was grateful for the party’s endorsement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1298791153.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1298791153.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1298791153-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1298791153-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manny Yekutiel introduces U.S. presidential candidate Tom Steyer during Steyer’s appearance at Manny’s in San Francisco, California, on July 17, 2019. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images))\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our campaign is focused on delivering results on the issues voters care about most, making San Francisco more affordable, building the housing we need, supporting small businesses and keeping our neighborhood safe,” he said. “I’m proud of the momentum behind this campaign, and I’m going to keep taking that message directly to voters across District 8.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chapin’s case was one of the first tests for the San Francisco Democratic Party’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016733/sf-democrats-adopt-new-sexual-assault-reporting-policies\">newly created policy\u003c/a> for reporting sexual misconduct in political spaces. Chapin, a city gardener who previously worked as an organizer in local politics, filed a police report in April before reporting the incident to the local Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chapin said he did not receive a response through the reporting process until he came forward publicly with his story in the media, however. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>An adjudication panel met on Tuesday to review the investigator’s findings, according to a letter sent to Democratic Party Chair Nancy Tung. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The accusation cannot be substantiated,” the letter said, stating that the event in question was not at an official meeting or event sponsored by a political club. “This is not a determination on the merits of whether a sexual assault occurred.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Speaking during public comment at Wednesday night’s Democratic Party meeting, Chapin called the process a “sham.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m really disappointed in your investigation,” he said. “You should all be…ashamed of yourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yekutiel has powerful allies in City Hall, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, with whom he started the nonprofit Civic Joy Fund. His restaurant, Manny’s, serves as a civic gathering space that has hosted prominent political figures both local and national. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yekutiel has endorsements from the majority of the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who is a member of the Democratic Party’s committee on sexual assault, abstained from the vote on Wednesday night but has personally endorsed Yekutiel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2278646743-scaled-e1782502896455.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12086413\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayor Daniel Lurie during a news conference on his budget proposal in San Francisco on June 1, 2026. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I support him because he embodies Democratic values and he’s lived through them for years doing civic engagement, bringing people together, championing equality and inclusion. He has truly built community,” a District 8 resident named Trey Gwen said at Wednesday’s meeting. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yekutiel is facing off against three other candidates also running to represent District 8, which includes the Castro, Noe Valley and Glen Park neighborhoods. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They include Gary McCoy, a former aide for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi; Democratic Party member and lawyer Michael Nguyen; and former DoorDash employee Darshini Patel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Democratic Party narrowly voted against backing McCoy, who has an endorsement from Pelosi, as a second-rank candidate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I know Gary very well. He is somebody I consider a friend, and I think he would be a terrific colleague,” said Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who said the two met through drug recovery meetings. “It would mean a lot to people in the recovery community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Catie Stewart, a spokesperson for McCoy’s campaign, said in a statement on Wednesday that they share “grave concerns” about the Democratic Party’s process and findings around Chapin’s assault allegations against Yekutiel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignleft size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12020498\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-51.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-51-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-51-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-51-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-51-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie walks with Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and Manny Yekutiel during a trash pickup in the Mission District on Jan. 5, 2025, during a weekend of service before his inauguration. 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TSA has shared names, photos and other details from flight manifests, which ICE checks against its own records.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED reached out to both TSA and ICE for comment, and neither responded in time for publication. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Previously, enforcement at airports centered on international travelers coming into the U.S. without a visa, said Milli Atkinson, director of the San Francisco Bar Association’s Immigrant Legal Defense Program and leads the San Francisco Rapid Response Network. But over the past year and a half, focus has shifted to immigrants who have lived in the country for years, but overstayed their visa and then chose to travel domestically.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We didn’t really see anything locally until this year, and it has really ramped up in the past couple of weeks at both San Francisco and Oakland airports,” Atkinson said. “For the first time, we started seeing people detained when they were waiting at the gates to board their flights, including people who have pending asylum applications. It’s really concerning.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Atkinson said that the arrests are being made by both uniformed ICE agents and by plainclothes officers wearing tactical vests. 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Bernie Sanders is set to speak in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2026. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But opponents say it’s a misguided effort to tax the wealthy and could result in billionaires fleeing to other states.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Passing a billionaire tax in California is not a long-term viable solution to providing affordable healthcare,” member Lanier Coles said. “We need \u003cem>federal\u003c/em> tax reform to address the growing inequities and concentration of wealth.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One member in the audience fired back: “That’s why you lost to Trump twice.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 17-4 vote fell along moderate-progressive lines. The measure would create a one-time 5% tax on Californians with a net worth that exceeds $1 billion who lived in the state as of Jan. 1, 2026. 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