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Residents have already protested that facility, and demonstrate weekly in the city against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, according to Morgan Hill City Councilwoman Yvonne Martínez Beltrán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083768\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debbie Bradshaw (right) and Marilyn Kalpin (left) of Gilroy attend a rally in San José opposing a planned immigration detention center in Gilroy on May 14, 2026. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martínez Beltrán said a detention center would hurt years of hard work aimed at bringing economic development to the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ What fares better for a community, being known for tourism and agriculture, or being known for a detention center?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ken Christopher, executive vice president of Christopher Ranch, a garlic farm that claims to be the largest employer in Gilroy, said the lack of communication by the federal government is causing confusion and fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ Our community deserves better, and the fact that they weren’t part of the conversation, that’s the downfall,” Christopher said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rally’s organizers are planning a community briefing and organizing call on May 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We want to work with community leaders,” Mullin added. “We want to be good partners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas, whose district includes the planned detention center, said she hasn’t personally seen the Trump administration work with her community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I don’t know where working with our community is coming from when you’re actually targeting our community as scapegoats and rounding us up in this way,” Arenas said, adding that her district includes large populations of immigrant farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the facility said increased immigration enforcement by the Trump administration was already negatively impacting their community, and that an additional ICE facility would only worsen the situation. Approximately 41% of Santa Clara County residents are foreign-born, according to recent census \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/santaclaracountycalifornia/PST045224\">data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ We have a lot of laborers and farm workers, and it scares them to death,” said Debbie Bradshaw, a 74-year-old resident of Gilroy who has lived in the city for 50 years. “They don’t wanna go to work. They don’t wanna send their kids to school. It’s horrible. It’s frightening to everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karsen Fricke, a San José native and college student, said the arrival of a new ICE facility in his backyard has him on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ Why would I want something that’s going to be used to hurt my neighbors and my friends so close?” Fricke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083772\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karsen Fricke of San José said a planned ICE facility in Gilroy has him on edge in San José on May 14, 2026. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Immigrant advocates are also organizing to ensure that FCI Dublin, a recently shuttered women’s prison in Alameda County, isn’t converted into an\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082440/advocates-urge-demolition-of-fci-dublin-raising-worries-it-could-become-ice-jail\"> ICE detention facility\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I’m terrified and anxious because I’ve experienced the heartbreaking pains of family separation,” said Kimberly Woo, a community organizer with SIREN, which is working to block ICE expansion in Gilroy and Dublin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woo said members of her family were detained last year, resulting in one being deported and the other self-deporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ No one should experience this debilitating fear and gut-wrenching grief,” Woo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE already has a processing facility nearby in Morgan Hill. Residents have already protested that facility, and demonstrate weekly in the city against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, according to Morgan Hill City Councilwoman Yvonne Martínez Beltrán.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083768\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260514-GILROY-ICE-ADE-01-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debbie Bradshaw (right) and Marilyn Kalpin (left) of Gilroy attend a rally in San José opposing a planned immigration detention center in Gilroy on May 14, 2026. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martínez Beltrán said a detention center would hurt years of hard work aimed at bringing economic development to the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ What fares better for a community, being known for tourism and agriculture, or being known for a detention center?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ken Christopher, executive vice president of Christopher Ranch, a garlic farm that claims to be the largest employer in Gilroy, said the lack of communication by the federal government is causing confusion and fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ Our community deserves better, and the fact that they weren’t part of the conversation, that’s the downfall,” Christopher said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rally’s organizers are planning a community briefing and organizing call on May 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>They say big things come in small packages, and the adage holds true at the California Room in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José’s\u003c/a> Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to some of the library’s vast, sweeping communal areas, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpl.org/caroom-using/\">California Room\u003c/a> is a cozy space tucked innocuously into the special collections area of the fifth floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the room is bursting with historical maps, aerial photographs and lesser-known books and volumes focused on the diverse people and cultures that have contributed to Santa Clara Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collections include microfiche records of thousands of old \u003cem>San Jose Mercury News\u003c/em> newspapers, massive fire insurance mapbooks dotted with discolorations and water stains that offer detailed looks at the region’s roads and buildings through time, as well as sculpted art, phonebooks and city directories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Room really is the space for the public to engage with and understand and learn from the past broadly, but also…the ability to have historic documents that you can actually look at, touch, smell, understand,” said Jill Bourne, the city’s library director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083563\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00514_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00514_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00514_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00514_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San José on May 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the pieces lie laminated in hulking gray file cabinets, while others are one-of-a-kind and so delicate they can’t be photocopied. All are physical links to the origins of the city and the broader South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those touchpoints of history, referenced by students, researchers, developers, city planners, journalists and wandering visitors alike, are under threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As San José grapples with a $50 million shortfall in its $1.7 billion general fund budget, the city’s library department is being asked to trim a little more than $5 million.[aside postID=news_12081886 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260430-SAKAUYEHOUSE-KQED-02-KQED.jpg']The city could save about $400,000 annually if the few staff members who run the California Room were reassigned, officials said. The cut would end public access to the room, which is currently open nearly 40 hours a week for anyone and everyone’s benefit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, library leaders say some of the room’s materials would likely need to be made available for retrieval and viewing by appointment only. It’s unclear how much access would remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of all rooms to cut, why would it be the city of San José cutting information about San José? 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That’s what I don’t understand,” said Darlene Tenes, a business owner and board member of History San José, an organization that aims to preserve and promote the region’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenes said the staff who guided nearly 5,500 visitors last year alone are “the most important things about the California Room.” She said they have personally helped her, including by tracking down the name of a woman she was trying to identify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is so helpful to have staff there with institutional knowledge because you’re doing so much research, but you don’t necessarily know how to get to where you’re trying to go,” Tenes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM01080_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM01080_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM01080_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM01080_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cabinet houses archival material from the San José News at the California Room, a dedicated archival room which houses archives related to San José and Santa Clara County history at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San José on May 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The space has, over the past several years, also hosted a series of well-received exhibits diving deep into the roots of Asian Americans, African Americans and Latinos in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been two different exhibitions on the intertwined relationships of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpl.org/blogs/post/story-and-king-san-joses-lowrider-culture/\">lowrider culture\u003c/a>, Chicano history and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/01/lowrider-culture-back-on-display-at-new-mlk-library-exhibit-in-san-jose/\">East San José\u003c/a>, as well as a recent Black History Month \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpl.org/blogs/post/exhibit-black-history-month-at-the-california-room/\">exhibit\u003c/a> highlighting sculptor Edmonia Lewis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the room hosted the exhibit \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpl.org/blogs/post/exhibit-pinoytown-rising-filipino-americans-in-santa-clara-valley/\">Pinoytown Rising: Filipino Americans in Santa Clara Valley\u003c/a>, which retired aerospace engineer and San José native Robert Ragsac curated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s another one of those cases where a page is closed that allowed us to tell the story about not only, in my case, Filipino Americans and their descendants, my generation, but all the other immigrants’ stories,” Ragsac said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that seems imbalanced to me is we are Silicon Valley, super high tech, but…a lot of people don’t understand the history of Santa Clara Valley, the Valley of Heart’s Delight,” he said, pointing to the waves of immigration of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and Mexican laborers whose stories have intertwined here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before attending college and learning engineering, Ragsac, now 94, worked in some of the many orchards in the South Bay as a young person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083559\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00271_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00271_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00271_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-CALIFORNIAROOM00271_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Sanborn map book lies on a shelf at the California Room, a dedicated archival room which houses archives related to San José and Santa Clara County history at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San José on May 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said he distinctly remembers watching a tractor mow down acres of cherry trees in Cupertino, only to see surveyors and development follow soon after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Closing the California Room is pretty close to my heart. 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"content": "\u003cp>Health officials are monitoring a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> resident who was exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a> resident has returned home to California, the county’s department of public health confirmed Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Sarah Rudman, the county’s health officer, said Santa Clara officials are in contact with the passenger and are monitoring them in coordination with the state’s Department of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, there is no known risk to the people of Santa Clara County,” Rudman said in a video message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area resident is one of four Californians who were exposed to the Andes hantavirus virus in connection to an outbreak aboard the MV Hondius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three people have died and at least five more have been sickened in the rare outbreak aboard the luxury cruise ship, which was carrying 150 passengers and departed the southern tip of Argentina April 1. Six cases are confirmed, and the three others were reported as probable, as of May 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1998px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2274860238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2274860238.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2274860238-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2274860238-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The HV Hondius approaches the Port of Granadilla, carrying passengers possibly infected with hantavirus on board in Tenerife, Canary Islands, on May 10, 2026. \u003ccite>(Andres Gutierrez/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>None of the Californians who have been exposed are experiencing symptoms, and all are being closely monitored, according to state Public Health Officer Dr. Erica Pan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County resident had disembarked from the MV Hondius before the outbreak was recognized, she said. Their exposure was reported to the department last week.[aside postID=news_12082376 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed-1020x680.jpg']Two more Californians were identified among more than a dozen cruise passengers who were evacuated from the ship to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Sunday. There, they are undergoing a health assessment. The fourth person being monitored was exposed to an ill patient on a flight traveling through South Africa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pan said that resident, who is in Sacramento County, came into brief, close contact with an ill patient from the ship while on the aircraft, but the sick person was removed from the flight prior to takeoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andes hantavirus is part of a family of viruses that spreads mostly through the urine, feces and saliva of rodents, but in rare cases, can be transmitted person to person through repeated, close contact with someone who is ill. Hantavirus can cause serious diseases in humans, CDPH said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to state health officials, daily protocol includes temperature checks and assessment for any relevant symptoms. There are no known cases of asymptomatic Andes hantavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pan said the California residents have been asked to modify their daily activities, including avoiding close or prolonged contact with others, wearing a respirator or mask if they must be around people indoors and avoiding sharing beds or personal items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not something you would contract through casual contact at Starbucks or Trader Joe’s,” said Matt Willis, a Bay Area-based epidemiologist and the former head of Marin’s public health department for a decade. “This is someone who would be a risk only to those who were in very close contact with them, like in the household.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083127\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2275511934.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2275511934.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2275511934-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2275511934-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers are evacuated by small boat from the MV Hondius in the Granadilla Port on May 10, 2026, in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. \u003ccite>(Chris McGrath/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Willis said the Santa Clara passenger is not experiencing symptoms, and is isolated at home with twice-daily monitoring. 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It also seeks monetary restitution and asks for civil penalties to be levied against Meta, some of which could be turned over to the county to be used for further consumer protection litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit rests heavily on internal leaked documents that were first reported by \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/\">Reuters\u003c/a> last fall. A May 2025 company internal presentation estimated that “Meta was involved in one third of all successful Internet scams in the U.S.,” the lawsuit said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county said Meta has contributed to more than $2.5 billion in losses for Californians in 2024, with seniors hit hardest. “Californians over 60 lost more than $800 million, and nationwide, older adults reported losses more than four times the average,” the county said in a statement.[aside postID=news_12082693 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/CellebriteGetty.jpg']A Meta spokesperson, in an emailed statement on Monday, said the company will fight the lawsuit. The legal action and the reporting it is largely based on distorts the company’s motives and ignores the “full range” of work done to combat scams, the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We aggressively fight scams on and off our platforms because they’re not good for us or the people and businesses that rely on our services. We removed over 159 million scam ads last year alone, launched new tools to protect people and partnered with law enforcement around the globe to disrupt these criminals,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said in an interview that the company frequently touts the work it does against scams, while it is simultaneously “putting handcuffs on the fraud prevention teams” it employs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What our complaint alleges is that they have told those fraud prevention teams that they can’t do anything that actually impacts revenue by more than 0.15% of Meta’s total overall revenue,” LoPresti said. “So essentially what they’re saying is, ‘You can do your work, we want to brag about it, but we’re gonna make sure it doesn’t impact our bottom line too much.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges Meta also facilitates scam advertising “by promoting and providing special protections to supposedly ‘vetted’ business partners that make no secret of offering services to support scam advertisers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meta’s own systems flag advertisements that are likely scams, but “instead of stopping those ads, the company charges scammers a premium price to run them, a practice that both facilitates and monetizes deception,” the county statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11951943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11951943 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"The Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County is suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta, on behalf of all California residents over harmful scam advertisements on the company’s social media platforms. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meta deliberately targets the most vulnerable people with scam ads, the suit said, and those who have clicked on illegitimate ads before will be shown more of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially, it’s like a bully finding the weak kid on the playground and making sure that they’re getting all of the attention,” LoPresti said. “The elderly, folks of color, low-income folks are disproportionately impacted by this kind of conduct. And that’s something that we believe really has to stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meta has faced a wave of litigation in recent years, including for allegedly employing addictive features that lead to mental health challenges, for not protecting young people and for using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models without permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said his office is “excited to litigate” the case and expects to be able to hold Meta accountable for its actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t sit idly by when we know good and well that a tech giant is swindling the public to hit a revenue target,” LoPresti said. “Tech might be the lifeblood of Silicon Valley. And we benefit from it, and we celebrate that. But we can’t allow poison into that bloodstream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Counsel Tony LoPresti said the company earns an estimated $7 billion in annual revenue from “fraudulent or otherwise prohibited advertisements” alone, in some cases by allegedly charging scammers a premium to post the ads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Meta might be a massive power broker in Silicon Valley and throughout the world, but Meta is not a company above the law,” LoPresti said during a press conference on Monday morning announcing the legal action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said with billions of scam ads on the platform, the types of scams run the gamut, including cryptocurrency scams, people impersonating celebrities or military personnel asking for money, or advertising “miracle cures to incurable diseases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036125\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/MetaGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/MetaGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/MetaGetty2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/MetaGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/MetaGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/MetaGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/MetaGetty2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Meta, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads logos are screened on a mobile phone on Jan. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As civil prosecutors in Silicon Valley, we can’t allow a company as influential as Meta to continue perpetrating a scheme of this magnitude to deceive and victimize consumers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaint claims Meta is violating false advertising and unfair competition laws, and asks a judge to order an injunction to stop the alleged practices. It also seeks monetary restitution and asks for civil penalties to be levied against Meta, some of which could be turned over to the county to be used for further consumer protection litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit rests heavily on internal leaked documents that were first reported by \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/\">Reuters\u003c/a> last fall. A May 2025 company internal presentation estimated that “Meta was involved in one third of all successful Internet scams in the U.S.,” the lawsuit said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county said Meta has contributed to more than $2.5 billion in losses for Californians in 2024, with seniors hit hardest. “Californians over 60 lost more than $800 million, and nationwide, older adults reported losses more than four times the average,” the county said in a statement.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A Meta spokesperson, in an emailed statement on Monday, said the company will fight the lawsuit. The legal action and the reporting it is largely based on distorts the company’s motives and ignores the “full range” of work done to combat scams, the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We aggressively fight scams on and off our platforms because they’re not good for us or the people and businesses that rely on our services. We removed over 159 million scam ads last year alone, launched new tools to protect people and partnered with law enforcement around the globe to disrupt these criminals,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said in an interview that the company frequently touts the work it does against scams, while it is simultaneously “putting handcuffs on the fraud prevention teams” it employs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What our complaint alleges is that they have told those fraud prevention teams that they can’t do anything that actually impacts revenue by more than 0.15% of Meta’s total overall revenue,” LoPresti said. “So essentially what they’re saying is, ‘You can do your work, we want to brag about it, but we’re gonna make sure it doesn’t impact our bottom line too much.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges Meta also facilitates scam advertising “by promoting and providing special protections to supposedly ‘vetted’ business partners that make no secret of offering services to support scam advertisers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meta’s own systems flag advertisements that are likely scams, but “instead of stopping those ads, the company charges scammers a premium price to run them, a practice that both facilitates and monetizes deception,” the county statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11951943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11951943 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"The Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060123-Meta-Facebook-Instagram-AP-JC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County is suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta, on behalf of all California residents over harmful scam advertisements on the company’s social media platforms. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meta deliberately targets the most vulnerable people with scam ads, the suit said, and those who have clicked on illegitimate ads before will be shown more of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially, it’s like a bully finding the weak kid on the playground and making sure that they’re getting all of the attention,” LoPresti said. “The elderly, folks of color, low-income folks are disproportionately impacted by this kind of conduct. And that’s something that we believe really has to stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meta has faced a wave of litigation in recent years, including for allegedly employing addictive features that lead to mental health challenges, for not protecting young people and for using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models without permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said his office is “excited to litigate” the case and expects to be able to hold Meta accountable for its actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t sit idly by when we know good and well that a tech giant is swindling the public to hit a revenue target,” LoPresti said. “Tech might be the lifeblood of Silicon Valley. And we benefit from it, and we celebrate that. But we can’t allow poison into that bloodstream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In an unusual move amid a contentious election cycle, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/south-bay\">South Bay\u003c/a> judge has barred Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his office from retrying a vandalism case against a group of pro-Palestinian Stanford student protesters due to a conflict of interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Kelley Paul issued the rare order Thursday afternoon recusing Rosen and his entire office from the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her decision, she sided with defense attorneys who cited a series of concerns about Rosen’s actions, including his promotion of the case on a campaign fundraising website highlighting his efforts in “fighting antisemitism.” Rosen is running for reelection this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conflict is so grave as to render it unlikely that the defendants will receive fair treatment during all portions of the criminal proceeding,” Paul said from the bench in a small San José courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the protesters in court and a small group of their supporters let out cheers and sighs of relief after exiting the courtroom, and started cheering and clapping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Germán González, who is one of five pro-Palestinian protesters going to trial for breaking into the Stanford University president’s office, speaks to a group of supporters outside the Hall of Justice in San José on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group of five protesters was part of an original group of 12 charged with felony vandalism and conspiracy after their June 4, 2024, occupation of the president’s office on Stanford University’s campus, where they barricaded themselves before being arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters said on social media at the time they entered the university offices that they wanted Stanford leaders to “address their role in enabling and profiting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action came amid a series of larger campus demonstrations aimed at pressuring the school to divest from companies that support Israel’s military bombardment in Gaza.[aside postID=news_12082376 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed-1020x680.jpg']Their case has gained notoriety in part because it was one of the most severe prosecutions connected with protest-related activity over the Gaza war across college campuses in 2024. While thousands were arrested, few of the cases saw felony charges filed, and many of the lesser charges were eventually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of the original 12 went to trial, and in February, a deadlocked jury pushed the case to a mistrial. Defense attorneys, including Deputy Public Defender Avi Singh, filed the request to recuse Rosen shortly after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>German Gonzalez, one of the defendants in the trial, said immediately after the decision on Thursday that he was very happy about the outcome. “I think given the ways that we’ve seen the district attorney try to really trade this prosecution for a campaign fund, it’s not a question of monetization, it’s a question, to a certain degree, of corruption,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very grateful for Judge Paul’s ruling,” he said. “I tried to keep a calm and composed expression, but I was definitely very nervous because the experience of the prosecution from this district attorney’s office has been quite difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rosen’s office, in an emailed statement, said Thursday, “While we disagree with the judge’s ruling, we respect it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Deputies stand guard outside Building 10 at Stanford University, where pro-Palestinian protesters broke into the university president’s office and occupied it before being arrested on June 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When recusal motions are considered in local courts, the state’s Attorney General’s office represents the DA. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office argued in filings that the defense’s “claims are meritless, and recusal is not required.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Singh, in his motion, raised several issues about Rosen’s conduct during the lead up to the charges of the protesters and their prosecution, and the trial. He said Rosen had labeled protesters as antisemitic, because of his inclusion of the case on his campaign page about “fighting antisemitism.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That webpage was sent in an email blast to over 600 people in L.A. County advertising a fundraiser for Rosen. The page also included a video recording of a speech Rosen gave to a nonprofit organization that supports Jewish college students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul cited the video in court, saying Rosen said “fighting for Jews and for Israel is fighting for America, that antisemitism is anti-Americanism, that antisemitism is un-American.” She also said Rosen criticized the group Students for Justice in Palestine. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul also referred to a 2020 San Luis Obispo County case where the District Attorney, Dan Dow, had fundraised around his prosecution of Black Lives Matters protesters marching in the streets after the police murder of George Floyd, which was cited by Singh in his motion. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A trial court there disqualified Dow, and an appeals court upheld the decision, because of his “well-publicized association with critics of the Black Lives Matter movement.” The case was known as the Lastra ruling, based on one of the defendants’ names. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The court agrees with the defense that the videos and articles posted on the fighting antisemitism campaign page must be considered together as a whole,” Paul said. “In an age of digital media, this page and the email blast…parallels” the conflict in the Lastra case, she said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This is a conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, trespass and a felony vandalism case, plain and simple. It is not a hate crime case and the characterization of the prosecution of this case as a fight against antisemitism, as part and parcel of a fundraising campaign, runs afoul of Lastra,” Paul said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082849\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082849\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Avi Singh, German Gonzalez and Maya Burke smile after walking out of a San José court on Thursday, May 7, where Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s office was disqualified from their vandalism case by a judge due to a conflict of interest. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sharon Loughner, the Deputy Attorney General representing Bonta’s office, argued previously in court filings that the protesters’ arguments “fail to present direct evidence of DA Rosen labeling them ‘antisemitic’,” and that Rosen’s public statements “consist of ideologically neutral comments with no financial solicitations.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Loughner said prosecutors are allowed under the First Amendment to express their political views, and “may continue to fundraise while in office provided those efforts are not tied to biased speech.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul, on Thursday, said Rosen, as a DA, a citizen and a candidate, has rights to express his opinions and take stances against issues like antisemitism, but she admonished that “caution and care” need to be used. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During court arguments over the request for recusal from Singh last month, Paul ordered Rosen’s campaign to turn over fundraising records connected with an event in December in Los Angeles, and allowed Singh to subpoena other documents from outside parties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview last month with the Bay Area News Group’s editorial board about his campaign for re-election, Rosen “grew visibly heated” when asked about the monetization allegations, according to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/21/santa-clara-da-jeff-rosen-recusal-stanford-vandalism-fundraising-records/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mercury News\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rosen said DAs often campaign on their prosecutions, and said he hasn’t faced challenges about other cases, but said because he is Jewish, this case is being treated differently. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“But in this case, because it’s about antisemitism, and it’s because I’m a Jew, it’s the oldest f***ing antisemitic trope. And that’s exactly what the defense attorney is doing in this case,” he said, The Mercury News reported. Paul cited the statements in the article in court.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082848\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defense attorneys and German Gonzalez and Maya Burke take a group photo outside the Hall of Justice in San José on Thursday, May 7. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last time Rosen’s office was recused from a case was a bribery case in 2021, in connection with the prosecution of a key defendant in the quid-pro-quo scandal around concealed carry gun permits issued by the sheriff’s office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An appeals court ruled in 2021 Rosen’s office was conflicted because a close friendship and fundraising relationship with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/fatal-conflict-bars-scc-da-from-prosecuting-ccw-conspiracy/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christopher Schumb\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> made it unlikely he would receive a fair trial. The case was taken over by the Attorney General’s office and the charges were later dropped.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul’s decision orders the Attorney General to take over the case. The Attorney General’s office could still appeal Thursday’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new trial for the protesters is currently scheduled for May 11, but could be delayed due to potential appeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gonzalez said he hopes the Attorney General’s office drops the charges. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I think that this case should have never been charged to begin with,” he said. “I’m very grateful that it’s in the hands of the AG now and I hope they make the correct decision.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In an unusual move amid a contentious election cycle, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/south-bay\">South Bay\u003c/a> judge has barred Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his office from retrying a vandalism case against a group of pro-Palestinian Stanford student protesters due to a conflict of interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Kelley Paul issued the rare order Thursday afternoon recusing Rosen and his entire office from the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her decision, she sided with defense attorneys who cited a series of concerns about Rosen’s actions, including his promotion of the case on a campaign fundraising website highlighting his efforts in “fighting antisemitism.” Rosen is running for reelection this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conflict is so grave as to render it unlikely that the defendants will receive fair treatment during all portions of the criminal proceeding,” Paul said from the bench in a small San José courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the protesters in court and a small group of their supporters let out cheers and sighs of relief after exiting the courtroom, and started cheering and clapping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Germán González, who is one of five pro-Palestinian protesters going to trial for breaking into the Stanford University president’s office, speaks to a group of supporters outside the Hall of Justice in San José on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group of five protesters was part of an original group of 12 charged with felony vandalism and conspiracy after their June 4, 2024, occupation of the president’s office on Stanford University’s campus, where they barricaded themselves before being arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters said on social media at the time they entered the university offices that they wanted Stanford leaders to “address their role in enabling and profiting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action came amid a series of larger campus demonstrations aimed at pressuring the school to divest from companies that support Israel’s military bombardment in Gaza.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Their case has gained notoriety in part because it was one of the most severe prosecutions connected with protest-related activity over the Gaza war across college campuses in 2024. While thousands were arrested, few of the cases saw felony charges filed, and many of the lesser charges were eventually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of the original 12 went to trial, and in February, a deadlocked jury pushed the case to a mistrial. Defense attorneys, including Deputy Public Defender Avi Singh, filed the request to recuse Rosen shortly after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>German Gonzalez, one of the defendants in the trial, said immediately after the decision on Thursday that he was very happy about the outcome. “I think given the ways that we’ve seen the district attorney try to really trade this prosecution for a campaign fund, it’s not a question of monetization, it’s a question, to a certain degree, of corruption,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very grateful for Judge Paul’s ruling,” he said. “I tried to keep a calm and composed expression, but I was definitely very nervous because the experience of the prosecution from this district attorney’s office has been quite difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rosen’s office, in an emailed statement, said Thursday, “While we disagree with the judge’s ruling, we respect it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Deputies stand guard outside Building 10 at Stanford University, where pro-Palestinian protesters broke into the university president’s office and occupied it before being arrested on June 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When recusal motions are considered in local courts, the state’s Attorney General’s office represents the DA. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office argued in filings that the defense’s “claims are meritless, and recusal is not required.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Singh, in his motion, raised several issues about Rosen’s conduct during the lead up to the charges of the protesters and their prosecution, and the trial. He said Rosen had labeled protesters as antisemitic, because of his inclusion of the case on his campaign page about “fighting antisemitism.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That webpage was sent in an email blast to over 600 people in L.A. County advertising a fundraiser for Rosen. The page also included a video recording of a speech Rosen gave to a nonprofit organization that supports Jewish college students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul cited the video in court, saying Rosen said “fighting for Jews and for Israel is fighting for America, that antisemitism is anti-Americanism, that antisemitism is un-American.” She also said Rosen criticized the group Students for Justice in Palestine. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul also referred to a 2020 San Luis Obispo County case where the District Attorney, Dan Dow, had fundraised around his prosecution of Black Lives Matters protesters marching in the streets after the police murder of George Floyd, which was cited by Singh in his motion. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A trial court there disqualified Dow, and an appeals court upheld the decision, because of his “well-publicized association with critics of the Black Lives Matter movement.” The case was known as the Lastra ruling, based on one of the defendants’ names. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The court agrees with the defense that the videos and articles posted on the fighting antisemitism campaign page must be considered together as a whole,” Paul said. “In an age of digital media, this page and the email blast…parallels” the conflict in the Lastra case, she said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This is a conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, trespass and a felony vandalism case, plain and simple. It is not a hate crime case and the characterization of the prosecution of this case as a fight against antisemitism, as part and parcel of a fundraising campaign, runs afoul of Lastra,” Paul said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082849\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082849\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Avi Singh, German Gonzalez and Maya Burke smile after walking out of a San José court on Thursday, May 7, where Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s office was disqualified from their vandalism case by a judge due to a conflict of interest. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sharon Loughner, the Deputy Attorney General representing Bonta’s office, argued previously in court filings that the protesters’ arguments “fail to present direct evidence of DA Rosen labeling them ‘antisemitic’,” and that Rosen’s public statements “consist of ideologically neutral comments with no financial solicitations.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Loughner said prosecutors are allowed under the First Amendment to express their political views, and “may continue to fundraise while in office provided those efforts are not tied to biased speech.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul, on Thursday, said Rosen, as a DA, a citizen and a candidate, has rights to express his opinions and take stances against issues like antisemitism, but she admonished that “caution and care” need to be used. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During court arguments over the request for recusal from Singh last month, Paul ordered Rosen’s campaign to turn over fundraising records connected with an event in December in Los Angeles, and allowed Singh to subpoena other documents from outside parties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview last month with the Bay Area News Group’s editorial board about his campaign for re-election, Rosen “grew visibly heated” when asked about the monetization allegations, according to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/21/santa-clara-da-jeff-rosen-recusal-stanford-vandalism-fundraising-records/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mercury News\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rosen said DAs often campaign on their prosecutions, and said he hasn’t faced challenges about other cases, but said because he is Jewish, this case is being treated differently. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“But in this case, because it’s about antisemitism, and it’s because I’m a Jew, it’s the oldest f***ing antisemitic trope. And that’s exactly what the defense attorney is doing in this case,” he said, The Mercury News reported. Paul cited the statements in the article in court.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082848\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defense attorneys and German Gonzalez and Maya Burke take a group photo outside the Hall of Justice in San José on Thursday, May 7. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last time Rosen’s office was recused from a case was a bribery case in 2021, in connection with the prosecution of a key defendant in the quid-pro-quo scandal around concealed carry gun permits issued by the sheriff’s office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An appeals court ruled in 2021 Rosen’s office was conflicted because a close friendship and fundraising relationship with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/fatal-conflict-bars-scc-da-from-prosecuting-ccw-conspiracy/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christopher Schumb\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> made it unlikely he would receive a fair trial. The case was taken over by the Attorney General’s office and the charges were later dropped.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul’s decision orders the Attorney General to take over the case. The Attorney General’s office could still appeal Thursday’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new trial for the protesters is currently scheduled for May 11, but could be delayed due to potential appeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gonzalez said he hopes the Attorney General’s office drops the charges. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I think that this case should have never been charged to begin with,” he said. “I’m very grateful that it’s in the hands of the AG now and I hope they make the correct decision.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a> is proposing cutting several hundred positions and shuttering health clinics to help close a $787 million budget deficit, as it confronts sea changes in funding from both the federal and state governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our fourth year in a row of budget reductions and the magnitude of the gap that we had to close this year is one of the largest that the county has faced in decades,” County Executive James Williams said of the $14.7 billion budget proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He called it an “extraordinarily difficult budget to bring forward,” not just because of the challenges of bridging the gap, but because of residents’ increasing reliance on the county, complicated by the likelihood of further losses of federal revenue in coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And all of that in a context where there is so much need in the community and the context where we know that there are tremendous pressures on safety net services for the most vulnerable families,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s top brass recommended cutting 655 positions across its organization, with the brunt of that expected to be felt in the county’s large hospital system and its behavioral health departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county said about 265 of those positions are currently filled, or roughly 40%, but Williams said he is hoping to avoid any layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080199\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Government Center in San Jose, California, on June 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(JHVEPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We will be attempting very vigorously to place all those individuals into other vacant positions across the county,” he said. What exactly happens to those employees would be based on what positions are offered to them, their labor contracts and their personal needs, Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg lauded those efforts given the county’s total workforce size of roughly 22,000 people, and hopes the county can support every worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s rather extraordinary… to be able to find enough places to make budget cuts, look for increased revenue and be able to consolidate and increase efficiencies with such a relatively small number of employees being impacted,” she said. “Of course, for any single employee, that makes all the difference in the world…but we have been very successful in leveraging positions that are either vacant now or we know have upcoming retirements or other planned separations from the county.”[aside postID=news_12074467 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/SFLicensePlateReader-1020x675.jpg']The county is facing significant cuts to federal Medicaid and food assistance funding stemming from President Donald Trump’s H.R. 1 bill, which is expected to amount to more than $1 billion in annual revenue losses for Santa Clara County in the coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has also this year shifted the requirements and funding model for mental health and behavioral health programs after the passage of Proposition 1 by voters in 2024, which Williams said “has really turned the fiscal world in behavioral health upside down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of federal and state funding challenges, the county, like many other organizations and households, has also seen rising costs for labor, goods, services and utilities, while property tax revenue has not kept pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest way the county is coping with the cuts is through the emergency injection of $337 million expected to be provided by a new sales tax approved by 57% of voters last year, called Measure A. The measure increases sales tax across the county by five-eighths of a cent for every one dollar spent, and is in place for five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams and his staff recommended putting all of the Measure A money for the current budget year into Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, the county’s public hospital and clinic system, to help lessen the blow from Medicaid cuts enacted by Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058486\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058486\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Valley Medical Center stands on 751 South Bascom Avenue in San José on Sept. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>County supervisors also previously approved nearly $200 million in budget cuts in February during the mid-year budget review, including cutting roughly 365 positions that were largely vacant and focused on the county’s healthcare system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While planning for 655 cuts, the county is simultaneously considering adding 191 positions, especially in areas that are growing but aren’t reliant on federal funds, like parks and libraries, for a net cut of 464 positions, Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two county-run behavioral health clinics are expected to be closed, but Williams said the services will be transitioned to other facilities or community organizations that provide services for the county already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellenberg said the idea of consolidating clinics on its face doesn’t worry her too much, so long as people who need those services aren’t challenged to find them elsewhere nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she added that in general, the on-the-ground impacts from broad budget recommendations to alter contracts and leases and reduce positions is where she will focus as supervisors go through budget workshops and reviews next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are many aspects of it that are not yet clear to me, particularly around impact… I need to understand how that impacts particular populations, especially the very high-need and vulnerable residents that the county serves,” Ellenberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, speaks during an event celebrating the opening of Vermont House, a new residential treatment facility in San José for people leaving jail with mental health needs. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Williams said the county has been aiming to preserve or expand services for those in most need across the county. He pointed to plans for new “satellite clinics in high-need communities,” as well as the planned opening of the county’s behavioral health pavilion on the campus of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pavilion will include the first child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit in the South Bay, Williams said, and will be staffed by transferring positions from elsewhere in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re continuing to expand in critical areas and areas with significant community demand where there’s significant need. We haven’t taken our eye off the ball,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said the county has “moved mountains” to preserve critical services in the face of unprecedented cuts, and said voters have stepped up at an important time. But he called directly on the governor and legislature to help counties across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to see a forceful, clear and unequivocal response at the state level to what’s happening with H.R. 1,” he said. “There’s no way our county or any other can do this alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s Board of Supervisors will hold three consecutive budget workshops May 11-13, and will hold three more sessions to adopt a final budget in mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is not the only government facing down budget deficits, as South Bay cities look for ways to close their gaps while maintaining critical services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998675\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240802-VTAFEDFUND-JG-1.jpg\" alt=\"The mayor of San Jose stands behind a podium. A poster breaking down the project budget is displayed next to the speaker.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240802-VTAFEDFUND-JG-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240802-VTAFEDFUND-JG-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240802-VTAFEDFUND-JG-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240802-VTAFEDFUND-JG-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240802-VTAFEDFUND-JG-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a gathering in Santa Clara on Aug. 2, 2024, to announce a nearly $5.1 billion funding commitment from federal transit officials toward the VTA BART Silicon Valley Phase II extension project. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San José, whose Mayor Matt Mahan heavily touted his work to spend more of the city’s affordable housing funds on more than 1,000 new interim shelter spaces for people who are homeless last year, is now working to cut $50 million out of its budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s current proposal from City Manager Jennifer Maguire would cut support for interim housing operations by $1.25 million in the coming budget year and significantly reduce it by $14.2 million in the budget for 2027-2028, officials said this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said the coming years for Santa Clara County could be even more difficult, and he is concerned about changes to the “social compact” in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re one United States, and there are deep interrelationships between federal, state and local governments that all operate together to help take care of communities across the country,” Williams said. “We’re witnessing a complete reordering of that fabric, not just fiscally, but in terms of policy and the politics of this whole country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And all of that in a context where there is so much need in the community and the context where we know that there are tremendous pressures on safety net services for the most vulnerable families,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s top brass recommended cutting 655 positions across its organization, with the brunt of that expected to be felt in the county’s large hospital system and its behavioral health departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county said about 265 of those positions are currently filled, or roughly 40%, but Williams said he is hoping to avoid any layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080199\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1679222216-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Government Center in San Jose, California, on June 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(JHVEPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We will be attempting very vigorously to place all those individuals into other vacant positions across the county,” he said. What exactly happens to those employees would be based on what positions are offered to them, their labor contracts and their personal needs, Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg lauded those efforts given the county’s total workforce size of roughly 22,000 people, and hopes the county can support every worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s rather extraordinary… to be able to find enough places to make budget cuts, look for increased revenue and be able to consolidate and increase efficiencies with such a relatively small number of employees being impacted,” she said. “Of course, for any single employee, that makes all the difference in the world…but we have been very successful in leveraging positions that are either vacant now or we know have upcoming retirements or other planned separations from the county.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The county is facing significant cuts to federal Medicaid and food assistance funding stemming from President Donald Trump’s H.R. 1 bill, which is expected to amount to more than $1 billion in annual revenue losses for Santa Clara County in the coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has also this year shifted the requirements and funding model for mental health and behavioral health programs after the passage of Proposition 1 by voters in 2024, which Williams said “has really turned the fiscal world in behavioral health upside down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of federal and state funding challenges, the county, like many other organizations and households, has also seen rising costs for labor, goods, services and utilities, while property tax revenue has not kept pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest way the county is coping with the cuts is through the emergency injection of $337 million expected to be provided by a new sales tax approved by 57% of voters last year, called Measure A. The measure increases sales tax across the county by five-eighths of a cent for every one dollar spent, and is in place for five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams and his staff recommended putting all of the Measure A money for the current budget year into Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, the county’s public hospital and clinic system, to help lessen the blow from Medicaid cuts enacted by Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058486\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058486\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Valley Medical Center stands on 751 South Bascom Avenue in San José on Sept. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>County supervisors also previously approved nearly $200 million in budget cuts in February during the mid-year budget review, including cutting roughly 365 positions that were largely vacant and focused on the county’s healthcare system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While planning for 655 cuts, the county is simultaneously considering adding 191 positions, especially in areas that are growing but aren’t reliant on federal funds, like parks and libraries, for a net cut of 464 positions, Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two county-run behavioral health clinics are expected to be closed, but Williams said the services will be transitioned to other facilities or community organizations that provide services for the county already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellenberg said the idea of consolidating clinics on its face doesn’t worry her too much, so long as people who need those services aren’t challenged to find them elsewhere nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she added that in general, the on-the-ground impacts from broad budget recommendations to alter contracts and leases and reduce positions is where she will focus as supervisors go through budget workshops and reviews next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are many aspects of it that are not yet clear to me, particularly around impact… I need to understand how that impacts particular populations, especially the very high-need and vulnerable residents that the county serves,” Ellenberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, speaks during an event celebrating the opening of Vermont House, a new residential treatment facility in San José for people leaving jail with mental health needs. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Williams said the county has been aiming to preserve or expand services for those in most need across the county. He pointed to plans for new “satellite clinics in high-need communities,” as well as the planned opening of the county’s behavioral health pavilion on the campus of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pavilion will include the first child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit in the South Bay, Williams said, and will be staffed by transferring positions from elsewhere in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re continuing to expand in critical areas and areas with significant community demand where there’s significant need. We haven’t taken our eye off the ball,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said the county has “moved mountains” to preserve critical services in the face of unprecedented cuts, and said voters have stepped up at an important time. But he called directly on the governor and legislature to help counties across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to see a forceful, clear and unequivocal response at the state level to what’s happening with H.R. 1,” he said. “There’s no way our county or any other can do this alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s Board of Supervisors will hold three consecutive budget workshops May 11-13, and will hold three more sessions to adopt a final budget in mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is not the only government facing down budget deficits, as South Bay cities look for ways to close their gaps while maintaining critical services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998675\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240802-VTAFEDFUND-JG-1.jpg\" alt=\"The mayor of San Jose stands behind a podium. 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Crews immediately isolated the area, and the State Water Resources Control Board stepped in as the regulatory authority overseeing the cleanup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To tackle the remaining bacteria, the city hired another contractor, West Valley Construction Co., to isolate and seal the pipe at both ends, and inject a high concentration of chlorine to decontaminate the pipe for 24 hours starting Monday morning, said Lenka Wright, the city’s chief communications officer. The chlorine is then flushed out and tested for bacteria twice, 12 hours apart. Results from those tests will be back on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very unique, extraordinary situation,” Wright said. “This is not anything that the Water Board has apparently dealt with previously; cement slurry getting into a live water main. 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Wright said the city is preserving all legal options, including the possibility of a lawsuit, while its review of the circumstances is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the 23 households on Drucilla Drive and Carla Court will be temporarily connected to above-ground water lines from a nearby hydrant while super chlorination is underway. The boil water notice will remain in effect throughout that process.[aside postID=news_12081508 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_004-KQED.jpg']For all other affected homes in the neighborhood, the boil water notice continues. Residents can shower, bathe, do laundry and run the dishwasher directly from the tap. 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And it was also an opportunity for us to say directly to them, look them right in the face and say: we are sorry that this happened to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city does not anticipate fully lifting the boil water restrictions before the weekend of May 9 and 10, though Wright cautioned that the timeline could shift depending on test results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city continues to offer free hotel stays through Monday, $92 per day per person in meal and incidental reimbursements with no receipts required, and shower access at the El Camino YMCA, Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center and Eagle Park Pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wright also stressed that the rest of Mountain View’s water supply is safe and the boil water notice applies only to the neighborhood north of Cuesta Park: “Outside that area, the water is safe to drink in Mountain View.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>About 65 Mountain View households are entering their fifth day without safe drinking water, with no clear end in sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 24, a contractor working on a water main project near Bonita Avenue and Cuesta Drive accidentally pumped cement slurry into an old pipe being abandoned that was still connected to the system. The slurry hit a closed valve, contaminating the water supply in parts of Cuesta Drive, Leona Lane, Montalto Drive, Drucilla Drive and Carla Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Vasquez, the city’s utilities services manager, said crews immediately isolated the affected area once the contamination was discovered. The State Water Resources Control Board stepped in as the regulatory authority overseeing the cleanup, and tests soon revealed bacteria in the water supply — two of 10 samples came back positive for coliform, an indicator of potential biological growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional testing is underway as crews continue flushing the system and monitoring water quality. The city \u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1245/284\">declared\u003c/a> a state of emergency Saturday, which allows it to seek reimbursement from the state and federal government for related expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not restoring service to this area until the water has been proven to be safe and ready for the residents,” Vasquez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents received notices late in the afternoon of April 24, warning them not to use tap water for drinking, cooking, laundry, hand-washing, dishwashing or bathing. Within hours, city crews shut off service entirely, and residents could not flush toilets for the first two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12081558\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A posted “Water Shutdown Notice” near Cuesta Park in Mountain View on April 27, 2026, informs residents of a “Do Not Drink” order expected to last through midweek. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Toilet flushing was restored over the weekend, but the do-not-drink order remains in effect and is not expected to be lifted until at least the middle or end of the week, if not later. Vasquez said it is possible the outage could extend beyond Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lenka Wright, the city’s chief communications officer, said communication with residents has been a priority from the start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand how challenging this has been for the residents, and we really appreciate how resilient they have been,” Wright said. “It’s been very important for us to address the residents’ needs and go door to door to hear exactly from them what concerns they may have.”[aside postID=news_12027540 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_001_qed-1020x680.jpg']The city has been delivering bottled water and hand sanitizer, offering free hotel stays, providing shower access at Eagle Park Pool and Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center and stationing fire crews for daily welfare checks. Wright noted that the city is reviewing whether to reduce water utility bills for affected households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also said it will hold a neighborhood \u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1261/284\">meeting\u003c/a> for affected residents Friday night, with location and other details to come. Meanwhile, officials are collecting information to provide $92 daily reimbursements for meals and other related expenses, in accordance with federal rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is also providing temporary lodging with several local hotels through May 4, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/hotels/mountain-view-california?brand_id=SE\">Super 8 Mountain View\u003c/a>, 1665 W El Camino Real, Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/ramada/mountain-view-california/ramada-limited-mountain-view/overview\">Ramada by Wyndham Mountain View\u003c/a>, 55 Fairchild Drive, in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Days Inn Mountain View, 850 Leong Drive, in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shashihotel.com/\">Shashi Hotel Mountain View,\u003c/a> 1625 N Shoreline Blvd., in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/sjcss-towneplace-suites-sunnyvale-silicon-valley/overview/\">TownePlace Suites\u003c/a>, 606 S. Bernardo Ave., in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Patrick Westgate, who has rented his home on Cuesta Drive for nearly a year, said the city’s communication has been thorough: multiple notices taped to front doors, welfare checks from fire and water crews, and a website refreshed with regular updates. But the shifting timeline has worn on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have no idea what to expect now,” Westgate said. “Friday night, they said it should be back on by Saturday. Now it’s ‘plan on not having it for the week.’ That’s the part that’s hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westgate said he has been showering at a nearby YMCA, eating takeout and rinsing his hands with bottled water. He said the experience reminded him of the early days of COVID-19 — the city taking maximum precautions to protect its most vulnerable residents, even if the risk to healthier people was lower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Virginia Steiner, who has lived in the neighborhood since 2009, is managing the outage while hosting a houseguest and caring for a dog for a few weeks. 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The testing is part of efforts to restore safe drinking water to affected homes. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You don’t realize how often you turn on the tap,” Steiner said. “We don’t realize how lucky we are to have running water, safe running water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite everything, Steiner said she has found a reason to stay positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The silver lining is that I feel our water is going to be the safest water to drink, because the state is involved, and the city is involved, and they’re all working hard to clear those tests,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City crews collected another round of samples on Monday and sent them to a laboratory in Livermore, where results take about a day to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12081559 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packs of bottled water sit on the porch of one of the 65 homes affected along Drucilla Drive in Mountain View on April 27, 2026, as residents rely on alternative sources during an ongoing “Do Not Drink” order. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once samples come back clean, residents will also be required to flush their own household plumbing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional testing is underway as crews continue flushing the system and monitoring water quality. The city \u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1245/284\">declared\u003c/a> a state of emergency Saturday, which allows it to seek reimbursement from the state and federal government for related expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not restoring service to this area until the water has been proven to be safe and ready for the residents,” Vasquez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents received notices late in the afternoon of April 24, warning them not to use tap water for drinking, cooking, laundry, hand-washing, dishwashing or bathing. Within hours, city crews shut off service entirely, and residents could not flush toilets for the first two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12081558\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A posted “Water Shutdown Notice” near Cuesta Park in Mountain View on April 27, 2026, informs residents of a “Do Not Drink” order expected to last through midweek. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Toilet flushing was restored over the weekend, but the do-not-drink order remains in effect and is not expected to be lifted until at least the middle or end of the week, if not later. Vasquez said it is possible the outage could extend beyond Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lenka Wright, the city’s chief communications officer, said communication with residents has been a priority from the start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand how challenging this has been for the residents, and we really appreciate how resilient they have been,” Wright said. “It’s been very important for us to address the residents’ needs and go door to door to hear exactly from them what concerns they may have.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The city has been delivering bottled water and hand sanitizer, offering free hotel stays, providing shower access at Eagle Park Pool and Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center and stationing fire crews for daily welfare checks. Wright noted that the city is reviewing whether to reduce water utility bills for affected households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also said it will hold a neighborhood \u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1261/284\">meeting\u003c/a> for affected residents Friday night, with location and other details to come. Meanwhile, officials are collecting information to provide $92 daily reimbursements for meals and other related expenses, in accordance with federal rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is also providing temporary lodging with several local hotels through May 4, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/hotels/mountain-view-california?brand_id=SE\">Super 8 Mountain View\u003c/a>, 1665 W El Camino Real, Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/ramada/mountain-view-california/ramada-limited-mountain-view/overview\">Ramada by Wyndham Mountain View\u003c/a>, 55 Fairchild Drive, in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Days Inn Mountain View, 850 Leong Drive, in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shashihotel.com/\">Shashi Hotel Mountain View,\u003c/a> 1625 N Shoreline Blvd., in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/sjcss-towneplace-suites-sunnyvale-silicon-valley/overview/\">TownePlace Suites\u003c/a>, 606 S. Bernardo Ave., in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Patrick Westgate, who has rented his home on Cuesta Drive for nearly a year, said the city’s communication has been thorough: multiple notices taped to front doors, welfare checks from fire and water crews, and a website refreshed with regular updates. But the shifting timeline has worn on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have no idea what to expect now,” Westgate said. “Friday night, they said it should be back on by Saturday. Now it’s ‘plan on not having it for the week.’ That’s the part that’s hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westgate said he has been showering at a nearby YMCA, eating takeout and rinsing his hands with bottled water. He said the experience reminded him of the early days of COVID-19 — the city taking maximum precautions to protect its most vulnerable residents, even if the risk to healthier people was lower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Virginia Steiner, who has lived in the neighborhood since 2009, is managing the outage while hosting a houseguest and caring for a dog for a few weeks. 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The testing is part of efforts to restore safe drinking water to affected homes. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You don’t realize how often you turn on the tap,” Steiner said. “We don’t realize how lucky we are to have running water, safe running water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite everything, Steiner said she has found a reason to stay positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The silver lining is that I feel our water is going to be the safest water to drink, because the state is involved, and the city is involved, and they’re all working hard to clear those tests,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City crews collected another round of samples on Monday and sent them to a laboratory in Livermore, where results take about a day to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12081559 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042706MOUNTAIN-VIEW-WATER_GH_010-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packs of bottled water sit on the porch of one of the 65 homes affected along Drucilla Drive in Mountain View on April 27, 2026, as residents rely on alternative sources during an ongoing “Do Not Drink” order. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once samples come back clean, residents will also be required to flush their own household plumbing. 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"content": "\u003cp>State officials will extend their oversight of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>’s beleaguered child welfare agency in the wake of a 2-year-old’s tragic death in foster care, as local leaders expressed outrage and called for further changes to protect kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services is also beefing up guardrails around where children can be placed, even in emergencies, requiring high-level staff to approve such placements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Children should not be dying under the care and custody of a system that exists to protect them. It is unacceptable,” County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas said Thursday during a news conference. “This level of system failure demands immediate action, course correction and accountability in a way that we haven’t done before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the April 9 death of Jaxon Juarez, the county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services said in a report on Thursday that it’s working with the California Department of Social Services to “extend and update” an existing oversight agreement in place since late 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the expanded state oversight, Arenas called for an “independent entity to take on episodic review” of the Department of Family and Children’s Services’ case files.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that has helped other counties before, and I believe could support and be the transformative change that is needed here,” Arenas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arenas is the chair of the Board of Supervisors’ Children, Seniors, and Families Committee, and has been vocal in raising alarms about the outcomes in the county’s child welfare system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080614\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-SCCDAANNOUNCEMENT-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District Attorney Jeff Rosen speaks outside the Santa Clara County Juvenile Court in San José on April 20, 2026, where prosecutors announced charges against a San José teen accused of killing his 2-year-old foster brother, Jaxon Juarez. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The prior oversight effort, which included a “corrective action plan,” was prompted by the deaths of two other children in foster care in 2023, including the fentanyl poisoning of 3-month-old Phoenix Castro and the stabbing death of 6-year-old Jordan Walker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those deaths occurred, Arenas and critics said, while the agency pursued policies focused on keeping children with their families, even in the face of safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The corrective action plan, which the agency was making progress on and was set to conclude in June, was aimed in part at rebalancing the priorities of family reunification and child safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to the child welfare system in this county, the pendulum swung too far. 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