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"content": "\n\u003cp>Living rooms are often filled with family mementos, shelves full of books, or maybe a TV, turned on as background noise for rowdy conversations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the walls inside the East Oakland home of Nyallah Muntaqim and Musa Bey are filled with art. On a recent visit, as Muntaqim sits on the green couch, a white painted hammer nearby looks as if it were smashed into the wall, with roots growing from it, by Antioch artist Tunmi da Silva.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Muntaqim and Bey, wife and husband, cofounded Streetlight Gallery in 2025, during San Francisco’s second annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13965269/the-bay-areas-first-ever-black-art-week-is-coming\">Black Art Week\u003c/a>. The choice to use their home came from example: as a child in the Bay Area in the early 2000s, Muntaquim would often attend art exhibits inside people’s homes, seeing Black art sold to Black people in a direct, communal way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I would be remiss to not call on that history and inspiration,” she says today. As a young visitor to these spaces, Muntaqim had “one of those bucket-list dreams where it’s like, ‘One day, I want to own a gallery.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-12-KQED-1381da74.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994620\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-12-KQED-1381da74.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-12-KQED-1381da74-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-12-KQED-1381da74-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-12-KQED-1381da74-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marie-Jose Njoku Obi’s artwork ‘Untitled (The Window)’ on display as a part of ‘A Call Home: Bay to LA’ at Streetlight Gallery in Oakland on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Once she and Bey realized it would be possible in their own house, they decided to develop the space as a hub for Black artists. The reasoning was simple: “I’ve seen art change people’s lives, at every point in my life,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Art has certainly changed Muntaqim’s life. She dove into visual art when her therapist suggested it as a way to mitigate the pressures of her job as a housing placement case manager. She started by learning skills from a muralist friend, and devoted her post-work hours to watercolor paintings and charcoal drawings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The combination of Muntaqim’s art practice with her strong organizing background brought Streetlight Gallery to life. She thinks back to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13921254/introducing-tales-of-the-town-by-hella-black-podcast\">\u003cem>Tales of The Town\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the 2022 photobook, film and album from the creators of the Hella Black Podcast, which brought different communities of Oakland together to recall parts of the city that raised them. It reinforced the idea that art makes the biggest impact when it’s coming from a communal lens.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willie Thomas’s poem over cyanotype on display as a part of ‘A Call Home: Bay to LA’ at Streetlight Gallery in Oakland on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I realized how important it is for Black folks here in the United States, but also the diaspora, to create work that is inherently political,” she says. “But what does it mean for us to be intentionally political in our work, and our choices, and what we do?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This question framed the ethos of Streetlight Gallery. The gallery’s first show was titled \u003cem>A Call Home\u003c/em>, and showcased work by Black artists throughout the Bay who use home as a foundational theme in their work, like Dartaiane Beamon, Asari Aibangbee, Thai Hill, Chidera Nwadike and others. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Thai year, Streetlight has mounted a second edition of \u003cem>A Call Home\u003c/em>, addressing the cyclical relationship between the Bay Area and Los Angeles. The six artists whose work is on view are either from the Bay and based in Los Angeles, or from Los Angeles based in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"13994627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994627\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nyallah Muntaqim, co-founder of Streetlight Gallery in Oakland, on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"13994626\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994626\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Musa Bey, co-founder of Streetlight Gallery in Oakland, on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tunmi da Silva’s work in the exhibition shows her connection to the Bay Area through her Nigerian family, and putting her work in Streetlight Gallery specifically means a call to home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We need spaces that are entrenched in our communities, that are supporting artists who come from our displaced communities. Streetlight supports artists with exhibition space, and gives us an opportunity to come back and speak to and with whoever’s in the area still,” da Silva says. “There has to be some marker, some archive of people who have existed in the city and in specific areas within the city. Showing with Streetlight just felt right.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Da Silva and the other artists in the exhibition show the depth of their experience through woodwork, textile, pottery and other mediums, with familial ties at the center. The work expresses the movement of Black art and life throughout California, and shows how the Bay and L.A. — sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgers%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry\">rival regions\u003c/a> — rely on and influence one another. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want people to see that the Bay Area is not just a place of exodus, high rent, Silicon Valley and tech bros,” Muntaqim says, adding that she hopes people recognize “this place of really rich cultural creative history that still exists today.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994624\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Asaru Aibangbee’s wooden chair on display as a part of ‘A Call Home: Bay to LA’ at Streetlight Gallery in Oakland on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Streetlight Gallery follows a tradition of Black-owned art galleries in the Bay Area, like B. Love’s Guest House, Tiffany Conway Studio, Jenkins Johnson and many others. Part of that was borne from necessity, as major spaces formally centering Black art are a relatively recent development. The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), for example, didn’t open until 2005. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As the Bay Area continues to change with each tech boom, one thing is constant. “Black creativity has always been foundational to the cultural fabric of the Bay Area,” MoAD’s executive director and CEO Monetta White says.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“Black artists have helped shape who we are as a region, and celebrating their work honors that legacy,” White adds. “It also affirms that our community is still here, still creating, and still proving that what’s made in the Bay resonates internationally.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘A Call Home: Bay to LA’ is on view through Nov. 30 at Streetlight Gallery in Oakland. Viewing is \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightgallery.org/appointments\">\u003cem>by appointment\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. More information \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc7OO1fM7vF/\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
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The choice to use their home came from example: as a child in the Bay Area in the early 2000s, Muntaquim would often attend art exhibits inside people’s homes, seeing Black art sold to Black people in a direct, communal way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I would be remiss to not call on that history and inspiration,” she says today. 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(Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Once she and Bey realized it would be possible in their own house, they decided to develop the space as a hub for Black artists. The reasoning was simple: “I’ve seen art change people’s lives, at every point in my life,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Art has certainly changed Muntaqim’s life. She dove into visual art when her therapist suggested it as a way to mitigate the pressures of her job as a housing placement case manager. She started by learning skills from a muralist friend, and devoted her post-work hours to watercolor paintings and charcoal drawings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The combination of Muntaqim’s art practice with her strong organizing background brought Streetlight Gallery to life. She thinks back to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13921254/introducing-tales-of-the-town-by-hella-black-podcast\">\u003cem>Tales of The Town\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the 2022 photobook, film and album from the creators of the Hella Black Podcast, which brought different communities of Oakland together to recall parts of the city that raised them. It reinforced the idea that art makes the biggest impact when it’s coming from a communal lens.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-11-KQED-6e3caea5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willie Thomas’s poem over cyanotype on display as a part of ‘A Call Home: Bay to LA’ at Streetlight Gallery in Oakland on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I realized how important it is for Black folks here in the United States, but also the diaspora, to create work that is inherently political,” she says. “But what does it mean for us to be intentionally political in our work, and our choices, and what we do?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This question framed the ethos of Streetlight Gallery. The gallery’s first show was titled \u003cem>A Call Home\u003c/em>, and showcased work by Black artists throughout the Bay who use home as a foundational theme in their work, like Dartaiane Beamon, Asari Aibangbee, Thai Hill, Chidera Nwadike and others. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Thai year, Streetlight has mounted a second edition of \u003cem>A Call Home\u003c/em>, addressing the cyclical relationship between the Bay Area and Los Angeles. The six artists whose work is on view are either from the Bay and based in Los Angeles, or from Los Angeles based in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"13994627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994627\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-33-KQED-70904865-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nyallah Muntaqim, co-founder of Streetlight Gallery in Oakland, on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"13994626\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994626\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-32-KQED-c67ee63d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Musa Bey, co-founder of Streetlight Gallery in Oakland, on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tunmi da Silva’s work in the exhibition shows her connection to the Bay Area through her Nigerian family, and putting her work in Streetlight Gallery specifically means a call to home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We need spaces that are entrenched in our communities, that are supporting artists who come from our displaced communities. Streetlight supports artists with exhibition space, and gives us an opportunity to come back and speak to and with whoever’s in the area still,” da Silva says. “There has to be some marker, some archive of people who have existed in the city and in specific areas within the city. Showing with Streetlight just felt right.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Da Silva and the other artists in the exhibition show the depth of their experience through woodwork, textile, pottery and other mediums, with familial ties at the center. The work expresses the movement of Black art and life throughout California, and shows how the Bay and L.A. — sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgers%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry\">rival regions\u003c/a> — rely on and influence one another. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want people to see that the Bay Area is not just a place of exodus, high rent, Silicon Valley and tech bros,” Muntaqim says, adding that she hopes people recognize “this place of really rich cultural creative history that still exists today.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13994624\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/261008-STREETLIGHTGALLERY-NG-19-KQED-09fb0e07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Asaru Aibangbee’s wooden chair on display as a part of ‘A Call Home: Bay to LA’ at Streetlight Gallery in Oakland on Oct. 8, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Streetlight Gallery follows a tradition of Black-owned art galleries in the Bay Area, like B. Love’s Guest House, Tiffany Conway Studio, Jenkins Johnson and many others. Part of that was borne from necessity, as major spaces formally centering Black art are a relatively recent development. The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), for example, didn’t open until 2005. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As the Bay Area continues to change with each tech boom, one thing is constant. “Black creativity has always been foundational to the cultural fabric of the Bay Area,” MoAD’s executive director and CEO Monetta White says.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“Black artists have helped shape who we are as a region, and celebrating their work honors that legacy,” White adds. “It also affirms that our community is still here, still creating, and still proving that what’s made in the Bay resonates internationally.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘A Call Home: Bay to LA’ is on view through Nov. 30 at Streetlight Gallery in Oakland. Viewing is \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.streetlightgallery.org/appointments\">\u003cem>by appointment\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. More information \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc7OO1fM7vF/\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/educationnews\">school districts\u003c/a> across the Bay Area, years of declining enrollment are forcing major cuts and closures; students’ math and reading scores are in a \u003ca href=\"https://cepr.harvard.edu/news/2026/05/why-us-test-scores-are-generation-long-decline\">free fall\u003c/a>; and campuses are being confronted with many of our major political fights, from transgender rights to AI regulation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in many cases, the people elected to navigate these challenges earn that significant power by a margin as small as a couple hundred votes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>More than half of school board candidates across the U.S. run uncontested in an average election cycle, and voter turnout hovers between 5% and 10%. And school board races tend to be “low information,” meaning voters know little about who the candidates are or where they stand on key issues, many of which are similar across districts throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">390 candidates vying for 109 school board seats\u003c/a> across the nine-county Bay Area in November for their stance on some of these topics, from potential school closures to cellphone use — information voters can use at a time that education experts say is pivotal to public schools’ success. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have some unambiguously big problems for schools,” said Jon Valant, who directs the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution. “You can have a big impact, and you can have a big impact at a time when schools are facing a lot of important questions.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do school boards actually do?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>School boards oversee large budgets, act as major employers and make policy and curriculum decisions that affect thousands of young people — and have rippling impacts on their wider communities.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[Public schools] are the primary institutions that we have for preparing people to be contributing members of our society, democracy and economy,” Valant said. “When you’re participating in a school board election, you’re really having a say in the structure of our society more broadly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094191\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A classroom at Mission Bay Elementary School in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2026. Mission Bay School is the first new public SFUSD school to open in 20 years. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bodies have a few main functions: approving a school district’s budget — which for an urban district like San Francisco, tops $1.36 billion — and hiring and evaluating a superintendent, the person “who’s really responsible for running the system,” according to Julie Marsh, a faculty director at Policy Analysis for California Education.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>School boards set priorities, such as student outcome goals and community values, that are supposed to guide decision-making by the superintendent and district staff. They also approve curriculum and labor contracts and can steer high-level policy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Culture war battlegrounds\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Less officially, school boards have also become political arenas.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Schools and particularly school boards have really become some of the country’s main battlegrounds for its culture wars,” Valant said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He traces the trend back to the COVID-19 pandemic, when some groups of parents began organizing and rallying against masking and vaccine mandates.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103881\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437-1536x1207.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martha Aguilera, left, with Karen Frost of Moms for Liberty, speaks at the California Policy Center and PERK (Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids) event, “A Line in the Sand, A Rally for Parental Rights,” at Rancho Madera Community Park in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around the same time, groups like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101904708/conservative-mothers-as-a-political-force-in-california\">Moms for Liberty\u003c/a> were on the rise, advocating against curriculum that teaches about LGBTQ rights and race and ethnicity. They began running school board candidates and establishing a sustained presence at school board meetings, sowing fear that public schools are pushing “woke indoctrination.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen far-right leaders who have been quite successful with this approach where they run well-funded groups, organize and run a candidate on an ideological platform,” Marsh said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She and other experts said the rise of candidates running for the nonpartisan roles backed by political interest groups became especially prominent in the early 2020s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While these groups’ influence on school board races seems to be dying down in California, Valant said a recent national Brookings survey found that school board members still feel their governance has become more political and partisan in recent years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Marsh said that conservative groups have also used the tactic to upend trust in school systems more broadly and “mobilize their base.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a whole strategy of creating a bench for potential candidates for higher office,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1372\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12086196\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1-1536x1054.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sonja Shaw, Chino Valley Unified School District Board President, speaks at the California Policy Center and PERK (Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids) event, “A Line in the Sand: A Rally for Parental Rights,” at Rancho Madera Community Park in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sonja Shaw, who is in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086044/conservative-activist-sonja-shaw-advances-in-state-superintendent-race\">runoff election for California state superintendent\u003c/a> this November, rose to notoriety as Chino Valley’s school board president in 2023, when she pushed for a policy that would require school staff to notify parents of any change in their children’s gender identity. Shaw made headlines after current state Superintendent Tony Thurmond was heckled and removed from her district’s board meeting after he expressed opposition to the policy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The policy was permanently halted in 2024, after a lawsuit from Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with similar campaigns to implement “forced outing” in Rocklin and counties in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump also harnessed fear surrounding schools’ policies around LGBTQ students in the final stretch of his 2024 reelection campaign, telling a crowd of about 20,000 at Madison Square Garden, “we will get … transgender insanity the hell out of our schools.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He repeatedly told voters: “your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation,” changing their sex.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Big, big issues’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While “culture war politics” draw attention and tend to spur single-issue candidates to run for school boards, Valant said, “we need really to be focused on some of the core issues in education.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[Artificial intelligence] has kind of landed on schools’ laps, and questions about how technology should be embedded into the school day,” he said. “We’ve seen achievement declines across the country and growing gaps between the highest- and lowest-scoring students. 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The LAUSD met to discuss a resolution calling for development of a Screen Time Policy setting time limits by grade, including elimination of student digital devices for early education through first grade, prohibiting device use by elementary and middle school students during passing periods, lunch and recess. The board unanimously voted to approve Board Member Melvoin’s Resolution to limit student screen time. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/educationnews\">school districts\u003c/a> across the Bay Area, years of declining enrollment are forcing major cuts and closures; students’ math and reading scores are in a \u003ca href=\"https://cepr.harvard.edu/news/2026/05/why-us-test-scores-are-generation-long-decline\">free fall\u003c/a>; and campuses are being confronted with many of our major political fights, from transgender rights to AI regulation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in many cases, the people elected to navigate these challenges earn that significant power by a margin as small as a couple hundred votes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>More than half of school board candidates across the U.S. run uncontested in an average election cycle, and voter turnout hovers between 5% and 10%. And school board races tend to be “low information,” meaning voters know little about who the candidates are or where they stand on key issues, many of which are similar across districts throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">390 candidates vying for 109 school board seats\u003c/a> across the nine-county Bay Area in November for their stance on some of these topics, from potential school closures to cellphone use — information voters can use at a time that education experts say is pivotal to public schools’ success. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have some unambiguously big problems for schools,” said Jon Valant, who directs the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution. “You can have a big impact, and you can have a big impact at a time when schools are facing a lot of important questions.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do school boards actually do?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>School boards oversee large budgets, act as major employers and make policy and curriculum decisions that affect thousands of young people — and have rippling impacts on their wider communities.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[Public schools] are the primary institutions that we have for preparing people to be contributing members of our society, democracy and economy,” Valant said. “When you’re participating in a school board election, you’re really having a say in the structure of our society more broadly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094191\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A classroom at Mission Bay Elementary School in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2026. Mission Bay School is the first new public SFUSD school to open in 20 years. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bodies have a few main functions: approving a school district’s budget — which for an urban district like San Francisco, tops $1.36 billion — and hiring and evaluating a superintendent, the person “who’s really responsible for running the system,” according to Julie Marsh, a faculty director at Policy Analysis for California Education.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>School boards set priorities, such as student outcome goals and community values, that are supposed to guide decision-making by the superintendent and district staff. They also approve curriculum and labor contracts and can steer high-level policy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Culture war battlegrounds\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Less officially, school boards have also become political arenas.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Schools and particularly school boards have really become some of the country’s main battlegrounds for its culture wars,” Valant said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He traces the trend back to the COVID-19 pandemic, when some groups of parents began organizing and rallying against masking and vaccine mandates.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103881\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/MomsLibertyGetty-52a1d437-1536x1207.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martha Aguilera, left, with Karen Frost of Moms for Liberty, speaks at the California Policy Center and PERK (Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids) event, “A Line in the Sand, A Rally for Parental Rights,” at Rancho Madera Community Park in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around the same time, groups like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101904708/conservative-mothers-as-a-political-force-in-california\">Moms for Liberty\u003c/a> were on the rise, advocating against curriculum that teaches about LGBTQ rights and race and ethnicity. They began running school board candidates and establishing a sustained presence at school board meetings, sowing fear that public schools are pushing “woke indoctrination.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen far-right leaders who have been quite successful with this approach where they run well-funded groups, organize and run a candidate on an ideological platform,” Marsh said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She and other experts said the rise of candidates running for the nonpartisan roles backed by political interest groups became especially prominent in the early 2020s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While these groups’ influence on school board races seems to be dying down in California, Valant said a recent national Brookings survey found that school board members still feel their governance has become more political and partisan in recent years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Marsh said that conservative groups have also used the tactic to upend trust in school systems more broadly and “mobilize their base.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a whole strategy of creating a bench for potential candidates for higher office,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1372\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12086196\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Sonja-Shaw-Getty-1-1536x1054.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sonja Shaw, Chino Valley Unified School District Board President, speaks at the California Policy Center and PERK (Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids) event, “A Line in the Sand: A Rally for Parental Rights,” at Rancho Madera Community Park in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 26, 2023. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sonja Shaw, who is in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086044/conservative-activist-sonja-shaw-advances-in-state-superintendent-race\">runoff election for California state superintendent\u003c/a> this November, rose to notoriety as Chino Valley’s school board president in 2023, when she pushed for a policy that would require school staff to notify parents of any change in their children’s gender identity. Shaw made headlines after current state Superintendent Tony Thurmond was heckled and removed from her district’s board meeting after he expressed opposition to the policy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The policy was permanently halted in 2024, after a lawsuit from Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with similar campaigns to implement “forced outing” in Rocklin and counties in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump also harnessed fear surrounding schools’ policies around LGBTQ students in the final stretch of his 2024 reelection campaign, telling a crowd of about 20,000 at Madison Square Garden, “we will get … transgender insanity the hell out of our schools.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He repeatedly told voters: “your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation,” changing their sex.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Big, big issues’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While “culture war politics” draw attention and tend to spur single-issue candidates to run for school boards, Valant said, “we need really to be focused on some of the core issues in education.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[Artificial intelligence] has kind of landed on schools’ laps, and questions about how technology should be embedded into the school day,” he said. “We’ve seen achievement declines across the country and growing gaps between the highest- and lowest-scoring students. We’ve seen chronic absenteeism and enrollment declines.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And, we’ve seen a growing attack on public education across the country,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/LAUSDScreenTimeGetty-d975feb9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103883\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/LAUSDScreenTimeGetty-d975feb9.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/LAUSDScreenTimeGetty-d975feb9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/LAUSDScreenTimeGetty-d975feb9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nick Melvoin, Member of the Los Angeles Unified School District, speaks during a board meeting at the LAUSD headquarters on April 21, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. The LAUSD met to discuss a resolution calling for development of a Screen Time Policy setting time limits by grade, including elimination of student digital devices for early education through first grade, prohibiting device use by elementary and middle school students during passing periods, lunch and recess. The board unanimously voted to approve Board Member Melvoin’s Resolution to limit student screen time. (Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many of the boards elected this November will be tasked with deciding how their districts will weather shrinking student bodies, and whether to close schools as part of that process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/school-closures\">closure process\u003c/a> is almost always met with strong opposition from families and teachers, but how districts approach it can significantly change how it affects enrollment and trust.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s former superintendent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010008/sf-schools-crisis-is-spiraling-with-top-official-to-resign-heres-all-thats-happened\">resigned under pressure\u003c/a> in 2024 after a botched closure process that strained relationships with the district’s labor unions and many families. But earlier this year, the school board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095382/as-sfusd-welcomes-back-students-officials-plan-to-revamp-enrollment-consider-closures\">reopened the question of school consolidations\u003c/a>, giving Superintendent Maria Su a strict deadline of 2030 to decide whether campuses should shutter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The board — including the three members who will be elected this fall — will have final approval over her plan.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Campus closures can upend longstanding school communities, and National School Board Association president Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs said they have rippling effects on nearby businesses, property values and neighborhood populations if they spur families to move.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Of the 140 Bay Area school board candidates who responded to KQED’s question about school closures, 57% said they would consider supporting a proposal from their district to close schools, while 43% said they would oppose the practice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Boards are also setting the course for the future of technology in classrooms, as parent-led backlash expands across the country, blaming overreliance on screens and artificial intelligence for poor learning outcomes. According to a joint Education Scorecard project from researchers at Stanford, Harvard and Dartmouth universities, falling test scores reflect a \u003ca href=\"https://cepr.harvard.edu/news/2026/05/why-us-test-scores-are-generation-long-decline\">decadelong “learning recession.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the spring, the Los Angeles Unified School District board passed a slate of historic tech-limiting policies, proposed by board member Nick Melvoin, with advocacy group Schools Beyond Screens. Districts across the country have moved quickly to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096557/a-chromebook-in-the-hand-of-every-child-did-schools-go-too-far\">replicate their model\u003c/a>, including in the Bay Area, from San José to Marin.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last week, the Oakland school board approved new technology restrictions, proposed by board member Rachel Latta, that prohibit students from using individual devices during lunch and passing periods, and mandate training for teachers to reduce 1:1 device use by the fall of 2027. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Other districts in San Francisco, San Mateo and Palo Alto have formed ad hoc committees or working groups to consider stricter tech policies, which will be presented to their new boards in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s public school district is relatively behind on limiting tech use — the current board allowed administrators to punt on a stricter cellphone policy last spring, and it uses a controversial AI-assisted reading assessment and tutoring tool with kindergarteners.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Combatting federal attacks\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Voters aren’t just choosing who will make major instructional decisions at their local school districts; Valant said voting in school board elections this November will send an important message amid what he calls a “federal attack” on public schools.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Staying engaged with school boards, with education, with your local public school, is just really important in communicating that public schools are institutions that mean a lot to this country,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since taking office last year, Trump has signed an executive order directing the dismantling of the Department of Education and created a federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/media/document/education-freedom-tax-credit-fact-sheet-113147.pdf\">Education Freedom Scholarship Program\u003c/a>, which aims to expand parents’ school choice by allowing them to receive tax credits up to $1,700 that can be used to pay for private school tuition, home-schooling costs, and other educational support.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2285787606-scaled-e1791586238561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091600\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on July 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb/Pool via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Those together are the biggest change in school policy since at least the early 1990s,” said professor Doug Harris, the director of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice at Tulane University. “The idea of open access or universal access to schools is upended. Public education has always involved some public governance, and this eliminates [that].”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Valant called the universal private school choice policies, adopted by more than half of U.S. states, not including California, “intentionally hostile to public schools.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the federal government has suggested that school choice increases competition and will improve public schools, Valant and others worry it will siphon funds away from the public system and toward schools that are able to select which students they serve — and often teach religious material.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has also threatened to withhold federal dollars from school districts that teach about diversity, equity and inclusion, or promote policies that protect transgender students. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In June, the Department of Education launched compliance reviews into SFUSD and three Monterey County school districts over their policies and materials related to gender identity and sexual orientation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MariaSuAP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12086920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MariaSuAP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MariaSuAP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/MariaSuAP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Maria Su testifies during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on parental rights and school content policies, on June 10, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP Photo)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Later that month, San Francisco Superintendent Su was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086522/congress-to-grill-san-francisco-schools-chief-maria-su-about-gender-ethnic-studies\">called to testify\u003c/a> before Congress about parental rights and “inappropriate” course curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All of that adds up to a current moment that Marsh described as an attack on public education and democracy at large, adding that voting is essential to maintain those institutions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A democracy that focuses on the common good … actually requires people to look out for other kids, not just their own families,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“School boards are one of our few local institutions that are both defending democracy and public education,” she said. “The federal government can’t do anything about our boards — the school board system is well established, and I think we need to defend that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>With fall finally in full swing, you may feel a hankering to lean into the season, embrace the shorter days and seek out the crisper weather and eerie atmosphere that October can bring. Autumn can also be the best time to visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/north-bay\">North Bay\u003c/a>, where wine country’s autumn foliage paints the region red and gold. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And as it turns out, the northern stretches of the Bay Area have a wealth of picturesque historic cemeteries — most open to the public — where you can go to feel the chilly air, honor those who have passed and even gain a new perspective on life. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Timothy Maloney, general manager of Santa Rosa Memorial Park, said visiting a cemetery can often be the best way to understand the history of a place.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101142\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A gravestone at the pet cemetery at Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Any time Maloney and his wife take a trip, “we stop at a cemetery — to see not just who’s there, but just to feel the presence of those who have come before,” he said. “Because this \u003cem>is \u003c/em>the history, and we’re the custodians of that history.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading for a roundup of the North Bay’s historic cemeteries — and their intriguing backstories — to visit this fall. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(And remember: If you’re planning on visiting any of these historic cemeteries below, be sure to respect the sanctity of these spaces, and make sure you’re aware of other visitors who may be visiting to honor passed family and friends. These spots may be compelling, atmospheric locations, but they’re still the resting places of peoples’ loved ones.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#tours\">Guided cemetery tours around the North Bay this fall\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See it: If you’re looking for views\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Occupying a vast hillside in Petaluma is \u003ca href=\"https://cypresshillmemorialpark.com/\">Cypress Hill Memorial Park\u003c/a>, a stunning, well-manicured cemetery that also gives visitors a peek above the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056776/san-francisco-bay-area-fall-foliage-near-me-map-colors-clocks-go-back\">North Bay’s rolling multi-colored hills.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nestled among imposing, crow-filled cypress trees are rows of gravesites dating back to 1866. Some of these are typical tombstones while others serve as large monuments to individual families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101141\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grave sites at Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The paths between graves are wide and strollable; many are adorned with flowers or other decorations, and the park has several benches dedicated to the deceased that offer a chance to rest and look at the view.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here you’ll also find a small pet cemetery where you can honor the companions that have passed. Near the top of the cemetery is the most striking view, where you can also find the gravesite of local businessman John McNear and his wife Clara, \u003ca href=\"https://petalumahistorian.com/category/john-a-mcnear/\">for whom he developed Cypress Hill\u003c/a> in 1859 after her death.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See it: On a hike\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nestled among oak trees in Santa Rosa is its rural cemetery, a city-owned property that spans nearly 16 acres, where you can wind through rustic and historic graves dating all the way back to the 1850s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s a great place to go to learn about Santa Rosa’s history, according to Bill Montgomery, retired deputy director of parks for the city. \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/1069/History-of-the-Cemetery\">The cemetery originated in 1854,\u003c/a> the same year Santa Rosa was established as the county seat. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the property went to ruin during the 1950s, even after the city took it over via \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/eminent_domain\">eminent domain\u003c/a> and tried to restore it. That is, until 1993 — when Montgomery himself was asked to give a tour of the cemetery for a local newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101147\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors walk on a path past a headstone at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery in Santa Rosa on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“As we walked around and looked at the mess at the time, it was heavily overgrown; many of the tombstones were down,” he said. “[The reporter] asked, ‘Are we gonna do anything with this?’ And I said, ‘Well, the city doesn’t have any money.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Montgomery said he remembers saying that “the only thing we could possibly do is solicit volunteers, so we decided to actually try that out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Forty people showed up to the first meeting of what is now the \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/1066/Get-Involved\">Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ever since, the group meets regularly to maintain the cemetery, which attained its historical landmark status from the city in 1997.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103786\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The grave site of Richard and Sallie Fulkerson at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery in Santa Rosa on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“As we got the thing together better, people began to see it as a resource — almost as a park — and began to walk through it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Today, the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery is a popular spot for dog walkers, hikers and runners. Montgomery said the cemetery’s rich history and style — inspired by a New England \u003ca href=\"https://www.gravegeeks.org/post/rediscovering-the-rural-cemetery-movement-america-s-first-parks-and-their-lasting-impact-part-two\">rural cemetery trend\u003c/a> — attracts visitors from all over the Bay Area to what he called its “bucolic” landscape. Its trees, in particular, are a highlight, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When it was set aside for the cemetery, it was basically a grass hillside,” he said. “And then as time went by, people planted around graves, birds dropped seeds and acorns, and we’ve got the forest that’s up there now.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some notable tombstones are the 35 people who died in Santa Rosa in the 1906 earthquake, all buried in one area. Also here are Civil War soldiers, early settlers of the area and victims of the 1918 flu epidemic. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Santa Rosa Memorial Park\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See it: To explore local history\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You won’t have far to walk to this next spot, Santa Rosa Memorial Park — it’s next door to the rural cemetery. This privately owned cemetery abuts the public one, so you can continue your hike from rustic hills to bright green lawns.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The most famous gravesite here is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ripleys.com/stories/robert-ripley-history\">Robert Ripley from Ripley’s Believe It or Not\u003c/a>! Another honorable mention is \u003ca href=\"https://dnalc.cshl.edu/view/16312-Biography-12-George-Harrison-Shull-1874-1954-.html\">George Harrison Shull\u003c/a>, the inventor of hybrid corn, which paved the way for modern agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Maloney, the general manager of the cemetery, said it was established in 1885 by the \u003ca href=\"https://odd-fellows.org/\">Independent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/a>, an international fraternal organization.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Not all municipalities had a particular burial ground, and so fraternal orders did so,” he said. “All for the purpose of an honored burial space and a place for people to come and remember.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many generations of families are buried there, as are notable figures in Northern California history — many of whose names you might recognize. “The Todds of Todd Road were hop farmers; they are there,” Maloney said. “The Guerns of Guerneville are there, and on and on.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While many go to visit the sites of loved ones and honor their passing, it’s also a popular place for anyone to pass through and appreciate the sights. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to come and experience this place because it’s gorgeous,” Maloney said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bodega Cemetery, Point Reyes Life-Saving Service Cemetery and Olema Cemetery\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See them: On a road trip\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you embark on a scenic coastal drive in the North Bay, you’ll have the reward of seeing three small but beautiful historic cemeteries all in one go.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Head up Highway 1 to your first stop near Bodega Bay at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.stphilipstteresa.org/cemetery.html\">Bodega Calvary Cemetery\u003c/a>. Established in 1860, the small cemetery is set up on a sometimes-foggy hillside overlooking Bodega Bay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkz9HI75R2c\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It is famous for its proximity to the St. Teresa of Avila church, whose cameo in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” has long attracted visitors to the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One particularly moving detail about this place: The cemetery’s first occupant in 1869 was a 7-year-old boy, and families have chosen to bury \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2019/06/02/sonoma-stories-bodega-marks-150-years-of-its-cemetery-on-the-hill/?clearUserState=true\">several other children there\u003c/a> too over the years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The second stop on your journey is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/point-reyes-life-saving-service-cemetery.htm\">the U.S. Life-Saving Service Cemetery at Point Reyes National Seashore\u003c/a>, hidden in a knoll of eucalyptus and cypress trees at the north end of Drake’s Estero. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11769096\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The graves of the four “surfmen” in Point Reyes at the Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery. (Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Buried there are several men who \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/learn/historyculture/stories_maritime_lifeboatstation.htm\">died patrolling\u003c/a> the rocky, dangerous shore nearby while looking for shipwrecks and crews to help rescue. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659308/you-dont-have-to-come-back-life-and-death-in-the-waters-of-point-reyes\">Read more about their story from KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Finally, head to Olema Cemetery near the town of Point Reyes Station for a peaceful visit to this small but poignant plot serving the sleepy town of Olema, just outside Point Reyes. Buried here are dairy farmers, artists and \u003ca href=\"https://marinmagazine.com/community/sustainability/olema/\">those of local fame.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=olema+cemetery&rlz=1C1GCEW_enUS1106US1106&oq=Olema+Cemetery&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyDQgBEC4YrwEYxwEYgAQyCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIKCAQQABiABBiiBDIHCAUQABjvBTIHCAYQABjvBagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#lrd=0x8085c130ad810943:0x704b2ebeb03d4f72,1,,,,\">The singular written Google review\u003c/a> of this place puts it simply: “If I had to be six feet deep in the dirt, this is the place.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tours\">Guided cemetery tours in the North Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/1080/Tours-Events\">the preservation committee runs regular tours\u003c/a> on the history of the graveyard and city. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>With fall finally in full swing, you may feel a hankering to lean into the season, embrace the shorter days and seek out the crisper weather and eerie atmosphere that October can bring. Autumn can also be the best time to visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/north-bay\">North Bay\u003c/a>, where wine country’s autumn foliage paints the region red and gold. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And as it turns out, the northern stretches of the Bay Area have a wealth of picturesque historic cemeteries — most open to the public — where you can go to feel the chilly air, honor those who have passed and even gain a new perspective on life. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Timothy Maloney, general manager of Santa Rosa Memorial Park, said visiting a cemetery can often be the best way to understand the history of a place.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101142\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A gravestone at the pet cemetery at Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Any time Maloney and his wife take a trip, “we stop at a cemetery — to see not just who’s there, but just to feel the presence of those who have come before,” he said. “Because this \u003cem>is \u003c/em>the history, and we’re the custodians of that history.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading for a roundup of the North Bay’s historic cemeteries — and their intriguing backstories — to visit this fall. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(And remember: If you’re planning on visiting any of these historic cemeteries below, be sure to respect the sanctity of these spaces, and make sure you’re aware of other visitors who may be visiting to honor passed family and friends. These spots may be compelling, atmospheric locations, but they’re still the resting places of peoples’ loved ones.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#tours\">Guided cemetery tours around the North Bay this fall\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See it: If you’re looking for views\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Occupying a vast hillside in Petaluma is \u003ca href=\"https://cypresshillmemorialpark.com/\">Cypress Hill Memorial Park\u003c/a>, a stunning, well-manicured cemetery that also gives visitors a peek above the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056776/san-francisco-bay-area-fall-foliage-near-me-map-colors-clocks-go-back\">North Bay’s rolling multi-colored hills.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nestled among imposing, crow-filled cypress trees are rows of gravesites dating back to 1866. Some of these are typical tombstones while others serve as large monuments to individual families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101141\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grave sites at Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The paths between graves are wide and strollable; many are adorned with flowers or other decorations, and the park has several benches dedicated to the deceased that offer a chance to rest and look at the view.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here you’ll also find a small pet cemetery where you can honor the companions that have passed. Near the top of the cemetery is the most striking view, where you can also find the gravesite of local businessman John McNear and his wife Clara, \u003ca href=\"https://petalumahistorian.com/category/john-a-mcnear/\">for whom he developed Cypress Hill\u003c/a> in 1859 after her death.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See it: On a hike\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nestled among oak trees in Santa Rosa is its rural cemetery, a city-owned property that spans nearly 16 acres, where you can wind through rustic and historic graves dating all the way back to the 1850s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s a great place to go to learn about Santa Rosa’s history, according to Bill Montgomery, retired deputy director of parks for the city. \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/1069/History-of-the-Cemetery\">The cemetery originated in 1854,\u003c/a> the same year Santa Rosa was established as the county seat. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the property went to ruin during the 1950s, even after the city took it over via \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/eminent_domain\">eminent domain\u003c/a> and tried to restore it. That is, until 1993 — when Montgomery himself was asked to give a tour of the cemetery for a local newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101147\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-57-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors walk on a path past a headstone at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery in Santa Rosa on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“As we walked around and looked at the mess at the time, it was heavily overgrown; many of the tombstones were down,” he said. “[The reporter] asked, ‘Are we gonna do anything with this?’ And I said, ‘Well, the city doesn’t have any money.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Montgomery said he remembers saying that “the only thing we could possibly do is solicit volunteers, so we decided to actually try that out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Forty people showed up to the first meeting of what is now the \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/1066/Get-Involved\">Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ever since, the group meets regularly to maintain the cemetery, which attained its historical landmark status from the city in 1997.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103786\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-49_qed-52c3c909-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The grave site of Richard and Sallie Fulkerson at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery in Santa Rosa on Sept. 22, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“As we got the thing together better, people began to see it as a resource — almost as a park — and began to walk through it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Today, the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery is a popular spot for dog walkers, hikers and runners. Montgomery said the cemetery’s rich history and style — inspired by a New England \u003ca href=\"https://www.gravegeeks.org/post/rediscovering-the-rural-cemetery-movement-america-s-first-parks-and-their-lasting-impact-part-two\">rural cemetery trend\u003c/a> — attracts visitors from all over the Bay Area to what he called its “bucolic” landscape. Its trees, in particular, are a highlight, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When it was set aside for the cemetery, it was basically a grass hillside,” he said. “And then as time went by, people planted around graves, birds dropped seeds and acorns, and we’ve got the forest that’s up there now.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some notable tombstones are the 35 people who died in Santa Rosa in the 1906 earthquake, all buried in one area. Also here are Civil War soldiers, early settlers of the area and victims of the 1918 flu epidemic. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Santa Rosa Memorial Park\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See it: To explore local history\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You won’t have far to walk to this next spot, Santa Rosa Memorial Park — it’s next door to the rural cemetery. This privately owned cemetery abuts the public one, so you can continue your hike from rustic hills to bright green lawns.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The most famous gravesite here is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ripleys.com/stories/robert-ripley-history\">Robert Ripley from Ripley’s Believe It or Not\u003c/a>! Another honorable mention is \u003ca href=\"https://dnalc.cshl.edu/view/16312-Biography-12-George-Harrison-Shull-1874-1954-.html\">George Harrison Shull\u003c/a>, the inventor of hybrid corn, which paved the way for modern agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Maloney, the general manager of the cemetery, said it was established in 1885 by the \u003ca href=\"https://odd-fellows.org/\">Independent Order of Odd Fellows\u003c/a>, an international fraternal organization.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Not all municipalities had a particular burial ground, and so fraternal orders did so,” he said. “All for the purpose of an honored burial space and a place for people to come and remember.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many generations of families are buried there, as are notable figures in Northern California history — many of whose names you might recognize. “The Todds of Todd Road were hop farmers; they are there,” Maloney said. “The Guerns of Guerneville are there, and on and on.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While many go to visit the sites of loved ones and honor their passing, it’s also a popular place for anyone to pass through and appreciate the sights. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to come and experience this place because it’s gorgeous,” Maloney said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bodega Cemetery, Point Reyes Life-Saving Service Cemetery and Olema Cemetery\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See them: On a road trip\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you embark on a scenic coastal drive in the North Bay, you’ll have the reward of seeing three small but beautiful historic cemeteries all in one go.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Head up Highway 1 to your first stop near Bodega Bay at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.stphilipstteresa.org/cemetery.html\">Bodega Calvary Cemetery\u003c/a>. Established in 1860, the small cemetery is set up on a sometimes-foggy hillside overlooking Bodega Bay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/kkz9HI75R2c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/kkz9HI75R2c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It is famous for its proximity to the St. Teresa of Avila church, whose cameo in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” has long attracted visitors to the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One particularly moving detail about this place: The cemetery’s first occupant in 1869 was a 7-year-old boy, and families have chosen to bury \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2019/06/02/sonoma-stories-bodega-marks-150-years-of-its-cemetery-on-the-hill/?clearUserState=true\">several other children there\u003c/a> too over the years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The second stop on your journey is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/point-reyes-life-saving-service-cemetery.htm\">the U.S. Life-Saving Service Cemetery at Point Reyes National Seashore\u003c/a>, hidden in a knoll of eucalyptus and cypress trees at the north end of Drake’s Estero. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11769096\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The graves of the four “surfmen” in Point Reyes at the Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery. (Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Buried there are several men who \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/learn/historyculture/stories_maritime_lifeboatstation.htm\">died patrolling\u003c/a> the rocky, dangerous shore nearby while looking for shipwrecks and crews to help rescue. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659308/you-dont-have-to-come-back-life-and-death-in-the-waters-of-point-reyes\">Read more about their story from KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Finally, head to Olema Cemetery near the town of Point Reyes Station for a peaceful visit to this small but poignant plot serving the sleepy town of Olema, just outside Point Reyes. Buried here are dairy farmers, artists and \u003ca href=\"https://marinmagazine.com/community/sustainability/olema/\">those of local fame.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=olema+cemetery&rlz=1C1GCEW_enUS1106US1106&oq=Olema+Cemetery&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyDQgBEC4YrwEYxwEYgAQyCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIKCAQQABiABBiiBDIHCAUQABjvBTIHCAYQABjvBagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#lrd=0x8085c130ad810943:0x704b2ebeb03d4f72,1,,,,\">The singular written Google review\u003c/a> of this place puts it simply: “If I had to be six feet deep in the dirt, this is the place.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tours\">Guided cemetery tours in the North Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/1080/Tours-Events\">the preservation committee runs regular tours\u003c/a> on the history of the graveyard and city. Mark your 2027 calendars for their extremely popular annual lamplight tour, which takes place in September.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve been sold out since that started, I believe in 1996,” Montgomery said. “We’re able to get about 400 people through two nights in small groups.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101146\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-NorthBayCemeteries-NG-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Many flat marker gravestones are being engulfed by the environment at Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery in Santa Rosa on Sept. 22, 2026. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>What do martial artists, mime performers, and a farmers market have in common? They all received millions of dollars from the state budget this past summer. The money was earmarked for them, set aside as part of a longstanding and opaque budget process that CalMatters’ reporter Stella Yu has spent a long time trying to understand.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/09/california-budget-pork-project-2026/\">How a gym, a farmers market and MMA fighters landed millions in Newsom’s last budget\u003c/a> (CalMatters)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Transcript\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted. Martial artists, a mime troupe, and a farmer’s market. These things don’t appear to have a lot in common, but there’s money set aside for all of them in the state budget that Governor Gavin Newsom signed this summer as part of a little-known budget process called earmarking.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Earmarks are this special pot of money in the state budget that gets quickly approved without much of a public debate or public notice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>CalMatters reporter Stella Yu slogged through the new state budget to find out which projects got money through this annual and secretive process, one that raises concerns about transparency and equity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>And even after earmarks are approved, it is hard for the public to find them out in hundreds of pages of budget bills, or find out who requested for them. It’s a very strenuous process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We peel back the curtain on earmarks and discuss the Bay Area projects that got millions of dollars through this process. So yeah, I mean, we’re talking about this one part of this larger budget process that happens in the California legislature, maybe a part of the process that not a lot of people know about. And we’re talk about earmarks here. I mean what are earmarks exactly and how is it different from how money is usually doled out by the legislature?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Earmarks are almost a shortcut for some of the projects to get funding. How it works is that the state assembly and Senate leaders can set a spending cap for lawmakers. And lawmakers can submit a wish list in private of projects in their districts that they want funded. Because budget is this very fluid year-round process for lawmakers, in August, right before the session wraps, that is also an opportunity for them to tuck these projects into a budget amendment bill. It’s a very secretive process. The governor himself will also come up with a list of funding requests. Then it’s usually decided by the governor and the two legislative leaders on what gets funded. And lawmakers don’t put their names next to the projects they asked for. So you wouldn’t necessarily know who asked for them unless they start issuing press releases or attend ribbon cutting ceremonies and things like that to essentially take credit for what they asked for after.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What percentage of the overall state budget gets earmarked every year and how do they decide? Like, what is this pot of money?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu:\u003c/strong> It is a very small percentage compared to the size of the entire state budget. This year, for example, the state budget is about $300 billion, so it’s a lot of money. But the earmarks we’ve identified account for just $1.3 billion. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra\u003c/strong>: And it’s still taxpayer money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu:\u003c/strong> Totally.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I wanna talk about what exactly got earmarked this year in the California state budget. I mean, we’re talking about quite a bit of money. When we’re taking about the regions of California that really benefited from this earmarking process, where did most of these earmarks go?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Yeah. We did an analysis that broke it down by county. So Los Angeles was the biggest winner this year with at least $300 million in earmarks. So that’s about a quarter of the total. Other top winners are in the Bay Area. Alameda County got almost $180 million and San Francisco got $109 million. One of the more noteworthy counties was Santa Barbara. So this is Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón’s home county. It has about 450,000 residents, but it received almost $73 million in earmarks. Just to give you an idea of how big this is, I mean, Tulare County in the Central Valley is very similar in size, but that county received just $200,000 in earmarks. So that’s $200,000 compared to 73 million. There’s no rationale or a method of calculation that dictates how the money should be spent.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So you mentioned Stella the Bay Area was a big winner in this year’s earmark process. Who exactly is getting the money and for what kinds of things in the Bay area?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>So the biggest ticket item in the Bay Area was the $125 million to buy the Golden Gate Fields. This is the now defunct horse racetrack that is straddling Albany and Berkeley. And so originally a nonprofit and the regional park district in the East Bay said that they were going to raise $175 million to turn this space into a public park. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker 1:\u003c/strong> Now’s the time for us to imagine something different and Colgate fields.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker 2: \u003c/strong>Berkeley Mayor Jesse Aragon says this is a big opportunity to develop one of the most prized properties in the entire Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Then in May Newsom came out and said, you know, we’re just proposing that the state would foot most of the bill and he wanted in the final budget. There’s some other noteworthy Bay Area projects. There’s a total of $38 million that went to arts, museums, dance groups in San Francisco alone. You have $5 million to revamp the Castro Theater. You have three million dollars to a dance group whose founder was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Newsom’s. You have almost $3 million to the Center for The Art of Translation, $400,000 to the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and there is another dozen or so dance companies or opera houses that each got half a million to a million dollars in state funding. And finally, just to name a few others, the UCSF Dyslexia Center got $8.4 million for dyslexia research. And this might be one that’s near and dear to Newsom’s heart, right? Because of his personal battle with dyslexia. $10 million went to San Francisco for road paving in different areas. And another $7.4 billion went to landscaping and irrigation at certain traffic medians. This is noteworthy because it’s very specific. You know, this is the type of funding that usually comes out of city or county budget for public works. So it’s unclear why the state needed to step in and why specifically for San Francisco. What my analysis shows is that no other county received this type of funding, you know, in such a specific way this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>All of those projects sound very random to me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu\u003c/strong>: Yeah, that is one way to put it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We’ll have more with CalMatters’ Stella Yu right after this break. By the way, if you appreciate the local deep dives that we bring you here on the Bay, consider becoming a sustaining KQED member. We can’t do this work without you. Just go to donate.kqed.org/podcasts. We’ll be right back. Stella, my last few questions for you here. It seems like there were some pretty clear winners in this year’s earmark process, but who would you say loses?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>In our analysis, there is a total of 17 counties that did not appear to get any earmark funding at all. Most of them are more remote counties in lower population areas, right, and mostly represented by Republicans. So it could be that there’s just fewer people there, or it could that they are represented by Republicans who are in the super minority that they just don’t have enough power to push through these funding requests. So in terms of winners and losers, definitely the Republicans are not taking as much home through the earmark process, as it always has been the case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>It sounds like there is not a very satisfying answer that we’re gonna get today about why these projects were chosen, but what might contribute to why these projects get chosen in the earmark process? Is it, in some cases, because the governor is interested in a particular project or a certain legislator just has maybe more power or influence?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Yeah, that’s a great question. Because there is no definition on when the process should happen, right, or how much money, exactly, should you take from the state budget to distribute to districts, it is really up to the leaders in the legislature and the governor. I actually talked to Senator Dave Cortese, who is a Democrat from San Jose. And he did give me a little glimpse into how he approaches his asks. He told me that he tends to ask for funding for someone he knows, right? Some group whose work he’s very familiar with. And his rationale is, you know, look, I’m not going to give billions of dollars, state dollars to a nonprofit whose work I don’t know. I mean, that is putting my reputation at risk as well. So that kind of gives you an idea of what types of work, or what types of groups these lawmakers tend to gravitate toward, but he’s also just one of 120 lawmakers. For some of these projects, the reason is a mystery. We can see the apparent ties between certain lawmakers and the projects, but we can’t really prove that these projects are funded because this specific lawmaker requested them. I mean, those are the types of questions that we may not get answered. I have someone in the nonprofit world quoted in the story saying, if that is how nonprofits get money now, why do we waste this time and energy to go through the normal grant application process when we can just spend the money lobbying lawmakers to please let us jump through fewer hoops?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah, and it raises the question for me of like, why do we have this process at all? I mean, it seems like it’s been the norm in California. And even as you mentioned, outside of the California legislature, I mean at the federal level as well, for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>So the rationale is if you go through the normal grant application process, the state agency that’s distributing the money might not understand the gravity of this project. A lot of those projects have perhaps not gotten the money twice in a row, three times in a row. 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted. Martial artists, a mime troupe, and a farmer’s market. These things don’t appear to have a lot in common, but there’s money set aside for all of them in the state budget that Governor Gavin Newsom signed this summer as part of a little-known budget process called earmarking.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We’ll have more with CalMatters’ Stella Yu right after this break. By the way, if you appreciate the local deep dives that we bring you here on the Bay, consider becoming a sustaining KQED member. We can’t do this work without you. Just go to donate.kqed.org/podcasts. We’ll be right back. Stella, my last few questions for you here. It seems like there were some pretty clear winners in this year’s earmark process, but who would you say loses?\u003c/p>\n",
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Martial artists, a mime troupe, and a farmer’s market. These things don’t appear to have a lot in common, but there’s money set aside for all of them in the state budget that Governor Gavin Newsom signed this summer as part of a little-known budget process called earmarking.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Earmarks are this special pot of money in the state budget that gets quickly approved without much of a public debate or public notice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>CalMatters reporter Stella Yu slogged through the new state budget to find out which projects got money through this annual and secretive process, one that raises concerns about transparency and equity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>And even after earmarks are approved, it is hard for the public to find them out in hundreds of pages of budget bills, or find out who requested for them. It’s a very strenuous process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We peel back the curtain on earmarks and discuss the Bay Area projects that got millions of dollars through this process. So yeah, I mean, we’re talking about this one part of this larger budget process that happens in the California legislature, maybe a part of the process that not a lot of people know about. And we’re talk about earmarks here. I mean what are earmarks exactly and how is it different from how money is usually doled out by the legislature?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Earmarks are almost a shortcut for some of the projects to get funding. How it works is that the state assembly and Senate leaders can set a spending cap for lawmakers. And lawmakers can submit a wish list in private of projects in their districts that they want funded. Because budget is this very fluid year-round process for lawmakers, in August, right before the session wraps, that is also an opportunity for them to tuck these projects into a budget amendment bill. It’s a very secretive process. The governor himself will also come up with a list of funding requests. Then it’s usually decided by the governor and the two legislative leaders on what gets funded. And lawmakers don’t put their names next to the projects they asked for. So you wouldn’t necessarily know who asked for them unless they start issuing press releases or attend ribbon cutting ceremonies and things like that to essentially take credit for what they asked for after.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What percentage of the overall state budget gets earmarked every year and how do they decide? Like, what is this pot of money?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu:\u003c/strong> It is a very small percentage compared to the size of the entire state budget. This year, for example, the state budget is about $300 billion, so it’s a lot of money. But the earmarks we’ve identified account for just $1.3 billion. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra\u003c/strong>: And it’s still taxpayer money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu:\u003c/strong> Totally.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I wanna talk about what exactly got earmarked this year in the California state budget. I mean, we’re talking about quite a bit of money. When we’re taking about the regions of California that really benefited from this earmarking process, where did most of these earmarks go?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Yeah. We did an analysis that broke it down by county. So Los Angeles was the biggest winner this year with at least $300 million in earmarks. So that’s about a quarter of the total. Other top winners are in the Bay Area. Alameda County got almost $180 million and San Francisco got $109 million. One of the more noteworthy counties was Santa Barbara. So this is Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón’s home county. It has about 450,000 residents, but it received almost $73 million in earmarks. Just to give you an idea of how big this is, I mean, Tulare County in the Central Valley is very similar in size, but that county received just $200,000 in earmarks. So that’s $200,000 compared to 73 million. There’s no rationale or a method of calculation that dictates how the money should be spent.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So you mentioned Stella the Bay Area was a big winner in this year’s earmark process. 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And so originally a nonprofit and the regional park district in the East Bay said that they were going to raise $175 million to turn this space into a public park. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker 1:\u003c/strong> Now’s the time for us to imagine something different and Colgate fields.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker 2: \u003c/strong>Berkeley Mayor Jesse Aragon says this is a big opportunity to develop one of the most prized properties in the entire Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Then in May Newsom came out and said, you know, we’re just proposing that the state would foot most of the bill and he wanted in the final budget. There’s some other noteworthy Bay Area projects. There’s a total of $38 million that went to arts, museums, dance groups in San Francisco alone. You have $5 million to revamp the Castro Theater. You have three million dollars to a dance group whose founder was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Newsom’s. You have almost $3 million to the Center for The Art of Translation, $400,000 to the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and there is another dozen or so dance companies or opera houses that each got half a million to a million dollars in state funding. And finally, just to name a few others, the UCSF Dyslexia Center got $8.4 million for dyslexia research. And this might be one that’s near and dear to Newsom’s heart, right? Because of his personal battle with dyslexia. $10 million went to San Francisco for road paving in different areas. And another $7.4 billion went to landscaping and irrigation at certain traffic medians. This is noteworthy because it’s very specific. You know, this is the type of funding that usually comes out of city or county budget for public works. So it’s unclear why the state needed to step in and why specifically for San Francisco. What my analysis shows is that no other county received this type of funding, you know, in such a specific way this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>All of those projects sound very random to me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu\u003c/strong>: Yeah, that is one way to put it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We’ll have more with CalMatters’ Stella Yu right after this break. By the way, if you appreciate the local deep dives that we bring you here on the Bay, consider becoming a sustaining KQED member. We can’t do this work without you. Just go to donate.kqed.org/podcasts. We’ll be right back. Stella, my last few questions for you here. It seems like there were some pretty clear winners in this year’s earmark process, but who would you say loses?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>In our analysis, there is a total of 17 counties that did not appear to get any earmark funding at all. Most of them are more remote counties in lower population areas, right, and mostly represented by Republicans. So it could be that there’s just fewer people there, or it could that they are represented by Republicans who are in the super minority that they just don’t have enough power to push through these funding requests. So in terms of winners and losers, definitely the Republicans are not taking as much home through the earmark process, as it always has been the case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>It sounds like there is not a very satisfying answer that we’re gonna get today about why these projects were chosen, but what might contribute to why these projects get chosen in the earmark process? Is it, in some cases, because the governor is interested in a particular project or a certain legislator just has maybe more power or influence?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>Yeah, that’s a great question. Because there is no definition on when the process should happen, right, or how much money, exactly, should you take from the state budget to distribute to districts, it is really up to the leaders in the legislature and the governor. I actually talked to Senator Dave Cortese, who is a Democrat from San Jose. And he did give me a little glimpse into how he approaches his asks. He told me that he tends to ask for funding for someone he knows, right? Some group whose work he’s very familiar with. And his rationale is, you know, look, I’m not going to give billions of dollars, state dollars to a nonprofit whose work I don’t know. I mean, that is putting my reputation at risk as well. So that kind of gives you an idea of what types of work, or what types of groups these lawmakers tend to gravitate toward, but he’s also just one of 120 lawmakers. For some of these projects, the reason is a mystery. We can see the apparent ties between certain lawmakers and the projects, but we can’t really prove that these projects are funded because this specific lawmaker requested them. I mean, those are the types of questions that we may not get answered. I have someone in the nonprofit world quoted in the story saying, if that is how nonprofits get money now, why do we waste this time and energy to go through the normal grant application process when we can just spend the money lobbying lawmakers to please let us jump through fewer hoops?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah, and it raises the question for me of like, why do we have this process at all? I mean, it seems like it’s been the norm in California. And even as you mentioned, outside of the California legislature, I mean at the federal level as well, for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yue Stella Yu: \u003c/strong>So the rationale is if you go through the normal grant application process, the state agency that’s distributing the money might not understand the gravity of this project. A lot of those projects have perhaps not gotten the money twice in a row, three times in a row. 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The executive order curbs states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence. Trump and tech leaders met last month to sign a voluntary safety pact surrounding AI. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 308-word agreement lays out that advanced AI labs should follow safety protocols and set up internal teams to monitor their own progress, but the administration has yet to provide details on how, in OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s words, to keep “bad things” from happening.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Safety challenges were not top of mind inside a crowded event space in San Francisco on Wednesday, where founders and funders said the government’s hands-off approach would net higher profits for companies building AI-powered defense and security systems.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Panelists praised the government’s bullish industry support at one meeting aimed at “investing in the forefront,” part of the blitz of popup events organized by Andreessen Horowitz, a venture firm whose head is a Trump science and tech adviser.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want to start with one figure that I think really emphasizes the investment opportunity of defense, and that’s $1 trillion. The U.S. government, for the first time, is allocating $1 trillion to its defense spending. And $13.5 billion of that will go to autonomous systems and AI,” said Kyle Stanford, a venture capital research director at PitchBook, a market intelligence platform. “That has obviously brought a lot of capital into defense tech spending, more than we’ve ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New concerns emerge on AI safety\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A day later, three researchers at OpenAI’s headquarters said the ChatGPT maker had fired them, posting that “fear and unclear rules stymie AI safety work.” Separately, David Robinson, a leader on OpenAI’s safety team until he recently resigned, said he was worried about letting the advanced labs police themselves.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is no substitute for hard law, and it does give a lot of freedom to the companies,” Robinson said. “The time between model generations is measured in weeks … and I think we have some very serious safety challenges in front of us in the nearer term.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Trump has staked his political capital on the AI industry’s success, saying its unbridled development is key to winning the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/china-us-ai-models-safety-concerns-adb45169d436d5f940fc7b4ebeaeef3b\">AI race against China\u003c/a>. On the first day of his second term, the Republican president \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-repeal-biden-executive-order-artificial-intelligence-18cb6e4ffd1ca87151d48c3a0e1ad7c1\">repealed a Biden-era executive order\u003c/a> aimed in part at guarding against the risks that AI systems pose to consumers, workers and national security.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His administration has since reoriented federal policy away from oversight and toward rapid growth, including by canceling \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/biden-ai-artificial-intelligence-safe-395591bcde523416db88767fa54f30f5\">previous requirements\u003c/a> for AI developers to share safety test results with the federal government. In December, Trump signed an executive order aimed at blocking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102337/newsom-signs-slate-of-ai-workplace-laws-barring-robo-bosses-and-surveillance\">AI regulations at the state level\u003c/a>, saying a patchwork of rules could stifle the industry.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even as Silicon Valley companies have disclosed their models’ involvement in troubling cyberattacks throughout the year, the burgeoning tech sector has continued to drive \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tech-stocks-ai-investments-8a0ff4c95d5cae6f65c6e2ba03047058\">economic growth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Concerns about AI safety centered on existential risk, rather than current real-world harms, landed at the center of debates last month, when a relatively unknown \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-ai-safety-jacob-coxon-2ed549e07f2f941600a135070487d83d\">Anthropic engineer quit\u003c/a> and called for a pause on tech development to keep “superhuman” systems from eluding controls. Then, Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs echoed the call to slow AI development. To some critics, their public manifestos appeared aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ai-slowdown-midterms-anthropic-openai-ipo-9a057de94eb8f30a2fdb5b938918627e\">currying favor\u003c/a> with investors ahead of their public listings and the midterm elections, when the political tides could turn with many \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/data-centers-rural-farm-artificial-intelligence-trump-e5a350af1bc12e6a4f470d3b68be51d7\">voters opposed\u003c/a> to data centers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” Trump posted in response on Truth Social, warning voters not to “kill the Golden Goose,” a term he has used to refer to both AI and data centers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">White House pact preserves wide latitude for AI companies\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As calls mounted for stricter control of AI, the administration brought tech executives to the White House for lunch, followed by a ceremonial signing of the agreement on AI safety.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m seeing tremendous self-policing,” Trump told reporters after the event.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The document was signed by representatives of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, SpaceXAI and Nvidia.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>OpenAI is committed to embedding external assessors and finalizing contracts with third-party safety assessors, said a spokesperson, who referred AP to a company post stating that the researchers were fired for violating “clear policies on handling sensitive information.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24134775174210-scaled-e1770337042768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11985952\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT on March 21, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts. 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