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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> voters will be asked this November if they want to create a public bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to create a municipal financial corporation, setting up the framework and governance structure for a public bank proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058853/san-francisco-public-bank-supporters-eye-2026-ballot-measure\">go before voters on the November ballot\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If voters ultimately pass the measure later this fall, San Francisco would become the first U.S. city to have a municipal bank. The move comes as federal funding cuts have worsened budgets for the city and families alike, and alongside several progressive campaigns to boost affordability in every aspect of life, from housing production to groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A public bank would open the doors to build an engine for affordable housing, a lifeline for struggling small businesses and the financial backbone for our climate goals,” Supervisor Chyanne Chen said. “Let us use every tool at our disposal to keep the city affordable and to drive an economic recovery that leaves no one behind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation passed on Tuesday sets up the mission and structure for the public bank, including outlining how it would begin with focusing on affordable housing, green energy and small businesses. It also clarifies that the institution would never lend to fossil fuel corporations or weapons manufacturers. It would also establish that the city attorney, controller, treasure and tax collector, mayor and supervisors have appointing power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This ensures we have an institution run by real bankers that is accountable, nevertheless, to public priorities and public policy priorities,” said Supervisor Jackie Fielder, a longtime advocate for a public bank in San Francisco. “San Franciscans right now are really asking for affordability in a city that is becoming increasingly out of reach for even middle-class families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043503\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-08-KQED-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-08-KQED-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-08-KQED-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-08-KQED-3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Supervisor Jackie Fielder addresses protesters at a rally in the Mission District in San Francisco in opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policy and enforcement on June 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No funding is directly tied to the ballot proposal. But backers say it’s necessary to put before voters this year to keep moving forward on the idea, because the state policy that permits cities to create laws related to public banks expires in 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really want to take advantage of this; otherwise, we will not have the legal context to allow San Francisco to make this legislation,” Chen said. “If the state law expires, then we have to work on a new state law before we can have this conversation again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the public bank say it would enable the city to move ahead on the thousands of approved housing units that lack funding, finance climate goals and support small businesses. The idea would be to have the institution available to offer financial tools like low-to-no-cost loans for projects such as affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city currently has thousands of housing units that have been approved, but still lack the financing needed to break ground.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I really see the public bank as a tool for the city to have infrastructure in the future to support more affordable housing and support our small businesses to be more resilient,” Chen told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five supervisors have co-sponsored the creation of a municipal finance corporation, including Myrna Melgar, Bilal Mahmood, Shamann Walton and Fielder, who was leading the public bank effort before stepping away for a recent medical leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other places in the U.S., like North Dakota, have publicly run banking institutions. But San Francisco is on track to be the first place to create and run such an institution on the municipal level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s created excitement for some who say San Francisco could be a leader in municipal banking and who see popularity growing for publicly run efforts to boost affordability, from subsidized grocery stores to free childcare programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2025 poll commissioned by the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, a group in support of the idea, showed 67% of likely San Francisco voters supported starting a public bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other supporters pointed to ways that traditional private banks have failed to finance certain projects that could benefit the public, or have historically discriminated against and denied loans to Black customers and other groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still see great disparities in lending for no financial business reason against women, against people who don’t have proper documentation, against all sorts of human beings that could be thriving economic actors in our society,” Melgar said at last week’s board meeting in support of the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065672\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251201-NEWSFSUPERVISOR-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251201-NEWSFSUPERVISOR-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251201-NEWSFSUPERVISOR-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251201-NEWSFSUPERVISOR-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Wong speaks after he is sworn in as District 4 supervisor by Mayor Daniel Lurie at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco on Dec. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The public bank idea still lacks a confirmed plan for revenue. A local tax or coordination with a union trust are among the ideas that supporters of the plan have floated for potential capital investment in the bank. The legislation before the board on Tuesday does not commit any funding to a public bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would like to see a tax on major financial institutions to fund the public bank,” Fielder said. “But that’s not what we’re voting on this year, and further legislation is definitely going to be needed to actually capitalize the bank, and that could include private philanthropic dollars as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others on the board are skeptical of taking on the challenge. Supervisor Alan Wong, who represents the Sunset District, was among the two no votes on Tuesday, along with Supervisor Stephen Sherrill.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“In a moment like this, asking voters to commit San Francisco to potentially running a financial institution is asking for trust the city has not yet earned,” Wong said. “A public bank involves decisions about deposits, lending, credit, regulation and risk management. Those decisions carry real financial consequences. They demand institutional discipline, insulation from political pressure, transparency and deep banking expertise. Our city’s track record shows that meeting those demands is harder than it sounds, even for institutions designed with the right intentions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To prepare for the big swing, advocates and researchers have been building a base of support and curiosity for the idea for several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, state lawmakers passed AB 857, which legalized municipal public banking in California. Two years later, the Board of Supervisors voted to create the Reinvestment Working Group, which in a \u003ca href=\"https://sftreasurer.org/banking-investments/municipal-banking-feasibility-task-force\">report in 2023\u003c/a> outlined the costs and benefits of setting up a public bank and how that could be accomplished. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11960406/san-francisco-green-lights-nations-first-public-bank\">board adopted the plan in 2023\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has really been consensus work for many years, and we’ll be building the broadest coalition possible,” leading to November, said Misha Steier, spokesperson for the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition. “This does not require money from the city. So this is looking like it’s in a strong position, given that we’re just asking voters to pick a good set of rules for the bank.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Sunnyvale carpenter who was rushed to the emergency room during an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">immigration arrest\u003c/a> last year is suing the Trump administration, saying violent treatment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and months of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">medical neglect in ICE detention\u003c/a> left him seriously disabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ulises Peña López, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077703/its-inhumane-after-sunnyvale-fathers-deportation-family-trauma-lingers\">deported to Mexico\u003c/a> in October after eight months in custody, said ICE officers beat him until he lost consciousness, despite the fact that he and his wife warned them that he’d been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. ICE denies the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Peña López, 32, said he’s paralyzed on the right side of his body and walks with a cane, his vision and hearing are impaired, and he can’t work to support himself or pay for the medical care he needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I want more than anything, I can’t get back: to recover my health, to be with my wife and daughter, and to be able to work again,” he said in a recent phone interview from an aunt’s home in Michoacán, where he lives now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His U.S.-born wife, Aby Peña, who has remained in California with the couple’s now-5-year-old daughter, Emily, said she doesn’t understand how ICE officers could treat another human being as her husband was treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just inhumane,” she said. “And it also affects children because they’re being separated, and it’s a damage that is irreversible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family photos hang on the wall at Aby Peña and Ulises Peña Lopez’s home in Sunnyvale on Feb. 19, 2026. Peña Lopez was deported to Mexico after being taken into ICE custody outside their home in February 2025, leaving his wife and young daughter in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday, his lawyers say the arrest, on Feb. 21, 2025, led to “a cascade of harms,” including lasting trauma for Peña and their daughter, who witnessed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By law, the complaint said, ICE “bears responsibility for the safety and well-being of individuals” it detains. Yet court records indicate the arrest triggered a heart attack and stroke. And the lawsuit said ICE and private prison contractors failed to get Peña López critical follow-up care, including an urgent neurological workup and physical therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also alleges that staff at both facilities where he was held — Golden State Annex and California City Detention Facility, both in Kern County — denied him disability accommodations, such as glasses and hearing aids, as required by law.[aside postID=news_12086891 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/BirthrightCitizenshipAP.jpg']In one example cited in the complaint, the private prison staff at Golden State Annex allegedly assigned Peña López to a top bunk: “Ulises’s weakness and numbness on the right side of his body prevented him from safely climbing to a top bunk. He asked detention staff to reassign him to a bottom bunk but was told that they could not make that change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages to compensate Peña López and his family and to punish the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, an unnamed Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE arrested Peña López “during targeted operations.” It said “he resisted multiple lawful commands made by ICE officers,” but it didn’t address the lawsuit’s allegations that he was beaten. At the time of the arrest, an ICE spokesman \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">told KQED\u003c/a> the allegation that officers beat Peña López was “absolutely inaccurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ICE statement said, “Any claims of subprime medical care at ICE facilities is FALSE,” and reiterated boilerplate language asserting that the agency provides comprehensive care that “for many illegal aliens … is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Murchie, an attorney with Disability Law United and a member of Peña López’s legal team, disputes that. She said his health worsened in detention because he did not get the medical care he needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>As arrests spike, advocates say detention conditions are dangerous\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Peña López entered the U.S. illegally in 2013, when he was 18. He said he was unaware that ICE had an expedited removal order from that time, allowing for a fast-track deportation. He had four misdemeanor convictions, though his immigration lawyer, Priya Patel, noted that none involved physical violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers say what happened to Peña López in the early weeks of the second Trump administration was a sign of things to come, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent\">violent, even fatal, immigration raids \u003c/a>rolling out in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077656/how-a-bay-area-attorney-aims-to-hold-us-agents-accountable-for-violence-in-minneapolis\">Minneapolis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just this tenor of impunity that ICE officers have, that’s letting them get away with acting worse more often,” Murchie said. “More people are getting swept up into their impunity and violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12074725 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1174\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg 1760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 400,000 people were arrested by ICE last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-1st-year\">more than four times\u003c/a> as many as in 2024. The number of people in ICE detention \u003ca href=\"https://www.vera.org/ice-detention-trends\">peaked\u003c/a> in January at a record high of over 70,000, 80% more than when President Joe Biden left office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those surging numbers and the conditions in detention facilities have led to a spike in deaths. Since Trump’s second inauguration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system\">52 people have died\u003c/a> in ICE custody — a mortality rate four times that during the Biden administration and higher even than during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watchdog entities, including Disability Rights California and the California Attorney General’s office, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">raised alarms\u003c/a> about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038087/california-sent-investigators-ice-facilities-found-more-detainees-health-care-gaps\">lack of adequate medical care\u003c/a> at ICE facilities in California, including the two where Peña López was held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054610\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CoreCivic, Inc. California City Immigration Processing Center stands in the Kern County desert awaiting reopening as a federal immigrant detention facility under contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California City, California, on July 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Margot Mendelson, executive director of the San Quentin prison-based Prison Law Office, said ICE detention is “extraordinarily dangerous” for people with serious health concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone can have a medical need while they’re in custody, and they’re often not addressed in a safe and adequate manner,” she said. “It is particularly dangerous for people who show up with pre-existing medical conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelson’s group filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of detainees, alleging “crisis-level” conditions at the California City facility, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054544/californias-newest-immigration-facility-is-also-its-biggest-is-it-operating-legally\">opened abruptly\u003c/a> last August. In February, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073215/judge-orders-ice-to-provide-medical-care-in-largest-immigration-jail-in-california\">ordered\u003c/a> the facility to provide adequate medical care and appointed an independent medical expert to monitor the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lack of critical care leaves lasting damage\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six months before Peña López’s arrest, doctors diagnosed a vertebral artery dissection, a tear inside a blood vessel to the brain, that likely came from lifting heavy loads at his construction job. The condition was well managed, according to the lawsuit, but it put him at risk for a stroke or heart attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he suffered the heart attack during his arrest, ICE summoned paramedics, who took him by ambulance to El Camino Health in Mountain View, where he was kept overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, he collapsed in the yard at Golden State Annex and was taken to a nearby emergency room with sharp chest pain, difficulty breathing and tingling in his chest, face and arms, according to the complaint. The hospital discharged him with instructions for a swift follow-up appointment, but he never received it, despite emphatic letters from his neurologist back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11925813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg\" alt='A large sign outside that says \"GEO Golden State.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gathered outside the Golden State Annex immigrant detention center in McFarland on May 29, 2022. The event was part of a statewide effort to call attention to conditions for immigrant detainees. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Joyce Xi and the Dignity Not Detention Coalition)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A week after that, Peña López was hospitalized again, with a severe headache and sudden numbness on the right side of his body. Doctors said a neurology consultation was “urgent,” but ICE didn’t arrange one until four months later, according to the claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His paralysis is visible in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU9U4NRkn2O/\">video\u003c/a> posted early this year to social media by an immigrant advocacy group in San Francisco. In contrast, earlier family videos \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DNV5Li0RHcG/\">show him\u003c/a> as an able-bodied dad with his young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To recover from his injuries, Peña López requires an operation to place a stent, according to the lawsuit, as well as ongoing medication, monitoring by specialists and intensive rehabilitation. The operation alone is estimated to cost about $30,000, money his family doesn’t have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before he was arrested, Peña López had health insurance through his work. In Mexico, he has none, said his wife, a licensed vocational nurse.[aside postID=news_12089505 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2269380398.jpg']“The medication is really expensive, so he hasn’t even been able to keep up with that. But without it, he has a higher risk of getting a blood clot,” she said. “If he had been here, the insurance here would have covered it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Peña López recently lost an appeal of his deportation, so his prospects of returning to the U.S. are slim. The family has tried to stay connected over video calls, with Peña López reading Emily a bedtime story and saying a nightly prayer with her. They even invented a version of hide-and-seek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’d leave the phone on the bed and run off to hide,” he said. “Meanwhile, she’d be talking to me, saying I had to find her. And even though I couldn’t see her, when I told her I spotted her, she’d scream with excitement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But lately his internet connection in Mexico has been so poor that even phone calls are often impossible, leaving them all feeling frustrated and sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peña recently decided to give up the Sunnyvale apartment she and her husband had shared. For months, her daughter has been living with her parents near Chico because Peña couldn’t find child care to match her 13-hour shifts at a dialysis clinic. And every week, she drives hours to spend days off with Emily. But the strain has become too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I decided it would be best for me to get a transfer through my job to a clinic closer to my parents, so that I can be with my daughter every day,” she said. “Rent’s a lot cheaper over there, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aby Peña holds a photo of herself and her husband, Ulises Peña Lopez, at her home in Sunnyvale on Feb. 19, 2026. Peña Lopez was deported to Mexico after being taken into ICE custody outside their home in February 2025, leaving his wife and young daughter in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If they win their claim against ICE, Peña said she hopes it will provide funds for the surgery her husband needs. But that’s not the main thing motivating them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important for justice and for awareness, so people can be aware of the truth of what happens with many of these cases,” she said. “It’s not just us. It’s a lot of immigrants who are going through the same thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peña López said ICE has tried to portray immigrants like him as violent and dangerous to society. He said he hoped the lawsuit would shine a light on the violence and neglect he said ICE is inflicting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who’s the real danger to society?” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murchie, the attorney, said the case is an attempt “to hold accountable an agency that thinks it’s above the law.” And, she said, “it’s about standing by someone while they’re going through one of the worst things that’s happened in their life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In one example cited in the complaint, the private prison staff at Golden State Annex allegedly assigned Peña López to a top bunk: “Ulises’s weakness and numbness on the right side of his body prevented him from safely climbing to a top bunk. He asked detention staff to reassign him to a bottom bunk but was told that they could not make that change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages to compensate Peña López and his family and to punish the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, an unnamed Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE arrested Peña López “during targeted operations.” It said “he resisted multiple lawful commands made by ICE officers,” but it didn’t address the lawsuit’s allegations that he was beaten. At the time of the arrest, an ICE spokesman \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">told KQED\u003c/a> the allegation that officers beat Peña López was “absolutely inaccurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ICE statement said, “Any claims of subprime medical care at ICE facilities is FALSE,” and reiterated boilerplate language asserting that the agency provides comprehensive care that “for many illegal aliens … is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Murchie, an attorney with Disability Law United and a member of Peña López’s legal team, disputes that. She said his health worsened in detention because he did not get the medical care he needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>As arrests spike, advocates say detention conditions are dangerous\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Peña López entered the U.S. illegally in 2013, when he was 18. He said he was unaware that ICE had an expedited removal order from that time, allowing for a fast-track deportation. He had four misdemeanor convictions, though his immigration lawyer, Priya Patel, noted that none involved physical violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers say what happened to Peña López in the early weeks of the second Trump administration was a sign of things to come, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent\">violent, even fatal, immigration raids \u003c/a>rolling out in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077656/how-a-bay-area-attorney-aims-to-hold-us-agents-accountable-for-violence-in-minneapolis\">Minneapolis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just this tenor of impunity that ICE officers have, that’s letting them get away with acting worse more often,” Murchie said. “More people are getting swept up into their impunity and violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12074725 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1174\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg 1760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 400,000 people were arrested by ICE last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-1st-year\">more than four times\u003c/a> as many as in 2024. The number of people in ICE detention \u003ca href=\"https://www.vera.org/ice-detention-trends\">peaked\u003c/a> in January at a record high of over 70,000, 80% more than when President Joe Biden left office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those surging numbers and the conditions in detention facilities have led to a spike in deaths. Since Trump’s second inauguration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system\">52 people have died\u003c/a> in ICE custody — a mortality rate four times that during the Biden administration and higher even than during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watchdog entities, including Disability Rights California and the California Attorney General’s office, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">raised alarms\u003c/a> about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038087/california-sent-investigators-ice-facilities-found-more-detainees-health-care-gaps\">lack of adequate medical care\u003c/a> at ICE facilities in California, including the two where Peña López was held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054610\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CoreCivic, Inc. California City Immigration Processing Center stands in the Kern County desert awaiting reopening as a federal immigrant detention facility under contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California City, California, on July 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Margot Mendelson, executive director of the San Quentin prison-based Prison Law Office, said ICE detention is “extraordinarily dangerous” for people with serious health concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone can have a medical need while they’re in custody, and they’re often not addressed in a safe and adequate manner,” she said. “It is particularly dangerous for people who show up with pre-existing medical conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelson’s group filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of detainees, alleging “crisis-level” conditions at the California City facility, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054544/californias-newest-immigration-facility-is-also-its-biggest-is-it-operating-legally\">opened abruptly\u003c/a> last August. In February, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073215/judge-orders-ice-to-provide-medical-care-in-largest-immigration-jail-in-california\">ordered\u003c/a> the facility to provide adequate medical care and appointed an independent medical expert to monitor the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lack of critical care leaves lasting damage\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six months before Peña López’s arrest, doctors diagnosed a vertebral artery dissection, a tear inside a blood vessel to the brain, that likely came from lifting heavy loads at his construction job. The condition was well managed, according to the lawsuit, but it put him at risk for a stroke or heart attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he suffered the heart attack during his arrest, ICE summoned paramedics, who took him by ambulance to El Camino Health in Mountain View, where he was kept overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, he collapsed in the yard at Golden State Annex and was taken to a nearby emergency room with sharp chest pain, difficulty breathing and tingling in his chest, face and arms, according to the complaint. The hospital discharged him with instructions for a swift follow-up appointment, but he never received it, despite emphatic letters from his neurologist back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11925813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg\" alt='A large sign outside that says \"GEO Golden State.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gathered outside the Golden State Annex immigrant detention center in McFarland on May 29, 2022. The event was part of a statewide effort to call attention to conditions for immigrant detainees. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Joyce Xi and the Dignity Not Detention Coalition)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A week after that, Peña López was hospitalized again, with a severe headache and sudden numbness on the right side of his body. Doctors said a neurology consultation was “urgent,” but ICE didn’t arrange one until four months later, according to the claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His paralysis is visible in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU9U4NRkn2O/\">video\u003c/a> posted early this year to social media by an immigrant advocacy group in San Francisco. In contrast, earlier family videos \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DNV5Li0RHcG/\">show him\u003c/a> as an able-bodied dad with his young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To recover from his injuries, Peña López requires an operation to place a stent, according to the lawsuit, as well as ongoing medication, monitoring by specialists and intensive rehabilitation. The operation alone is estimated to cost about $30,000, money his family doesn’t have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before he was arrested, Peña López had health insurance through his work. In Mexico, he has none, said his wife, a licensed vocational nurse.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a>’s largest public employee union is heading into mediation with the city this week after a bargaining stalemate over pay raises that could push workers toward a strike vote if it’s not resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Municipal Employees’ Federation, AFSCME Local 101 (MEF), whose members include librarians, code inspectors and city planners, is scheduled to meet with the city and a state mediator from the Public Employment Relations Board on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate union representing engineers, architects and other supervisors — the City Association of Management Personnel, IFPTE, Local 21 — will begin mediation with the city on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just three years after disagreements over pay \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958216/san-jose-city-worker-strike-on-hold-after-agreement\">nearly led\u003c/a> to a historic work stoppage, contracts with the unions representing more than 3,000 city workers expired on June 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials contend that with ongoing budget deficits, they are unable to offer more than a 3% annual raise in each of the next three fiscal years — an increase union leaders argue would leave workers unable to keep pace with the rising cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tried to put across proposals that were reasonable but also recognized that it’s an expensive place to live in the Bay Area,” said Charles Allen, union representative for MEF. “The costs that city employees incur — increased gas prices, increased food prices, just generally increases all around — were not really addressed by the city’s proposal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue in downtown San José was still blocked off on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>MEF and IFPTE countered the city’s offer with a proposed wage hike of 4% in the current fiscal year, followed by 4.5% in 2027-28 and 5.5% in 2028-29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen said his union’s members have not yet taken a vote to authorize a potential strike, but are discussing the possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We obviously remain optimistic that mediation might be able to get us to where we need to be, but at this point we’re out of contract,” he said. “Once we’ve gone through the process, then the membership does have the ability to take a strike vote and in fact go on strike.”[aside postID=news_12087836 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061626CSU-Labor_GH_003-KQED.jpg']A work stoppage could limit library services, summer activities and permit processing in a city that is already one of the most thinly staffed in California. 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Experts say organizations that run data centers should increase the amount of information that they share about their facility’s impacts and benefits, in an effort to bridge some trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Behind Monterey Park’s ban on data centers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.costar.com/article/290586268/hmc-capital-puts-multiple-us-data-centers-on-the-block\">HMC Stratcap\u003c/a> is an Australian Company that planned to build an AI data center at an office park near State Route 60 in Monterey Park. The center could have spanned up to 250,000 square feet — with the capacity to provide close to 50 megawatts of power — or enough to power thousands of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yun Wang, 50, has lived in Monterey Park since 2008. Wang said he lives about a mile from the office park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole area could have become a data center alley, similar to Northern Virginia,” Wang said as he drove up to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089539\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089539\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City officials had previously welcomed plans to build a sprawling, new data center at an empty property on Saturn Avenue, pictured here on April 1, 2026, in Monterey Park, California. \u003ccite>(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He added that many residents didn’t find out about the plans until a year after they were drafted, when the city was getting ready to approve an environmental report for the project. In that report, the city shared that HMC Stratcap’s proposed data center “did not pose significant harm to the environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year prior, in November 2024, the city changed the land use designation at the office park location to help accommodate future data center construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one knew what was going on. The details were obscure,” Wang said. “They were moving things along [under] the cover of night, I would say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wang said most of the council seemed more interested in the possible tax revenue that data centers could bring, instead of advocating for constituents. Wang also said the council failed to address residents’ concerns about water and electricity use.[aside postID=news_12072118 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/CAT-%E2%80%94-DataCenters2.png']“I was very disappointed that my representative didn’t stand up for our city, and so far as how the city council handled everything,” Wang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Wang began canvassing home by home in his neighborhood. He later became a part of a growing coalition of people and groups opposing data centers in Monterey Park and the larger San Gabriel Valley area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wang claims the coalition even held their own educational meetings known as “teach-ins.” The public backlash led council members to reconsider their stances, and in March, Monterey Park’s city council unanimously \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/n66FWgy89yc?si=njo69Pgg3jKmipuS&t=14948\">voted to place a measure\u003c/a> banning data centers on the June ballot. After voting, Councilmember Jose Sanchez thanked residents for educating him about the impacts of data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wang said that aside from Sanchez, he remains skeptical of most council members, including his own representative. He also said HMC Stratcap’s approach intensified the backlash among Monterey Park residents, adding that the Australian company never reached out to the community or addressed their concerns until residents protested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Wang said it was the community’s ability to come together and educate one another that helped make the difference at the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can tell you that what went wrong with HMC was their community engagement was nonexistent,” Wang said. “They need to know where the residents stand, and not waste our time and not waste our money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HMC Stratcap did not respond to KVCR’s requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Experts argue transparency matters when proposing data centers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Scientists and experts studying the impacts and benefits of data centers argue that it’s fair for communities to ask questions about transparency, especially around energy and water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate Stoll with the American Association for the Advancement of Science claims that the data center industry is trying to address environmental concerns. For example, she said, they’re using new technology like \u003ca href=\"https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/science-and-tech/closed-loop-cooling-systems-save-water-but-can-be-a-drain-on-electricity/51496230\">closed-loop cooling\u003c/a>, which requires less water by recycling it. However, the system also requires more electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stoll said some communities may decide whether they can absorb some of the impacts. She also emphasized that not every data center or developer is the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089540 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proposed site for a data center on Saturn Avenue in Monterey Park, California, on April 1, 2026. The city’s former plan to welcome a data center on the empty property spurred opposition among residents. \u003ccite>(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some are better at community engagement up front. Some are better at making and sticking to sustainability practices than others,” Stoll said. “But I think transparency brings trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once you lose trust, it’s harder to build it back up and that might be the case in some of these communities,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, it appears that the tech and data industry has taken an opposite strategy. The industries lobbied to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-14/newsom-ai-data-center-water\">kill a state bill\u003c/a> that required data centers to disclose their water use. Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AB-93-Veto.pdf\">Assembly Bill 93\u003c/a> in October because the economic impact was unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khara Boender, the director of state policy with the Data Center Coalition, said the bill could have required centers to reveal trade secrets. The Data Center Coalition was among the groups that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab93\">lobbied against it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Boender said the data center industry could benefit from engaging with communities early on and answering their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we’re also seeing many of our members engaging early and often with these communities to try to provide a better understanding,” Boender said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Data centers in Coachella placed on hold after weeks of protest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Aside from Monterey Park, many cities across the state are now implementing moratoriums on data center approvals and considering their own bans on data centers entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the city of Coachella, a data center company’s failure to engage residents put plans to build six data centers in the desert city \u003ca href=\"https://kvcr.org/news/local/2026-06-06/coachella-council-approves-data-center-moratorium-directs-staff-to-draft-ban\">on hold\u003c/a>. In May, residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-05-28/coachella-considers-moratorium-on-data-centers-as-community-pushes-back-against-proposed-tech-campus\">packed\u003c/a> city council chambers after discovering that the city council had signed an agreement earlier that year with Stronghold Power Systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Riverside County-based company builds energy infrastructure. It entered into an agreement to create a city-owned electric utility, paid for by developing data centers. The city’s current utility provider, Imperial Irrigation District, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/la-quinta/2023/02/09/iid-east-coachella-valley-imperial-irrigation-district-cvwd-water-district/69885076007/\">unreliable\u003c/a> because it experiences frequent power outages during the summer. The district, based in the Imperial Valley, is also facing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2026/06/15/imperial-valley-data-center-developer-files-lawsuit-seeking-access-to-colorado-river-water\">legal challenges\u003c/a> after denying a data center developer access to water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There weren’t a lot of community members who were informed about these plans,” said Stephanie Ambriz, a Coachella resident who helped mobilize opposition to the agreement and data centers.[aside postID=news_12076074 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/BIP_Renderings_Page_4.jpg']Ambriz said she was outraged because the city didn’t include residents in the process, and added that she believes the council seemed oblivious to how much water data centers use. The Coachella Valley is already struggling with challenges to water access due to the depletion of watersheds like the Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re already living in this time where the city of Coachella needs to address our drinking water situation, and they’re introducing data centers,” Ambriz said. “It’s tone deaf. It’s enraging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hundreds of public comments, the city council in June approved a 45-day temporary pause on data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ambriz said that the people’s voices mattered and the council listened this time. However, she thinks it’s too soon to celebrate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a long road,” Ambriz said. “I don’t anticipate Stronghold is going to take too kindly to it. There is a lot of distrust now between our community and local government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Ambriz said, Coachella residents want to make sure the council sticks to their decision — and keep working on a plan to draft a permanent no-data-center ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was edited with support from \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californianewsroom\">\u003cem>The California Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a collaboration of public media outlets throughout the state. It was originally \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-06-22/data-centers-face-backlash-across-california-as-residents-demand-more-transparency-around-their-impacts\">\u003cem>published\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> by KVCR. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Behind Monterey Park’s ban on data centers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.costar.com/article/290586268/hmc-capital-puts-multiple-us-data-centers-on-the-block\">HMC Stratcap\u003c/a> is an Australian Company that planned to build an AI data center at an office park near State Route 60 in Monterey Park. The center could have spanned up to 250,000 square feet — with the capacity to provide close to 50 megawatts of power — or enough to power thousands of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yun Wang, 50, has lived in Monterey Park since 2008. Wang said he lives about a mile from the office park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole area could have become a data center alley, similar to Northern Virginia,” Wang said as he drove up to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089539\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089539\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City officials had previously welcomed plans to build a sprawling, new data center at an empty property on Saturn Avenue, pictured here on April 1, 2026, in Monterey Park, California. \u003ccite>(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He added that many residents didn’t find out about the plans until a year after they were drafted, when the city was getting ready to approve an environmental report for the project. In that report, the city shared that HMC Stratcap’s proposed data center “did not pose significant harm to the environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year prior, in November 2024, the city changed the land use designation at the office park location to help accommodate future data center construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one knew what was going on. The details were obscure,” Wang said. “They were moving things along [under] the cover of night, I would say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wang said most of the council seemed more interested in the possible tax revenue that data centers could bring, instead of advocating for constituents. Wang also said the council failed to address residents’ concerns about water and electricity use.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I was very disappointed that my representative didn’t stand up for our city, and so far as how the city council handled everything,” Wang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Wang began canvassing home by home in his neighborhood. He later became a part of a growing coalition of people and groups opposing data centers in Monterey Park and the larger San Gabriel Valley area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wang claims the coalition even held their own educational meetings known as “teach-ins.” The public backlash led council members to reconsider their stances, and in March, Monterey Park’s city council unanimously \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/n66FWgy89yc?si=njo69Pgg3jKmipuS&t=14948\">voted to place a measure\u003c/a> banning data centers on the June ballot. After voting, Councilmember Jose Sanchez thanked residents for educating him about the impacts of data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wang said that aside from Sanchez, he remains skeptical of most council members, including his own representative. He also said HMC Stratcap’s approach intensified the backlash among Monterey Park residents, adding that the Australian company never reached out to the community or addressed their concerns until residents protested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Wang said it was the community’s ability to come together and educate one another that helped make the difference at the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can tell you that what went wrong with HMC was their community engagement was nonexistent,” Wang said. “They need to know where the residents stand, and not waste our time and not waste our money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HMC Stratcap did not respond to KVCR’s requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Experts argue transparency matters when proposing data centers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Scientists and experts studying the impacts and benefits of data centers argue that it’s fair for communities to ask questions about transparency, especially around energy and water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate Stoll with the American Association for the Advancement of Science claims that the data center industry is trying to address environmental concerns. For example, she said, they’re using new technology like \u003ca href=\"https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/science-and-tech/closed-loop-cooling-systems-save-water-but-can-be-a-drain-on-electricity/51496230\">closed-loop cooling\u003c/a>, which requires less water by recycling it. However, the system also requires more electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stoll said some communities may decide whether they can absorb some of the impacts. She also emphasized that not every data center or developer is the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089540 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MontereyParkGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proposed site for a data center on Saturn Avenue in Monterey Park, California, on April 1, 2026. The city’s former plan to welcome a data center on the empty property spurred opposition among residents. \u003ccite>(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some are better at community engagement up front. Some are better at making and sticking to sustainability practices than others,” Stoll said. “But I think transparency brings trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once you lose trust, it’s harder to build it back up and that might be the case in some of these communities,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, it appears that the tech and data industry has taken an opposite strategy. The industries lobbied to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-14/newsom-ai-data-center-water\">kill a state bill\u003c/a> that required data centers to disclose their water use. Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AB-93-Veto.pdf\">Assembly Bill 93\u003c/a> in October because the economic impact was unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khara Boender, the director of state policy with the Data Center Coalition, said the bill could have required centers to reveal trade secrets. The Data Center Coalition was among the groups that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab93\">lobbied against it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Boender said the data center industry could benefit from engaging with communities early on and answering their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we’re also seeing many of our members engaging early and often with these communities to try to provide a better understanding,” Boender said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Data centers in Coachella placed on hold after weeks of protest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Aside from Monterey Park, many cities across the state are now implementing moratoriums on data center approvals and considering their own bans on data centers entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the city of Coachella, a data center company’s failure to engage residents put plans to build six data centers in the desert city \u003ca href=\"https://kvcr.org/news/local/2026-06-06/coachella-council-approves-data-center-moratorium-directs-staff-to-draft-ban\">on hold\u003c/a>. In May, residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-05-28/coachella-considers-moratorium-on-data-centers-as-community-pushes-back-against-proposed-tech-campus\">packed\u003c/a> city council chambers after discovering that the city council had signed an agreement earlier that year with Stronghold Power Systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Riverside County-based company builds energy infrastructure. It entered into an agreement to create a city-owned electric utility, paid for by developing data centers. The city’s current utility provider, Imperial Irrigation District, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/la-quinta/2023/02/09/iid-east-coachella-valley-imperial-irrigation-district-cvwd-water-district/69885076007/\">unreliable\u003c/a> because it experiences frequent power outages during the summer. 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It prohibits the sale of pistols with a specific trigger design that allows them to be converted into fully automatic weapons using a small device known as a “switch,” sometimes made on a 3D printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers pointed to a 2022 mass shooting near the state Capitol in Sacramento, which killed six people and wounded a dozen more, as an example of the danger posed by converted weapons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California won’t back down in the face of threats from Donald Trump and the NRA,” Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, one of the bill’s authors, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://gabriel.asmdc.org/press-releases/20260701-landmark-legislation-closing-diy-machine-gun-loophole-goes-effect-trump\">statement\u003c/a> on Wednesday. “As a parent and lawmaker, I refuse to stand idly by while our schools and communities are being threatened by illegal gun violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962548\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/AP23269726479806-scaled-e1783030536835.jpg\" alt=\"People dressed in business suits and dresses stand around a man in a business suit who looks up at a man to shake his hand.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom shakes hands with Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Los Angeles County), 3rd from left, after signing Gabriel’s bill that raises taxes on guns and ammunition, during a news conference in Sacramento on Sept. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/The Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the Glock brand is not directly named in the new law, the DOJ’s complaint argues the law amounts to a ban on the country’s most popular handgun, citing analyst estimates that Glock held nearly two-thirds of the U.S. handgun market as of 2020. The complaint compares the law to banning shotguns because they could be illegally sawed off, arguing that the ability to convert a legal weapon doesn’t justify banning it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Gibbons-Shapiro, an assistant district attorney of Santa Clara County who oversees the office’s victim services unit, said the law addresses a threat he’s seen up close. His team has responded to two mass shootings since 2019, which includes the 2021 shooting at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11950765/we-have-a-long-way-to-go-says-vta-transit-union-president-on-anniversary-of-rail-yard-shooting\">VTA rail yard in San José\u003c/a> that killed nine people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You shouldn’t be able to sell a gun that can easily convert to a machine gun with a plastic insert,” Gibbons-Shapiro said. “It’s illegal to have a machine gun under federal law. Those are weapons of war.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the law is part of a broader local effort — including gun violence restraining orders and prosecutions of people manufacturing untraceable “ghost guns” — aimed at preventing mass shootings before they happen.[aside postID=news_12089236 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GroceriesAP.jpg']“These laws do not prevent guns from being sold in California,” he said. “They are trying to make sure that people who buy guns buy guns that are safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Wilson, California director for Gun Owners of California, said his organization was “ecstatic” about the lawsuit, arguing the state is illegally banning a firearm in common use. He dismissed the argument that Glock-style pistols are uniquely dangerous simply because they can be illegally modified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the state of California is going to argue potential for misuse on one of the most commonly owned handguns in America, they can argue potential for misuse for any weapon that’s ever existed,” Wilson said. “Even things that aren’t weapons, like cars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/usa-v-ca-glock-ban.pdf\">DOJ’s lawsuit\u003c/a> also revives a fight over the state’s handgun roster, and targets state requirements that new handguns include a chamber-load indicator and a mechanism that prevents firing when the magazine is removed. Those requirements have faced a separate legal challenge in \u003cem>Boland v. Bonta\u003c/em>. In 2023, a federal judge struck down its safety standards, including a microstamping rule — where handguns transfer identifiers like make, model and serial number onto fired shell casings — the state has since delayed to 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson argued gun owners shouldn’t need government-mandated features on their weapons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gun owners are generally very law-abiding and responsible citizens,” he said. “They don’t need the government to babysit what kind of features should or should not be on the weapons that they choose for self-defense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Skaggs, chief counsel and vice president at Giffords Law Center, an anti-gun violence advocacy group led by former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075/breaking-arizon-congresswoman-gabrielle-giffords-shot\">Rep. Gabby Giffords, \u003c/a>D-Arizona, defended the law’s narrow scope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11805110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11805110 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\" alt=\"Gabby Giffords during an election watch party at Manny’s, a cafe and political space, in San Francisco’s Mission District on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020. Giffords held a fundraiser at the event for an organization she founded called Giffords, which advocates for gun control.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Image-from-iOS-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Image-from-iOS-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Image-from-iOS-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabby Giffords during an election watch party at Manny’s, a cafe and political space, in San Francisco’s Mission District on March 3, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“AB 1127 does not ban Glocks outright,” he said. “The law prohibits gun dealers from selling firearms that can be easily converted into illegal fully automatic weapons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giffords’ \u003ca href=\"https://giffords.org/analysis/gun-law-trendwatch-states-are-tackling-ghost-guns-other-diy-firearms/\">analysis\u003c/a> has pointed to Glock’s own response as evidence the approach is working: after the law passed, the company announced a redesign of some newer models intended to make them harder to convert, though it remains unclear whether the changes are effective enough to deter criminal use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is the latest in a string of legal battles between the Trump administration and California, which has separately sued or been sued by the federal government over immigration enforcement and other policies in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbons-Shapiro’s office has spent years responding to gun violence cases, and so he hopes the law will hold. “I hope the way this lawsuit shakes out is that everybody sees that these laws are reasonable for the safety of people in our community,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>With the start of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083617/newsom-touts-dominance-of-california-in-final-budget-proposal\">new fiscal year in California\u003c/a> on Wednesday, dozens of laws take effect, including a zoning overhaul to boost denser housing development near transit, requirements for an all-gender bathroom in every school and streamlined rules for food labeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of California’s size and its major role in the U.S. economy, some of its laws are likely to have a cascading effect even for people outside the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some of the new laws that are now live:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Changes to schools\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several new laws will affect California’s schools and students this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 760 requires every school district, county office of education and charter school serving any grades from kindergarten to grade 12 to provide and maintain at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941766/all-gender-bathrooms-in-every-k-12-school-proposes-california-bill-but-some-bay-area-districts-are-way-ahead\">one all-gender restroom\u003c/a> at each school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That restroom must include clear signage indicating it’s open to all genders and be unlocked and easily accessible to students. The restrooms are held to the same standards as gendered restrooms, regularly cleaned and stocked with toilet paper, soap and paper towels or hand dryers. Schools can convert an existing restroom to satisfy the requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gender inclusive restroom sign in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on July 18, 2019. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Across the country, we’ve seen a growing number of states pass laws limiting restroom access for transgender students or requiring students to use facilities based on their sex assigned at birth,” said Jorge Reyes Salinas, the communications director for Equality California, which sponsored the bill. “And California has chosen this different approach, which is expanding options rather than restricting them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools are facing another deadline ahead of the next academic year. Under AB 3216, every school district, charter school and county office of education must now have a policy limiting or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000954/smartphone-bans-havent-worked-in-california-schools-but-some-districts-share-advice-on-what-may-work\">banning the use of smartphones\u003c/a> unless in the case of an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that excessive smartphone use increases anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues — but we have the power to intervene,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a press release when he signed the legislation in 2024. “This new law will help students focus on academics, social development, and the world in front of them, not their screens, when they’re in school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, public middle and high schools, along with public colleges and universities, must now print the Trevor Project’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060369/tracking-newsoms-record-on-pro-lgbtq-laws-signed-and-vetoed-this-session\">LGBTQ+ suicide hotline number\u003c/a> on student ID cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Assemblymember Mark González authored AB 727 last year in direct response to President Donald Trump’s termination of the dedicated LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New privacy protections for transgender Californians\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, when transgender and nonbinary people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029428/how-californians-can-start-changing-names-and-gender-markers-on-government-ids\">change their names, gender and sex identifiers\u003c/a> on official documents, those petitions are public records that have, in some cases, led to people being forcibly outed and harassed.[aside postID=news_12089029 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-scaled.jpg']In 2024, a transgender \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/gender-identity-privacy-ruling-19874612.php\">woman in Stanislaus County\u003c/a> sued for the right to seal her records after she was outed on social media. A state appeals court ruled she had a right to keep those records confidential to avoid threats and harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a 2023 law already required courts to keep those records confidential for minors, the Transgender Privacy Act extends that protection to people of all ages this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the Trump Administration attempts to make transgender and nonbinary people the scapegoats for their fascist takeover, California must stand up to protect them,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 59 applies to any petition filed on or after July 1, and people with older records can request their records be made confidential as well. It also prohibits anyone other than the petitioner from posting confidential records online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Food labeling laws\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California is now the first state in the nation to standardize confusing food date labels. Manufacturers use more than 50 different phrases, such as “sell by,” “use by,” “best by,” “expires by,” “freeze by” and “freshest before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, only two labels are permitted: “BEST if Used by” will indicate a food’s peak quality, and “USE by” will signal when a food item is no longer safe to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view down an aisle at a Safeway supermarket in Walnut Creek, California, on July 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the other labels were meant to help store clerks with inventory management, but they often confuse consumers who may ultimately throw away food out of fear of getting sick, contributing to the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://irwin.asmdc.org/press-releases/20240928-california-becomes-first-state-ban-sell-dates-packaged-foods\">6 million tons of food waste\u003c/a> each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 660 is a monumental step to keep money in the pockets of consumers while helping the environment and the planet,” said Thousand Oaks Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, who authored the bill, in a 2024 press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another first-in-the-nation food law, California now requires restaurants with 20 or more locations to disclose allergens on their menus, either in physical or digital form. It covers the nine major food allergens: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, sesame and soybeans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Denser housing near transit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California passed a wave of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068746/2025-was-a-blockbuster-year-for-housing-laws-what-does-that-mean-for-2026\">blockbuster housing laws\u003c/a> in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to address the state’s housing crisis, a new law makes it easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops like trains and buses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 79, among the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059533/newsom-signs-ambitious-bill-to-boost-housing-density-near-public-transit\">most significant housing bills\u003c/a> in decades, overrides local government zoning restrictions to allow for taller, denser housing within a half-mile of major transit hubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042674\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042674 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apartment buildings under construction near MacArthur BART station in Oakland, on Feb. 21, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who authored the bill, argues it gets at the heart of the state’s affordability crisis while also boosting revenue for public transit agencies, many of which have faced severe budget crunches since ridership plummeted during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SB 79 unwinds decades of overly restrictive land use policies that have driven housing costs to astronomical levels, forcing millions of people to move far away from jobs and transit, to face massive commutes, or to leave California entirely,” Wiener said in a statement. “By allowing more homes to be built near public transportation, SB 79 also strengthens our transit systems, increases transit ridership, and reduces traffic congestion and carbon emissions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tighter gun restrictions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California now bans the sale of “Glock-style” handguns, aiming to close a loophole that makes it possible to easily convert certain semiautomatic pistols into fully automatic weapons. The conversion uses a device called a “switch” that can be made at home with a 3D printer and installed with a screwdriver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No gun sold in California should be just a screwdriver away from becoming a machine gun,” San Francisco Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, who co-authored AB 1127, said in a statement. “We are closing a deadly loophole that has fueled gun violence in our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11766933 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A second term for Donald Trump could overturn strict gun control laws enacted in Democratic-leaning states such as California. wins a second term next year and Republicans hold the Senate, will take such an expansive view of Second Amendment rights that they might overturn strict gun control laws enacted in Democratic-leaning states.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-1200x783.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tighter gun restrictions are a part of a slate of new California laws that take effect on July 1. \u003ccite>(George Frey/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A second law, SB 241, requires firearms dealers to complete an annual training that includes identifying straw purchasers, preventing the theft of firearms and ammunition and recognizing buyers who may use the gun unlawfully or to harm themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third law, signed in 2023 and effective July 1, adds “ghost gun” parts to the definition of a firearm for the purposes of reporting a lost or stolen firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Existing law required gun owners to report the loss or theft of a firearm within five days of when they reasonably should have known. Now, AB 725 extends that requirement to firearm frames, receivers and precursor parts, with failure to report punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Retiring Native American mascots\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California public schools are now barred from using any derogatory Native American term as a school or athletic team name, mascot or nickname.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, AB 3074, expands a 2015 law that banned only the term “Redskins.” It now includes, but is not limited to, Apaches, Big Reds, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Chippewa, Comanches, Indians, Savages, Squaw and Tribe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools operated by a tribe or tribal organization are exempted from this law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, the American Psychological Association called on schools and sports teams to \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/indian-mascots\">retire the use of all American Indian mascots\u003c/a> and symbols, citing research that they have a negative effect on the self-esteem and mental health of Indigenous children.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New rules for tech\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No more lunging for the remote when the TV volume spikes at a commercial break. SB 576 stops streaming platforms like Netflix and YouTube from playing ads louder than the video content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rule builds on a federal law, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, which already applies to broadcast television stations and cable operators but not streaming services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another tech-driven change in California will affect autonomous vehicles like Waymo and robotaxis, which can now be cited for traffic violations. Under AB1777, the companies must also set up 24/7 emergency response telephone lines for passengers and first responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Changes to schools\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several new laws will affect California’s schools and students this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 760 requires every school district, county office of education and charter school serving any grades from kindergarten to grade 12 to provide and maintain at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941766/all-gender-bathrooms-in-every-k-12-school-proposes-california-bill-but-some-bay-area-districts-are-way-ahead\">one all-gender restroom\u003c/a> at each school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That restroom must include clear signage indicating it’s open to all genders and be unlocked and easily accessible to students. The restrooms are held to the same standards as gendered restrooms, regularly cleaned and stocked with toilet paper, soap and paper towels or hand dryers. Schools can convert an existing restroom to satisfy the requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AllgenderrestroomSFGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gender inclusive restroom sign in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on July 18, 2019. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Across the country, we’ve seen a growing number of states pass laws limiting restroom access for transgender students or requiring students to use facilities based on their sex assigned at birth,” said Jorge Reyes Salinas, the communications director for Equality California, which sponsored the bill. “And California has chosen this different approach, which is expanding options rather than restricting them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools are facing another deadline ahead of the next academic year. Under AB 3216, every school district, charter school and county office of education must now have a policy limiting or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000954/smartphone-bans-havent-worked-in-california-schools-but-some-districts-share-advice-on-what-may-work\">banning the use of smartphones\u003c/a> unless in the case of an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that excessive smartphone use increases anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues — but we have the power to intervene,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a press release when he signed the legislation in 2024. “This new law will help students focus on academics, social development, and the world in front of them, not their screens, when they’re in school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, public middle and high schools, along with public colleges and universities, must now print the Trevor Project’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060369/tracking-newsoms-record-on-pro-lgbtq-laws-signed-and-vetoed-this-session\">LGBTQ+ suicide hotline number\u003c/a> on student ID cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Assemblymember Mark González authored AB 727 last year in direct response to President Donald Trump’s termination of the dedicated LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New privacy protections for transgender Californians\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, when transgender and nonbinary people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029428/how-californians-can-start-changing-names-and-gender-markers-on-government-ids\">change their names, gender and sex identifiers\u003c/a> on official documents, those petitions are public records that have, in some cases, led to people being forcibly outed and harassed.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In 2024, a transgender \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/gender-identity-privacy-ruling-19874612.php\">woman in Stanislaus County\u003c/a> sued for the right to seal her records after she was outed on social media. A state appeals court ruled she had a right to keep those records confidential to avoid threats and harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a 2023 law already required courts to keep those records confidential for minors, the Transgender Privacy Act extends that protection to people of all ages this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the Trump Administration attempts to make transgender and nonbinary people the scapegoats for their fascist takeover, California must stand up to protect them,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 59 applies to any petition filed on or after July 1, and people with older records can request their records be made confidential as well. It also prohibits anyone other than the petitioner from posting confidential records online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Food labeling laws\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California is now the first state in the nation to standardize confusing food date labels. Manufacturers use more than 50 different phrases, such as “sell by,” “use by,” “best by,” “expires by,” “freeze by” and “freshest before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, only two labels are permitted: “BEST if Used by” will indicate a food’s peak quality, and “USE by” will signal when a food item is no longer safe to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GroceryStoreAisleGetty-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view down an aisle at a Safeway supermarket in Walnut Creek, California, on July 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the other labels were meant to help store clerks with inventory management, but they often confuse consumers who may ultimately throw away food out of fear of getting sick, contributing to the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://irwin.asmdc.org/press-releases/20240928-california-becomes-first-state-ban-sell-dates-packaged-foods\">6 million tons of food waste\u003c/a> each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 660 is a monumental step to keep money in the pockets of consumers while helping the environment and the planet,” said Thousand Oaks Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, who authored the bill, in a 2024 press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another first-in-the-nation food law, California now requires restaurants with 20 or more locations to disclose allergens on their menus, either in physical or digital form. It covers the nine major food allergens: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, sesame and soybeans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Denser housing near transit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California passed a wave of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068746/2025-was-a-blockbuster-year-for-housing-laws-what-does-that-mean-for-2026\">blockbuster housing laws\u003c/a> in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to address the state’s housing crisis, a new law makes it easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops like trains and buses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 79, among the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059533/newsom-signs-ambitious-bill-to-boost-housing-density-near-public-transit\">most significant housing bills\u003c/a> in decades, overrides local government zoning restrictions to allow for taller, denser housing within a half-mile of major transit hubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042674\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12042674 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apartment buildings under construction near MacArthur BART station in Oakland, on Feb. 21, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who authored the bill, argues it gets at the heart of the state’s affordability crisis while also boosting revenue for public transit agencies, many of which have faced severe budget crunches since ridership plummeted during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SB 79 unwinds decades of overly restrictive land use policies that have driven housing costs to astronomical levels, forcing millions of people to move far away from jobs and transit, to face massive commutes, or to leave California entirely,” Wiener said in a statement. “By allowing more homes to be built near public transportation, SB 79 also strengthens our transit systems, increases transit ridership, and reduces traffic congestion and carbon emissions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tighter gun restrictions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California now bans the sale of “Glock-style” handguns, aiming to close a loophole that makes it possible to easily convert certain semiautomatic pistols into fully automatic weapons. The conversion uses a device called a “switch” that can be made at home with a 3D printer and installed with a screwdriver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No gun sold in California should be just a screwdriver away from becoming a machine gun,” San Francisco Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, who co-authored AB 1127, said in a statement. “We are closing a deadly loophole that has fueled gun violence in our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11766933 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A second term for Donald Trump could overturn strict gun control laws enacted in Democratic-leaning states such as California. wins a second term next year and Republicans hold the Senate, will take such an expansive view of Second Amendment rights that they might overturn strict gun control laws enacted in Democratic-leaning states.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS14463_159548787-qut-1200x783.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tighter gun restrictions are a part of a slate of new California laws that take effect on July 1. \u003ccite>(George Frey/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A second law, SB 241, requires firearms dealers to complete an annual training that includes identifying straw purchasers, preventing the theft of firearms and ammunition and recognizing buyers who may use the gun unlawfully or to harm themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third law, signed in 2023 and effective July 1, adds “ghost gun” parts to the definition of a firearm for the purposes of reporting a lost or stolen firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Existing law required gun owners to report the loss or theft of a firearm within five days of when they reasonably should have known. Now, AB 725 extends that requirement to firearm frames, receivers and precursor parts, with failure to report punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Retiring Native American mascots\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California public schools are now barred from using any derogatory Native American term as a school or athletic team name, mascot or nickname.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, AB 3074, expands a 2015 law that banned only the term “Redskins.” It now includes, but is not limited to, Apaches, Big Reds, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Chippewa, Comanches, Indians, Savages, Squaw and Tribe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools operated by a tribe or tribal organization are exempted from this law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, the American Psychological Association called on schools and sports teams to \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/indian-mascots\">retire the use of all American Indian mascots\u003c/a> and symbols, citing research that they have a negative effect on the self-esteem and mental health of Indigenous children.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New rules for tech\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No more lunging for the remote when the TV volume spikes at a commercial break. 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"content": "\u003cp>California’s Department of Education will soon be under the control of the governor’s office, drastically changing the role of the next state superintendent, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086044/conservative-activist-sonja-shaw-advances-in-state-superintendent-race\">will be elected in November\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change, pushed through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069239/newsom-proposal-to-restructure-california-education-department-catches-state-superintendent-off-guard\">by Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> as part of negotiations over the state budget signed this week, makes major revisions to the state’s education governance system, stripping day-to-day management from the elected superintendent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the governor’s office, via an appointed commissioner, will assume more power over the state’s public school system, which serves more than 6 million students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the change will increase efficiency and accountability throughout the state’s school system, but opponents — including both candidates running for state superintendent of public instruction — argue that the governor bypassed voters to pass an unpopular reform that strips them of a voice in education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people that have to deal with the Department of Education every day, that seek their guidance, that need their support — all of those groups strongly support this change,” said Ted Lempert, who heads the research and policy organization Children Now, which backed the proposal. “They’re the ones that are relying on the Department of Education on a daily basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said the overhaul eliminates a “‘double-headed’ system” in which the Board of Education sets policy, but the superintendent is in charge of implementing it. Lempert agreed that setup “can be really problematic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05235-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05235-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05235-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05235-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of a classroom at Carquinez Garden School in Crockett on May 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are going to modernize the governance system by unifying the policy-making State Board with the Department of Education that implements those policies,” Newsom said in a statement about his proposal in February. “These critical reforms will bring greater accountability, clarity, and coherence to how we serve our students and schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Teachers Association, which has a long record of launching its preferred candidates to the state superintendent’s office, criticized the change as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/WeAreCTA/posts/four-times-california-voters-have-rejected-attempts-to-strip-them-of-an-elected-/1481282244040424/\">undemocratic\u003c/a>.” President David Goldberg said removing the superintendent from a managerial role puts “one more roadblock to making the system more accountable to educators and students and families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barrett Snider, an education lobbyist with Capitol Advisors, said California’s existing system gives the superintendent more power when they disagree with the governor’s office on legislative priorities.[aside postID=news_12088215 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2255523853.jpg']Though the superintendent doesn’t set policy, they have decided where to direct the department’s dollars, and how rules and programs are enforced in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That dynamic is now going to be completely upended, so the administration is going to have control over all aspects of running the state school system,” Snider told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new structure, the state superintendent will act primarily as an independent advocate for public schools. Executive and administrative functions of the Department of Education will be transferred to the new education commissioner, replacing the state superintendent as the ex officio director of education beginning Jan. 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superintendent will gain a vote on the state Board of Education, which will be expanded from 11 to 13 members, including two appointed by the Senate president pro tempore and the speaker of the Assembly. At the collegiate level, the superintendent will join California’s community college board and continue to act in existing roles as a California State University trustee and University of California regent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newly appointed education commissioner will be required to submit a report recommending further governance streamlining to the governor and Legislature by October 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086385\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-BerkeleySchoolsLiteracy-11-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-BerkeleySchoolsLiteracy-11-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-BerkeleySchoolsLiteracy-11-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-BerkeleySchoolsLiteracy-11-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students read during class at Sylvia Mendez Elementary School in Berkeley on June 3, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California is one of only a dozen states with a fractured education governance system, and state policy analysts have long argued that the leadership structure should be overhauled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, a report by \u003ca href=\"https://edpolicyinca.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/r_myung-dec2025.pdf\">Policy Analysis of California Education\u003c/a> (PACE) found the state’s system “fragmented,” with unclear roles and division of authority. The governor’s new structure incorporates its proposals for redefining the superintendent’s responsibilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question ‘Who is responsible to whom, and for what?’ remains unresolved in California’s education governance system, resulting in blurred lines of responsibility and difficulty making systemic improvement,” the report reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administrator organizations, including the Association of California School Administrators and California County Superintendents, also support the change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both candidates running for the elected superintendent’s seat have come out against the new governance structure. Republican Sonja Shaw, who serves as Chino Valley’s school board president, said the change is an “unprecedented, unconstitutional power grab” by Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Voters elect their State Superintendent to serve as an independent voice for California education, not as a figurehead,” she said in a statement. “This bill strips that office of its core duties and hands them to a political appointee. It removes critical checks and balances, and tells parents their votes no longer matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086196\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1-1536x1054.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sonja Shaw, Chino Valley Unified School District Board President, speaks at the California Policy Center and PERK (Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids) event, “A Line in the Sand A Rally for Parental Rights,” at Rancho Madera Community Park in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic candidate and San Diego school board president Richard Barrera said that changing the role of state superintendent has been proposed to voters and rejected multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This end-around attempt to take away responsibility from the person that the voters are electing to improve our public schools is a bad idea,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snider said he doesn’t think the changes will have a significant effect on the outcome of November’s election, but the winner will be forced to step into a role far different from the one they set out to run for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is going to be an interesting new dynamic — both how does the next administration implement this change, and then how does the next state superintendent exercise what is now more limited authority … through a bully pulpit, if nothing else,” he said. “We’re in totally new territory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The governor’s new structure incorporates its proposals for redefining the superintendent’s responsibilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question ‘Who is responsible to whom, and for what?’ remains unresolved in California’s education governance system, resulting in blurred lines of responsibility and difficulty making systemic improvement,” the report reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administrator organizations, including the Association of California School Administrators and California County Superintendents, also support the change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both candidates running for the elected superintendent’s seat have come out against the new governance structure. 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