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Now, a 315-unit apartment development in Lafayette that became a statewide rallying cry for the Yes In My Back Yard movement will spin its wheels a little longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vote to approve The Terraces development was delayed by the Lafayette City Council after a seven-hour marathon meeting that stretched from Monday night into early Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lafayette City Council said they needed more time to fully discuss concerns aired by neighbors, many of whom claimed the proposed apartments would bring crippling traffic congestion, increase the risk of wildfire, and imperil the movement of emergency vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jeremy Levine, a Lafayette resident and co-founder of the group Inclusive Lafayette, said those concerns have been proven untrue by Lafayette city staff, and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Lafayette City Council pushed their decision down the road, public commenters and city staff warned Lafayette would be open to lawsuit under the Housing Accountability Act – and $15 million in possible fines – should they fail to approve the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria Fierce of housing advocacy group California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund, or CaRLA said, “Lafayette may no longer choose between housing or no housing. 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It's not surprising that when you have overcrowded prisons, you're going to have a problem with COVID-19.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, \"This is a humanitarian disaster that is compounding another humanitarian disaster called mass incarceration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">more than 1,600 of the some 3,500 inmates\u003c/a> at San Quentin have tested positive for the coronavirus, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827695/pressure-mounts-for-newsom-to-release-vulnerable-incarcerated-people\">which exploded\u003c/a> inside the prison after officials transferred 121 inmates from the heavily impacted California Institution for Men in Chino on May 30 without properly testing them for infections. Until then, San Quentin had been virus-free. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JH\u003c/strong>: The initial response obviously gets an F. I mean, there never should have been a transfer of those inmates from Chino without a test immediately preceding that transfer, and they were slow to step-up and address the mess that they created. More recently, though, and especially since my state legislative colleagues Marc Levine and Mike McGuire have gotten involved and Cal OES (Office of Emergency Services) has opened an incident command on site, I give them high marks. The problem is, by that time, we were trying to undo a terrible tragedy that had been inflicted on San Quentin and the broader Bay Area community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED\u003c/strong>: And who do you think is responsible for this crisis?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JH\u003c/strong>: You know, I can't say exactly who, but obviously the prison health care officials who allowed this transfer to happen. There may be some other accountability within the system. You know that I think there needs to be a very comprehensive look at that. How did this system allow something so profoundly stupid in the middle of this deadly pandemic to actually happen?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED\u003c/strong>: Is that something the federal government should or would look at in terms of a review of, you know, how this unfolded?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JH\u003c/strong>: Certainly, if this were a federal prison, the answer would be yes. Since San Quentin is entirely a state facility with state authorities, my guess is that that's probably the primary point of accountability. There's a federal receiver, of course, because of litigation. But that does not bring any federal agencies into play. That's simply a federal court who has ordered this receiver due to some longstanding litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED\u003c/strong>: You know, academics, public health experts, advocates and some elected officials have been calling for the state to drastically reduce the number of people incarcerated there, through early release, probation, parole and such. Do you agree that that needs to happen?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JH\u003c/strong>: I think their hand is being forced. You know, whether that needs to happen or not, it's going to happen. There's no other way to address the crisis. So, I think they're approaching it in a sensible way. At San Quentin and other facilities, they're looking at inmates who pose the least threat of some kind of violent crime, recidivism, are near the end of their sentences, are older, might be eligible for humanitarian release. And, you know, we can we can reduce the population pretty significantly using those factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>2020 was supposed to be the year of bold action and big changes for housing and homelessness in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom began the year with a tour of homeless and mental health services providers around the state, ending in Oakland, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796428/newsom-to-unveil-travel-trailers-for-homeless-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he declared\u003c/a> homelessness “the issue of our time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/#:~:text=California%20Homelessness%20Statistics,and%20Urban%20Development%20(HUD).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 151,000 people\u003c/a> living in tents, RVs, cars and shelters across the state, the governor announced a one-time allocation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11802334/gov-newsom-focuses-singularly-on-homelessness-in-state-of-the-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$750 million\u003c/a> aimed at reducing homelessness — something his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, had been loath to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really a sea change from the previous governor and from the Legislature,” said Chris Martin, policy director for Housing California, a Sacramento-based affordable housing nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, advocates on all sides of the housing debate watched closely as one controversial bill to promote housing production — SB 50 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798945/__trashed-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drew its last breath\u003c/a> following two tense days of voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11613002 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco), the author of SB 50. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the bill would have allowed for taller apartment buildings near transit hubs and in job-rich areas, and fourplexes in neighborhoods where only single-family homes are currently permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the bill’s defeat, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, vowed to pass an “historic housing production bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s economy suddenly shut down. As attention turned to easing the worst impacts of an expected economic crisis, hopes for dramatically advancing housing construction and reducing homelessness grew dim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"state Sen. Scott Wiener\"]‘It’s not a grand slam. But it’s a solid double.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates involved in housing work across the state say all was not lost in the truncated legislative session, which is now in heading into summer recess. The Legislature still has some three dozen housing bills — albeit not as ambitious as some lawmakers initially hoped — that have been approved by their house of origin and are now moving on to the next chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a grand slam,” Wiener said in a phone call last week. “But it’s a solid double.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Housing Production\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While no single bill in this legislative session is as sweeping or controversial as SB 50, \u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20200520-senate-leaders-detail-housing-production-legislation-intended-increase-supply-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several\u003c/a> attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/assembly-leaders-push-increased-housing-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boost housing\u003c/a> production through some like-minded proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate and Assembly, for instance, are each considering a proposal to eliminate single-family zoning in the state, by allowing either two duplexes (SB 1120) or a single fourplex (AB 3040) on parcels where only one house is currently allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11823916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11823916 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Houses in Mountain View, pictured on Feb. 19, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A house for sale in Mountain View, on Feb. 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another bill, SB 902, would give cities the option to circumvent state environmental reviews for construction of apartment buildings with up to 10 units that are near transit or in job-rich areas. It’s not the four- to five-story apartment buildings Weiner had hoped for in SB 50, he said, but it’s a start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will be a solid step forward in addressing the crisis,” he said. “More work will remain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Richard Bloom’s AB 1279, a revision of SB 50, targets wealthy enclaves typically averse to providing low-income housing. Unlike SB 50, which proposed taller buildings near transit, Bloom’s bill would put those four- and five-story buildings in “high-opportunity areas,” which the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development would have to specifically define by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more housing coverage\" tag=\"housing\"]The idea is to focus new housing construction in neighborhoods with better access to jobs, schools, air quality and other factors that lead to better health and that low-income renters and homeowners have long been excluded from. Developers who take advantage of the bill would have to offer the homes or rentals at affordable prices, construct some affordable housing on site or pay a fee to fund affordable housing construction elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 1279 removes barriers to equitable and inclusive development,” said Frank Martinez, policy director with the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing. “Stopping some of the income and racial segregation in housing would be a big move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also two bills under consideration that would allow developers to turn vacant offices, dying malls and big box stores into housing. The Assembly’s version, AB 3107, requires 20% of the new housing in those commercial areas to be affordable. The Senate’s version, SB 1385, requires affordable housing only in specific circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other bills in the Senate and Assembly would expand the state’s “density bonus” law, which allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for providing affordable housing. The Senate’s version, SB 1085, focuses on “missing middle” housing that is more affordable to middle-income earners. The proposal allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for rental housing that is at least 30% less expensive than the median rent. The Assembly’s version, AB 2345, focuses more on boosting low-income housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11718377 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of homes and apartments on June 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. According to a new survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, renters in San Francisco need an income of $60 per hour to afford a two bedroom apartment in the city. San Francisco is followed by San Jose at $48 per hour and Oakland at $45 per hour. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And, finally, Weiner has also proposed a bill that would allow 100% affordable housing developments on parking lots owned by religious or educational institutions. SB 899 could open up around 38,000 acres of land statewide — an area roughly the size of Stockton — according to a \u003ca href=\"http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/Mapping_the_Potential_and_Identifying_the_Barriers_to_Faith-Based_Housing_Development_May_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent study\u003c/a> by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we consider quite significant in terms of opening up other opportunities to affordable housing,” said Pedro Galvao, policy director for the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These housing production bills, though, have rankled members of Livable California — a citizens group that champions local control and was one of SB 50’s chief opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pretty much a divide and conquer approach,” said Livable California board member Keith Gurnee. “It’s not as much on steroids as SB 50 was, but no one is really looking at how they interact with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>COVID-19 Relief for Renters and Landlords\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Responding to the crisis at hand, several lawmakers have proposed bills to ensure that tenants and homeowners who lost some or all of their wages as a result of the pandemic don’t also lose their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman David Chiu’s AB 1436, if passed, would prevent landlords from evicting tenants during the current state of emergency, as well as 90 days after, if they’ve missed rent payments because of lost wages due to the pandemic. Tenants would then be allowed to pay back missed rent over 15 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate proposal by Assemblyman Phil Ting, AB 828, would freeze evictions and foreclosures during the state of emergency and for 15 days after. It would require tenants to pay 10% of back rent each month, beginning one month after the emergency order lifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11775409\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1217\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-800x507.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-1020x647.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-1200x761.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area’s rental market is notoriously expensive — not to mention competitive. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is the thing we see as the highest priority right now,” said Anya Lawler of the nonprofit Western Center on Law and Poverty. “We want to give tenants security that income lost during the pandemic will not be the basis for an eviction; but that needs to be coupled with money to make sure landlords don’t lose their property, either.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One bill, Atkins’ SB 1410, would provide \u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20200512-senate-leaders-unveil-proposed-state-budget-approach-proposal-aid-california%E2%80%99s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tax credits to landlords\u003c/a> equal to the value of missed rental payments. The landlords could get cash now if they sell their tax credits to investors, or use them in later years. Tenants would then be on the hook for paying the state back for the missed rent over the course of the next ten years. Very low-income tenants unable to pay could have their loans forgiven.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Without bills to protect tenants from eviction, homeless advocates fear the state will see a surge in homelessness, which had been growing, and was on the minds of lawmakers, even before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two bills in the Assembly establish ambitious goals for addressing homelessness: AB 2405 by Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Marina del Rey, would make housing a human right for families and children by 2026. And AB 3269 by Chiu and Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, would require cities and counties to create plans to reduce homelessness in their communities by 90% by 2028, based on 2019 rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, AB 1845 by Assemblymembers Chiu and Luz Rivas would create a new state “Office to End Homelessness,” along with a new position the governor’s office to coordinate state agencies that fund homeless housing and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest question has always been where to get the money to pay for these new state mandates and programs, especially during the current economic fallout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the $750 million Newsom proposed at the beginning of the year is no more, the governor did steer $600 million from the federal CARES ACT to acquire and rehab hotels, motels and other buildings for permanent supportive housing for the formerly homeless —\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825653/california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> dubbed Project Roomkey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3861px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11820447\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3861\" height=\"2574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg 3861w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3861px) 100vw, 3861px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romelita Bautista, a homeless resident of Oakland, joined in a demonstration outside the Palms Motel in Oakland on Friday, May 22, 2020. Activist Stefani Echeverría-Fenn chained herself to a window in one of the rooms at the motel to call attention to the need for more hotel rooms during the pandemic. \u003ccite>(Erin Baldassari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another proposal in the Assembly, AB 3300, by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago and a number of other co-signers would build off this year’s funding for homelessness programs and commit an additional $2 billion annually. But that’s only if the Legislature approves that amount in next year’s budget, which could be a tall order depending on how the economy is faring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of it may hinge on whether the federal government passes another stimulus bill. But even if that doesn’t happen, there’s talk of proposing new taxes — a 1% tax on millionaires, for example — to help pay for housing and shelters for people experiencing homelessness and for services related to that housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if no new money is found next year, the bill could still have an impact by reforming the state’s labyrinthine funding process for homeless services, said Chris Martin from Housing California. Agencies typically must apply separately to one of 30 programs split between six different state agencies, each with its own application process and funding timelines. AB 3300 would streamline that process by creating one application and allowing applicants to receive ongoing funding, so they don’t have to apply for the same money year after year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be quite significant,” said Pedro Galvao of the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California, “and could be really impactful, if adopted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>2020 was supposed to be the year of bold action and big changes for housing and homelessness in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom began the year with a tour of homeless and mental health services providers around the state, ending in Oakland, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796428/newsom-to-unveil-travel-trailers-for-homeless-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he declared\u003c/a> homelessness “the issue of our time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/#:~:text=California%20Homelessness%20Statistics,and%20Urban%20Development%20(HUD).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 151,000 people\u003c/a> living in tents, RVs, cars and shelters across the state, the governor announced a one-time allocation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11802334/gov-newsom-focuses-singularly-on-homelessness-in-state-of-the-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$750 million\u003c/a> aimed at reducing homelessness — something his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, had been loath to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really a sea change from the previous governor and from the Legislature,” said Chris Martin, policy director for Housing California, a Sacramento-based affordable housing nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, advocates on all sides of the housing debate watched closely as one controversial bill to promote housing production — SB 50 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798945/__trashed-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drew its last breath\u003c/a> following two tense days of voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11613002 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco), the author of SB 50. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the bill would have allowed for taller apartment buildings near transit hubs and in job-rich areas, and fourplexes in neighborhoods where only single-family homes are currently permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the bill’s defeat, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, vowed to pass an “historic housing production bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s economy suddenly shut down. As attention turned to easing the worst impacts of an expected economic crisis, hopes for dramatically advancing housing construction and reducing homelessness grew dim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates involved in housing work across the state say all was not lost in the truncated legislative session, which is now in heading into summer recess. The Legislature still has some three dozen housing bills — albeit not as ambitious as some lawmakers initially hoped — that have been approved by their house of origin and are now moving on to the next chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a grand slam,” Wiener said in a phone call last week. “But it’s a solid double.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Housing Production\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While no single bill in this legislative session is as sweeping or controversial as SB 50, \u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20200520-senate-leaders-detail-housing-production-legislation-intended-increase-supply-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several\u003c/a> attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/assembly-leaders-push-increased-housing-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boost housing\u003c/a> production through some like-minded proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate and Assembly, for instance, are each considering a proposal to eliminate single-family zoning in the state, by allowing either two duplexes (SB 1120) or a single fourplex (AB 3040) on parcels where only one house is currently allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11823916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11823916 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Houses in Mountain View, pictured on Feb. 19, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A house for sale in Mountain View, on Feb. 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another bill, SB 902, would give cities the option to circumvent state environmental reviews for construction of apartment buildings with up to 10 units that are near transit or in job-rich areas. It’s not the four- to five-story apartment buildings Weiner had hoped for in SB 50, he said, but it’s a start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will be a solid step forward in addressing the crisis,” he said. “More work will remain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Richard Bloom’s AB 1279, a revision of SB 50, targets wealthy enclaves typically averse to providing low-income housing. Unlike SB 50, which proposed taller buildings near transit, Bloom’s bill would put those four- and five-story buildings in “high-opportunity areas,” which the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development would have to specifically define by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The idea is to focus new housing construction in neighborhoods with better access to jobs, schools, air quality and other factors that lead to better health and that low-income renters and homeowners have long been excluded from. Developers who take advantage of the bill would have to offer the homes or rentals at affordable prices, construct some affordable housing on site or pay a fee to fund affordable housing construction elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 1279 removes barriers to equitable and inclusive development,” said Frank Martinez, policy director with the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing. “Stopping some of the income and racial segregation in housing would be a big move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also two bills under consideration that would allow developers to turn vacant offices, dying malls and big box stores into housing. The Assembly’s version, AB 3107, requires 20% of the new housing in those commercial areas to be affordable. The Senate’s version, SB 1385, requires affordable housing only in specific circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other bills in the Senate and Assembly would expand the state’s “density bonus” law, which allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for providing affordable housing. The Senate’s version, SB 1085, focuses on “missing middle” housing that is more affordable to middle-income earners. The proposal allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for rental housing that is at least 30% less expensive than the median rent. The Assembly’s version, AB 2345, focuses more on boosting low-income housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11718377 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of homes and apartments on June 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. According to a new survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, renters in San Francisco need an income of $60 per hour to afford a two bedroom apartment in the city. San Francisco is followed by San Jose at $48 per hour and Oakland at $45 per hour. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And, finally, Weiner has also proposed a bill that would allow 100% affordable housing developments on parking lots owned by religious or educational institutions. SB 899 could open up around 38,000 acres of land statewide — an area roughly the size of Stockton — according to a \u003ca href=\"http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/Mapping_the_Potential_and_Identifying_the_Barriers_to_Faith-Based_Housing_Development_May_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent study\u003c/a> by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we consider quite significant in terms of opening up other opportunities to affordable housing,” said Pedro Galvao, policy director for the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These housing production bills, though, have rankled members of Livable California — a citizens group that champions local control and was one of SB 50’s chief opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pretty much a divide and conquer approach,” said Livable California board member Keith Gurnee. “It’s not as much on steroids as SB 50 was, but no one is really looking at how they interact with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>COVID-19 Relief for Renters and Landlords\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Responding to the crisis at hand, several lawmakers have proposed bills to ensure that tenants and homeowners who lost some or all of their wages as a result of the pandemic don’t also lose their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman David Chiu’s AB 1436, if passed, would prevent landlords from evicting tenants during the current state of emergency, as well as 90 days after, if they’ve missed rent payments because of lost wages due to the pandemic. Tenants would then be allowed to pay back missed rent over 15 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate proposal by Assemblyman Phil Ting, AB 828, would freeze evictions and foreclosures during the state of emergency and for 15 days after. It would require tenants to pay 10% of back rent each month, beginning one month after the emergency order lifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11775409\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1217\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-800x507.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-1020x647.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-1200x761.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area’s rental market is notoriously expensive — not to mention competitive. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is the thing we see as the highest priority right now,” said Anya Lawler of the nonprofit Western Center on Law and Poverty. “We want to give tenants security that income lost during the pandemic will not be the basis for an eviction; but that needs to be coupled with money to make sure landlords don’t lose their property, either.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One bill, Atkins’ SB 1410, would provide \u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20200512-senate-leaders-unveil-proposed-state-budget-approach-proposal-aid-california%E2%80%99s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tax credits to landlords\u003c/a> equal to the value of missed rental payments. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Stud, San Francisco’s oldest operating gay bar, is \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2020/05/the-stud-closes-its-location-in-order-to-save-itself-for-the-future/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanently closing\u003c/a> its current SoMa location after 33 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who's frequented The Stud's cozy location at Ninth and Harrison streets knows it’s not just a venue — it’s a resilient community space and a second home for many. During its 55-year existence in San Francisco – the bar was formerly located on Folsom Street – it has survived the AIDS epidemic, two tech booms and a tripled rent hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with the coronavirus pandemic, the 17-member collective that owns the bar faced what co-owner Marke Bieschke called a \"\u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2020/05/the-stud-closes-its-location-in-order-to-save-itself-for-the-future/\">desperate situation\u003c/a>\" felt by many small bars in the city that aren't getting a suspension or any breaks on rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, the bar’s co-owners are determined to reopen at a new location as soon as possible. And state lawmakers are pushing for legislation to help other spaces like The Stud survive the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic by renegotiating their leases.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fighting a Mass Extinction of Nightlife\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Across California, commercial tenants like The Stud are facing the unprecedented challenge of continuing to pay rent even though their businesses have to operate at severely limited capacity or have been forced to shutter altogether. Even as the state moves toward easing restrictions, the reality is that it’ll be a long time before many businesses can reopen at full capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco\"]'These are places where we find our community, where so many generations of LGBTQ people have gone to nightlife venues to find their community, to understand that they're not alone.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter California \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB939\">Senate Bill 939\u003c/a>, proposed legislation introduced in February by state Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, who amended it last week with the aim of helping struggling businesses like The Stud by allowing commercial tenants to use their current income as a basis for negotiating reduced rent with their landlords. Under the bill, businesses like bars and restaurants could renegotiate their lease if they've lost over 40% of their revenue due to COVID-19 restrictions — and if they have to operate at reduced capacity because of social distancing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The negotiation process would be formalized into a 30-day period requiring at least two meetings between landlords and tenants. If the parties are unable to reach an agreement, tenants could then choose to terminate their lease without a penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Although there are landlords doing the right thing, there are others who are not,\" Wiener said in a press briefing Thursday. \"And what this means is that these businesses will fold and the owners will potentially be driven into bankruptcy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11820145\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud_Cash-e1590125600476.jpg\" alt=\"Militia Towers takes to the Black Fridays stage at The Stud on Sept. 22, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Militia Towers takes to the Black Fridays stage at The Stud on Sept. 22, 2017. \u003ccite>(Audrey Garces/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener hopes the bill, scheduled for a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday, will help curb mass closures of restaurants, cafes and bars in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the legislation is especially important for LGBTQ spaces like The Stud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are community spaces,” Wiener said. “These are places where we find our community, where so many generations of LGBTQ people have gone to nightlife venues to find their community, to understand that they're not alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Stud was forced to close its doors under shelter-in-place orders beginning in mid-March, and wasn’t permitted to offer cocktails-to-go as the venue doesn't have a kitchen. The owners organized \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878042/the-stud-reopens-virtually-with-a-weekly-drag-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual drag shows\u003c/a> that encouraged viewers to pay a cover charge, but the funds didn’t come close to covering the $444 daily rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily for The Stud, the building’s landlords were “generous” and allowed them to terminate their lease early and vacate by May 31, according to the bar’s owners during a press briefing on Thursday. The co-op was merely breaking even before the pandemic, and this move saved them from accruing a massive amount of debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all commercial landlords are allowing tenants to break their leases early, and Wiener wants to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This pandemic will end. It will be over,” Wiener said. “But we need to make sure that going back to normal doesn't mean we permanently lose so much of what made us strong and vibrant as a community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820146\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bionka Simone enters the stage for Black Fridays on Sept. 22, 2017. \u003ccite>(Audrey Garces/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Ready for Another Impossible Feat\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time The Stud has faced the threat of permanent closure: In 2016, a group of community members \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11041284/sfs-historic-stud-bar-appears-saved-from-closure-for-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banded together to form its current collective ownership\u003c/a> and saved The Stud after the landlords tripled the bar’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really like an impossible, very unlikely and ridiculous idea that 17 independent, strong-minded individual leaders could come together and somehow buy a bar together and then open it and keep it,” said Stud co-owner and drag queen VivvyAnne ForeverMORE, in a press briefing Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the co-op faces another “impossible” challenge. But the owners are determined to reopen, and are keeping their liquor license while they search for a new space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13880884 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/The-Stud-1991-photo-by-Melissa-Hawkins.jpg']San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney, whose district covers The Stud’s neighborhood, said he will work to find the bar a permanent home. His office is working closely with Honey Mahogany — co-owner of The Stud, community activist and alum of RuPaul's Drag Race — to draft a local proposal that supports San Francisco’s nightlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to have to be completely outside of the box to be able to support our small businesses and especially our nightlife and our entertainment, which is not just about the money that comes in the door,” Haney said. “This is our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But securing a new location, especially during a pandemic, is difficult. Mahogany said moving to a new space will realistically cost somewhere between $700,000 to $1 million, so The Stud started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/stud-in-exile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> to fundraise for “start-up and buildout costs ... and to support the newly social-distanced reality of that in the interim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11820147\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-800x559.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-1020x712.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Goodbye in Style\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For community members wanting to help right now, ForeverMORE said the best thing to do is support the virtual events they’re holding — which include \u003ca href=\"https://www.studsf.com/drag-alive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drag Alive every Saturday at 7 p.m.\u003c/a>, Turbo Pageant on Wednesdays and Princess every other Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"— VivvyAnne ForeverMORE\"]'We're doing our best to create community online in the ways that we can figure out, so that we can be together even though we are not together.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just come and chat on the Twitch. Even if you hate it, come for five minutes. Tip the queen, throw the cover charge in there and that's a real way to support,” ForeverMORE said. “We're doing our best to create community online in the ways that we can figure out, so that we can be together even though we are not together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To mourn the loss of the current space and celebrate The Stud’s community, the bar’s owners are planning a livestream funeral on their Drag Alive show on May 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ForeverMORE encourages viewers to rummage through their likely ignored closets, find their best all-black ensemble and celebrate the legacy of San Francisco’s oldest gay bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, we're drag queens, so we're gonna do it in style,” ForeverMORE said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The owners released a callout to any community members who want to perform, and they already have a star-studded lineup of drag queens, including Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska Thunderfuck and San Francisco’s Juanita MORE!. To top it off, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a> will perform a goodbye blessing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it likely won’t be a goodbye forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are making this sacrifice in closing down in order to continue and fight another day,” Mahogany told KQED. “I think this decision will make The Stud even stronger, and we'll come back with something cool that will continue its legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Holly McDede and Shannon Lin contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily for The Stud, the building’s landlords were “generous” and allowed them to terminate their lease early and vacate by May 31, according to the bar’s owners during a press briefing on Thursday. The co-op was merely breaking even before the pandemic, and this move saved them from accruing a massive amount of debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all commercial landlords are allowing tenants to break their leases early, and Wiener wants to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This pandemic will end. It will be over,” Wiener said. “But we need to make sure that going back to normal doesn't mean we permanently lose so much of what made us strong and vibrant as a community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820146\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/1920_Stud-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bionka Simone enters the stage for Black Fridays on Sept. 22, 2017. \u003ccite>(Audrey Garces/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Ready for Another Impossible Feat\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time The Stud has faced the threat of permanent closure: In 2016, a group of community members \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11041284/sfs-historic-stud-bar-appears-saved-from-closure-for-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banded together to form its current collective ownership\u003c/a> and saved The Stud after the landlords tripled the bar’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really like an impossible, very unlikely and ridiculous idea that 17 independent, strong-minded individual leaders could come together and somehow buy a bar together and then open it and keep it,” said Stud co-owner and drag queen VivvyAnne ForeverMORE, in a press briefing Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the co-op faces another “impossible” challenge. But the owners are determined to reopen, and are keeping their liquor license while they search for a new space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney, whose district covers The Stud’s neighborhood, said he will work to find the bar a permanent home. His office is working closely with Honey Mahogany — co-owner of The Stud, community activist and alum of RuPaul's Drag Race — to draft a local proposal that supports San Francisco’s nightlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to have to be completely outside of the box to be able to support our small businesses and especially our nightlife and our entertainment, which is not just about the money that comes in the door,” Haney said. “This is our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But securing a new location, especially during a pandemic, is difficult. Mahogany said moving to a new space will realistically cost somewhere between $700,000 to $1 million, so The Stud started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/stud-in-exile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> to fundraise for “start-up and buildout costs ... and to support the newly social-distanced reality of that in the interim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11820147\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-800x559.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS20266_160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs12-qut-1020x712.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters supporting The Stud were taped along the sides of the bar outside the entrance, from July 2016. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Goodbye in Style\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For community members wanting to help right now, ForeverMORE said the best thing to do is support the virtual events they’re holding — which include \u003ca href=\"https://www.studsf.com/drag-alive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drag Alive every Saturday at 7 p.m.\u003c/a>, Turbo Pageant on Wednesdays and Princess every other Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That bill \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798945/__trashed-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">died earlier this year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s new bill would allow duplexes in cities with fewer than 10,000 residents, triplexes in cities with between 10,000 to 50,000 residents and fourplexes in cities with more than 50,000. Current building heights imposed by cities would stay the same under the bill, along with other local building rules, such as design guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Sen. 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Wiener called his new approach “a lighter touch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lighter touch in terms of what is required,” Wiener said, adding that opponents of SB 50 should be less concerned because the buildings allowed under the bill would be much smaller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under SB 902, it would be illegal to demolish an existing single-family home to convert it into a duplex, triplex or fourplex if the home has been occupied by renters any time in the past seven years or if the owner had evicted its tenants within the past 15 years to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The League of California Cities, which had opposed SB 50, declined to comment on the new bill because they had not yet had a chance to review it. But, in a letter sent to the governor and the Legislature last week, the league \u003ca href=\"https://www.cacities.org/Resources-Documents/News/News/2020/Housing-Production-Proposal-Factsheet.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed its support\u003c/a> for allowing fourplexes in areas zoned for single-family homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several advocacy organizations for low-income residents and tenants said they were concerned about the lack of affordable housing in the bill. They also said the bill could lead to more speculation on the part of landlords, especially corporate owners of single-family homes, that might hold a property vacant until the demolition protections expire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Single-family homes make up 58% of California’s housing stock, \u003ca href=\"https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_CP04&prodType=table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to 2017 American Community Survey data\u003c/a>. Duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes make up 8%. According to a survey by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, \u003ca href=\"http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/Single-Family_Renters_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">renters occupied one in five single-family homes\u003c/a> in 2015, and it is the fastest-growing segment of the housing market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11799492,news_11801176,news_11802346 label='Related Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener also added a provision in his new bill allowing 10-unit apartment buildings along transit or job-rich areas that would not need to undergo environmental reviews. This provision – if cities choose to adopt it – would help municipalities meet new statewide housing construction targets, he said, which are now double and triple the requirements from past years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SB 902, I hope, will signal to cities that we are serious about giving cities more and more tools to make their lives easier in terms of zoning for and approving more housing,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/737798440/oregon-legislature-votes-to-essentially-ban-single-family-zoning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oregon approved a similar bill last year\u003c/a> allowing duplexes in cities with more than 10,000 people in areas zoned for only single-family homes. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener also added a provision in his new bill allowing 10-unit apartment buildings along transit or job-rich areas that would not need to undergo environmental reviews. This provision – if cities choose to adopt it – would help municipalities meet new statewide housing construction targets, he said, which are now double and triple the requirements from past years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SB 902, I hope, will signal to cities that we are serious about giving cities more and more tools to make their lives easier in terms of zoning for and approving more housing,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/737798440/oregon-legislature-votes-to-essentially-ban-single-family-zoning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oregon approved a similar bill last year\u003c/a> allowing duplexes in cities with more than 10,000 people in areas zoned for only single-family homes. In the Portland metro area, the law goes even further, requiring cities and counties to allow fourplexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Wiener introduced another bill, \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SB 899\u003c/a>, that allows churches, synagogues, mosques and nonprofit hospitals to build four- and five-story apartment buildings on their properties so long as the housing is restricted to low-income renters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins have both said they \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/808016586/calif-gov-newsom-lays-out-framework-to-address-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">want to see more legislation that boosts housing construction\u003c/a> throughout the state. Both of Wiener’s bills, SB 899 and SB 902, are part of a package of bills expected to be introduced this year aimed at increasing the production of new housing, Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t have to do it as one flagship bill,” Wiener said. “You can have a bunch of bills that collectively make dramatic change, and this bill will make significant change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A federal judge in San Francisco told the Trump administration to expedite the return of a gay man who was deported to Chad last year while he was seeking asylum in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer told federal officials, including a representative from the Department of Homeland Security, to speed up the delivery of a boarding document to Abderaman Oumar Yaide that will allow him to return to the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if they don't provide that letter before the next court-ordered status conference in two weeks?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The government needs to put a boarding letter for a plane in Oumar's hands by that time and, if not, he'll order someone from the State Department to appear in front of him in court,\" said Yaide's lawyer, Sean Lai McMahon with Pangea Legal Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yaide came to San Francisco in 2009, seeking political asylum. His case was denied by an immigration judge in 2014, and for years he's been appealing the decision. Since then, Yaide has come out as gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11801925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11801925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-800x601.jpg\" alt=\"Oumar Yaide, pictured with friends in San Francisco, has been in hiding in Chad since he was deported. Yaide's lawyers say he fears for his life in Chad, which outlawed homosexuality in 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-800x601.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Oumar-Yaide-With-Friends-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oumar Yaide, pictured with friends in San Francisco, has been in hiding in Chad since he was deported. Yaide's lawyers say he fears for his life in Chad, which outlawed homosexuality in 2017. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Pangea Legal Services)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In August 2019, Yaide was arrested by immigration officials and placed in deportation proceedings. He and his lawyers asked the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider his asylum claim due to the fact that Chad had \u003ca href=\"https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/chad/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlawed homosexuality\u003c/a> in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the appeal was being processed, Yaide was deported back to Chad, in Central Africa, where his lawyers say he fears he will be \"tortured and killed by his own family, clan or the government.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, Judge Breyer ordered the federal government to return him to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since being back in Chad, his lawyers said Yaide has been in hiding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For the moment, he is not in immediate danger,\" McMahon said. \"But I think that every day that he spends there heightens the risk, and I don't want to keep taking that risk.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, McMahon reported that Yaide was able to obtain a Chadian passport. He did so with the help of a third party, in part because he’s afraid to go out in public, McMahon said. That brings him one step closer to being able to return to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, during the hearing, the government also said it would appeal the order to return Yaide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's incredibly surprising,” McMahon said. “When the judge issued his order on Dec. 18, he stayed the order, meaning it didn't go into effect in order to give the government time to appeal. So for them to file it now is frustrating for us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers with the federal government said they're filing a \"protective appeal,\" a move that reserves the right to appeal the case, whether or not they follow through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems like just another roadblock the government is putting in the way of Oumar's right to come back and seek asylum here,\" McMahon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Breyer ordered the two sides to return to court on Feb. 28 to update him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several politicians have come out in support of Yaide, including U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=D71FF193-4D09-4D0D-8E62-F8D94745112D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u003c/a>. Earlier this month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2020/02/417035/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unanimously approved\u003c/a> a resolution supporting his return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen Scott Wiener and Assemblymember David Chiu have also expressed their support on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DavidChiu/status/1227304498684743680?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1224011863152910343?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a posthumous pardon Wednesday for the late civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, who in 1953 was jailed and registered as a sex offender for having consensual sex with another man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='State Sen. Scott Wiener']‘Generations of LGBT people — including countless gay men — were branded criminals and sex offenders simply because they had consensual sex. This was often life ruining, and many languished on the sex offender registry for decades.’[/pullquote]The pardon of Rustin, who helped organize the historic March on Washington in 1963, marks the beginning of a Newsom initiative aimed at pardoning others who were convicted of crimes in California for being gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California and across the country, many laws have been used as legal tools of oppression, and to stigmatize and punish LGBTQ people and communities and warn others what harm could await them for living authentically,” Newsom said in a statement. “I want to encourage others in similar situations to seek a pardon to right this egregious wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration is pledging to identify and pardon other individuals who were prosecuted for consensual sex with a partner of the same sex — a statute that was wiped off California’s books in 1975.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11800096\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11800096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/Bayard-Rustin-March-on-Washington-qut-800x1025.jpg\" alt=\"Bayard Rustin (L) and Cleveland Robinson in August, 1963. 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Newsom has repeatedly raised the possibility of a state takeover — including \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2020-21/pdf/BudgetSummary/Introduction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in his recent budget proposal\u003c/a> — although his office hasn't offered details of what that might look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear what sort of reception Wiener's proposal will get in Sacramento, but lawmakers have appeared \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11787221/lawmakers-grill-utility-executives-on-blackouts-as-more-shutoffs-loom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increasingly fed up with PG&E in recent months\u003c/a>. 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Local residents will also be given priority to rent or buy 40% of those affordable units. The bill would allow communities with high proportions of low-income residents at least five years to draft their own plans for meeting the bill's requirements before it goes into effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To appease officials concerned about a state-led, top-down approach, Wiener added a two-year grace period for municipalities to craft their own plans for allowing new development, so long as the plans achieve the same amount of housing under the bill and don't increase sprawl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was that change that helped Milpitas Councilmember Anthony Phan support the bill. Phan joined his fellow councilmembers last week in voting to endorse it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I applaud Sen. 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