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"content": "\u003cp>Nina Atkind loves surfing, but she’s also a detective of sorts. During storms — like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025572/storm-stalls-over-bay-area-raising-risk-flooding-potential-tornado-warning\">massive systems that recently rocked the Bay Area\u003c/a> — she cloaks herself in an apple-red rain jacket and pulls up her tan gaiters before wading out into the swirling water at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During one recent storm in mid-December, Atkind dips a glass jar into the ocean as angry waves crash against the beach, frothy brown rollers pushing up towards the dunes at Vicente Street. The jar fills with the cloudy water, and she screws on a black cap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks yucky with a bunch of debris,” Atkind said. “I see microplastic in there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkind manages the Surfrider Foundation’s San Francisco chapter and delivers the water to a lab where it will be analyzed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re testing for poop in the water,” Atkind said. “The water is everything. It’s so important that those who want to go in the water can and not get sick from it. You don’t want to get sick from doing what you love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996159 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands at a table, next to a seated man and woman, with a blue banner that says 'Surfrider Foundation' on the wall behind him.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drew Madsen (right), lead of the Blue Water Task Force, a volunteer water quality testing group, works with Justin James and Nina Atkind at the Surfrider Foundation’s lab in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood on Feb. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>An overwhelmed system\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Surfrider publishes the results to alert local surfers of pollution problems. The reporting also serves as a backstop to official tests conducted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which found that the microorganism enterococcus, a bacteria indicating fecal matter, was\u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\"> above the state’s posting threshold\u003c/a> in coastal waters on Dec. 14, 2024 — making water recreation that day inadvisable. Those levels subsided the following day, the agency noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atmospheric rivers almost guarantee one thing for San Francisco: millions of gallons of stormwater and raw sewage will get poured into the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, sewage and stormwater flow through the same pipes as part of a combined system. The problem is that large enough storms cause the system to overflow, which the city said typically happens less than 10 times a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at her car, Atkind wipes the rain off her face before pulling her phone out to check if sewage water is spewing into waterways in any other spots. The SFPUC and the city’s Department of Public Health sample from more than 20 sites each week and monitor discharges from the sewer during storms. The results are posted on \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">a map on its website\u003c/a> — if sewage is discharged at any site, it’s indicated with a blinking triangle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996158\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996158 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An overflow pipe near the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, also known as the Oceanside Treatment Plant, at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2025. Erosion is damaging the overflow pipes along Ocean Beach. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Every single spot on the map is now flashing red with the little triangle,” Atkind said. “It’s definitely alarming to see this happen so many times per year, especially on the east side where the water doesn’t move as much as it does on the west side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups and the state of California argue that the city is discharging too frequently and at such high volumes that it taints the waterways with bacteria that can cause illness if people come into contact with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When their system is operating properly, it’s a very well-working system,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper. “The problem is when we have heavy rains, their system is not built to hold all those flows. That means the system gets overwhelmed, creating contaminated spots that are harmful for public access.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996153\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1075px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996153 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges.png\" alt=\"A map of SF showing sewage/wastewater discharge locations.\" width=\"1075\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges.png 1075w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-800x554.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-1020x706.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-768x532.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of an \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">SFPUC map\u003c/a> from Feb. 5, 2025, showing stormwater discharges that happened over the previous 72 hours. \u003ccite>(SFPUC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ryan Seelbach, who has surfed Ocean Beach for three decades, said he actively avoids the beach during and right after storms to prevent himself from getting sick, even though the curling waves he sees from the shore taunt him. He said surfers often develop cold symptoms and ear infections after swimming in the polluted water.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It gets funky’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Where the water comes out during storm events, it gets funky and has a musty smell,” he said, wrinkling his nose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seelbach wants San Francisco to reduce the number of discharges so he can enjoy the more than 3-mile stretch of water that surfers worldwide flock to in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think every human deserves to be able to access and use a clean ocean,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not just surfers upset about water quality. The federal Environmental Protection Agency and California State Water Resources Control Board filed a civil complaint in federal court against San Francisco last May, \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/ca/city-and-county-san-francisco-complaint\">alleging numerous Clean Water Act violations\u003c/a> over the last decade. The agencies are seeking “financial penalties and improvements to remedy San Francisco’s repeated and widespread failures” in operating its sewer systems and water treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit claims that since 2016, the city has annually discharged more than 1.8 billion gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways. That tainted water can contain pathogens like E. coli and cause severe illness if ingested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A related but separate lawsuit recently reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in October. \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-753.html\">San Francisco sued the federal EPA\u003c/a>, claiming its discharge regulations were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993067/amid-long-and-costly-legal-battles-sf-urged-to-update-wastewater-system-fix-sewage-discharges\">too vague\u003c/a> — an argument that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected. The Supreme Court could issue its decision by June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to the city last September, environmentalists urged San Francisco to drop the case. They accused the city of trying to dismantle the Clean Water Act, which they argued would “permanently stain the city’s reputation as a protector of the public and the environment” if their effort was successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996157\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996157 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A surfer in a full-body wetsuit surfs a wave in the ocean.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A surfer catches a wave at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wastewater experts believe a decision in San Francisco’s favor could have huge repercussions beyond the city’s borders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The folks who work for the city of San Francisco would tell you they’re just as committed to the environment as they ever were,” said David Sedlak, a water quality expert and professor of environmental engineering at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But certainly to the outside world, if the case ends up overturning a lot of the approaches that are used now to protect our waters, people will wonder about San Francisco’s role in making that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"wastewater\"]San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu pushed back on the criticism, arguing the permits don’t limit the number of discharges that can take place in a year. “This case was never about challenging or seeking any change to the Clean Water Act, nor disputing EPA’s ability to enforce environmental protections,” Chiu said in a statement. “I am confident we made the right choice to protect San Franciscans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPUC argues that the exact amount of sewage that ends up in waterways varies based on each storm, and some of the pollution could come from other sources. Officials maintain that only a small percentage — less than 10% — of water discharged during storms is partially treated sewage. Most of the year, the system dispenses clean water, they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liken it to drinking a martini,” said Joel Prather, the SFPUC’s assistant general manager for wastewater enterprise. “I’m drinking the mixture of whatever alcohol I choose and the vermouth. And so, by the same token, there is a mix in there, but it’s designed to settle the solids out. And as it’s being discharged, it is primarily stormwater being discharged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘The problem has definitely grown worse’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During last week’s storms, at least 20 sites discharged polluted water near Ocean Beach, Crissy Field, the Financial District, Mission Creek and Hunters Point, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">SFPUC’s beach water quality map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Baykeeper captured images of dirty water containing fecal matter and trash overflowing into Mission Creek on Feb. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choksi-Chugh said these areas are “sacrifice zones” where the city has nowhere else to release polluted water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem has definitely grown worse,” she said. “They’re not allowed to be discharging this much bacteria and pollution into the bay, yet they are doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is deepening because storms are often more intense than they used to be and can easily overwhelm the system first established more than a century ago. Scientists predict storms could become up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094722000275\">37% wetter by the end of the century\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing significant storms, and we’re not alone here; the entire world is seeing stronger storms and having to deal with them,” Prather said. “We’re a combined system, so it’s designed to discharge before it floods on the street. But these large storms are overcoming everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entirely revamping the city’s aging sewage and stormwater infrastructure would cost San Francisco ratepayers well over $10 billion on the bayside alone, which “would require major increases to wastewater bills,” according to the SFPUC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996155\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996155 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drew Madsen, the head of Blue Water Task Force, a volunteer-run water quality testing program, holds water samples taken from India Basin at the Surfrider Foundation’s lab in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. The samples are mixed with a reagent, which gives them a yellow color and reacts with bacteria, causing the samples to glow under UV light. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chicago significantly reduced its discharges by digging giant tunnels underground to catch stormwater in the days after a storm. However, Prather said digging under densely populated San Francisco is unrealistic and would not pencil out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re talking tens of billions of dollars. You’re also talking about ripping up every street in San Francisco and putting new plumbing in,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has invested $2 billion to reduce discharges by 80% of the 7.6 billion gallons it released annually half a century ago, Prather said. The agency has planned for nearly $4.9 billion in wastewater projects in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.gov/sites/default/files/about-us/policies-reports/10yrCapBudget_FY2023-24_FY2032-33.pdf\">10-year capital plan\u003c/a>, approved in 2023, including sewer system improvements, treatment facility updates and a Treasure Island treatment plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Best we can with the resources we have’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, it’s just doing the best we can with the resources we have right now to be prepared for those storms,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During regular rain storms, the city collects rainwater at its two plants. Collection boxes can hold 200 million gallons of water before spilling. The agency aims to capture a billion gallons of stormwater annually using green infrastructure by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rainwater or street runoff hits the green infrastructure and percolates into the ground before going on to either groundwater or our treatment facilities,” Prather said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency also offers a grant program for \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.gov/programs/grants/floodwater-management-grant-program\">residents experiencing flooding\u003c/a> on their properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sitting on our hands doing nothing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sedlak, of UC Berkeley, said San Francisco needs to prioritize its combined sewer overflow problem. “At this point, I’m not seeing the combined sewer overflow challenge as their highest priority,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that storms would only worsen with human-caused climate change, making hydroclimate whiplash — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995420/climate-scientists-warn-of-growing-whiplash-effect-on-weather-patterns\">fast swings between alarmingly wet and seriously dry weather\u003c/a> — more intense, and said San Francisco would have to make some sort of compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real question for San Franciscans and people who enjoy the bay is what are we willing to pay to reduce the number of combined sewer overflows?” he said. “Is it just the people who live in San Francisco who pay the water and sewer bills there? Or is it something the whole state is interested in taking care of?”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Nina Atkind loves surfing, but she’s also a detective of sorts. During storms — like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025572/storm-stalls-over-bay-area-raising-risk-flooding-potential-tornado-warning\">massive systems that recently rocked the Bay Area\u003c/a> — she cloaks herself in an apple-red rain jacket and pulls up her tan gaiters before wading out into the swirling water at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During one recent storm in mid-December, Atkind dips a glass jar into the ocean as angry waves crash against the beach, frothy brown rollers pushing up towards the dunes at Vicente Street. The jar fills with the cloudy water, and she screws on a black cap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks yucky with a bunch of debris,” Atkind said. “I see microplastic in there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkind manages the Surfrider Foundation’s San Francisco chapter and delivers the water to a lab where it will be analyzed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re testing for poop in the water,” Atkind said. “The water is everything. It’s so important that those who want to go in the water can and not get sick from it. You don’t want to get sick from doing what you love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996159 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands at a table, next to a seated man and woman, with a blue banner that says 'Surfrider Foundation' on the wall behind him.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-18-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drew Madsen (right), lead of the Blue Water Task Force, a volunteer water quality testing group, works with Justin James and Nina Atkind at the Surfrider Foundation’s lab in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood on Feb. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>An overwhelmed system\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Surfrider publishes the results to alert local surfers of pollution problems. The reporting also serves as a backstop to official tests conducted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which found that the microorganism enterococcus, a bacteria indicating fecal matter, was\u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\"> above the state’s posting threshold\u003c/a> in coastal waters on Dec. 14, 2024 — making water recreation that day inadvisable. Those levels subsided the following day, the agency noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atmospheric rivers almost guarantee one thing for San Francisco: millions of gallons of stormwater and raw sewage will get poured into the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, sewage and stormwater flow through the same pipes as part of a combined system. The problem is that large enough storms cause the system to overflow, which the city said typically happens less than 10 times a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at her car, Atkind wipes the rain off her face before pulling her phone out to check if sewage water is spewing into waterways in any other spots. The SFPUC and the city’s Department of Public Health sample from more than 20 sites each week and monitor discharges from the sewer during storms. The results are posted on \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">a map on its website\u003c/a> — if sewage is discharged at any site, it’s indicated with a blinking triangle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996158\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996158 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An overflow pipe near the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, also known as the Oceanside Treatment Plant, at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2025. Erosion is damaging the overflow pipes along Ocean Beach. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Every single spot on the map is now flashing red with the little triangle,” Atkind said. “It’s definitely alarming to see this happen so many times per year, especially on the east side where the water doesn’t move as much as it does on the west side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups and the state of California argue that the city is discharging too frequently and at such high volumes that it taints the waterways with bacteria that can cause illness if people come into contact with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When their system is operating properly, it’s a very well-working system,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper. “The problem is when we have heavy rains, their system is not built to hold all those flows. That means the system gets overwhelmed, creating contaminated spots that are harmful for public access.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996153\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1075px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996153 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges.png\" alt=\"A map of SF showing sewage/wastewater discharge locations.\" width=\"1075\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges.png 1075w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-800x554.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-1020x706.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/Discharges-768x532.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of an \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">SFPUC map\u003c/a> from Feb. 5, 2025, showing stormwater discharges that happened over the previous 72 hours. \u003ccite>(SFPUC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ryan Seelbach, who has surfed Ocean Beach for three decades, said he actively avoids the beach during and right after storms to prevent himself from getting sick, even though the curling waves he sees from the shore taunt him. He said surfers often develop cold symptoms and ear infections after swimming in the polluted water.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It gets funky’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Where the water comes out during storm events, it gets funky and has a musty smell,” he said, wrinkling his nose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seelbach wants San Francisco to reduce the number of discharges so he can enjoy the more than 3-mile stretch of water that surfers worldwide flock to in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think every human deserves to be able to access and use a clean ocean,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not just surfers upset about water quality. The federal Environmental Protection Agency and California State Water Resources Control Board filed a civil complaint in federal court against San Francisco last May, \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/ca/city-and-county-san-francisco-complaint\">alleging numerous Clean Water Act violations\u003c/a> over the last decade. The agencies are seeking “financial penalties and improvements to remedy San Francisco’s repeated and widespread failures” in operating its sewer systems and water treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit claims that since 2016, the city has annually discharged more than 1.8 billion gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways. That tainted water can contain pathogens like E. coli and cause severe illness if ingested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A related but separate lawsuit recently reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in October. \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-753.html\">San Francisco sued the federal EPA\u003c/a>, claiming its discharge regulations were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993067/amid-long-and-costly-legal-battles-sf-urged-to-update-wastewater-system-fix-sewage-discharges\">too vague\u003c/a> — an argument that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected. The Supreme Court could issue its decision by June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to the city last September, environmentalists urged San Francisco to drop the case. They accused the city of trying to dismantle the Clean Water Act, which they argued would “permanently stain the city’s reputation as a protector of the public and the environment” if their effort was successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996157\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996157 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A surfer in a full-body wetsuit surfs a wave in the ocean.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-16-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A surfer catches a wave at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wastewater experts believe a decision in San Francisco’s favor could have huge repercussions beyond the city’s borders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The folks who work for the city of San Francisco would tell you they’re just as committed to the environment as they ever were,” said David Sedlak, a water quality expert and professor of environmental engineering at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But certainly to the outside world, if the case ends up overturning a lot of the approaches that are used now to protect our waters, people will wonder about San Francisco’s role in making that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu pushed back on the criticism, arguing the permits don’t limit the number of discharges that can take place in a year. “This case was never about challenging or seeking any change to the Clean Water Act, nor disputing EPA’s ability to enforce environmental protections,” Chiu said in a statement. “I am confident we made the right choice to protect San Franciscans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPUC argues that the exact amount of sewage that ends up in waterways varies based on each storm, and some of the pollution could come from other sources. Officials maintain that only a small percentage — less than 10% — of water discharged during storms is partially treated sewage. Most of the year, the system dispenses clean water, they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liken it to drinking a martini,” said Joel Prather, the SFPUC’s assistant general manager for wastewater enterprise. “I’m drinking the mixture of whatever alcohol I choose and the vermouth. And so, by the same token, there is a mix in there, but it’s designed to settle the solids out. And as it’s being discharged, it is primarily stormwater being discharged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘The problem has definitely grown worse’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During last week’s storms, at least 20 sites discharged polluted water near Ocean Beach, Crissy Field, the Financial District, Mission Creek and Hunters Point, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">SFPUC’s beach water quality map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Baykeeper captured images of dirty water containing fecal matter and trash overflowing into Mission Creek on Feb. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choksi-Chugh said these areas are “sacrifice zones” where the city has nowhere else to release polluted water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem has definitely grown worse,” she said. “They’re not allowed to be discharging this much bacteria and pollution into the bay, yet they are doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is deepening because storms are often more intense than they used to be and can easily overwhelm the system first established more than a century ago. Scientists predict storms could become up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094722000275\">37% wetter by the end of the century\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing significant storms, and we’re not alone here; the entire world is seeing stronger storms and having to deal with them,” Prather said. “We’re a combined system, so it’s designed to discharge before it floods on the street. 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The samples are mixed with a reagent, which gives them a yellow color and reacts with bacteria, causing the samples to glow under UV light. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chicago significantly reduced its discharges by digging giant tunnels underground to catch stormwater in the days after a storm. However, Prather said digging under densely populated San Francisco is unrealistic and would not pencil out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re talking tens of billions of dollars. You’re also talking about ripping up every street in San Francisco and putting new plumbing in,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has invested $2 billion to reduce discharges by 80% of the 7.6 billion gallons it released annually half a century ago, Prather said. The agency has planned for nearly $4.9 billion in wastewater projects in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.gov/sites/default/files/about-us/policies-reports/10yrCapBudget_FY2023-24_FY2032-33.pdf\">10-year capital plan\u003c/a>, approved in 2023, including sewer system improvements, treatment facility updates and a Treasure Island treatment plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Best we can with the resources we have’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, it’s just doing the best we can with the resources we have right now to be prepared for those storms,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During regular rain storms, the city collects rainwater at its two plants. Collection boxes can hold 200 million gallons of water before spilling. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jeff and Jodi Moreno took turns staying awake late into the night of Tuesday, Jan. 7; their eyes cemented to the Watch Duty app on their phones, which showed real-time updates and alerts for the fast-moving Eaton Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winds howled so strongly that the Morenos worried a tree might crash through the bedroom windows of their Altadena home they had just remodeled. So, their three daughters slept on makeshift beds in the living room, just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 2:15 a.m., the couple heard people calling over a PA system from outside, instructing them to evacuate. The family of five loaded their cars and left the home they’ve lived in for the past 19 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they turned down their street the next afternoon, no houses came into view, just the stark, vertical lines of chimney after chimney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The shock was almost too much to feel much of anything,” Jeff Moreno said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a kind of loss that’s hard to relate to unless you’ve been through it before. And given that extreme weather disasters are becoming more frequent due to climate change, a growing number of people are actually able to understand this feeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one asks to join the club of extreme weather survivors, but being a member makes you uniquely suited to help others once you are out of an acute crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996121\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996121\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo.jpg\" alt=\"A before and after picture of a small, one-story, nicely kept home, and the remains of it after it was burned down.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-800x396.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-1020x505.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-768x380.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-1536x760.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-1920x950.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moreno’s home in Altadena, California, before and after the Eaton Fire ravaged the community in January. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moreno family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://www.extremeweathersurvivors.org/\">Extreme Weather Survivors\u003c/a> links these veteran survivors with the newest ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group has put together a Slack community for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles-fires\">Los Angeles wildfire victims\u003c/a>, with sections devoted to insurance, debris removal and mental health. Doctors and scientists are involved in answering questions about smoke damage and children’s health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more than 800 L.A. wildfire victims using the resource can also get advice from survivors of past wildfires who have walked this road before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right away from interacting with it, I was like, ‘Wow, there’s people on the other side of this,’” said Jodi Moreno, Jeff’s wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can emotionally connect with all of our friends who are surviving this,” Jeff said. “But none of us know what the next step is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996129\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1996129\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"A portrait of a wife and husband and three daughters.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/JodiEditBonus-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff and Jodi Moreno (center) and their daughters. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Moreno family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While most L.A. wildfire survivors are connecting asynchronously online, which can work well in the unsteady early days after displacement, the Morenos recently connected to a former wildfire survivor in real time over Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erica Solove lost her home to Colorado’s \u003ca href=\"https://research.noaa.gov/looking-back-at-colorados-marshall-fire/\">Marshall Fire\u003c/a> in December 2021. The blaze moved so quickly that Solove’s husband was the only member of their family of four who had time to put shoes on before fleeing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solove and her family rebuilt their home and moved back a year and a half later, a relatively quick timeline. She attributes that speed to a strong community and an outpouring of care and assistance from both friends and strangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one instance, Solove met a woman who’d also lost a home in a wildfire. The two spoke for just a few minutes, but having “a person who had that shared human experience to reassure me meant everything,” Solove said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solove recently began working for Extreme Weather Survivors after volunteering with the group for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their call, Solove and the Morenos spoke about feelings: the surge of adrenaline in the first few days and then slowing down as a new reality sets in. They talked about kids: how to emotionally support them in the short and long term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Morenos asked questions that only someone who’s been in their position could answer. Things like, if you do decide to move back, do you ever regain a sense of safety?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solove said she, too, had feared that she wouldn’t. But the night her family moved into their new home, she felt “the purest joy and pride,” she said. “The only other life experience I could compare it to was giving birth to my two children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solove does, at times, get nervous when there are strong winds, but overall, she is satisfied with her family’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the three spoke, Jodi Moreno held back tears. “There’s a knowingness in the way you’re talking that is deeply comforting,” she said. And while it’s likely too soon for survivors of the L.A. fires to feel this, Solove said she is actually grateful for the life experience of living through a catastrophic wildfire. She has learned how to comfort people during crises and that she, her family, and her community are stronger than she realized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996120\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996120\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193.jpg\" alt=\"A two-story home, with snow covering the yard in front.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/PXL_20210315_182808193-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former home of Erica and Jon Solove in Superior, Colorado, the winter before it burned down in the 2021 Marshall Fire. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Solove family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The disaster also put things into focus. “I have forever changed my perspective on what is or isn’t important, what I value and what I hope to do and accomplish with my time here,” Solove said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solove wasn’t able to save anything from her home that burned down, except for one partially melted mug salvaged from the ashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she moved into her rebuilt home, she planted a succulent in the damaged mug. She keeps it in the center of her family’s kitchen table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is scarred, yet fostering life. It represents resilience.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And given that extreme weather disasters are becoming more frequent due to climate change, a growing number of people are actually able to understand this feeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one asks to join the club of extreme weather survivors, but being a member makes you uniquely suited to help others once you are out of an acute crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996121\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996121\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo.jpg\" alt=\"A before and after picture of a small, one-story, nicely kept home, and the remains of it after it was burned down.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-800x396.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-1020x505.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-768x380.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-1536x760.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/IMG_5331_duo-1920x950.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moreno’s home in Altadena, California, before and after the Eaton Fire ravaged the community in January. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moreno family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://www.extremeweathersurvivors.org/\">Extreme Weather Survivors\u003c/a> links these veteran survivors with the newest ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group has put together a Slack community for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles-fires\">Los Angeles wildfire victims\u003c/a>, with sections devoted to insurance, debris removal and mental health. 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I’m looking around at my fire friends — the state is burning, the tribes are burning, the prescribed burn associations are burning. And we haven’t seen much from the federal agencies burning. And then to get this notice just seems almost laughable in the face of seeing what’s going on in the private sector.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long term, the risks to communities are much worse if we don’t see prescribed fire on the ground, Quinn-Davidson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example of the effectiveness of prescribed fire in protecting communities, Wara pointed to the burn done by Forest Service crews in the San Bernardino National Forest just five months before \u003ca href=\"https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/local/2024/10/20/preventative-efforts-helped-save-angelus-oaks-from-the-line-fire/75766982007/\">the Line Fire\u003c/a>, which threatened the community of Angelus Oaks last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a post on Facebook this week, the Forest Service said that the burn “created a fuel break that helped slow the fire’s intensity.” With the work of fire crews, the Line Fire “never crossed any of the fuel breaks,” the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as last week, it appeared that prescribed burning was forecast to go ahead as normal on federal land. 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The candidates have campaigned on big-ticket issues like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005576/san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-clash-as-breed-faces-attacks-from-farrell-lurie\">homelessness and political scandals\u003c/a>, but they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994926/climate-change-is-already-impacting-sf-so-why-arent-the-mayoral-candidates-talking-about-it\">haven’t discussed much about how human-caused climate change is wreaking havoc\u003c/a> on the city or their plans for the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1994926\" hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240612-SFMayoralDebate-55-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the world continues to warm, San Franciscans will experience hotter heat waves, more intense rainstorms, leading to flooded streets and a reshaped shoreline as rising seas threaten the hard edge of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to be talking seriously about adaptation because the ship has sailed on climate change in many ways,” said Mark Lubell, a professor of environmental science and policy at UC Davis. “Even if we did reduce emissions to zero right now, we would have a lot of climate impacts baked in, including sea-level rise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lubell said the role of the mayor is to lead the city with a clear vision of how to adapt San Francisco for the far wetter future, sometimes drier and sweltering temperatures that scientists predict for the decades to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bad stuff is going to happen,” Lubell said. “The city needs to be prepared for that at the level of city infrastructure and make sure that the residents of the city have the appropriate awareness, knowledge and tools that they need to be able to be as healthy as possible in the case of extreme heat or flooding or smoke impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED asked the top five candidates in the race for mayor — \u003ca href=\"#breed\">Mayor London Breed\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#farrell\">Former Mayor Mark Farrell\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#peskin\">Supervisor Aaron Peskin\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#safai\">Supervisor Ahsha Safaí\u003c/a> and nonprofit founder \u003ca href=\"#lurie\">Daniel Lurie\u003c/a> — about their vision for ensuring the city withstands climate change’s effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Voter-Guide-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]\u003cbr>\nThree of the five — Lurie, Peskin and Safaí — said they would advocate for a climate tech hub as part of an effort to fill vacant buildings downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The job that I see as my role as mayor is to make the conditions so that entrepreneurs and innovators can thrive, especially around climate change,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mayor London Breed told KQED that focusing on a climate hub downtown is “backward thinking” because all policies — from electrifying buildings to enhancing stormwater infrastructure — need to have climate change at their core. She said there can’t just be one big focus on the climate downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no need for a hub,” she said. “There’s only a need to ensure that climate is always incorporated into every decision we make as a city, so we’re past that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"breed\">\u003c/a>Mayor London Breed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994957\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a suit poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed at KQED Headquarters in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed said the city faces a suite of climate threats, from flooding to sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She credits her 2021 climate action plan as a holistic way of combating climate change. She has discussed the issue in this race through “conversations around housing and the need to build in San Francisco” with a more dense footprint, “which cuts back on carbon emissions,” shortening commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about all of us,” she said. “San Francisco has been a leader on climate. And I am very proud that a lot of the work we’re doing sets our city up for success in the future. And my goal is to build upon that success in my next term.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She touted her goal to build dense housing and secure millions of dollars in funding for climate initiatives. She said her team planted 1,500 trees across the city, argued San Francisco has begun to address flooding woes in its most at-risk areas and helped spearhead a draft plan to address sea-level rise along the city’s waterfront. Breed also said her administration created “72% of all the protected bike lanes” across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything we are doing right now in this city as a whole is all about climate,” she said. “Moving forward in the future, everything has to incorporate some sort of commitment or improvements to the environment as a way to honor our climate action plan. And I’m proud that as mayor, I have led the way on this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"farrell\">\u003c/a>Former Mayor Mark Farrell\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell in KQED’s office in San Francisco on Aug. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Mayor Ed Lee died of a heart attack in late 2017, the Board of Supervisors voted to install Mark Farrell as a replacement in January 2018. He succeeded Breed, who had been acting mayor for a few weeks. His brief tenure ended when voters elected Breed to fill the office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few months into his short time as mayor, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/press/mayor-mark-farrell-announces-historic-commitment-net-zero-emissions-2050\">committed the city to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050\u003c/a>. He considers the move foundational in aligning the city with the Paris Climate Agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell said he would like to lead the climate charge by creating more housing density, and he would like to see more people rely on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of the best things we can do for our environment going forward,” he said. “I also believe we need to focus on public transportation and get people out of their cars and onto Muni, but in order to do so, we need to make Muni more reliable and safe once again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would also like to “massively incentivize” new electric vehicle charging across the city by creating public-private partnerships to expand access to charging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, Farrell would like to “hit the city’s zero waste goal” by bringing Recology, the city’s trash company, under the oversight of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The reorganization, Farrell said, will “reduce costs for residents” and “bring it under the agency primarily tasked with hitting our climate change goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"peskin\">\u003c/a>Supervisor Aaron Peskin\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994956\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994956\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with gray hair and a gray beard, wearing glasses and a navy suit, poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin poses for a photo at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Sept. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aaron Peskin, current president of the board of supervisors, wants to lead San Francisco and the region in dealing with rising seas. He would also like to establish a climate tech hub in vacant buildings in downtown San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Climate is at the top of my agenda,” he said. “San Francisco has been at the forefront of climate change planning, but it has not gotten the level of hands-on attention and oversight from the actual mayor of San Francisco that it needs and deserves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past few decades, Peskin said he helped “reduce fossil fuel use in San Francisco” by actively participating in the closure of “polluting power plants” in the Bayview and Potrero Hill neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin serves on several governmental bodies focused on adapting the region to climate effects that currently and will plague the area. He serves on the Bay Conservation & Development Commission, San Francisco’s City’s Capital Planning Committee and San Francisco’s Disaster Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a previous commissioner on the California Coastal Commission and a leader for San Francisco’s sea wall project, he wants the city to take a sped-up and well-thought-out approach to addressing future sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to invest now; cannot wait until we are knee-deep in water,” he said. “There’s going to be tough decisions that we collectively have to make as to what areas we will armor from sea-level rise, what the billions and billions of dollars and costs will be, and what areas we have to think about having plans to retreat from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"safai\">\u003c/a>Supervisor Ahsha Safaí\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994958\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí poses for a portrait at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When addressing how climate change alters the city, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí said he would focus on three areas: flooding, energy, and rising sea levels. Safaí has been in local government for more than 15 years. As part of the city’s budget committee, he said he worked on the project to raise the sea wall and helped secure bonds to deal with sea-level rise along the Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more on climate change\" tag=\"climate-change\"]“Decreasing our waste energy use and sea-level rise are things we can be very aggressive about,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If elected, he would like to shore up the city’s flooding issues. Safaí said he helped create a grant program for backflow preventers to stop water from flowing up pipes into homes in his district. He would like to come up with other grant programs to help San Franciscans move to deal with different climate-related issues, like installing solar or reducing emissions by replacing gas water heat systems with electric systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would also like to establish a climate tech hub in downtown San Francisco that could occupy office buildings left vacant during the pandemic. Safaí is behind an effort that saw more than 3,000 trees planted during his eight years in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I hadn’t planted those trees, San Francisco’s tree canopy would have gone down,” he said. “I want to plant over 50,000 trees citywide, and then by the end of my second term, I would plant 100,000 trees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"lurie\">\u003c/a>Nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994954\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a white button-down shirt poses for a photo.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie at KQED on June 4, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie feels like San Francisco leaders have “given up the mantle of being a leader on climate,” and he wants to reverse course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a shame that I’m the only candidate who’s been proactively talking about the climate emergency,” he said. “We need to address crime and homelessness and protect our residents from both current and future climate threats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His main goal regarding climate change is to create a climate tech hub downtown. He wants to incentivize entrepreneurs and innovators to move or expand their businesses into the city’s economic heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s combine forces and lead again on climate, get the smartest people in the world back into San Francisco so we can once again lead on climate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie said sea-level rise, flooding and extreme heat are the biggest climate threats to San Francisco. As the only candidate without a history in city politics, he added that the “city hall insiders have “failed to not only keep pace but to make sure that San Francisco is on the forefront” of addressing climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to prepare our residents better,” he said. “This matters down to the smallest things, like making sure that sandbags are prepared upfront and ready to deploy for our small businesses and residents especially.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nThree of the five — Lurie, Peskin and Safaí — said they would advocate for a climate tech hub as part of an effort to fill vacant buildings downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The job that I see as my role as mayor is to make the conditions so that entrepreneurs and innovators can thrive, especially around climate change,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mayor London Breed told KQED that focusing on a climate hub downtown is “backward thinking” because all policies — from electrifying buildings to enhancing stormwater infrastructure — need to have climate change at their core. She said there can’t just be one big focus on the climate downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no need for a hub,” she said. “There’s only a need to ensure that climate is always incorporated into every decision we make as a city, so we’re past that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"breed\">\u003c/a>Mayor London Breed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994957\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a suit poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241003-LONDON-BREED-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED_1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed at KQED Headquarters in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed said the city faces a suite of climate threats, from flooding to sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She credits her 2021 climate action plan as a holistic way of combating climate change. She has discussed the issue in this race through “conversations around housing and the need to build in San Francisco” with a more dense footprint, “which cuts back on carbon emissions,” shortening commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about all of us,” she said. “San Francisco has been a leader on climate. And I am very proud that a lot of the work we’re doing sets our city up for success in the future. And my goal is to build upon that success in my next term.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She touted her goal to build dense housing and secure millions of dollars in funding for climate initiatives. She said her team planted 1,500 trees across the city, argued San Francisco has begun to address flooding woes in its most at-risk areas and helped spearhead a draft plan to address sea-level rise along the city’s waterfront. Breed also said her administration created “72% of all the protected bike lanes” across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything we are doing right now in this city as a whole is all about climate,” she said. “Moving forward in the future, everything has to incorporate some sort of commitment or improvements to the environment as a way to honor our climate action plan. And I’m proud that as mayor, I have led the way on this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"farrell\">\u003c/a>Former Mayor Mark Farrell\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240808-MARK-FARRELL-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell in KQED’s office in San Francisco on Aug. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Mayor Ed Lee died of a heart attack in late 2017, the Board of Supervisors voted to install Mark Farrell as a replacement in January 2018. He succeeded Breed, who had been acting mayor for a few weeks. His brief tenure ended when voters elected Breed to fill the office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few months into his short time as mayor, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/press/mayor-mark-farrell-announces-historic-commitment-net-zero-emissions-2050\">committed the city to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050\u003c/a>. He considers the move foundational in aligning the city with the Paris Climate Agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell said he would like to lead the climate charge by creating more housing density, and he would like to see more people rely on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of the best things we can do for our environment going forward,” he said. “I also believe we need to focus on public transportation and get people out of their cars and onto Muni, but in order to do so, we need to make Muni more reliable and safe once again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would also like to “massively incentivize” new electric vehicle charging across the city by creating public-private partnerships to expand access to charging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, Farrell would like to “hit the city’s zero waste goal” by bringing Recology, the city’s trash company, under the oversight of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The reorganization, Farrell said, will “reduce costs for residents” and “bring it under the agency primarily tasked with hitting our climate change goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"peskin\">\u003c/a>Supervisor Aaron Peskin\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994956\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994956\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with gray hair and a gray beard, wearing glasses and a navy suit, poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240905-AARONPESKINPB-02-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin poses for a photo at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Sept. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aaron Peskin, current president of the board of supervisors, wants to lead San Francisco and the region in dealing with rising seas. He would also like to establish a climate tech hub in vacant buildings in downtown San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Climate is at the top of my agenda,” he said. “San Francisco has been at the forefront of climate change planning, but it has not gotten the level of hands-on attention and oversight from the actual mayor of San Francisco that it needs and deserves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past few decades, Peskin said he helped “reduce fossil fuel use in San Francisco” by actively participating in the closure of “polluting power plants” in the Bayview and Potrero Hill neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin serves on several governmental bodies focused on adapting the region to climate effects that currently and will plague the area. He serves on the Bay Conservation & Development Commission, San Francisco’s City’s Capital Planning Committee and San Francisco’s Disaster Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a previous commissioner on the California Coastal Commission and a leader for San Francisco’s sea wall project, he wants the city to take a sped-up and well-thought-out approach to addressing future sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to invest now; cannot wait until we are knee-deep in water,” he said. “There’s going to be tough decisions that we collectively have to make as to what areas we will armor from sea-level rise, what the billions and billions of dollars and costs will be, and what areas we have to think about having plans to retreat from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"safai\">\u003c/a>Supervisor Ahsha Safaí\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994958\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit poses for a photo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/241009-FORUMAHSHASAFAI-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí poses for a portrait at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When addressing how climate change alters the city, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí said he would focus on three areas: flooding, energy, and rising sea levels. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Decreasing our waste energy use and sea-level rise are things we can be very aggressive about,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If elected, he would like to shore up the city’s flooding issues. Safaí said he helped create a grant program for backflow preventers to stop water from flowing up pipes into homes in his district. He would like to come up with other grant programs to help San Franciscans move to deal with different climate-related issues, like installing solar or reducing emissions by replacing gas water heat systems with electric systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would also like to establish a climate tech hub in downtown San Francisco that could occupy office buildings left vacant during the pandemic. Safaí is behind an effort that saw more than 3,000 trees planted during his eight years in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I hadn’t planted those trees, San Francisco’s tree canopy would have gone down,” he said. “I want to plant over 50,000 trees citywide, and then by the end of my second term, I would plant 100,000 trees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"lurie\">\u003c/a>Nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994954\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a white button-down shirt poses for a photo.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie at KQED on June 4, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie feels like San Francisco leaders have “given up the mantle of being a leader on climate,” and he wants to reverse course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a shame that I’m the only candidate who’s been proactively talking about the climate emergency,” he said. “We need to address crime and homelessness and protect our residents from both current and future climate threats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His main goal regarding climate change is to create a climate tech hub downtown. He wants to incentivize entrepreneurs and innovators to move or expand their businesses into the city’s economic heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s combine forces and lead again on climate, get the smartest people in the world back into San Francisco so we can once again lead on climate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie said sea-level rise, flooding and extreme heat are the biggest climate threats to San Francisco. As the only candidate without a history in city politics, he added that the “city hall insiders have “failed to not only keep pace but to make sure that San Francisco is on the forefront” of addressing climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Scientists at UC Berkeley have developed a material they believe will greatly improve direct air capture — the term for removing carbon dioxide from the air at any location, as opposed to carbon capture, which focuses directly on sources of pollution like smokestacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new material, which is a deep yellow powder that almost resembles ground turmeric, is called a covalent organic framework (COF). COFs have existed for nearly 20 years, but the latest spin on them has excited chemists. The version created at Berkeley can pull relatively large amounts of carbon dioxide from the ambient air with what scientists believe to be incredible effectiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s basically the best material out there for direct air capture,” said Omar Yaghi, a chemistry professor at UC Berkeley and senior author of a paper published Wednesday in the journal \u003cem>Nature \u003c/em>about the new COF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bit less than half a pound of the stuff can remove about as much carbon dioxide annually as a tree, according to UC Berkeley graduate student Zihui Zhou, who is the first author on the paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994911\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1994911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-800x1055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-800x1055.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-1020x1345.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-160x211.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-768x1013.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-1165x1536.jpg 1165w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-1553x2048.jpg 1553w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-1920x2532.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/CarbonCapture3-scaled.jpg 1941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration of an atomic-level look at the new material. The hexagonal channels make the material porous. They are coated with polyamines, which bind with carbon dioxide molecules, as shown by the blue and orange balls. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Chaoyang Zhao)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The material works similar to a sponge: When exposed to air, it sucks up carbon dioxide until it is saturated. It’s essentially then wrung out, with scientists capturing that carbon dioxide and storing it away for a significant amount of time, ideally thousands of years. Then, the material is deployed again to absorb more carbon dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In laboratory tests, Zhou said the team filled a small column about the size of a drinking straw with the COF. They used a pump to push outdoor air through the column until the material was saturated with carbon dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It cleaned the air entirely of CO2. 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This new, porous material is lined with molecules called amines that act like microscopic magnets, drawing carbon dioxide to them from air anywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s always exciting when new materials are developed with increased CO2 capacities,” said Jennifer Wilcox, chemical engineering and energy policy professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who was impressed by how the material performed when exposed to water, that it did not use any critical minerals, and required a relatively low temperature to release carbon dioxide. But, she said, “how does this material perform in a system, in a process?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12009493 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanRafaelMarinCountGetty-1020x715.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilcox, who was not involved in the research, said half of the equation is the engineering of how to use the high-performing material. “Ultimately, we have to scale these materials up to capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide,” she said. “And when you start to scale them up, you have to think about what the system looks like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou and colleagues are working on models of that system right now. One version is a roughly 6.5-foot cube that would be stacked with layers of the COF and tubing for water. Wind or fans would blow ambient air through the box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water tubes would control the temperature inside. 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"content": "\u003cp>Housing. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008970/its-maddening-addiction-experts-cry-foul-at-mayoral-candidates-push-for-drug-arrests\">Homelessness\u003c/a>. Public safety. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004703/ethics-questions-swirl-as-sf-mayors-race-heats-up\">Ethics scandals\u003c/a>. San Francisco’s candidates for mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005642/5-takeaways-from-kqed-and-san-francisco-chronicles-mayoral-debate\">loudly argued over each of these issues\u003c/a>. But they have yet to have a clear conversation about how climate change alters the city’s fabric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Election Day just weeks away, it is bewildering why the candidates have largely avoided such a big topic for San Franciscans, especially since the city just this month roasted through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994685/san-jose-just-had-its-hottest-week-ever-a-harbinger-of-things-to-come\">its hottest heat wave in 85 years\u003c/a>. That’s after enduring \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993278/san-franciscos-aging-infrastructure-ill-prepared-for-future-flooding-report-warns\">back-to-back years of flooding\u003c/a>, as it faces an uncertain future because of sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1994941\" hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is head scratching,” said Mark Lubell, a professor of environmental science and policy at UC Davis. “They’re not making it much of an issue, despite the fact that it’s important for all the issues they are talking about, and they could brag about it. They could have debated with each other about who’s got the strongest record.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED asked each of the candidates about their policies, and they all largely agreed that focusing on climate change is imperative for the city’s success. Most are critical of Mayor London Breed’s climate record, claiming she has not done enough to prepare the city for extreme storms. Breed refuted these critiques, arguing she incorporates climate into all of her policies, from addressing a lack of housing to curing flood woes in the city’s most at-risk neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She used a similar argument to explain why she did not position the issue as a major part of her reelection campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shouldn’t be talking about climate change as a separate issue from housing, transportation networks and infrastructure,” she told KQED. “It needs to be embedded in everything that we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, climate policy experts said that not clearly talking about climate change as a focus in the race reflects how the next mayor will lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is San Francisco, after all, and all the mayoral candidates have said that they believe in climate change. Many have created policies that affect San Franciscans, and any of the five candidates could be “a real sustainability rock star,” said Daniel Kammen, a professor of energy at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge for the candidates during this campaign — and why Kammen said they’ve downplayed the issue of climate — is that the city has a “serious image problem” and needs to address “big ticket problems” like housing and homelessness.[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Voter-Guide-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]\u003cbr>\n“All of these issues are key, but if you don’t put climate at the center of your agenda and you’re trying to be the mayor of a major U.S. city, you are simply rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By publicly focusing very little on their climate policies, most candidates, including Mayor Breed, missed a pivotal moment to convince voters that they care about the city’s future in a warming world, Kammen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think there’s any excuse not to make this a lead story except that politics is all about the whac-a-mole story,” he said. “Climate is a simmering crisis, and with the recent heat wave, it’s literally and figuratively a simmering crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>‘Real room for the candidates to differ’\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The five leading candidates in the race — Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Mark Farrell, Supervisor Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí and nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie — told KQED climate change is an integral part of their campaigns. Lurie is the only candidate who lists climate change as a priority on his website and said, “It’s a shame” that none of his opponents have done so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has centered much of his candidacy around issues of housing and homelessness, but he told KQED that “you can walk and chew gum at the same time. And we need to address crime and homelessness and protect our residents from both current and future climate threats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates agree that whoever voters elect as mayor must lead the city in preparing for sea-level rise, protecting vulnerable populations from floodwaters and extreme heat. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994941/san-franciscos-top-mayoral-candidates-debate-climate-solutions\">each of the candidates’ positions here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed’s opponents have all found common ground in attacking the incumbent mayor, arguing she has not done enough to protect San Franciscans from the climate effects — especially flooding — that impact a large swath of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a mayor who is mature enough to take all of that into account rather than blindly going down one path at the expense of not considering all of the impacts that good science is already telling us about,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed dismissed these criticisms and pointed to her creation of several clear climate policies. In 2021, she released \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/press/mayor-london-breed-releases-new-climate-action-plan-make-san-francisco-net-zero-emissions\">the city’s climate action plan\u003c/a> outlining 174 measures to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040. Her Environment Department secured \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-kicks-earth-month-and-celebrates-san-franciscos-global-environmental-leadership\">more than $45.8 million in mostly grant funding\u003c/a> for climate initiatives to reduce emissions from city buildings, energy efficiency programs and food waste. She said her recreation and park department planted more than 1,500 trees over the past year, and Breed helped establish a study with the Port of San Francisco researching how \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfport.com/about/news/port-san-francisco-us-army-corps-engineers-release-draft-plan-build-citys-flood-defenses\">to reinvent 7.5 miles of the bayshore for rising seas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of her opponents, such as Farrell, don’t think Breed has taken climate issues like “flooding seriously,” and that’s “symptomatic of the underlying issues at City Hall” under her leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t appear to be a priority, planning for future extreme weather events,” Farrell said. “There has been talk, but no action on day-to-day climate issues that we can handle in San Francisco and that can make a difference in our residents’ lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937089/storms-pummel-the-bay-area-with-more-to-come\">back-to-back atmospheric rivers flooded parts of the city\u003c/a>. Extreme rainfall caused localized flooding, inundated streets and soaked homes and businesses. Storms regularly cause millions of gallons of wastewater to flow into the streets and the bay, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009496/san-francisco-challenges-epa-in-supreme-court-over-water-pollution-standards\">issue that has the city siding with fossil fuel and other industry groups against the federal EPA in hugely consequential litigation currently before the Supreme Court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more climate coverage\" tag=\"climate-change\"]At the only mayoral debate in September, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/events/4435/san-francisco-mayoral-debate\">Safaí criticized Breed for getting on a plane “to go party in Las Vegas\u003c/a>” during back-to-back atmospheric rivers that flooded the city in early 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t leave the city when we have the worst flood in over 75 years,” he said. “I would be on the ground with those impacted. Some significant sewer replacement projects need to be advanced and moved and implemented aggressively.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin doubled down on how Breed has addressed flooding and said she lacks “direct engagement with the communities that are ground zero” regarding flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What used to be 100-year floods are now 10-year floods,” he said. “The city needs to start putting together plans about whether or not it makes more economic sense to have an orderly retreat from those areas than to armor or artificially raise the heights of those areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed told KQED her opponent’s criticism of how she has dealt with flooding is an “unfortunate assessment,” adding that the city is investing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-announces-completion-wawona-area-stormwater-improvement-project-part-critical\">$634 million into capital projects to unclog flooding woes\u003c/a> in three parts of the city: the Wawona area, the 17th and Folsom neighborhood and the area near Lower Alemany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These projects are well on their way,” she said. “We also understand that this problem in the past was neglected, and a lot of attention wasn’t given to it until I stepped in to ensure that we are making the adjustments and fixing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two reports in the past couple of years point out that the city’s infrastructure isn’t ready for the storms of the future. A 2023 San Francisco Public Utilities Commission study found the city needs \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983299/san-franciscos-aging-infrastructure-isnt-ready-for-its-wetter-future\">to dramatically update its stormwater infrastructure\u003c/a> to handle future deluges. 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The entire Bay Area is in for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994759/high-california-fire-risk-pge-power-outages-30-counties-this-week\">a few days of extreme wind\u003c/a>, forecasters warn, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11836990/pge-shutoffs-are-here-again-what-to-know-about-power-outages-today\">PG&E has already begun to cut power\u003c/a> to customers in the region to prevent downed trees or branches from sparking a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are starting to decorate for some of the different festivities and will certainly want to make sure they’ve got those items secure,” said Lamont Bain, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect a significant wind event to bring strong gusts and high fire danger to most of the Bay Area, starting around 11 p.m. Thursday and ending Saturday at 5 p.m. The agency said the change in weather could bring offshore winds of 25–35 mph with gusts of up to 50 mph. 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On Friday, the company could also turn off power to residents in these counties: Butte, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Pluma, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Stanislaus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the potential wind impacts are spread across the Bay Area, Zigelman said, “the largest chunk of potential customers” who could lose power are in Napa and Solano counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are encouraged to exercise extreme caution because the wind and low relative humidity will make it easier for a fire to start and rapidly spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People should refrain from activities that could start a fire, Bain said, adding that “burning may actually be illegal” in areas under the red flag warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t throw cigarette butts out the window; secure tire chains because when they drag, they can be efficient at creating a spark,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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