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At trial last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066373/murder-trial-of-sf-filmmaker-kevin-epps-will-swing-on-question-of-self-defense\">Epps argued self-defense\u003c/a> while prosecutors had pushed for a harsher first-degree murder conviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, Epps was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066917/sf-filmmaker-kevin-epps-convicted-of-manslaughter-not-murder-in-2016-shooting\">convicted of voluntary manslaughter\u003c/a> and two counts of possession of a firearm as a felon, since he was barred from possessing the gun due to a nonviolent felony on his record from 15 years prior. The jury found that he did not act with malice when he shot Polk, but he was still not justified in acting in self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the sentencing hearing on Wednesday at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, Epps cried as he read a statement accepting responsibility and expressing remorse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no excuse for what I’ve done,” he said. “I pray for Mr. Polk’s family and ask for forgiveness every day of my life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several supporters spoke about Epps’ work in San Francisco community organizations, and his 12-year-old daughter begged the judge for leniency through tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polk’s loved ones, meanwhile, described Epps as abusive and said he did not need to shoot Polk that day in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067224\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-kevinepps00246seqn_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-kevinepps00246seqn_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-kevinepps00246seqn_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-kevinepps00246seqn_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker and journalist Kevin Epps (left) embraces his mother Brenda Epps (right) at the Superior Court of San Francisco on Dec. 15, 2025, after a jury found him not guilty of the murder of Marcus Polk. A jury did find Epps guilty of voluntary manslaughter. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He killed our dad in cold blood for no reason,” said Polk’s oldest daughter, Jazmine Polk. “Kevin caused so much chaos … a permanent shadow over our family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the sentence was read, Epps’ supporters and family cried out as he was taken back into custody. The move surprised Epps’ defense team, who had asked for no prison time and said they plan to appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2016 shooting occurred after Polk came to the home of his ex-wife’s sister, Maryam Jhan. Jhan, Epps’ former partner, lived in the home with their two children. At one time, Epps also resided there, though the timeline was contested at trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The residence was a gathering place for Jhan’s extended family — her sister, Starr Gul, and the three children she had with Polk were often present. Prosecutors said Jhan also allowed Polk, who was unhoused and recently out of jail at the time, to come over to visit his children, take showers and watch television on a fairly regular basis.[aside postID=news_12066917 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-kevinepps00054seqn_TV_qed.jpg']Defense attorneys said during the trial that Polk had come to the home the night before the shooting and banged on the door. Epps turned him away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, he returned, high on methamphetamine and cannabis, and was told to leave again. He entered the house anyway, and shortly after, Epps shot him in the left arm and torso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Epps’ defense attorneys said he was acting in self-defense, telling the jury that Polk had been acting “erratically” and threatening to “air out” Epps. Polk had just gotten into a verbal altercation with maintenance workers out front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors posed a different narrative: They argued that Epps was motivated by a simmering dispute between the men over how frequently Polk visited the house. Attorneys were not allowed to present his criminal history to the jury, but Polk was a registered sex offender and had prior convictions for domestic abuse against Gul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My father made many mistakes, but he always faced the consequences,” Jazmine, Polk’s oldest daughter, said ahead of the sentencing on Wednesday. “He would tell the best stories, cook the best burgers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said one of their favorite places to be together was the Glen Park home, where she said Polk visited often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To claim that Epps didn’t know my dad or was scared of him was not true,” Jazmine Polk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251120-KEVIN-EPPS-TRIAL-ADE-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251120-KEVIN-EPPS-TRIAL-ADE-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251120-KEVIN-EPPS-TRIAL-ADE-02-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251120-KEVIN-EPPS-TRIAL-ADE-02-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Kevin Epps rally outside of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on Nov. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In asking for a noncustodial sentence, Epps’ defense attorneys had argued that the gun possession charge should serve as the principal term, carrying the greatest punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have many thoughts about Mr. Epps’ possession of that illegal gun that night, but to conclude that that is the principal crime here, would diminish the killing of a man — [who] amongst everyone who appears here today … is probably the least empowered in our society,” Judge Brian Ferrall said. “A person on parole, addicted to drugs, unhoused, unemployed, no real resources and armed with a remote control at the moment of death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Epps had faced several potential aggravating sentencing factors weighed separately from the main charges, but the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision on those. They were dismissed and not considered in the sentence on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge also granted a defense motion to not consider his prior residential burglary conviction from 1997 as a strike, which could have added several years to his sentence.[aside postID=news_12078050 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/025_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021_qed-1020x679.jpg']Epps’ arrest in connection with the shooting in 2016 caught the attention of many who knew him for his series of documentaries on the experience of Black San Franciscans in the early 2000s. He broke through with his 2003 feature documentary \u003cem>Straight Outta Hunters Point\u003c/em>, which traced the trajectory of the area where he grew up from a place of shipyard opportunity for Black workers to a crime-plagued neighborhood of systemic neglect. The film resonated widely in San Francisco, playing at the Metreon 16 megaplex downtown for multiple weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The documentary, which screened at film festivals worldwide, also caught the attention of acclaimed director Spike Lee, who teamed up with Epps to film \u003cem>Sucker Free City\u003c/em> in San Francisco. Originally conceived as a TV series for Showtime, the story of three young men of different ethnicities pulled into a life of crime was adapted into a feature film, set in Visitacion Valley, Hunters Point and the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a director, Epps went on to make the documentaries \u003cem>Rap Dreams \u003c/em>(2006), \u003cem>The Black Rock AKA Black Alcatraz \u003c/em>(2009), and \u003cem>Hippie Hill\u003c/em> (2018). 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Epps’ arrest in connection with the shooting in 2016 caught the attention of many who knew him for his series of documentaries on the experience of Black San Franciscans in the early 2000s. He broke through with his 2003 feature documentary \u003cem>Straight Outta Hunters Point\u003c/em>, which traced the trajectory of the area where he grew up from a place of shipyard opportunity for Black workers to a crime-plagued neighborhood of systemic neglect. The film resonated widely in San Francisco, playing at the Metreon 16 megaplex downtown for multiple weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The documentary, which screened at film festivals worldwide, also caught the attention of acclaimed director Spike Lee, who teamed up with Epps to film \u003cem>Sucker Free City\u003c/em> in San Francisco. Originally conceived as a TV series for Showtime, the story of three young men of different ethnicities pulled into a life of crime was adapted into a feature film, set in Visitacion Valley, Hunters Point and the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a director, Epps went on to make the documentaries \u003cem>Rap Dreams \u003c/em>(2006), \u003cem>The Black Rock AKA Black Alcatraz \u003c/em>(2009), and \u003cem>Hippie Hill\u003c/em> (2018). In 2012, he released \u003cem>Straight Outta Hunters Point 2\u003c/em>, a follow-up to his debut film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days after the 2016 shooting, then-District Attorney George Gascón elected not to charge Epps, saying there was insufficient evidence, but in 2019, Epps was arrested again and charged with murder and illegal possession of a firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Epps was granted bail in 2020, a highly unusual move in a murder case, after hundreds, including Jhan, petitioned the court. He has spent most of the years since then out of custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, he took over as the executive editor of the \u003cem>San Francisco Bay View \u003c/em>newspaper, and last year he earned an award from the Northern California chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists for bringing “fresh energy, multimedia storytelling and digital innovation to one of the Bay Area’s last Black-owned newspapers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I genuinely wish you the best,” Ferrall told Epps after reading the sentence. “I know you will do good for the community when you come out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/gmeline\">\u003cem>Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Maria-Elena Healy knew layoffs could be coming, but the vague warnings and whispers she had heard leading up to Monday didn’t prepare her for the shock that morning when she and three other nurses at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/laguna-honda-hospital\">Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center\u003c/a> found out they were losing their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was hard to hear. It just felt like we had leadership who were not transparent and didn’t value the expertise of clinicians that actually work at the bedside,” said Healy, a registered nurse who grew up in San Francisco and has worked at Laguna Honda for 10 years. “Staff members are reaching out to us across all disciplines, saying, ‘What’s going to happen to your work?’ It just doesn’t make sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ax is expected to fall on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075213/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-looks-to-eliminate-500-city-jobs\">hundreds of city workers\u003c/a> like Healy as San Francisco looks to narrow its $643 million budget deficit over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070484/tune-in-tonight-san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-live-on-kqed\">Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration\u003c/a> sent 127 layoff notices to city employees across 18 different departments, part of a total of around 500 positions that the mayor intends to cut. Additional layoffs are expected to be announced later this spring, and the mayor has said he also intends to freeze about 2,000 open positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a choice: take action now or be forced to do twice as much in the coming years,” Lurie said in a statement. “The steps we’re taking today are a painful but necessary continuation of the work we’ve been doing since last year to manage taxpayer dollars responsibly and deliver the best possible services for San Franciscans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Departments impacted by the 127 layoffs so far include the Department of Public Health, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, the City Administrator’s Office, the Human Services Agency and the Police Department. A spokesperson for Lurie’s office did not specify which departments have seen the most layoffs so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11958378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11958378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Signage reading Laguna Honda Hospital over the entryway to a large tile-roofed building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Laguna Honda Hospital administration building in San Francisco on Jan. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The layoffs were expected even as the city’s projected budget deficit improved from $936 million to $643 million in a recent \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/March_Update_FY_26-27_through_FY_29-30_FINAL.pdf\">City Controller’s report\u003c/a>. President Donald Trump’s federal spending cuts have drastically deepened the city’s budget shortfall, and in December, Lurie directed departments to find ways to cut a total of $400 million ahead of his budget proposal coming next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But city workers and advocates for the services they provide say the city is ignoring alternatives that could save jobs and minimize impacts to residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city has funds. They just need to dip into their reserves,” Healy said. “There’s no reason to diminish the care that we provide to the residents of San Francisco. This is a safety net hospital.”[aside postID=news_12078490 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GroceriesAP.jpg']She and others are also calling for the passage of Proposition D, the Overpaid CEO Act, which would levy taxes on large corporations where the chief executive earns more than 100 times their median employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In one of the richest cities in the world, cuts like this are a choice, not a necessity,” Mark Leach, Teamsters 856 representative and San Francisco resident, said in a statement. “Large corporations are cashing in on Trump’s tax breaks, but we can make them pay their fair share in San Francisco by passing Prop D in June.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the proposition say it could generate up to $300 million in funding to backfill money the city has lost in economic fallout surrounding the pandemic and since cuts by the Trump Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s goal to shave off $400 million in annual spending includes about $100 million from personnel savings, which his administration has estimated will translate to about 500 positions eliminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some workers who received pink slips this week got a 30-day notice, and others may have 60 days, depending on their position and tenure. Some civil service employees whose jobs are being eliminated will be able to request a different position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079148\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079148\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Maria-Elena-Healy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Maria-Elena-Healy-2.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Maria-Elena-Healy-2-160x212.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria-Elena Healy, a registered nurse at Laguna Honda Hospital, was among the 127 San Francisco city workers to receive layoff notices this week. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Maria-Elena Healy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Healy said she received a 60-day notice for her termination, but any details on her employment options with the city have been opaque.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They actually could not answer some of the questions that we had,” Healy said. “It’s very difficult to make decisions about our lives and our livelihoods when the city failed to even give us the information that we needed to make those decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healy said she and her three colleagues, who were also laid off, are clinical nurse specialists with expertise in certain areas, like cardiovascular health and diabetes care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s seen Laguna Honda, one of the country’s oldest and largest public skilled nursing homes, weather a storm of regulatory challenges in recent years, including when state and federal regulators pulled its Medicaid and Medicare certification and nearly shut the hospital down several years ago amid a series of safety violations. The facility has since made safety improvements and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991292/laguna-honda-recertified-by-medicare-in-major-milestone-for-san-francisco-hospital\">regained certification\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of our role as clinical nurse specialists has actually been to help support the facility through being recertified. We are trained to look at system issues and develop programs to support the needs of patients,” Healy said. “It just felt like the organization doesn’t understand how we helped use our skills to bring us back to certification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has about 30,000 employees overall and a nearly $16 billion budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts this year come after the city managed to stave off many of the layoffs proposed during last year’s budget cycle. Last cycle, Lurie sought to eliminate 100 filled positions, but after negotiations with city leaders, unions and stakeholders, 40 jobs were cut. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070484/tune-in-tonight-san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-live-on-kqed\">Mayor Daniel Lurie’s administration\u003c/a> sent 127 layoff notices to city employees across 18 different departments, part of a total of around 500 positions that the mayor intends to cut. Additional layoffs are expected to be announced later this spring, and the mayor has said he also intends to freeze about 2,000 open positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a choice: take action now or be forced to do twice as much in the coming years,” Lurie said in a statement. “The steps we’re taking today are a painful but necessary continuation of the work we’ve been doing since last year to manage taxpayer dollars responsibly and deliver the best possible services for San Franciscans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Departments impacted by the 127 layoffs so far include the Department of Public Health, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, the City Administrator’s Office, the Human Services Agency and the Police Department. A spokesperson for Lurie’s office did not specify which departments have seen the most layoffs so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11958378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11958378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Signage reading Laguna Honda Hospital over the entryway to a large tile-roofed building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS62463_010_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Laguna Honda Hospital administration building in San Francisco on Jan. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The layoffs were expected even as the city’s projected budget deficit improved from $936 million to $643 million in a recent \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/March_Update_FY_26-27_through_FY_29-30_FINAL.pdf\">City Controller’s report\u003c/a>. President Donald Trump’s federal spending cuts have drastically deepened the city’s budget shortfall, and in December, Lurie directed departments to find ways to cut a total of $400 million ahead of his budget proposal coming next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But city workers and advocates for the services they provide say the city is ignoring alternatives that could save jobs and minimize impacts to residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city has funds. They just need to dip into their reserves,” Healy said. “There’s no reason to diminish the care that we provide to the residents of San Francisco. This is a safety net hospital.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She and others are also calling for the passage of Proposition D, the Overpaid CEO Act, which would levy taxes on large corporations where the chief executive earns more than 100 times their median employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In one of the richest cities in the world, cuts like this are a choice, not a necessity,” Mark Leach, Teamsters 856 representative and San Francisco resident, said in a statement. “Large corporations are cashing in on Trump’s tax breaks, but we can make them pay their fair share in San Francisco by passing Prop D in June.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the proposition say it could generate up to $300 million in funding to backfill money the city has lost in economic fallout surrounding the pandemic and since cuts by the Trump Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s goal to shave off $400 million in annual spending includes about $100 million from personnel savings, which his administration has estimated will translate to about 500 positions eliminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some workers who received pink slips this week got a 30-day notice, and others may have 60 days, depending on their position and tenure. Some civil service employees whose jobs are being eliminated will be able to request a different position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079148\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079148\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Maria-Elena-Healy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Maria-Elena-Healy-2.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Maria-Elena-Healy-2-160x212.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria-Elena Healy, a registered nurse at Laguna Honda Hospital, was among the 127 San Francisco city workers to receive layoff notices this week. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Maria-Elena Healy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Healy said she received a 60-day notice for her termination, but any details on her employment options with the city have been opaque.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They actually could not answer some of the questions that we had,” Healy said. “It’s very difficult to make decisions about our lives and our livelihoods when the city failed to even give us the information that we needed to make those decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healy said she and her three colleagues, who were also laid off, are clinical nurse specialists with expertise in certain areas, like cardiovascular health and diabetes care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s seen Laguna Honda, one of the country’s oldest and largest public skilled nursing homes, weather a storm of regulatory challenges in recent years, including when state and federal regulators pulled its Medicaid and Medicare certification and nearly shut the hospital down several years ago amid a series of safety violations. The facility has since made safety improvements and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991292/laguna-honda-recertified-by-medicare-in-major-milestone-for-san-francisco-hospital\">regained certification\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of our role as clinical nurse specialists has actually been to help support the facility through being recertified. We are trained to look at system issues and develop programs to support the needs of patients,” Healy said. “It just felt like the organization doesn’t understand how we helped use our skills to bring us back to certification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has about 30,000 employees overall and a nearly $16 billion budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts this year come after the city managed to stave off many of the layoffs proposed during last year’s budget cycle. Last cycle, Lurie sought to eliminate 100 filled positions, but after negotiations with city leaders, unions and stakeholders, 40 jobs were cut. The final plan cut about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041773/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-plans-to-cut-1400-jobs-in-city-budget-proposal\">1,400 mostly vacant positions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My job as mayor is to set up our city for success, not just today but for years to come,” Lurie said in response to the recent controller’s report, which projected a lower budget deficit overall. “We will deliver a fiscally sound budget that prioritizes core services, delivers results for San Franciscans and ensures a broad and durable economic recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie must present his upcoming budget proposal by June 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries become more common, San Francisco Supervisor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bilal-mahmood\">Bilal Mahmood\u003c/a> and the Fire Department are introducing legislation to outlaw uncertified batteries and devices in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood drafted the legislation in response to a fire started by a lithium-ion battery that ripped through a Tenderloin apartment building in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068668/after-tenderloin-apartment-fire-rent-controlled-tenants-fear-theyre-being-pushed-out\">December\u003c/a>, displacing dozens of families in Mahmood’s district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze is part of a growing trend in San Francisco. According to a press release from Mahmood’s office, the city saw 120 lithium-ion battery-related incidents from 2024 to 2025, with dozens concentrated in and around the Tenderloin, and Fire Department data shows related structure fires have been on the rise for several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other cities are also seeing increases in lithium-ion battery fires; in San José, officials raised warnings about buying, storing and charging devices with the batteries after a man \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078862/fire-bike-officials-urge-caution-after-e-bike-fire-death-in-san-jose\">died\u003c/a> in an apartment fire on Friday linked to an e-bike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to e-bikes, lithium-ion batteries can be found in common household items such as phones, computers and cordless vacuums. 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After that, “the fire is off and running very quickly,” releasing clouds of toxic smoke that \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DW1Yb9uDpYw/\">pose a danger\u003c/a> to firefighters and the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11100824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11100824 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/25114840899_e4ac084aab_o-e1765481604471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1398\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Fire Department Engine 13. \u003ccite>(Alexander Russy/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not only do they start fast, but they are hard to put out. The fire becomes more difficult to extinguish because “we’re kind of fighting the casing of the battery,” Elias said, referring to a plastic coating designed to keep water out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Batteries sold commercially in the U.S. are often tested and certified by labs such as UL Solutions to ensure they meet safety standards. 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day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many also show up simply to revel in the merriment of getting together with friends surrounded by music and laughter, accompanied by fabulous views of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#WhendoestheHunkyJesuscontestbegin\"> When does the Hunky Jesus contest begin?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The Easter in the Park celebration includes an egg hunt for families at 10 a.m. in the northeast section of the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741046\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Hunky Jesus Competition in Dolores Park, San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jere via Wikipedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the main event starts at noon, with performances and an Easter Bonnet contest chaired by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Sister Roma, drag queen Peaches Christ and political activist and drag performer Honey Mahogany as this year’s emcees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, at 2:30 p.m., the audience will decide who among the contestants — dressed either as hunky replicas of Jesus or foxy versions of the Virgin Mary — should join the fabled ranks of past winners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t mistake this for a beauty contest, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hunky Jesus doesn’t just mean that you get up there, have a gorgeous body, be handsome, stand there and flex,” Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year’s Hunky Jesus title went to San Francisco producer and performer Wild West, who came in riding \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIztMUcz4D_/\">a life-sized chrome-covered model buffalo\u003c/a> while waving a Pride flag, in partial tribute to Beyonce’s \u003cem>Cowboy Carter\u003c/em> album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078690\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via photosbygooch.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As the son of a Southern Baptist minister from rural Appalachia,” Wild West told a cheering crowd of thousands, “I wish more people would act Christ-like, act with compassion, love your neighbor, be empathetic and caring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our audience really loves to see something unexpected,” Sister Roma said. “They love to see someone who’s sticking the knife into current politics, or expressing themselves. Someone who’s fighting for justice — somebody with a real message.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The birth of Hunky Jesus\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made their first public appearance in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1979, offering community to queer and trans individuals and promising a mission to “expiate stigmatic guilt and promulgate universal joy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But only a few years later, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was claiming the lives of thousands of gay, trans and other queer individuals across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9828348/ronald-reagan-hiv-aids\">Reagan administration stumbled \u003c/a>in its response to the health crisis, the Sisters quickly mobilized — distributing one of the first-ever safe-sex pamphlets about HIV, raising funds to help those living with AIDS and serving as caretakers for those who were dying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But finding joy, even in the most difficult moments, has always been central to the Sisters’ work, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1980s, the Sisters began to host an Easter party in San Francisco’s Castro District to thank the community for their support. And according to Sister Roma, the idea for a Hunky Jesus contest came about in a conversation between her fellow sisters.[aside postID=science_1992138 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/03/5651881830_b81a7411ec_k-1020x765.jpg']She remembers everyone in the order quickly got behind the idea. “‘It’s so gay. It’s so queer. It’s just perfect. People will love it,’” recalled Sister Roma. “And boy, they sure did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1999, their Easter celebration kept getting bigger, so the Sisters applied for a permit to close Castro Street. But some residents pushed back, and this fight even caught \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210322/http:/www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=9990\">the attention\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20241204114842/https:/archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19990318/2950120/church-wants-to-prohibit-drag-queen-act\">national outlets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And not only did the Sisters eventually win their fight, but they found that the controversy actually gave their event a huge amount of publicity — resulting in tens of thousands of people showing up to the 1999 Easter celebration, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By that point, the Sisters realized it was time to move to Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons that people love this event so much is because they know that it is the epitome of a San Francisco experience,” Sister Roma said. “People who come for the first time quickly learn that this is probably one of most joyous, diverse, exuberant and beautiful expressions of love and joy that you can have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The message is very clear’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco resident Semra Vignaux, 23, remembers her parents taking her to see the Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary contests when she was a toddler. “Neither of my parents have a strong affiliation with the religions they were raised in, so it was really nice that we still had something to do on Easter,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an adult, Vignaux moved to the East Coast for college and said it was difficult explaining to people she met over there some parts of San Francisco’s culture, including Hunky Jesus. “When you tell people about it, they are like, ‘That’s so sacrilegious,’” she said. “And they don’t realize it’s actually very beautiful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The theme of this year’s Easter in the Park is “Love Thy Neighbor,” and the event’s poster features a \u003cem>very\u003c/em> toned Jesus — Sacred Heart, crown of thorns and all — with one hand in the air that melts through a wall of ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The message is very clear,” Sister Roma said. “We respect and appreciate all of our neighbors, especially brown people who are currently being victimized, criminalized, attacked and viciously taken off the streets and without due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Sisters first gained prominence due to their response to HIV/AIDS, they have become visible allies in other social justice fights in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078696\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These struggles are all connected, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5445303/transgender-people-financial-anxiety\">trans community\u003c/a> is being \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/10/nx-s1-5377402/republicans-democrats-transgender-sports-legislatures\">villainized and victimized\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067497/trans-flying-for-holidays-san-francisco-california-airports-ids-identification\">potentially eradicated\u003c/a> by the current regime … We know that immigrants are our neighbors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We care very much about preserving democracy and human rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhendoestheHunkyJesuscontestbegin\">\u003c/a>What to know about 2026 Easter in the Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What time are the Easter in the Park 2026 events on Sunday?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>10 a.m. Children’s Easter begins\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>10:30 a.m. Children’s Easter egg hunt\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(For parents and caregivers: The Sisters said that while “nudity and profanity are prohibited” at Easter in the Park, “the latter portion of the day is more adult-oriented, and the Sisters’ trademark irreverence may be inappropriate for young children.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>12 p.m. Main stage events begin\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1:45 p.m. Easter bonnet contest\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2:30 p.m. Foxy Mary contest\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3 p.m. Hunky Jesus contest\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4 p.m. Festivities conclude\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full line-up information is available on\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/easter\"> the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Want to enter the Easter bonnet, Hunky Jesus or Foxy Mary contests?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contests are open to all ages and genders, the Sisters said, and “When contests are announced from the stage, contestants should line up backstage near the tennis courts, where contestant wranglers will greet them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should expect an “initial screening process,” after which finalists will be brought onstage for the audience to decide the winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Groups are discouraged, and only one person per entry will be allowed onstage for judging,” the Sisters said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SFSisters/posts/the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-inc-san-franciscos-beloved-and-satirical-dra/1071523671677213/\"> 2025 advice\u003c/a> from the Sisters, “Well-conceived, clever characterizations or concepts for Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus always get the best response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to get to Easter in the Park on Sunday\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolores Park is accessible by the 33 and J Muni lines. The 22 and 48 Muni lines 22 also stop nearby. The 16th Street and Mission BART station is a 15-minute walk from the park. Parking will be extremely limited near Dolores Park on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.buglevolunteers.com/registration?id=80f7c353-27f0-4913-8284-81737a057bd1\">You can also sign up to volunteer at the event.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Accessibility \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ADA parking is available on 18th Street. An ADA and ASL program viewing area is provided, along with ASL interpretation. For ADA requests, contact \u003ca href=\"mailto:easter@thesisters.org\">easter@thesisters.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year, thousands of Bay Area residents fill up the park to watch the competition, plus performances and family-friendly events earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many also show up simply to revel in the merriment of getting together with friends surrounded by music and laughter, accompanied by fabulous views of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#WhendoestheHunkyJesuscontestbegin\"> When does the Hunky Jesus contest begin?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The Easter in the Park celebration includes an egg hunt for families at 10 a.m. in the northeast section of the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741046\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Hunky Jesus Competition in Dolores Park, San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jere via Wikipedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the main event starts at noon, with performances and an Easter Bonnet contest chaired by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Sister Roma, drag queen Peaches Christ and political activist and drag performer Honey Mahogany as this year’s emcees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, at 2:30 p.m., the audience will decide who among the contestants — dressed either as hunky replicas of Jesus or foxy versions of the Virgin Mary — should join the fabled ranks of past winners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t mistake this for a beauty contest, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hunky Jesus doesn’t just mean that you get up there, have a gorgeous body, be handsome, stand there and flex,” Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year’s Hunky Jesus title went to San Francisco producer and performer Wild West, who came in riding \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIztMUcz4D_/\">a life-sized chrome-covered model buffalo\u003c/a> while waving a Pride flag, in partial tribute to Beyonce’s \u003cem>Cowboy Carter\u003c/em> album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078690\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8525-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via photosbygooch.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As the son of a Southern Baptist minister from rural Appalachia,” Wild West told a cheering crowd of thousands, “I wish more people would act Christ-like, act with compassion, love your neighbor, be empathetic and caring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our audience really loves to see something unexpected,” Sister Roma said. “They love to see someone who’s sticking the knife into current politics, or expressing themselves. Someone who’s fighting for justice — somebody with a real message.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The birth of Hunky Jesus\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made their first public appearance in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1979, offering community to queer and trans individuals and promising a mission to “expiate stigmatic guilt and promulgate universal joy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But only a few years later, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was claiming the lives of thousands of gay, trans and other queer individuals across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9828348/ronald-reagan-hiv-aids\">Reagan administration stumbled \u003c/a>in its response to the health crisis, the Sisters quickly mobilized — distributing one of the first-ever safe-sex pamphlets about HIV, raising funds to help those living with AIDS and serving as caretakers for those who were dying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7835-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But finding joy, even in the most difficult moments, has always been central to the Sisters’ work, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1980s, the Sisters began to host an Easter party in San Francisco’s Castro District to thank the community for their support. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She remembers everyone in the order quickly got behind the idea. “‘It’s so gay. It’s so queer. It’s just perfect. People will love it,’” recalled Sister Roma. “And boy, they sure did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1999, their Easter celebration kept getting bigger, so the Sisters applied for a permit to close Castro Street. But some residents pushed back, and this fight even caught \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210322/http:/www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=9990\">the attention\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20241204114842/https:/archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19990318/2950120/church-wants-to-prohibit-drag-queen-act\">national outlets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And not only did the Sisters eventually win their fight, but they found that the controversy actually gave their event a huge amount of publicity — resulting in tens of thousands of people showing up to the 1999 Easter celebration, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By that point, the Sisters realized it was time to move to Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons that people love this event so much is because they know that it is the epitome of a San Francisco experience,” Sister Roma said. “People who come for the first time quickly learn that this is probably one of most joyous, diverse, exuberant and beautiful expressions of love and joy that you can have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The message is very clear’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco resident Semra Vignaux, 23, remembers her parents taking her to see the Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary contests when she was a toddler. “Neither of my parents have a strong affiliation with the religions they were raised in, so it was really nice that we still had something to do on Easter,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an adult, Vignaux moved to the East Coast for college and said it was difficult explaining to people she met over there some parts of San Francisco’s culture, including Hunky Jesus. “When you tell people about it, they are like, ‘That’s so sacrilegious,’” she said. “And they don’t realize it’s actually very beautiful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_7766-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The theme of this year’s Easter in the Park is “Love Thy Neighbor,” and the event’s poster features a \u003cem>very\u003c/em> toned Jesus — Sacred Heart, crown of thorns and all — with one hand in the air that melts through a wall of ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The message is very clear,” Sister Roma said. “We respect and appreciate all of our neighbors, especially brown people who are currently being victimized, criminalized, attacked and viciously taken off the streets and without due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Sisters first gained prominence due to their response to HIV/AIDS, they have become visible allies in other social justice fights in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078696\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8411-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These struggles are all connected, Sister Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5445303/transgender-people-financial-anxiety\">trans community\u003c/a> is being \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/10/nx-s1-5377402/republicans-democrats-transgender-sports-legislatures\">villainized and victimized\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067497/trans-flying-for-holidays-san-francisco-california-airports-ids-identification\">potentially eradicated\u003c/a> by the current regime … We know that immigrants are our neighbors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We care very much about preserving democracy and human rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhendoestheHunkyJesuscontestbegin\">\u003c/a>What to know about 2026 Easter in the Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What time are the Easter in the Park 2026 events on Sunday?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>10 a.m. Children’s Easter begins\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>10:30 a.m. Children’s Easter egg hunt\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(For parents and caregivers: The Sisters said that while “nudity and profanity are prohibited” at Easter in the Park, “the latter portion of the day is more adult-oriented, and the Sisters’ trademark irreverence may be inappropriate for young children.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>12 p.m. Main stage events begin\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1:45 p.m. Easter bonnet contest\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2:30 p.m. Foxy Mary contest\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3 p.m. Hunky Jesus contest\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4 p.m. Festivities conclude\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full line-up information is available on\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/easter\"> the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Want to enter the Easter bonnet, Hunky Jesus or Foxy Mary contests?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contests are open to all ages and genders, the Sisters said, and “When contests are announced from the stage, contestants should line up backstage near the tennis courts, where contestant wranglers will greet them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should expect an “initial screening process,” after which finalists will be brought onstage for the audience to decide the winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSC_8494-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from the 2025 Easter in the Park event in Dolores Park, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. \u003ccite>(via the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Groups are discouraged, and only one person per entry will be allowed onstage for judging,” the Sisters said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SFSisters/posts/the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-inc-san-franciscos-beloved-and-satirical-dra/1071523671677213/\"> 2025 advice\u003c/a> from the Sisters, “Well-conceived, clever characterizations or concepts for Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus always get the best response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to get to Easter in the Park on Sunday\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolores Park is accessible by the 33 and J Muni lines. The 22 and 48 Muni lines 22 also stop nearby. The 16th Street and Mission BART station is a 15-minute walk from the park. Parking will be extremely limited near Dolores Park on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.buglevolunteers.com/registration?id=80f7c353-27f0-4913-8284-81737a057bd1\">You can also sign up to volunteer at the event.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Accessibility \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ADA parking is available on 18th Street. An ADA and ASL program viewing area is provided, along with ASL interpretation. For ADA requests, contact \u003ca href=\"mailto:easter@thesisters.org\">easter@thesisters.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many Bay Area travelers have been relieved that because \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a> uses a private contractor for its security screening rather than the Transportation Security Administration, it has been largely unaffected by the partial government shutdown, which has caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077353/ice-airports-tsa-trump-deployed-shutdown-sfo-incident-your-rights-what-to-know\">hours-long security lines\u003c/a> in other airports around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But new guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration that went into effect on Monday is now restricting how planes land on SFO’s runways and is already causing delays for a quarter of arriving flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetraveler.org/faa-ends-sfos-iconic-parallel-landings-cutting-capacity/\">uniquely\u003c/a> has two main landing runways, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">about 750 feet apart\u003c/a>. On a clear day, planes can land side-by-side, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">allowing around 60 arrivals per hour\u003c/a>. On foggy days, SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">avoids these dual arrivals\u003c/a> for safety reasons and \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">reduces arrivals to 30 per hour.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the FAA told KQED that the agency’s “safety measure prohibits flights from making side-by-side approaches to SFO’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather when the pilots acknowledge having the other aircraft in sight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And as of Monday, the FAA’s new rule for SFO landings “requires staggered approaches, with one aircraft offset from the aircraft on the parallel runway,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This change has already led to flight delays “averaging around 30 minutes,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you have an upcoming flight in or out of SFO, or are planning to travel soon, what should you know? Read more on these restrictions and how they could impact your flights in and out of the Bay’s biggest airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\"> What should I do if I have an existing flight booking?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\"> Will this change impact security lines, too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are the changes to SFO’s runways, and why will this cause flight delays?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firstly, you should know: Delays caused by this new FAA runway restriction are coming on the heels of unrelated construction work at SFO that’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>causing delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 30, unrelated to the recent FAA restriction, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/media/press-releases/six-month-closure-runway-1r-sfo-set-begin-march-30th\">SFO closed Runway 1 Right\u003c/a> for construction that is predicted to last six months. Yakel said the airport is currently forecasting that 15% of flights will be delayed over the next half a year due to this project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers wait for their flight at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But now, on top of that, the FAA restriction will \u003cem>also \u003c/em>“increase the delay potential to approximately 25% of arriving flights experiencing a delay of at least 30 minutes,” Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the FAA on ways to improve the arrival rate at SFO,” Yakel said to KQED. “We remain in contact with both the FAA and airlines on this issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAA confirmed to KQED that it is “exploring ways to safely increase the airport arrival rate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which is to say: Between construction and the new FAA restriction, there’s a higher chance passengers will face flight delays at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this just affect incoming flights at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The restriction — and the 25%-of-flights-affected figure — apply to arriving flights, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if that arriving aircraft is turning around to represent a departing flight, that could also experience a delay,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Delta Airlines plane at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That means that even if your flight \u003cem>leaves \u003c/em>from SFO, you could still be left waiting — because the plane your flight is using has been delayed arriving.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\">\u003c/a>Will this impact existing bookings for flights arriving at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This depends on the airlines, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know they are looking into this,” he said. “Airlines would communicate such changes directly to affected customers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson with United Airlines — which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/hub-airports.html\">its hub at SFO\u003c/a> — said that they are “reviewing the FAA’s updated guidance to determine if we will need to make any changes to our flight schedule in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks to their destination at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We encourage customers to check their flight status in the United app,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/blaberge\">KQED photographer Beth LaBerge\u003c/a>, who previously worked for years as a customer service agent for Delta Airlines, said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067167/sfo-airport-security-food-terminals-hacks-tips-san-francisco-international-service-animals\">a previous guide exploring hacks for navigating SFO smoothly\u003c/a> that the airport is already \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/sfo-ground-delay-low-clouds-21230684.php\">known\u003c/a> for what’s called \u003ca href=\"https://avgeekery.com/why-is-my-flight-delayed-at-san-francisco-international/\">“flow control delay,”\u003c/a> especially during morning flights when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997579/bay-area-hikes-views-clouds-marine-inversion-layer\">the marine layer\u003c/a> comes in.[aside postID=news_12065518 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-31-BL-KQED.jpg']“Being proactive is one of the biggest things that I recommend to anyone flying from anywhere,” LaBerge said. She recommended that you download your airline’s app and turn on alerts, which “will give you updates about delays, gate changes [and] cancellations, and just help you stay ahead of those surprises.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058887/flight-delays-government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-sfo-oak-sjc\">a backup\u003c/a>, travelers can also check on the status of their flight on \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/passengers/flight-info/flight-status\">the SFO website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long will this restriction be in place?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yakel said that the “FAA has yet to communicate a timeframe for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO’s unrelated runway construction project, however, is scheduled to end on Oct. 2. However, Yakel said, if the FAA’s restrictions remain in place, then we would still see 25% of flights delayed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\">\u003c/a>Will this cause the same security delays that travelers are seeing around the country?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yakel said the new FAA rule will not impact security lines at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5744648/as-partial-shutdown-drags-on-morning-edition-checks-out-tsa-lines-at-3-airports\">Feb. 14\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/air-travel\">TSA staff\u003c/a> have worked without pay due to the ongoing partial government shutdown — and with many calling out of work, passengers across the United States have experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/21/nx-s1-5755796/airport-security-tsa-lines-travel-tips\">hours-long security screening lines\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2267571375-scaled-e1774462803299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CE agents stand next to the security line at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 23, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. The travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents quit or work without pay during a partial government shutdown. \u003ccite>(Megan Varner/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SFO has been spared long wait lines by the fact that its security screening is contracted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flysfo/p/DWHseVzDnnc/\">a private company\u003c/a> rather than the TSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national situation was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/tsa-trump-dhs-shutdown-airports.html\">somewhat alleviated\u003c/a> by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/tsa-trump-dhs-shutdown-airports.html\">late March executive order by President Donald Trump\u003c/a> that allowed TSA agents around the country to get paid. It is unclear how long agents will be paid this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetraveler.org/faa-ends-sfos-iconic-parallel-landings-cutting-capacity/\">uniquely\u003c/a> has two main landing runways, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">about 750 feet apart\u003c/a>. On a clear day, planes can land side-by-side, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">allowing around 60 arrivals per hour\u003c/a>. On foggy days, SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">avoids these dual arrivals\u003c/a> for safety reasons and \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">reduces arrivals to 30 per hour.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the FAA told KQED that the agency’s “safety measure prohibits flights from making side-by-side approaches to SFO’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather when the pilots acknowledge having the other aircraft in sight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And as of Monday, the FAA’s new rule for SFO landings “requires staggered approaches, with one aircraft offset from the aircraft on the parallel runway,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This change has already led to flight delays “averaging around 30 minutes,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you have an upcoming flight in or out of SFO, or are planning to travel soon, what should you know? Read more on these restrictions and how they could impact your flights in and out of the Bay’s biggest airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\"> What should I do if I have an existing flight booking?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\"> Will this change impact security lines, too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are the changes to SFO’s runways, and why will this cause flight delays?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firstly, you should know: Delays caused by this new FAA runway restriction are coming on the heels of unrelated construction work at SFO that’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>causing delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 30, unrelated to the recent FAA restriction, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/media/press-releases/six-month-closure-runway-1r-sfo-set-begin-march-30th\">SFO closed Runway 1 Right\u003c/a> for construction that is predicted to last six months. Yakel said the airport is currently forecasting that 15% of flights will be delayed over the next half a year due to this project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers wait for their flight at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But now, on top of that, the FAA restriction will \u003cem>also \u003c/em>“increase the delay potential to approximately 25% of arriving flights experiencing a delay of at least 30 minutes,” Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the FAA on ways to improve the arrival rate at SFO,” Yakel said to KQED. “We remain in contact with both the FAA and airlines on this issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAA confirmed to KQED that it is “exploring ways to safely increase the airport arrival rate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which is to say: Between construction and the new FAA restriction, there’s a higher chance passengers will face flight delays at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this just affect incoming flights at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The restriction — and the 25%-of-flights-affected figure — apply to arriving flights, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if that arriving aircraft is turning around to represent a departing flight, that could also experience a delay,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Delta Airlines plane at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That means that even if your 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"content": "\u003cp>Three leading candidates \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067880/a-san-francisco-political-showdown-who-will-take-pelosis-seat\">running to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a> in the U.S. House of Representatives sparred over public transit, tax policy and their approach to governance Tuesday night during a spirited debate in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/scott-wiener\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a> received most of the heat from fellow Democrats Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, and Saikat Chakrabarti, a former software engineer and congressional aide. The pair criticized Wiener for opposing progressive tax proposals, while Wiener touted his legislative experience and poked at the track records of his opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, Chan and Chakrabarti would all be considered liberals in Congress, and each vowed to stand up to the Trump administration, increase access to health care and vote against funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Many of the night’s sharpest divisions emerged around their respective political styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchanges grew spiciest when moderators Scott Shafer and Sydney Johnson of KQED gave the candidates the opportunity to ask each other questions, soliciting gasps from the crowd of more than 1,500 at the Sydney Goldstein Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti asked Wiener why he was not supporting Proposition D, a measure on San Francisco’s June ballot that would place a surcharge on large corporations in which the top executive earns 100 times more than the company’s median employee. He framed the tax as a way to backfill funding from federal cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t stand up to your donors to fight Trump tax cuts now, how will you do that in Congress?” Chakrabarti asked Wiener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saikat Chakrabarti speaks during a debate with Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen. Scott Wiener, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Chan followed up, pressing Wiener on why the measure he wrote to authorize a regional tax to support BART, Muni and Caltrain took the form of a sales tax, instead of a tax on corporations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is it that when you have a chance to actually have a progressive taxation, a regional overpaid CEO tax, and yet you chose to actually go for a regional sales tax?” she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener responded that San Francisco’s downtown recovery was not moving along fast enough to warrant a new tax on large businesses. He framed his bill authorizing a sales tax vote on transit as a form of political pragmatism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and Supervisor Connie Chan, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we could have gone with a business tax, and it would not have passed the Legislature, and I’m pretty sure the governor would have vetoed it,” Wiener said. “We could have said let’s do a business tax, and the whole thing falls apart, or we could say, let’s do a sales tax, which can pass … and actually not have BART and Muni and Caltrain fall apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who was chief of staff to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, faced questions about his own participation in local elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti said he skipped some elections because he was not politically engaged when he first moved to the city, noting he voted in New York when campaigning for Ocasio-Cortez.[aside postID=news_12075071 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-36-BL_qed.jpg']Wiener dismissed Chakrabarti’s retort that Wiener’s supporters were amplifying the residency attacks in political mailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got my little tiny violin out because let’s be clear: Mr. Chakrabarti has spent more of his tech, hedge-fund money than everyone else combined, including outside campaigns,” Wiener said, referencing the $1.4 million Chakrabarti has contributed to his own campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The self-funding has allowed Chakrabarti to keep pace with Wiener, who has raised money for a potential congressional run for years, and ended 2025 with more than $2.7 million, according to campaign finance filings. Chan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064891/san-francisco-supervisor-connie-chan-runs-for-nancy-pelosis-congressional-seat\">entered the race\u003c/a> in November, leaving her with comparatively less — around $174,000, reported before the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan has represented the Richmond District on the Board of Supervisors since 2021. A progressive, Chan is known for her outspoken opposition to the board’s moderate majority on issues such as housing. Last year, she voted against Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” upzoning plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said Chan’s opposition to a rapid bus line on Geary Boulevard has slowed transit in her district. Chan said she supported a transit-only lane on the side of the street, but not the rapid line that would have run down the center of the street on an elevated platform, as on Van Ness Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pressed by the moderators on whether her strident opposition to several major initiatives should raise concerns about her ability to get things done, Chan said, “Government is not just about winning a vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078324\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Connie Chan speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and state Sen. Scott Wiener, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The debate, co-sponsored by KQED, City Arts & Lectures, the Commonwealth Club World Affairs and Manny’s, was the largest yet ahead of the June 2 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trio of candidates has emerged as the top contenders in an 11-candidate field vying to succeed Pelosi. The 86-year-old Democrat and former House speaker is not seeking reelection after holding the seat since 1987.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fireworks began early when candidates were asked whether the U.S. should rethink its relationship with Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069081/candidates-vying-for-nancy-pelosis-san-francisco-house-seat-hold-first-debate\">candidate forum\u003c/a> in January, Chan and Chakrabarti held up “yes” signs indicating they believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, while Wiener did not answer the question. The interaction went viral, and days later, Wiener \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069409/scott-wiener-pivots-after-congressional-forum-israel-has-committed-genocide-in-gaza\">changed course\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/2010464312792404192?s=20\">posted a video\u003c/a> on his social media saying Israeli attacks “qualifies as genocide.” He later resigned as co-chair of the state’s Legislative Jewish Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees listen as three leading candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat — Saikat Chakrabarti, Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchanges grew spiciest when moderators Scott Shafer and Sydney Johnson of KQED gave the candidates the opportunity to ask each other questions, soliciting gasps from the crowd of more than 1,500 at the Sydney Goldstein Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti asked Wiener why he was not supporting Proposition D, a measure on San Francisco’s June ballot that would place a surcharge on large corporations in which the top executive earns 100 times more than the company’s median employee. He framed the tax as a way to backfill funding from federal cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t stand up to your donors to fight Trump tax cuts now, how will you do that in Congress?” Chakrabarti asked Wiener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-21-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saikat Chakrabarti speaks during a debate with Supervisor Connie Chan and state Sen. Scott Wiener, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Chan followed up, pressing Wiener on why the measure he wrote to authorize a regional tax to support BART, Muni and Caltrain took the form of a sales tax, instead of a tax on corporations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is it that when you have a chance to actually have a progressive taxation, a regional overpaid CEO tax, and yet you chose to actually go for a regional sales tax?” she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener responded that San Francisco’s downtown recovery was not moving along fast enough to warrant a new tax on large businesses. He framed his bill authorizing a sales tax vote on transit as a form of political pragmatism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-27-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and Supervisor Connie Chan, fellow candidates for San Francisco’s U.S. House seat, at a KQED co-sponsored event at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on March 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we could have gone with a business tax, and it would not have passed the Legislature, and I’m pretty sure the governor would have vetoed it,” Wiener said. “We could have said let’s do a business tax, and the whole thing falls apart, or we could say, let’s do a sales tax, which can pass … and actually not have BART and Muni and Caltrain fall apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who was chief of staff to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, faced questions about his own participation in local elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti said he skipped some elections because he was not politically engaged when he first moved to the city, noting he voted in New York when campaigning for Ocasio-Cortez.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Wiener dismissed Chakrabarti’s retort that Wiener’s supporters were amplifying the residency attacks in political mailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got my little tiny violin out because let’s be clear: Mr. Chakrabarti has spent more of his tech, hedge-fund money than everyone else combined, including outside campaigns,” Wiener said, referencing the $1.4 million Chakrabarti has contributed to his own campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The self-funding has allowed Chakrabarti to keep pace with Wiener, who has raised money for a potential congressional run for years, and ended 2025 with more than $2.7 million, according to campaign finance filings. Chan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064891/san-francisco-supervisor-connie-chan-runs-for-nancy-pelosis-congressional-seat\">entered the race\u003c/a> in November, leaving her with comparatively less — around $174,000, reported before the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan has represented the Richmond District on the Board of Supervisors since 2021. A progressive, Chan is known for her outspoken opposition to the board’s moderate majority on issues such as housing. Last year, she voted against Mayor Daniel Lurie’s “Family Zoning” upzoning plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said Chan’s opposition to a rapid bus line on Geary Boulevard has slowed transit in her district. Chan said she supported a transit-only lane on the side of the street, but not the rapid line that would have run down the center of the street on an elevated platform, as on Van Ness Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pressed by the moderators on whether her strident opposition to several major initiatives should raise concerns about her ability to get things done, Chan said, “Government is not just about winning a vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078324\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260331-SFCONGRESSDEBATE-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Connie Chan speaks during a debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>While shockwaves reverberated from sexual abuse allegations against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/cesar-chavez\">César Chavez\u003c/a> this month, Martha Rodriguez-Salazar, a San Francisco mariachi teacher, immediately thought of her students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were putting the finishing touches on the public school district’s annual mariachi showcase planned for that Friday, and a song that 100 of the high schoolers had spent months preparing, “Corrido de las Heladas,” referenced the late leader of California’s farmworker movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the sentences says, ‘Come, dove, and say to César Chavez to stop shedding tears for us,’” Rodriguez-Salazar said. “When I was listening to the news on that Wednesday, I thought, ‘Uh-oh.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and the program’s director quickly swapped his name for “campesinos,” which means “farmers,” and the show went on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the aftermath of \u003cem>The New York Times’ \u003c/em>investigation revealing allegations that Chavez sexually abused two young girls in the 1970s and raped United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta in the 1960s, teachers across the state are grappling with how to address his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077789/farmworker-advocates-grapple-with-legacy-changes-as-california-replaces-chavez-holiday\">widely studied and once-revered legacy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Shifting lesson plans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>David Ko, a ninth-grade ethnic studies teacher at George Washington High School, said his students wanted to talk about the news immediately after the investigation was published on March 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had some students who, even before classes started, during passing period, asked me about it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year, Ko teaches a lesson about Chavez just before his birthday on March 31, a state holiday that many students have had off school for years. 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He also pointed out that the state has already renamed its holiday to Farmworkers Day, and that cities and institutions are moving to swiftly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077059/san-francisco-fought-to-name-a-major-street-after-cesar-chavez-will-it-be-renamed-again\">scrub his name\u003c/a> from streets, parks and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez is prevalent in California’s curriculum frameworks and model lesson plans, and the state provides a long list of activities and resources for every grade level framed around César Chavez Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Ko said he didn’t have to throw his existing curriculum out the window last week; he’s never portrayed Chavez as solely a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077073/cesar-chavez-was-a-hero-to-farmworkers-now-they-confront-the-pain-of-alleged-abuse\">“hero” in the farmworker movement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s people who have done remarkable, amazing accomplishments in advancing people’s rights, and also, even before the most recent allegations, it’s also possible for those same people to have harmful ideas,” Ko told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A complex legacy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For years, Ko’s classes have studied the more nuanced parts of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077230/californias-political-reckoning-with-cesar-chavezs-legacy-after-allegations\">Chavez’s legacy\u003c/a>, such as his opposition to undocumented immigrants working on farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least in San Francisco, many educators have shifted their focus away from Chavez when they cover the farmworker movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Students are often taught, ‘This one great man who was so exceptional, did all these amazing things and they are the reason that these rights happened,’” ethnic studies teacher Samantha Aguirre said. “What they don’t always learn is that it was hundreds, tens of thousands of people behind them in the movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076905\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/038_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/038_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/038_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/038_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Farm Workers and their supporters march through Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day “March for the Governor’s Signature” on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 2183, the Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act. The march started in the Central Valley and will conclude with a rally in Sacramento on Aug. 26, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She focuses on the lesser-known Filipino leaders of the movement, including Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz, as well as the contributions of women like Huerta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Filipino farmworkers formed AWOC [the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee] and started staging resistance movements and protests before Latino groups,” she said. “If it wasn’t for those Filipino farmworkers, it wouldn’t have galvanized and they wouldn’t have worked together and helped the Latino farmworkers form the United Farm Workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Aguirre plans to include the allegations against Chavez as another part of the movement’s complex history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hearing Dolores Huerta saying, ‘He assaulted me, but I felt like I couldn’t say anything because it would be bad for the movement,’ I think that is an important lesson,” Aguirre said. “It is important for students to know and be able to speak out when things are wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to address a delicate subject?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Integrating the revelations into class won’t look the same for all grade levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ko said that with his high schoolers, he pointed out that Chavez is accused of targeting young girls, but he referred his students to \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> and other trusted news sources if they wanted to read specifics, to avoid sharing information that could be unnecessarily triggering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to addressing the allegations with younger students, Aguirre said, “there are developmentally appropriate ways for teachers to acknowledge and to talk about it.”[aside postID=news_12077789 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022_qed.jpg']“It’s fair to say something like, ‘A man that we learned about, who we celebrate and we learned about in history, we found out that he hurt people,’” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the state will offer guidance for teachers to address the revelations isn’t yet known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Education’s history and social science framework suggests teaching about his legacy in fourth, ninth and 11th grades, along with the plans for César Chavez Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, after the state Legislature passed a resolution to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077691/california-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-rename-cesar-chavez-day-following-sexual-abuse-allegations\">rename the March 31 holiday\u003c/a> Farmworkers Day, the Department of Education put a pop-up advisory on its pages of Chavez curriculum and teaching materials, telling educators to “focus on the movement as a struggle that is greater than one man.” It also compiled a new page of teaching resources on the broader movement under a “Farmworkers Day” page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the department did not respond to requests for comment about whether it plans to alter or remove any of its model curriculum dedicated to Chavez, or add lessons about the new allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Aguirre said it will be up to teachers to evolve with the history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New information came out, and it’s our responsibility as historians, as educators, to take that new information and change what we teach and we know,” she said. “You’re not erasing a history; it’s just history is maybe just more complicated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> Supervisor Jackie Fielder is taking a leave of absence from City Hall due to an unspecified mental health condition, according to her office, capping a weekend of confusion and concern for the District 9 representative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday afternoon, Fielder told reporters she had checked into a hospital and would resign from her post. About 48 hours later, representatives from her office said she could still decide to remain in her position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has not resigned. Supervisor Fielder is currently navigating a mental health condition and needs time and space to recover before making any major decisions,” said Sasha Gaona, chief of staff for Fielder’s office. “She wants to regain stable health so she can thoughtfully and responsibly consider her options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First elected in 2024, Fielder represents the Mission, Portola and Bernal Heights neighborhoods. She is widely viewed as the most progressive member of a Board of Supervisors that is dominated by moderate Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before announcing her medical leave, Fielder had been absent from multiple Board of Supervisors and committee meetings in the last month. The full board is currently on a spring recess and will not reconvene until April 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie released a statement wishing Fielder a speedy recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12073557 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DanielLurieSFUSDStrike-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a press conference on Feb. 13, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She is a dedicated advocate for her community,” Lurie said. “I am encouraging everyone to give her the time and space to get better so she can do that work fully, and I’m wishing her strength and all the best for her health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Fielder were to resign, Lurie would select her appointment, extending his influence over the Board of Supervisors. Rumors have already circulated about potential replacements and how Lurie could bring the board’s political tilt closer to the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be his third supervisorial appointment since he took office. In November, Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063157/lurie-names-29-year-old-isabella-beya-alcaraz-as-san-francisco-supervisor\">appointed Beya Alcaraz\u003c/a> to replace recalled Supervisor Joel Engardio in the Sunset District. But the young Filipina supervisor quickly resigned after reporting showed she had potentially attempted to skirt taxes for the pet shop she ran in the neighborhood. Lurie later \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065576/sf-mayor-lurie-appoints-city-college-trustee-alan-wong-as-sunset-district-supervisor\">appointed Alan Wong\u003c/a>, who is now running for a permanent seat to represent the westside district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielder, a Latina and indigenous woman, has been one of the most vocal supervisors opposing President Donald Trump’s agenda around issues such as immigration enforcement and federal funding cuts. She’s drawn a stark contrast to several of her more moderate colleagues and particularly Lurie, who has often refrained from speaking publicly about Trump.[aside postID=news_12061453 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250128-SFImmigration-25-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Jen Snyder, a progressive political strategist with Red Bridge Strategies, said District 9 voters would likely reject a moderate supervisor if Fielder resigns and Lurie has the opportunity to fill her seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“District 9 is progressive. And there is an army of volunteers and neighbors who will make sure that it remains that way regardless of what Jackie chooses to do,” Snyder said. “I’m positive that a big part of Jackie’s leave of absence will be considering what is best for her district, which she cares deeply for. But just a reminder that it wasn’t just Jackie that won. It was her unapologetically progressive platform that won an astounding majority of votes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Supervisor Aaron Peskin said he hopes that Fielder gets the help and support she needs, and ultimately that she chooses to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I respect any decision she makes. And I have every confidence that the sophisticated progressive voters of District 9 will ultimately, as they have for decades, will elect progressive supervisors no matter who the mayor should appoint,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, remarks poured in from community groups and political leaders across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Native community is sending you prayers during your healing. We look forward to you coming back to work soon to lead and protect our families in our community,” reads a statement from the American Indian Cultural Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand unequivocally with Supervisor Fielder and offer her our full support. We are holding her in our hearts and surrounding her with strength, care and deep respect, and we call on the community to do the same,” the Latino Task Force said in a statement. “We encourage her to prioritize her health and not feel pressure to make decisions about her role during an acute health crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051931 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks at an event celebrating the creation of a union by the workers at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation at Boeddeker Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fielder’s colleagues on the Board of Supervisors also wished her healing over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor Fielder has been a powerful leader on civil rights, immigration and for working people, and I’ve valued the chance to work with her and learn from her leadership on those issues,” Supervisor Bilal Mahmood said in a statement. “Whatever path she chooses, I know she will remain a fierce advocate for those communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Connie Chan, another progressive member of the board who is also running to represent San Francisco in Congress, said in a statement, “We will support Supervisor Fielder and her team during this time to make decisions that are in the best interest of Supervisor Fielder’s health and the people she represents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-37-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, a candidate for California’s 11th Congressional District, participates in a forum with other candidates at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a tough world we’re in, in terms of the political world, and it’s intense, it’s spirited, and there’s all that, but at the end of the day, there are real humans behind these decisions,” Supervisor Danny Sauter told KQED on Monday. “Supervisor Fielder is a good person who cares about her community, and I want her to take time to heal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fielder’s staff said they would continue to meet with constituents during her medical leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On matters of her personal health, we respectfully ask the press to give her the privacy and space necessary for healing, and not to report on unsubstantiated rumors,” Fielder’s aides said in a statement. “We urge everyone to treat this situation with the same respect and sensitivity as they would if she were recovering from any other medical emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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And I have every confidence that the sophisticated progressive voters of District 9 will ultimately, as they have for decades, will elect progressive supervisors no matter who the mayor should appoint,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, remarks poured in from community groups and political leaders across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Native community is sending you prayers during your healing. We look forward to you coming back to work soon to lead and protect our families in our community,” reads a statement from the American Indian Cultural Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand unequivocally with Supervisor Fielder and offer her our full support. 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