California COVID Sick Pay Has Expired. But if You Work in San Francisco, You Still Have Options — Until Feb. 28
Horas de enfermedad por COVID-19: Este beneficio termina el 1 de enero en California
You Can Now Get COVID Sick Leave Again in California
Will COVID Sick Leave Return to California?
San Francisco Considers Making Public Health Emergency Leave Permanent
San Francisco to Replace Wages for Low-Income, Undocumented Workers Who Have COVID-19
Even With New Federal Coronavirus Bill, Most Workers Get No Additional Sick Leave
Big Debt, Little Savings, No Income: Why Millions of California Workers Now Stuck at Home Need Help Fast
For Workers Without Sick Leave, Coronavirus Threat Spurs Heightened Anxiety
Sponsored
window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={"attachmentsReducer":{"audio_0":{"type":"attachments","id":"audio_0","imgSizes":{"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"}}},"audio_1":{"type":"attachments","id":"audio_1","imgSizes":{"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"}}},"audio_2":{"type":"attachments","id":"audio_2","imgSizes":{"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"}}},"audio_3":{"type":"attachments","id":"audio_3","imgSizes":{"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"}}},"audio_4":{"type":"attachments","id":"audio_4","imgSizes":{"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"}}},"placeholder":{"type":"attachments","id":"placeholder","imgSizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-160x96.jpg","width":160,"height":96,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-800x478.jpg","width":800,"height":478,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-1020x610.jpg","width":1020,"height":610,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"fd-lrg":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-1920x1148.jpg","width":1920,"height":1148,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"fd-med":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-1180x705.jpg","width":1180,"height":705,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"fd-sm":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-960x574.jpg","width":960,"height":574,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"xxsmall":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-240x143.jpg","width":240,"height":143,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"xsmall":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-375x224.jpg","width":375,"height":224,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"small":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-520x311.jpg","width":520,"height":311,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"xlarge":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-1180x705.jpg","width":1180,"height":705,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-1920x1148.jpg","width":1920,"height":1148,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"guest-author-32":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-32x32.jpg","width":32,"height":32,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"guest-author-50":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-50x50.jpg","width":50,"height":50,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"guest-author-64":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-64x64.jpg","width":64,"height":64,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"guest-author-96":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-96x96.jpg","width":96,"height":96,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"guest-author-128":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-128x128.jpg","width":128,"height":128,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"detail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-896326950-e1514998105161.jpg","width":1920,"height":1148}}},"news_11938425":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11938425","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11938425","found":true},"title":"california-covid-pay","publishDate":1674069237,"status":"inherit","parent":11904834,"modified":1674069297,"caption":"An employee at La Copa Loca Gelato rings up a customer at the shop in San Francisco on July 30, 2021.","credit":"Beth LaBerge/KQED","altTag":"A person in an orange shirt and black mask and black-rimmed glasses operates a tablet-style cash register.","description":null,"imgSizes":{"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-800x533.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-1020x680.jpg","width":1020,"height":680,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-160x107.jpg","width":160,"height":107,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg","width":1536,"height":1024,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS50546_014_SanFrancisco_IndoorMasks_07302021-qut-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11935944":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11935944","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11935944","found":true},"title":"sick girl in bed","publishDate":1671511783,"status":"inherit","parent":11935942,"modified":1671511809,"caption":"La prestación de enfermedad por COVID-19 expira el 31 de diciembre para los trabajadores de California que cumplan los requisitos.","credit":"Andrea Piacquadio/ Pexels","altTag":null,"description":null,"imgSizes":{"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sick-girl-in-bed-800x467.png","width":800,"height":467,"mimeType":"image/png"},"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sick-girl-in-bed-160x93.png","width":160,"height":93,"mimeType":"image/png"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sick-girl-in-bed-672x372.png","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/png"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/sick-girl-in-bed.png","width":901,"height":526}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11885854":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11885854","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11885854","found":true},"title":"RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut","publishDate":1629501603,"status":"inherit","parent":11818312,"modified":1663595045,"caption":null,"credit":"Beth LaBerge/KQED","altTag":"A seated woman gets a COVID test via swab from a gowned practitioner","description":"Dennis Otoshi administers a COVID-19 test outside the Southeast Health Center in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood on Aug. 17, 2021.","imgSizes":{"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut-800x533.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut-1020x680.jpg","width":1020,"height":680,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut-160x107.jpg","width":160,"height":107,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut-1536x1024.jpg","width":1536,"height":1024,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS50676_007_SanFrancisco_COVIDTesting_08172021-qut.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11876644":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11876644","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11876644","found":true},"title":"Inflation Increases As Grocery Shoppers Pay More For Meat","publishDate":1622767976,"status":"inherit","parent":0,"modified":1642105185,"caption":"A butcher stocks a display case with packages of steaks at a Costco store in Novato on May 24, 2021.","credit":"Justin Sullivan/Getty Images","altTag":"A man in a white coat stocking containers of meat in a market.","description":null,"imgSizes":{"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1319836267-1-800x549.jpg","width":800,"height":549,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1319836267-1-1020x700.jpg","width":1020,"height":700,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1319836267-1-160x110.jpg","width":160,"height":110,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1319836267-1-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1319836267-1-1024x576.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1319836267-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":703}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11824621":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11824621","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11824621","found":true},"title":"mar_slide4","publishDate":1592339724,"status":"inherit","parent":11824593,"modified":1592341472,"caption":"San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar is proposing a ballot measure to make paid sick leave permanently available during future health crises.","credit":"Courtesy SF Board of Supervisors","description":"San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar is proposing a ballot measure to make paid sick leave permanently available during future health crises.","imgSizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-160x107.jpg","width":160,"height":107,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-800x533.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-1020x680.jpg","width":1020,"height":680,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-1376x1032.jpg","width":1376,"height":1032,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-1044x783.jpg","width":1044,"height":783,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-632x474.jpg","width":632,"height":474,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-536x402.jpg","width":536,"height":402,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-1122x1155.jpg","width":1122,"height":1155,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-840x1120.jpg","width":840,"height":1120,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-687x916.jpg","width":687,"height":916,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-414x552.jpg","width":414,"height":552,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-354x472.jpg","width":354,"height":472,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-1472x1155.jpg","width":1472,"height":1155,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-1104x1104.jpg","width":1104,"height":1104,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-912x912.jpg","width":912,"height":912,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-550x550.jpg","width":550,"height":550,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4-470x470.jpg","width":470,"height":470,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/mar_slide4.jpg","width":1732,"height":1155}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11821301":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11821301","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11821301","found":true},"title":"Pedestrians walk in San Francisco's Mission District on April 23, 2020.","publishDate":1590639363,"status":"inherit","parent":11821282,"modified":1590639460,"caption":"Pedestrians walk in San Francisco's Mission District on April 23, 2020.","credit":"Beth LaBerge/KQED","description":"Pedestrians walk in San Francisco's Mission District on April 23, 2020.","imgSizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-160x107.jpg","width":160,"height":107,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-800x533.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1020x680.jpg","width":1020,"height":680,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1920x1280.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1832x1280.jpg","width":1832,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1376x1032.jpg","width":1376,"height":1032,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1044x783.jpg","width":1044,"height":783,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-632x474.jpg","width":632,"height":474,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-536x402.jpg","width":536,"height":402,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1122x1280.jpg","width":1122,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-840x1120.jpg","width":840,"height":1120,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-687x916.jpg","width":687,"height":916,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-414x552.jpg","width":414,"height":552,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-354x472.jpg","width":354,"height":472,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1472x1280.jpg","width":1472,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-1104x1104.jpg","width":1104,"height":1104,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-912x912.jpg","width":912,"height":912,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-550x550.jpg","width":550,"height":550,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020-470x470.jpg","width":470,"height":470,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/010_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_04232020.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11810502":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11810502","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11810502","found":true},"title":"US-HEALTH-VIRUS","publishDate":1585941871,"status":"inherit","parent":11809643,"modified":1585942097,"caption":"Items piled high at the checkout counter of a Ralph's Supermarket in North Hollywood on March 19, 2020.","credit":"Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images","description":null,"imgSizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-160x99.jpg","width":160,"height":99,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-800x496.jpg","width":800,"height":496,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1020x632.jpg","width":1020,"height":632,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1920x1189.jpg","width":1920,"height":1189,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1832x1374.jpg","width":1832,"height":1374,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1376x1032.jpg","width":1376,"height":1032,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1044x783.jpg","width":1044,"height":783,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-632x474.jpg","width":632,"height":474,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-536x402.jpg","width":536,"height":402,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1122x1496.jpg","width":1122,"height":1496,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-840x1120.jpg","width":840,"height":1120,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-687x916.jpg","width":687,"height":916,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-414x552.jpg","width":414,"height":552,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-354x472.jpg","width":354,"height":472,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1472x1472.jpg","width":1472,"height":1472,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1104x1104.jpg","width":1104,"height":1104,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-912x912.jpg","width":912,"height":912,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-550x550.jpg","width":550,"height":550,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-470x470.jpg","width":470,"height":470,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1.jpg","width":4800,"height":2973}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11807781":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11807781","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11807781","found":true},"title":"IMG_5416","publishDate":1584737877,"status":"inherit","parent":11807773,"modified":1584800249,"caption":"Ilse Villacorta, a bartender living in West Oakland, is among the millions of Californians who can’t go to work because of the coronavirus outbreak, and have no income.","credit":"Sam Harnett/KQED","description":null,"imgSizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-160x138.jpg","width":160,"height":138,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-800x690.jpg","width":800,"height":690,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-1020x880.jpg","width":1020,"height":880,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-1920x1440.jpg","width":1920,"height":1440,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584738019989-1512x1374.jpg","width":1512,"height":1374,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-1376x1032.jpg","width":1376,"height":1032,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-1044x783.jpg","width":1044,"height":783,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-632x474.jpg","width":632,"height":474,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-536x402.jpg","width":536,"height":402,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-1122x1305.jpg","width":1122,"height":1305,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-840x1120.jpg","width":840,"height":1120,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-687x916.jpg","width":687,"height":916,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-414x552.jpg","width":414,"height":552,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-354x472.jpg","width":354,"height":472,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-1472x1305.jpg","width":1472,"height":1305,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-1104x1104.jpg","width":1104,"height":1104,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-912x912.jpg","width":912,"height":912,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-550x550.jpg","width":550,"height":550,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564-470x470.jpg","width":470,"height":470,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/IMG_5416-e1584768904564.jpg","width":1512,"height":1305}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false},"news_11806437":{"type":"attachments","id":"news_11806437","meta":{"index":"attachments_1591205162","site":"news","id":"11806437","found":true},"title":"RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut","publishDate":1584047263,"status":"inherit","parent":11806175,"modified":1584051023,"caption":"Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto outside her car in Oakland on March 10, 2020.","credit":"Beth LaBerge/KQED","description":null,"imgSizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg","width":160,"height":107,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"medium":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"large":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg","width":1020,"height":680,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-672x372.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"twentyfourteen-full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1038x576.jpg","width":1038,"height":576,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"full-width":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1920x1280.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1832x1280.jpg","width":1832,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1376x1032.jpg","width":1376,"height":1032,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1044x783.jpg","width":1044,"height":783,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-632x474.jpg","width":632,"height":474,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_landscape_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-536x402.jpg","width":536,"height":402,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1122x1280.jpg","width":1122,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-840x1120.jpg","width":840,"height":1120,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-687x916.jpg","width":687,"height":916,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-414x552.jpg","width":414,"height":552,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_portrait_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-354x472.jpg","width":354,"height":472,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_12_9":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1472x1280.jpg","width":1472,"height":1280,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_9_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1104x1104.jpg","width":1104,"height":1104,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_5_5":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-912x912.jpg","width":912,"height":912,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_7":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-550x550.jpg","width":550,"height":550,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"apple_news_ca_square_4_0":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-470x470.jpg","width":470,"height":470,"mimeType":"image/jpeg"},"kqedFullSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41939_002_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280}},"fetchFailed":false,"isLoading":false}},"audioPlayerReducer":{"postId":"stream_live"},"authorsReducer":{"byline_news_11904385":{"type":"authors","id":"byline_news_11904385","meta":{"override":true},"slug":"byline_news_11904385","name":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/sameea-kamal\">Sameea Kamal\u003c/a>","isLoading":false},"byline_news_11901641":{"type":"authors","id":"byline_news_11901641","meta":{"override":true},"slug":"byline_news_11901641","name":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/sameea-kamal/\">Sameea Kamal\u003c/a>","isLoading":false},"samharnett":{"type":"authors","id":"253","meta":{"index":"authors_1591205172","id":"253","found":true},"name":"Sam Harnett","firstName":"Sam","lastName":"Harnett","slug":"samharnett","email":"samharnett@gmail.com","display_author_email":false,"staff_mastheads":[],"title":"KQED Contributor","bio":"Sam Harnett covered tech and work at KQED. He is the co-creator of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org\">The World According to Sound\u003c/a>,\u003c/em> a 90-second podcast that features different sounds and the stories behind them.\r\n\r\nBefore coming to KQED, Sam worked as an independent reporter who contributed regularly to \u003cem>The California Report, Marketplace,\u003c/em> \u003cem>The World \u003c/em>and NPR.","avatar":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2538b972ac02f2b9546c7a6c59a0f3d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twitter":"Samwharnett","facebook":null,"instagram":null,"linkedin":null,"sites":[{"site":"news","roles":["edit_others_posts","subscriber"]},{"site":"stateofhealth","roles":["author"]},{"site":"science","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"quest","roles":["subscriber"]}],"headData":{"title":"Sam Harnett | KQED","description":"KQED Contributor","ogImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2538b972ac02f2b9546c7a6c59a0f3d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2538b972ac02f2b9546c7a6c59a0f3d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g"},"isLoading":false,"link":"/author/samharnett"},"matthewgreen":{"type":"authors","id":"1263","meta":{"index":"authors_1591205172","id":"1263","found":true},"name":"Matthew Green","firstName":"Matthew","lastName":"Green","slug":"matthewgreen","email":"mgreen@kqed.org","display_author_email":false,"staff_mastheads":["news"],"title":"KQED Contributor","bio":"Matthew Green is a digital media producer for KQED News. He previously produced \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/lowdown\">The Lowdown\u003c/a>, KQED’s multimedia news education blog. Matthew's written for numerous Bay Area publications, including the Oakland Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle. He also taught journalism classes at Fremont High School in East Oakland.\r\n\r\nEmail: mgreen@kqed.org; Twitter: @MGreenKQED","avatar":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bf498d1267ca02c8494f33d8cfc575e?s=600&d=mm&r=g","twitter":"MGreenKQED","facebook":null,"instagram":null,"linkedin":null,"sites":[{"site":"news","roles":["administrator"]},{"site":"lowdown","roles":["administrator"]},{"site":"stateofhealth","roles":["author"]},{"site":"science","roles":["administrator"]},{"site":"education","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"quest","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"forum","roles":["administrator"]},{"site":"elections","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"liveblog","roles":["editor"]}],"headData":{"title":"Matthew Green | KQED","description":"KQED Contributor","ogImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bf498d1267ca02c8494f33d8cfc575e?s=600&d=mm&r=g","twImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bf498d1267ca02c8494f33d8cfc575e?s=600&d=mm&r=g"},"isLoading":false,"link":"/author/matthewgreen"},"carlysevern":{"type":"authors","id":"3243","meta":{"index":"authors_1591205172","id":"3243","found":true},"name":"Carly Severn","firstName":"Carly","lastName":"Severn","slug":"carlysevern","email":"csevern@kqed.org","display_author_email":false,"staff_mastheads":["news"],"title":"Senior Editor, Audience News ","bio":"Carly is KQED's Senior Editor of Audience News on the Digital News team, and has reported for the California Report Magazine, Bay Curious and KQED Arts. She's formerly the host of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/category/the-cooler/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Cooler\u003c/a> podcast.","avatar":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2d8d6765f186e64c798cf7f0c8088a41?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twitter":"teacupinthebay","facebook":null,"instagram":null,"linkedin":null,"sites":[{"site":"","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"arts","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"news","roles":["administrator"]},{"site":"pop","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"futureofyou","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"about","roles":["administrator"]},{"site":"mindshift","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"bayareabites","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"stateofhealth","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"science","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"food","roles":["contributor"]},{"site":"forum","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"perspectives","roles":["administrator"]}],"headData":{"title":"Carly Severn | KQED","description":"Senior Editor, Audience News ","ogImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2d8d6765f186e64c798cf7f0c8088a41?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2d8d6765f186e64c798cf7f0c8088a41?s=600&d=blank&r=g"},"isLoading":false,"link":"/author/carlysevern"},"fjhabvala":{"type":"authors","id":"8659","meta":{"index":"authors_1591205172","id":"8659","found":true},"name":"Farida Jhabvala Romero","firstName":"Farida","lastName":"Jhabvala Romero","slug":"fjhabvala","email":"fjhabvala@kqed.org","display_author_email":true,"staff_mastheads":["news"],"title":"KQED Contributor","bio":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farida Jhabvala Romero is a Labor Correspondent for KQED. She previously covered immigration. Farida was \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccnma.org/2022-most-influential-latina-journalists\">named\u003c/a> one of the 10 Most Influential Latina Journalists in California in 2022 by the California Chicano News Media Association. Her work has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California), as well as a national and regional Edward M. Murrow Award for the collaborative reporting projects “Dangerous Air” and “Graying California.” \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before joining KQED, Farida worked as a producer at Radio Bilingüe, a national public radio network. Farida earned her master’s degree in journalism from Stanford University.\u003c/span>","avatar":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c3ab27c5554b67b478f80971e515aa02?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twitter":"FaridaJhabvala","facebook":null,"instagram":null,"linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/faridajhabvala/","sites":[{"site":"news","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"stateofhealth","roles":["author"]}],"headData":{"title":"Farida Jhabvala Romero | KQED","description":"KQED Contributor","ogImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c3ab27c5554b67b478f80971e515aa02?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c3ab27c5554b67b478f80971e515aa02?s=600&d=blank&r=g"},"isLoading":false,"link":"/author/fjhabvala"},"ccabreralomeli":{"type":"authors","id":"11708","meta":{"index":"authors_1591205172","id":"11708","found":true},"name":"Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí","firstName":"Carlos","lastName":"Cabrera-Lomelí","slug":"ccabreralomeli","email":"ccabreralomeli@KQED.org","display_author_email":true,"staff_mastheads":["news"],"title":"Community Reporter","bio":"Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí is a community reporter with KQED's digital engagement team. He also reports and co-produces for KQED's bilingual news hub KQED en Español. He grew up in San Francisco's Mission District and has previously worked with Univision, 48 Hills and REFORMA in Mexico City.","avatar":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e95ff80bb2eaf18a8f2af4dcf7ffb54b?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twitter":"@LomeliCabrera","facebook":null,"instagram":null,"linkedin":null,"sites":[{"site":"arts","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"news","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"about","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"science","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"perspectives","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"elections","roles":["editor"]}],"headData":{"title":"Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí | KQED","description":"Community Reporter","ogImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e95ff80bb2eaf18a8f2af4dcf7ffb54b?s=600&d=blank&r=g","twImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e95ff80bb2eaf18a8f2af4dcf7ffb54b?s=600&d=blank&r=g"},"isLoading":false,"link":"/author/ccabreralomeli"}},"breakingNewsReducer":{},"campaignFinanceReducer":{},"firebase":{"requesting":{},"requested":{},"timestamps":{},"data":{},"ordered":{},"auth":{"isLoaded":false,"isEmpty":true},"authError":null,"profile":{"isLoaded":false,"isEmpty":true},"listeners":{"byId":{},"allIds":[]},"isInitializing":false,"errors":[]},"navBarReducer":{"navBarId":"news","fullView":true,"showPlayer":false},"navMenuReducer":{"menus":[{"key":"menu1","items":[{"name":"News","link":"/","type":"title"},{"name":"Politics","link":"/politics"},{"name":"Science","link":"/science"},{"name":"Education","link":"/educationnews"},{"name":"Housing","link":"/housing"},{"name":"Immigration","link":"/immigration"},{"name":"Criminal Justice","link":"/criminaljustice"},{"name":"Silicon Valley","link":"/siliconvalley"},{"name":"Forum","link":"/forum"},{"name":"The California Report","link":"/californiareport"}]},{"key":"menu2","items":[{"name":"Arts & Culture","link":"/arts","type":"title"},{"name":"Critics’ Picks","link":"/thedolist"},{"name":"Cultural Commentary","link":"/artscommentary"},{"name":"Food & Drink","link":"/food"},{"name":"Bay Area Hip-Hop","link":"/bayareahiphop"},{"name":"Rebel Girls","link":"/rebelgirls"},{"name":"Arts Video","link":"/artsvideos"}]},{"key":"menu3","items":[{"name":"Podcasts","link":"/podcasts","type":"title"},{"name":"Bay Curious","link":"/podcasts/baycurious"},{"name":"Rightnowish","link":"/podcasts/rightnowish"},{"name":"The Bay","link":"/podcasts/thebay"},{"name":"On Our Watch","link":"/podcasts/onourwatch"},{"name":"Mindshift","link":"/podcasts/mindshift"},{"name":"Consider This","link":"/podcasts/considerthis"},{"name":"Political Breakdown","link":"/podcasts/politicalbreakdown"}]},{"key":"menu4","items":[{"name":"Live Radio","link":"/radio","type":"title"},{"name":"TV","link":"/tv","type":"title"},{"name":"Events","link":"/events","type":"title"},{"name":"For Educators","link":"/education","type":"title"},{"name":"Support KQED","link":"/support","type":"title"},{"name":"About","link":"/about","type":"title"},{"name":"Help Center","link":"https://kqed-helpcenter.kqed.org/s","type":"title"}]}]},"pagesReducer":{},"postsReducer":{"stream_live":{"type":"live","id":"stream_live","audioUrl":"https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio","title":"Live Stream","excerpt":"Live Stream information currently unavailable.","link":"/radio","featImg":"","label":{"name":"KQED Live","link":"/"}},"stream_kqedNewscast":{"type":"posts","id":"stream_kqedNewscast","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1","title":"KQED Newscast","featImg":"","label":{"name":"88.5 FM","link":"/"}},"news_11904834":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11904834","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11904834","score":null,"sort":[1676649306000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"covid-sick-pay-in-california-how-to-claim-this-new-paid-leave","title":"California COVID Sick Pay Has Expired. But if You Work in San Francisco, You Still Have Options — Until Feb. 28","publishDate":1676649306,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California's COVID sick pay policy has expired, as of Jan. 1, 2023, and California employers can no longer accept any new claims for COVID paid leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's one exception to this:\u003cstrong> If you work in San Francisco, you might still be eligible for paid COVID sick leave — but only until Feb. 28.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/public-health-emergency-leave-ordinance\">San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance\u003c/a>, passed recently by voters. As of Oct. 1, 2022, San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) offers employees who work for certain San Francisco employers up to 80 hours of paid leave for COVID-related reasons. But now that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/san-francisco-covid-emergency-17787152.php\">San Francisco has announced that its public health emergency will end on Feb. 28\u003c/a>, you'll only be able to claim this COVID sick pay through the end of this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out who is eligible for San Francisco's COVID sick pay, what you can use it for and how to push back against an employer who's denying you COVID sick pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covidsickpayreasons\">Which COVID-related reasons does this sick pay cover?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covidfamilymember\">If I can take PHEL for a family member, who counts as family?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wfh\">Can I claim COVID sick pay if I work from home?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#trouble\">My employer is giving me a hard time about claiming COVID sick leave. What can I do? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Who can claim San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL)?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can claim PHEL for reasons related to COVID if:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You work for a San Francisco employer that has 100 or more staff. This number can include employees that work outside of San Francisco, including abroad.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You were hired by that employer \u003cem>before\u003c/em> Oct. 1, 2022, when San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance came into law.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you were hired after Oct. 1, you are unable to claim PHEL for COVID.[aside postID=news_11919089 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/BayAreaCOVIDMapScreenshot-1020x700.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can claim PHEL if you work for a San Francisco employer even if you don't live in San Francisco yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can access this San Francisco COVID sick leave regardless of your immigration or documentation status. The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) makes clear that \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/PHEL%20FAQ%20-%20updated%2010.01.22_Final_0.pdf\">they will process your claim \"without regard to the Employee’s immigration status\" (PDF)\u003c/a>, and that you will not be questioned about your immigration status either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, once San Francisco's Public Health Emergency declaration for COVID expires on Feb. 28, \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">the city's Public Health Leave Ordinance — the \u003cem>law\u003c/em> that made COVID-related PHEL possible — still remains in place (PDF)\u003c/a>. It means that if the state or San Francisco declares another public health emergency for another contagious disease, like it did for COVID back in 2020, and for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">mpox in 2022\u003c/a>, eligible San Francisco employees can once again access PHEL when they are \"unable to work or telework due to public health guidelines, symptoms or diagnosis, among other related reasons,\" confirms Mawuli Tugbenyoh, deputy director of policy and external affairs for San Francisco's Department of Human Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">The Public Health Leave Ordinance can also be applied to an air quality emergency in certain circumstances (PDF).\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"covidsickpayreasons\">\u003c/a>What are the reasons I can claim this paid COVID sick leave in San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can claim PHEL for COVID through Feb. 28 if you meet the criteria above, and if you can't work (or telework from home) for reasons including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You've tested positive for COVID.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You have symptoms of COVID and are seeking a diagnosis.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You've been advised by a health care provider to isolate or quarantine after a COVID exposure.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also claim PHEL to take time off work to care for a family member who:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Has tested positive for COVID.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Has been exposed to COVID and advised to isolate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cannot attend school or their child care facility because of COVID-related closures.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cannot be cared for by their usual care provider because of COVID.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How much COVID sick pay does PHEL offer?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Through Feb. 28, PHEL offers eligible full-time employees up to 80 hours of paid leave for COVID-related reasons — equivalent to up to two weeks off work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you're part-time, or your weekly hours vary?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that case, the amount of PHEL hours you can take for COVID-related reasons will be pro-rated by your employer, and calculated based on the average number of hours you've worked over a two-week period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/PHEL%20FAQ%20-%20updated%2010.01.22_Final_0.pdf\">FAQ on San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance (PHELO) (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">More information about PHELO for employees (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>What if you didn't know you were entitled to claim PHEL after California's COVID Supplemental Sick Pay Leave policy expired on Jan. 1, and instead took PTO for one of those valid reasons above (for example, you tested positive for COVID and were unable to work)?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike with the state's own COVID sick pay law, which specifically stated that employees \u003cem>could\u003c/em> claim back any PTO that should have been taken as COVID sick pay instead, this issue seems to be more of a gray area when it comes to PHEL. Speak to your boss or your HR department, if you have one, to see what's possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When is San Francisco's COVID sick leave policy expiring?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco's paid COVID leave law is only in place while the city's\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/resource/2022/public-health-emergency-declarations\"> COVID Public Health Emergency Declaration\u003c/a> is in place. And on Thursday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced that the city would end its Public Health Emergency Declaration on Feb. 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that starting March 1, even if you're eligible, you won't be able to claim PHEL for COVID from your employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco will end its COVID emergency status on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941075/californias-covid-emergency-ends-feb-28-what-does-that-actually-mean-for-you\">the same day that Gov. Gavin Newsom will end California's statewide state of emergency\u003c/a>. The White House has announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1152702709/covid-emergency-declarations-end-white-house\">the federal states of emergency will end a little later\u003c/a>, on May 11. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941075/californias-covid-emergency-ends-feb-28-what-does-that-actually-mean-for-you\">Read more about what the end of California's state of emergency means for you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"covidfamilymember\">\u003c/a>Who counts as my 'family member' for claiming PHEL?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#covidsickpayreasons\">You can claim PHEL for several reasons related to a family member's circumstances. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's definitions of \"family member\" include not just biological relationships, but also relationships \"resulting from adoption, step relationships, and foster care relationships.\" As far as PHEL is concerned, San Francisco considers that a \"family member\" can be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your child (including a child of your domestic partner and/or a child for whom you stand in loco parentis)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your parent (includes a person who stood in loco parentis for you when you were a minor)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The parent or guardian of your spouse or registered domestic partner\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your legal guardian\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your legal ward\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your sibling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your grandparent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your grandchild\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your spouse\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your registered domestic partner under any state or local law\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Your \"designated person\" can also count as your family member for claiming PHEL. What this means: If you don't have a spouse or registered domestic partner, you can designate one person that you want to use your paid sick leave to care for. The big caveat: You have to select your designated person \u003cem>before\u003c/em> you claim PHEL to care for them, and only have the opportunity to choose a designated person on an annual basis. Speak with your boss or your HR department, if you have one, about selecting a designated person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11926460\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11926460\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stack of BinaxNow COVID-19 at-home test kits. \u003ccite>(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Is this related to California's 'exclusion pay'?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave is different from \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/FAQ-Exclusion-Pay-ETS.html\">California's previous exclusion pay policy that was mandated by Cal/OSHA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those Cal/OSHA regulations related specifically to COVID-positive workers who present an in-person infection risk to their colleagues and required businesses to \"exclude\" employees who tested positive for COVID-19 or who'd been exposed to a positive case at work. But like California's own Supplemental Paid Sick Leave policy, that law also has expired as of Jan. 1, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wfh\">\u003c/a>Can I claim San Francisco's COVID sick leave if I work from home?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes. San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave applies through Feb. 28 to everyone who tests positive for COVID, and works for a San Francisco business that employs 100 or more people — regardless of whether they work from home or in an in-person setting. \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/PHEL%20FAQ%20-%20updated%2010.01.22_Final_0.pdf\">The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement specifically mentions telework (PDF)\u003c/a> (i.e., work from home, or remote work) in the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paid leave is intended to grant you time off work to recover from your COVID infection, no matter where you do that work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11904885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11904885 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pink and white at-home COVID-19 test against a dark background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An at-home COVID-19 test, which can be used as proof of eligibility for California's COVID sick leave. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"trouble\">\u003c/a>I spoke to my employer and they're giving me a hard time. What should I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Always communicate through writing ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure that when you reach out to your employer to ask for sick leave, you make the request in writing; that can include email or a text message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also ask for these hours via a verbal conversation with your boss, but be aware: That could make it harder for you to get compensated if your employer later says they don’t remember approving those hours or that you don’t qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your boss is telling you to use up your regular sick leave first ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Chavez, interim workers' rights directing attorney at \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>, a legal services nonprofit in Oakland, says she's seen businesses tell their workers who caught COVID outside of work to first use up their regular sick leave before touching their COVID sick pay — which \"should not be the case,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave is specifically designed to apply to time off needed because of COVID, as this disease is the reason for the city's \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/resource/2022/public-health-emergency-declarations\">Public Health Emergency Declaration \u003c/a>that prompted the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your employer insists you don't need to use COVID sick pay because you work from home ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if your human resources department isn't outright denying you COVID sick leave, unfortunately you may find that you're being discouraged one way or another from claiming it — especially if you work from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could find your employer pressuring you to keep \"working through\" your COVID infection at home, or to otherwise limit the amount of days you claim as paid COVID sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this happens, remind your employer of the city-mandated COVID sick leave laws that entitle you to up to 80 hours of sick pay, and that you’ll be accessing this paid leave for as long as you are unable to work because you're recovering from COVID. You may find it helpful to remind your employer of \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">this posting from the San Francisco Officer of Labor Standards Enforcement, which makes clear who is eligible for Public Health Emergency Leave (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, unless you work in a health care setting, it's unlikely your employer or their HR department are themselves medical professionals, and they're not privy to your medical history or risk level. Therefore, the amount of time your employer thinks you \"should\" claim as COVID sick leave — or comparing it to the amount of time other employees have taken to recover from COVID — is irrelevant here. If you need advice, and have access to health care, consult your doctor on how long you should stay off work because you have COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your employer says their business is too small for you to claim COVID sick leave ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Public Health Emergency Leave is available only to employees who work for a San Francisco employer with 100 or more staff, not all of those employees have to be in San Francisco — or even within the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your boss says you're otherwise not eligible to claim COVID sick leave ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your employer denies your request on the grounds that they don’t know what you’re talking about, or that you don’t qualify when you believe you do, make your request again but this time include \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">this posting from the San Francisco Officer of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE), which makes clear who is eligible for Public Health Emergency Leave (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your boss or your human resources department is still pushing back even after you shared the posting, OLSE says that you can contact them directly:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>By emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:PSL@sfgov.org\">PSL@sfgov.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>By calling (415) 554-6271\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also find resources and fact sheets about your labor rights on OLSE's website, \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/office-labor-standards-enforcement\">sfgov.org/olse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, OLSE says that if you assert your right to receive public health emergency leave, you're protected from retaliation. The agency also reminds employers that the city can investigate possible violations and get access to employer records. OLSE also can enforce these public health emergency leave requirements \"by ordering reinstatement of employees, payment of paid leave unlawfully withheld, and payment of penalties.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you're worried about pushing back against your employer ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez, attorney with Centro Legal de la Raza, understands that some workers may feel nervous about having these complicated conversations, especially if they fear that their employer will retaliate against them by cutting their wages or hours, or firing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are laws that protect (workers) against retaliation,” she said. “So if that were to occur — whether a person is undocumented, a U.S. citizen, or anything else — a person can file a retaliation complaint.” You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner’s Office online\u003c/a>, by calling (714) 558-4913 or \u003ca href=\"mailto:oshaRetaliation@dir.ca.gov\">emailing osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, San Francisco's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement also says that if you assert your right to receive Public Health Emergency Leave, you're protected from retaliation. The agency also reminds employers that the city can investigate possible violations and get access to employer records. OLSE also can enforce these public health emergency leave requirements \"by ordering reinstatement of employees, payment of paid leave unlawfully withheld, and payment of penalties.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're still hesitant about filing a formal complaint when your employer refuses to accommodate your sick leave request or if you haven't heard back from the Labor Commissioner's Office, you have other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been a few instances where Chavez and her office have helped workers secure COVID sick leave by writing a letter to the employer. \"Turn to attorneys or someone who's willing to assist with a letter where they can put it in language from the law that states very clearly what the employer is required to do,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some organizations that offer free legal aid to workers in the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics-and-helplines/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: (415) 864-8208\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/get-help\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice/Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: (415) 896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: (510) 437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 18, 2022.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Even though California's COVID sick pay policy has expired as of Jan. 1, if you work in San Francisco you may be able to still claim paid sick leave if you or a family member get COVID.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1677021333,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":56,"wordCount":2561},"headData":{"title":"California COVID Sick Pay Has Expired. But if You Work in San Francisco, You Still Have Options — Until Feb. 28 | KQED","description":"Even though California's COVID sick pay policy has expired as of Jan. 1, if you work in San Francisco you may be able to still claim paid sick leave if you or a family member get COVID.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California COVID Sick Pay Has Expired. But if You Work in San Francisco, You Still Have Options — Until Feb. 28","datePublished":"2023-02-17T15:55:06.000Z","dateModified":"2023-02-21T23:15:33.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/49ad9357-b4aa-4606-9724-ae440142af50/audio.mp3","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11904834/covid-sick-pay-in-california-how-to-claim-this-new-paid-leave","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California's COVID sick pay policy has expired, as of Jan. 1, 2023, and California employers can no longer accept any new claims for COVID paid leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's one exception to this:\u003cstrong> If you work in San Francisco, you might still be eligible for paid COVID sick leave — but only until Feb. 28.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/public-health-emergency-leave-ordinance\">San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance\u003c/a>, passed recently by voters. As of Oct. 1, 2022, San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) offers employees who work for certain San Francisco employers up to 80 hours of paid leave for COVID-related reasons. But now that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/san-francisco-covid-emergency-17787152.php\">San Francisco has announced that its public health emergency will end on Feb. 28\u003c/a>, you'll only be able to claim this COVID sick pay through the end of this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out who is eligible for San Francisco's COVID sick pay, what you can use it for and how to push back against an employer who's denying you COVID sick pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covidsickpayreasons\">Which COVID-related reasons does this sick pay cover?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covidfamilymember\">If I can take PHEL for a family member, who counts as family?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wfh\">Can I claim COVID sick pay if I work from home?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#trouble\">My employer is giving me a hard time about claiming COVID sick leave. What can I do? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Who can claim San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL)?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can claim PHEL for reasons related to COVID if:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You work for a San Francisco employer that has 100 or more staff. This number can include employees that work outside of San Francisco, including abroad.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You were hired by that employer \u003cem>before\u003c/em> Oct. 1, 2022, when San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance came into law.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you were hired after Oct. 1, you are unable to claim PHEL for COVID.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11919089","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/BayAreaCOVIDMapScreenshot-1020x700.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can claim PHEL if you work for a San Francisco employer even if you don't live in San Francisco yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can access this San Francisco COVID sick leave regardless of your immigration or documentation status. The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) makes clear that \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/PHEL%20FAQ%20-%20updated%2010.01.22_Final_0.pdf\">they will process your claim \"without regard to the Employee’s immigration status\" (PDF)\u003c/a>, and that you will not be questioned about your immigration status either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, once San Francisco's Public Health Emergency declaration for COVID expires on Feb. 28, \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">the city's Public Health Leave Ordinance — the \u003cem>law\u003c/em> that made COVID-related PHEL possible — still remains in place (PDF)\u003c/a>. It means that if the state or San Francisco declares another public health emergency for another contagious disease, like it did for COVID back in 2020, and for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">mpox in 2022\u003c/a>, eligible San Francisco employees can once again access PHEL when they are \"unable to work or telework due to public health guidelines, symptoms or diagnosis, among other related reasons,\" confirms Mawuli Tugbenyoh, deputy director of policy and external affairs for San Francisco's Department of Human Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">The Public Health Leave Ordinance can also be applied to an air quality emergency in certain circumstances (PDF).\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"covidsickpayreasons\">\u003c/a>What are the reasons I can claim this paid COVID sick leave in San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can claim PHEL for COVID through Feb. 28 if you meet the criteria above, and if you can't work (or telework from home) for reasons including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You've tested positive for COVID.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You have symptoms of COVID and are seeking a diagnosis.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You've been advised by a health care provider to isolate or quarantine after a COVID exposure.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also claim PHEL to take time off work to care for a family member who:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Has tested positive for COVID.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Has been exposed to COVID and advised to isolate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cannot attend school or their child care facility because of COVID-related closures.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cannot be cared for by their usual care provider because of COVID.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How much COVID sick pay does PHEL offer?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Through Feb. 28, PHEL offers eligible full-time employees up to 80 hours of paid leave for COVID-related reasons — equivalent to up to two weeks off work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you're part-time, or your weekly hours vary?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that case, the amount of PHEL hours you can take for COVID-related reasons will be pro-rated by your employer, and calculated based on the average number of hours you've worked over a two-week period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/PHEL%20FAQ%20-%20updated%2010.01.22_Final_0.pdf\">FAQ on San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance (PHELO) (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">More information about PHELO for employees (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>What if you didn't know you were entitled to claim PHEL after California's COVID Supplemental Sick Pay Leave policy expired on Jan. 1, and instead took PTO for one of those valid reasons above (for example, you tested positive for COVID and were unable to work)?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike with the state's own COVID sick pay law, which specifically stated that employees \u003cem>could\u003c/em> claim back any PTO that should have been taken as COVID sick pay instead, this issue seems to be more of a gray area when it comes to PHEL. Speak to your boss or your HR department, if you have one, to see what's possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When is San Francisco's COVID sick leave policy expiring?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco's paid COVID leave law is only in place while the city's\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/resource/2022/public-health-emergency-declarations\"> COVID Public Health Emergency Declaration\u003c/a> is in place. And on Thursday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced that the city would end its Public Health Emergency Declaration on Feb. 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that starting March 1, even if you're eligible, you won't be able to claim PHEL for COVID from your employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco will end its COVID emergency status on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941075/californias-covid-emergency-ends-feb-28-what-does-that-actually-mean-for-you\">the same day that Gov. Gavin Newsom will end California's statewide state of emergency\u003c/a>. The White House has announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1152702709/covid-emergency-declarations-end-white-house\">the federal states of emergency will end a little later\u003c/a>, on May 11. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941075/californias-covid-emergency-ends-feb-28-what-does-that-actually-mean-for-you\">Read more about what the end of California's state of emergency means for you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"covidfamilymember\">\u003c/a>Who counts as my 'family member' for claiming PHEL?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#covidsickpayreasons\">You can claim PHEL for several reasons related to a family member's circumstances. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's definitions of \"family member\" include not just biological relationships, but also relationships \"resulting from adoption, step relationships, and foster care relationships.\" As far as PHEL is concerned, San Francisco considers that a \"family member\" can be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your child (including a child of your domestic partner and/or a child for whom you stand in loco parentis)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your parent (includes a person who stood in loco parentis for you when you were a minor)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The parent or guardian of your spouse or registered domestic partner\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your legal guardian\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your legal ward\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your sibling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your grandparent\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your grandchild\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your spouse\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your registered domestic partner under any state or local law\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Your \"designated person\" can also count as your family member for claiming PHEL. What this means: If you don't have a spouse or registered domestic partner, you can designate one person that you want to use your paid sick leave to care for. The big caveat: You have to select your designated person \u003cem>before\u003c/em> you claim PHEL to care for them, and only have the opportunity to choose a designated person on an annual basis. Speak with your boss or your HR department, if you have one, about selecting a designated person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11926460\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11926460\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58805_GettyImages-1242499563-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stack of BinaxNow COVID-19 at-home test kits. \u003ccite>(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Is this related to California's 'exclusion pay'?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave is different from \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/FAQ-Exclusion-Pay-ETS.html\">California's previous exclusion pay policy that was mandated by Cal/OSHA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those Cal/OSHA regulations related specifically to COVID-positive workers who present an in-person infection risk to their colleagues and required businesses to \"exclude\" employees who tested positive for COVID-19 or who'd been exposed to a positive case at work. But like California's own Supplemental Paid Sick Leave policy, that law also has expired as of Jan. 1, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wfh\">\u003c/a>Can I claim San Francisco's COVID sick leave if I work from home?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes. San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave applies through Feb. 28 to everyone who tests positive for COVID, and works for a San Francisco business that employs 100 or more people — regardless of whether they work from home or in an in-person setting. \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/PHEL%20FAQ%20-%20updated%2010.01.22_Final_0.pdf\">The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement specifically mentions telework (PDF)\u003c/a> (i.e., work from home, or remote work) in the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paid leave is intended to grant you time off work to recover from your COVID infection, no matter where you do that work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11904885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11904885 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pink and white at-home COVID-19 test against a dark background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/RS53457_005_StockPhoto_AtHomeCOVIDTest_02022022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An at-home COVID-19 test, which can be used as proof of eligibility for California's COVID sick leave. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"trouble\">\u003c/a>I spoke to my employer and they're giving me a hard time. What should I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Always communicate through writing ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure that when you reach out to your employer to ask for sick leave, you make the request in writing; that can include email or a text message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also ask for these hours via a verbal conversation with your boss, but be aware: That could make it harder for you to get compensated if your employer later says they don’t remember approving those hours or that you don’t qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your boss is telling you to use up your regular sick leave first ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Chavez, interim workers' rights directing attorney at \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>, a legal services nonprofit in Oakland, says she's seen businesses tell their workers who caught COVID outside of work to first use up their regular sick leave before touching their COVID sick pay — which \"should not be the case,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco's Public Health Emergency Leave is specifically designed to apply to time off needed because of COVID, as this disease is the reason for the city's \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/resource/2022/public-health-emergency-declarations\">Public Health Emergency Declaration \u003c/a>that prompted the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your employer insists you don't need to use COVID sick pay because you work from home ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if your human resources department isn't outright denying you COVID sick leave, unfortunately you may find that you're being discouraged one way or another from claiming it — especially if you work from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could find your employer pressuring you to keep \"working through\" your COVID infection at home, or to otherwise limit the amount of days you claim as paid COVID sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this happens, remind your employer of the city-mandated COVID sick leave laws that entitle you to up to 80 hours of sick pay, and that you’ll be accessing this paid leave for as long as you are unable to work because you're recovering from COVID. You may find it helpful to remind your employer of \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">this posting from the San Francisco Officer of Labor Standards Enforcement, which makes clear who is eligible for Public Health Emergency Leave (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, unless you work in a health care setting, it's unlikely your employer or their HR department are themselves medical professionals, and they're not privy to your medical history or risk level. Therefore, the amount of time your employer thinks you \"should\" claim as COVID sick leave — or comparing it to the amount of time other employees have taken to recover from COVID — is irrelevant here. If you need advice, and have access to health care, consult your doctor on how long you should stay off work because you have COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your employer says their business is too small for you to claim COVID sick leave ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Public Health Emergency Leave is available only to employees who work for a San Francisco employer with 100 or more staff, not all of those employees have to be in San Francisco — or even within the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If your boss says you're otherwise not eligible to claim COVID sick leave ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your employer denies your request on the grounds that they don’t know what you’re talking about, or that you don’t qualify when you believe you do, make your request again but this time include \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/sites/default/files/Public%20Health%20Emergency%20Leave%20Poster%207.2022.pdf\">this posting from the San Francisco Officer of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE), which makes clear who is eligible for Public Health Emergency Leave (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your boss or your human resources department is still pushing back even after you shared the posting, OLSE says that you can contact them directly:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>By emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:PSL@sfgov.org\">PSL@sfgov.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>By calling (415) 554-6271\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also find resources and fact sheets about your labor rights on OLSE's website, \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/office-labor-standards-enforcement\">sfgov.org/olse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, OLSE says that if you assert your right to receive public health emergency leave, you're protected from retaliation. The agency also reminds employers that the city can investigate possible violations and get access to employer records. OLSE also can enforce these public health emergency leave requirements \"by ordering reinstatement of employees, payment of paid leave unlawfully withheld, and payment of penalties.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you're worried about pushing back against your employer ...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez, attorney with Centro Legal de la Raza, understands that some workers may feel nervous about having these complicated conversations, especially if they fear that their employer will retaliate against them by cutting their wages or hours, or firing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are laws that protect (workers) against retaliation,” she said. “So if that were to occur — whether a person is undocumented, a U.S. citizen, or anything else — a person can file a retaliation complaint.” You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner’s Office online\u003c/a>, by calling (714) 558-4913 or \u003ca href=\"mailto:oshaRetaliation@dir.ca.gov\">emailing osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, San Francisco's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement also says that if you assert your right to receive Public Health Emergency Leave, you're protected from retaliation. The agency also reminds employers that the city can investigate possible violations and get access to employer records. OLSE also can enforce these public health emergency leave requirements \"by ordering reinstatement of employees, payment of paid leave unlawfully withheld, and payment of penalties.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're still hesitant about filing a formal complaint when your employer refuses to accommodate your sick leave request or if you haven't heard back from the Labor Commissioner's Office, you have other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been a few instances where Chavez and her office have helped workers secure COVID sick leave by writing a letter to the employer. \"Turn to attorneys or someone who's willing to assist with a letter where they can put it in language from the law that states very clearly what the employer is required to do,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some organizations that offer free legal aid to workers in the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics-and-helplines/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: (415) 864-8208\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/get-help\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice/Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: (415) 896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: (510) 437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 18, 2022.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11904834/covid-sick-pay-in-california-how-to-claim-this-new-paid-leave","authors":["3243","11708"],"categories":["news_457","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_27350","news_29029","news_27989","news_30561","news_27626","news_6703"],"featImg":"news_11938425","label":"news"},"news_11935942":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11935942","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11935942","score":null,"sort":[1671714036000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"horas-de-enfermedad-por-covid-19-este-beneficio-termina-el-1-de-enero-en-california","title":"Horas de enfermedad por COVID-19: Este beneficio termina el 1 de enero en California","publishDate":1671714036,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904834/covid-sick-pay-in-california-how-to-claim-this-new-paid-leave\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Primero le compartimos el anuncio del Comisionado de Trabajo de California que explica las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19, en caso que tenga que presentárselo a su empleador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">Anuncio de horas pagadas de enfermedad suplementarias de COVID-19 (inglés, PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/Spanish/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">Anuncio de horas pagadas de enfermedad suplementarias de COVID-19 (español, PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Si trabaja en California y se infecta por COVID-19, \u003cstrong>es posible que pueda solicitar hasta 80 horas pagadas de enfermedad, pero sólo hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gracias a un \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/09/29/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-29-22/\">programa estatal que fue ampliado en septiembre hasta finales de año por el gobernador Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>, la baja remunerada sigue disponible por muchas razones relacionadas con una infección de COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siga leyendo para saber quién puede solicitar estas horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 antes de que expire el 31 de diciembre, para qué puede utilizarlas, cómo funcionan y cómo hacer frente a un empleador que le niega este beneficio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ir directamente a:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#quien\">\u003cstrong>¿Quién tiene derecho a las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#otras\">\u003cstrong>¿En qué otras situaciones (que no sea que yo me haya infectado) puedo usar esta baja por enfermedad?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#casa\">\u003cstrong>¿Puedo solicitar la baja por enfermedad de COVID-19 si trabajo desde casa?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#retro\">\u003cstrong>¿Puedo reclamar estas horas si ya me recuperé de una infección de COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#jefe\">\u003cstrong>¿Cómo debo hablar con mi jefe sobre las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#batallar\">\u003cstrong>Estoy batallando con mi jefe para que me otorgue las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19. ¿Qué puedo hacer?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>En primer lugar: ¿Puedo reclamar las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19 después de la fecha límite oficial del 31 de diciembre?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sí puede hacerlo, siempre y cuando haya solicitado la baja por enfermedad en la fecha límite o antes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El programa de \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">Licencia por Enfermedad Pagada Suplementaria por COVID-19 se extendió oficialmente\u003c/a> hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022, más allá de su fecha de vencimiento original del 30 de septiembre. Entonces, ¿qué pasa si usted está en el proceso de reclamar estas horas cuando este benficio termine el 31 de diciembre? Por ejemplo, si da positivo por COVID-19 el 30 de diciembre, ¿todavía puede reclamar el pago por enfermedad?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En ese caso, la política de California es clara: \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/2022-SPSL-FAQs.html\">Si la ley expira mientras que un empleado cubierto está tomando esta licencia\u003c/a>, el empleado puede terminar de tomar la cantidad de la Licencia de Enfermedad Pagada Suplementaria por COVID-19 de 2022 que tienen derecho a recibir.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto significa que, siempre y cuando haya solicitado esta baja el 31 de diciembre o antes, puede seguir recibiendo las horas a las que tiene derecho. Si nunca ha solicitado horas por COVID-19, podría recibir hasta 80 horas en enero. Pero si intenta reclamar la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 el 1 de enero o después, su solicitud será negada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prácticamente, esto significa que si está a finales de diciembre y sospecha que pudo haberse contagiado de COVID-19 durante las fiestas (o ha estado expuesto a alguien que lo tiene), es importante que se haga la prueba del virus tan pronto como pueda y empezar a solicitar la baja por COVID-19 hasta el 31 de diciembre. Asegúrese de contar con las suficientes pruebas rápidas de antígenos en su casa para que pueda acceder a una prueba a tiempo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este año, el 31 de diciembre cae en sábado, así que si se encuentra justo en la fecha límite y su organización no trabaja los fines de semana, asegúrese especialmente de documentar por escrito su solicitud para reclamar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19. Esto lo puede hacer a través de un correo electrónico o un mensaje de texto a su empleador, que demostrará que efectivamente usted inició su solicitud de baja por COVID-19 antes de la fecha límite.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\"]'Este año, el 31 de diciembre cae en sábado, así que asegúrese de documentar por escrito su solicitud para reclamar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19.'[/pullquote]¿Qué pasa si tenía programado tomar vacaciones durante las fiestas decembrinas pero da positivo en la prueba del coronavirus justo antes de sus vacaciones? Todavía puede pedir las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19, pero tendrá que informar a su empleador que está cancelando sus vacaciones y que en su lugar va a reclamar la licencia por enfermedad de COVID-19. De esta manera, podrá tomar tiempo para cuidar de su salud sin tener que usar sus días de vacaciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y recuerde, hay varias otras razones relacionadas con COVID-19 que permiten utilizar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19. Por ejemplo, si necesita tiempo para hacerse una prueba o tiene que cuidar a su hijo que ha dado positivo. Siga leyendo para obtener más información.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"quien\">\u003c/a>¿Quién tiene derecho a la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hasta el 31 de diciembre, usted puede solicitar horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 si trabaja en California para una empresa de 26 o más personas y por uno o varios de los siguientes motivos:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Usted tiene COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Un familiar tiene COVID-19 y necesita cuidarlo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que acudir a una cita para vacunarse (incluidas las dosis de refuerzo).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que recuperarse de una vacunación (incluye las dosis de refuerzo).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que cuidar a un familiar que necesita vacunarse o recuperarse de una vacuna o dosis de refuerzo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que ocuparse de un niño que no puede ir a la escuela debido a cierres o cuarentenas relacionados con el virus.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Usted puede acceder a esta baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 independientemente de su estatus migratorio. Si prevé entrar en algún proceso de inmigración en el futuro, como solicitar la tarjeta verde, solicitar la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 no le convierte en una carga pública.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11935945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una pila de kits de pruebas caseras BinaxNow COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>¿Es esto lo mismo que \"exclusion pay\" o la \"paga por exclusión\" de California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, esto se trata de otro tipo de permiso renumerado. La paga de exclusión de California es obligatoria por Cal/OSHA, y se refiere específicamente a los trabajadores contagiados por COVID-19 que presentan un riesgo de infectar directamente a sus colegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La normativa estatal obliga a las empresas a “excluir\" a los empleados que hayan dado positivo a COVID-19 y a otros que hayan estado en estrecho contacto con casos positivos en el trabajo hasta que dejen de representar un riesgo de infección.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si su empresa le pide que tome días libres debido a una posible exposición al COVID-19 en el lugar de trabajo, tiene que pagarle los días que no trabaje. Sin embargo, estos días no cuentan como días de enfermedad por COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿En qué se diferencia la indemnización por exclusión? A diferencia del pago por enfermedad de COVID-19, el pago por exclusión sólo se aplica cuando la exposición potencial por COVID-19 ocurre en su lugar de trabajo. Además, la regla de Cal/OSHA se aplica en casi todos los lugares de trabajo en el estado, incluyendo oficinas, fábricas y negocios al por menor, pero el pago por enfermedad por COVID-19 sólo se aplica a las empresas que emplean a 26 o más personas. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/Multilingual/Spanish/index.html\">Más información sobre la indemnización por exclusión\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si cree que ha contraído COVID-19 en su lugar de trabajo, puede solicitar una indemnización por accidente laboral que puede cubrir los costos de la atención médica, la pérdida de ingresos mientras esté de baja por enfermedad, e incluso los gastos de transporte. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894053/got-covid-19-at-your-job-and-applying-for-workers-comp-in-california-heres-how-it-works\">Aprenda cómo funciona el proceso de indemnización laboral\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado mes de abril, los \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911991/covid-pay-rules-for-workers-in-california-extended-through-end-of-year\">funcionarios ampliaron la ley estatal de pago por exclusión hasta finales de 2022\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), y \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-california-covid-b3bf719c7e8c099b99cc321f9af2a1f6\">expirará el 31 de diciembre junto con la política estatal de horas de enfermedad por COVID-19\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"casa\">\u003c/a>¿Puedo solicitar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 si trabajo desde casa?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sí. La baja por COVID-19 se aplica a todas las personas que den positivo al virus y trabajan para una empresa que emplee a 26 o más personas, independientemente de si trabajan desde casa o en un entorno presencial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que el subsidio de enfermedad por COVID-19 también cubre una serie de otras situaciones que no tienen que ver con la infección por COVID-19, como la necesidad de tiempo libre para vacunarse contra el coronavirus, o el cuidado de un familiar con COVID-19. Todas estas situaciones dan derecho a una baja por enfermedad, independientemente de si trabaja en un entorno presencial o trabaja desde casa.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"otras\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo usar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Según las pautas estatales, un empleado de tiempo completo que trabaja en una empresa con 26 o más personas puede reclamar hasta 80 horas pagadas de enfermedad por razones relacionadas con COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el estado divide las 80 horas en dos tipos (o \"fondos\") de hasta 40 horas cada uno, y la horas que puede utilizar depende del motivo por el que usted está reclamando estas horas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fondo A: La opción más flexible, que ofrece hasta 40 horas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este fondo es más flexible, porque usted puede utilizar estas 40 horas para una amplia gama de razones relacionadas con COVID-19, por ejemplo, si es que:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Usted tiene COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Un familiar tiene COVID-19 y necesita cuidarlo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que acudir a una cita para vacunarse (incluidas las dosis de refuerzo, como las nuevas dosis de refuerzo bivalentes actualizadas).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que recuperarse de una vacunación (incluye las dosis de refuerzo).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que cuidar a un familiar que necesita vacunarse o recuperarse de una vacuna o dosis de refuerzo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que ocuparse de un niño que no puede ir a la escuela debido a cierres o cuarentenas relacionados con el virus.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Steve Smith, director de comunicaciones de la Federación de Trabajadores de California, dijo que el fondo A se puede aplicar ampliamente para varias situaciones que harían que los trabajadores faltaran al trabajo como resultado de COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algo importante que hay que tener en cuenta sobre este fondo: si pide horas para recuperarse luego de ser vacunado, su empresa puede limitar el número de horas que puede solicitar. En algunos casos, su empresa puede imponer un límite de 24 horas de trabajo (o tres días).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si necesita más horas, tendrá que presentar una nota de un médico que verifique que usted o el miembro de su familia siguen experimentando síntomas relacionados con la vacuna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fondo B: La opción menos flexible, que también ofrece hasta 40 horas.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El otro tipo de baja remunerada por COVID-19, el fondo B, es más restrictivo ya que sólo se puede acceder a estas horas cuando usted o un ser querido tenga el virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para poder disponer de las horas del fondo B, tendrá que demostrar a su empresa que usted o alguien de su familia ha dado positivo, presentando una prueba de ese resultado positivo. Es posible que su empresa le pida más de un resultado, en función de la cantidad de horas de enfermedad que solicite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11935949\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una prueba de COVID-19 casera que puede utilizarse como prueba de elegibilidad para la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 de California. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"jefe\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo hablar con mi jefe si necesito pedir horas de enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Antes de hablar con su jefe sobre la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19, debe saber de qué fondo de horas va a utilizar, y asegurarse de que está eligiendo el adecuado para su situación. Recuerde que sólo puede acceder las horas de cada banco en determinadas circunstancias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verónica Chávez, abogada y directora interina de los derechos de los trabajadores en el Centro Legal de la Raza, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de servicios legales en Oakland, ofrece algunos consejos a trabajadores que buscan solictar horas de enfermedad por COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si está de baja porque ha dado positivo en una prueba de COVID-19, es posible (y legal) que su empleador le pida una prueba de su resultado positivo. Debería decidir de antemano cómo puede mostrar a su empleador los resultados, incluso si ha utilizado un kit de prueba casero. \"Sea consciente del tipo de solicitud que está haciendo\", dice Chávez. \"¿Qué información podría necesitar mi empleador para que pueda aprobar mi solicitud con mayor facilidad?\".[aside label='Más en español' tag='kqed-en-espanol']Recuerde que no necesita agotar un fondo de horas antes de retirarlas del otro. Si previamente usó algunas horas del fondo A, puede acceder al fondo B si lo necesita, aunque aún le queden horas en el fondo A. \"No hay un orden para estos fondos\", explicó Chávez. \"Una persona dispone de los dos\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si tiene pensado solicitar horas de ambos fondos, digamos que va a vacunarse y necesita dedicar algo de tiempo a cuidar a un ser querido que ha dado positivo, debe llevar un registro claro de cuántas horas va a necesitar y en qué días las va a utilizar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chávez recomienda \"hacer la solicitud por escrito\", lo que podría ser un correo electrónico o un mensaje de texto. También puede pedir esas horas mediante una conversación verbal con su jefe, pero tenga cuidado: hacer eso podría dificultar que le aprueben su solicitud si su empleador luego dice que no recuerda haber aprobado esas horas, o que usted no cumple con los requisitos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, si se acerca la fecha límite del 31 de diciembre para solicitar la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19, tenga pruebas de que inició esa solicitud antes o el mismo 31 de diciembre para que el empresario no pueda rechazar la solicitud alegando que le llegó demasiado tarde.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"retro\">\u003c/a>¿Puedo reclamar estas horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 después de que me haya recuperado de una infección?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>En algunos casos. Si usó sus horas de enfermedad regulares (las que su empresa le otorgó cuando comenzó su empleo) por mótivos relacionados con el COVID-19 entre el 1 de enero de 2022 al 19 de febrero, usted puede reclamar esas horas a su empleador. Si tuviste que tomar licencia por enfermedad en ese mismo periodo y no fueron horas pagadas, también puedes pedir a tu empleador que te reembolse por las horas que no trabajaste, esto según Steve Smith, de la Federación de Trabajadores de California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las horas que reclame con carácter retroactivo pued en tomarse de cualquiera de los dos fondos. Sin embargo, tenga en cuenta que si decide tomar horas del fondo B, es posible que todavía tenga que verificar con su empleador que usted o un ser querido estaba enfermo con COVID-19 cuando tomó licencia por enfermedad no remunerada, y proporcionar una prueba positiva de ese período. Es posible que su empleador le exija más de una prueba positiva, en función del número de horas de permiso retribuido que solicite.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Y si no trabajo a tiempo completo?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Estos dos bancos de baja por enfermedad COVID ofrecen 40 horas cada uno (80 horas en total) si trabajas a tiempo completo. Si no trabajas a tiempo completo, explica Smith, \"la cantidad de horas se calcula en función del número de horas semanales que trabajas\", para lo cual se tiene en cuenta el número de horas semanales que has trabajado en los últimos seis meses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Si ha trabajado por menos de seis meses, la ecuación es un poco diferente\", dice Smith, que añade que el Departamento de Relaciones Laborales ha hecho disponible \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">unas directrices para los trabajadores de medio tiempo sobre cómo calcular cuántas horas pueden recibir\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ya que puedo utilizar estas horas de enfermedad si necesito cuidar a un miembro de mi familia que se enfermó de COVID-19, ¿quién cuenta como \"mi familia\"?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\"Creo que este es uno de los aspectos de la ley que puede resultar un poco complicado\", explica Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dice que un miembro de la familia \"se puede considerar como alguien que vive en su casa\", pero reconoce que este tipo de definiciones se han vuelto más fluidas durante la pandemia, ya que personas no emparentadas se ponen en cuarentena o se aíslan juntas en la misma casa. Smith también da el ejemplo de adultos mayores que no viven con sus hijos adultos casa a tiempo completo, pero que requieren de sus cuidados, ya sea en su casa o en la suya porque tienen COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Qué tipo de prueba de COVID-19 debo de presentar si quiere acceder a las horas del fondo B?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith dice que, en este momento, parece que los empleadores aceptarán una prueba PCR o una prueba de antígenos, y que las pruebas de antígenos realizadas en casa también son aceptables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dado que puede utilizar tanto el fondo A como el fondo B de la baja por enfermedad si usted o un miembro de su familia contrae COVID-19, Smith señala que es posible que tenga que proporcionar un segundo resultado positivo para poder acceder a sus horas.\u003cbr>\n\"Por tanto, creemos que es una buena regla general que los trabajadores se hagan la prueba en cuanto presenten síntomas y que vuelvan a hacérsela si siguen sintiéndose mal al entrar en la segunda semana\", agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11928332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Una persona con cubrebocas prepara una vacuna, lleva puesto guantes. Cerca de ella se encuentra una persona mayor, esperando recibir su vacuna.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1022\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una enfermera prepara una primera dosis de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer para José Luis Sánchez en una clínica de Pasadena, el 19 de agosto de 2021. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP vía Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>¿Quién no puede solicitar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Si trabaja para una empresa que tiene menos de 26 empleados, no puede reclamar esta nueva baja por enfermedad por COVID-19. Según el portal CalMatters, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2022/02/la-nueva-licencia-por-enfermedad-de-covid-dejaria-fuera-al-menos-a-1-de-cada-4-trabajadores-de-california/\">esto significa que aproximadamente 1 de cada 4 trabajadores de California están excluidos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin acceso a esta baja por enfermedad de COVID-19, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Spanish/paid_sick_leave.htm\">la mayoría de los trabajadores de California sólo tienen derecho legalmente a un máximo de tres días de baja por enfermedad al año\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith también señala que las pautas estatales dejan fuera a los trabajadores que son \"clasificados como contratistas independientes\", como quienes trabajan para empresas como Uber, Lyft y DoorDash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si no califica para la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19, averigue si su ciudad o condado cuenta con un programa propio que ofrezca ayudas económicas a las personas que pierden su trabajo a causa de COVID-19. Desafortunadamente, muchos de estos programas establecidos durante la pandemia ya no están en vigor. El \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/es/node/6102\">programa Right to Recover\u003c/a> de San Francisco, por ejemplo, ofrecía fondos a los residentes que daban positivo a COVID-19 y no podían trabajar durante su recuperación, pero ya no está disponible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede utilizar la \u003ca href=\"https://saferatwork.covid19.ca.gov/covid19-worker-benefits-and-leave-navigator/\">herramienta en línea de COVID-19 Worker Benefits and Leave de California\u003c/a> para explorar sus opciones de licencia durante la pandemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"batallar\">\u003c/a>Estoy batallando con mi jefe para que me apruebe las horas de enfermedad ¿Qué debo hacer?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si su empleador dice que su empresa es demasiado pequeña para solicite la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 sólo está disponible para las personas en California que trabajan para un empleador de 26 o más personas, Chávez señala que la ley no requiere que estos 26 o más trabajadores estén todos ubicados en California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"La ley sólo cubre a los empleadores que tienen 26 o más empleados en todo el país\", dijo. \"No se trata sólo de una oficina (en California)\". Así que si su empresa emplea a personas en varios estados, probablemente sea una buena idea comprobar el tamaño total de su fuerza laboral en todo el país, porque ese número total podría ser 26 o más.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si su jefe dice que no tiene que proporcionar licencia por enfermedad por COVID-19 más allá del 30 de septiembre … \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eso no es cierto. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">La Licencia por Enfermedad Pagada Suplementaria por COVID-19 fue oficialmente extendida\u003c/a> bajo la ley estatal hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022, más allá de su fecha de expiración original del 30 de septiembre. Y si usted está reclamando esta licencia en o antes del 31 de diciembre, puede tomar la cantidad que le corresponde, hasta 80 horas en enero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/09/29/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-29-22/\">Esta prórroga fue promulgada por el gobernador Newsom el 30 de septiembre\u003c/a> y todas las empresas de California con 26 o más empleados están ahora automáticamente sujetas a la prórroga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si su jefe le dice que no cumple con los requisitos para solicitar horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si su jefe rechaza su solicitud alegando que no sabe de qué está hablando usted, o que no cumple con los requisitos cuando usted cree lo contrario, Chávez recomienda volver a hacer la solicitud, pero esta vez incluya en su mensaje el recado de la Oficina del Comisionado de Trabajo que explica quién está cubierto por esta ley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El recado está disponible en formato \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">PDF en inglés\u003c/a> y también como \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/Spanish/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">PDF en español\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Si siguen oponiéndose incluso después de ver algo bastante oficial de una agencia estatal, yo recomendaría ponerse en contacto con un abogado\", dijo Chávez. Ella señala que varias clínicas de ayuda legal en el Área de la Bahía ofrecen asistencia gratuita y pueden \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">ayudarle a presentar una queja ante la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si le preocupa tomar medidas en contra de su empleador … \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chávez entiende que algunos trabajadores se sientan nerviosos ante estas conversaciones difíciles, sobre todo si temen que su empleador tome represalias contra ellos reduciéndoles el salario o las horas de trabajo, o hasta despidiéndoles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hay leyes que protegen a los trabajadores contra las represalias\", afirma. \"Así que si eso ocurriera, ya sea una persona indocumentada, un ciudadano estadounidense o cualquier otra cosa, una persona puede presentar una queja por represalias\". \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">Puede presentar una queja ante la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral en línea\u003c/a>, llamando al (714) 558-4913 o enviando un correo electrónico a \u003ca href=\"mailto:osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\">osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si sigue dudando en presentar una queja formal cuando su empleador se niega a atender su solicitud de baja por enfermedad o si no ha recibido respuesta de la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral, usted tiene otras opciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Existen algunos casos en los que Chávez y su oficina han ayudado a los trabajadores a asegurar la licencia por enfermedad por COVID-19 escribiendo una carta al empleador. \"Acudan a abogados o a alguien que esté dispuesto a ayudarles con una carta en la que se exprese claramente lo que el empleador está obligado a hacer\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He aquí algunas organizaciones que ofrecen asistencia jurídica gratuita a los trabajadores del Área de la Bahía:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics-and-helplines/?lang=es\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: (415) 864-8208\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/get-help\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice/Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: (415) 896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/?lang=es\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: (510) 437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y editado por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Si se enferma de COVID-19 en California, puede recibir hasta 80 horas pagadas de enfermedad, pero sólo hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022. Le explicamos cómo acceder a este beneficio.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1671735597,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":70,"wordCount":4338},"headData":{"title":"Horas de enfermedad por COVID-19: Este beneficio termina el 1 de enero en California | KQED","description":"Si se enferma de COVID-19 en California, puede recibir hasta 80 horas pagadas de enfermedad, pero sólo hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022. Le explicamos cómo acceder a este beneficio.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Horas de enfermedad por COVID-19: Este beneficio termina el 1 de enero en California","datePublished":"2022-12-22T13:00:36.000Z","dateModified":"2022-12-22T18:59:57.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"KQED en Español","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/kqedenespanol","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11935942/horas-de-enfermedad-por-covid-19-este-beneficio-termina-el-1-de-enero-en-california","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904834/covid-sick-pay-in-california-how-to-claim-this-new-paid-leave\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Primero le compartimos el anuncio del Comisionado de Trabajo de California que explica las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19, en caso que tenga que presentárselo a su empleador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">Anuncio de horas pagadas de enfermedad suplementarias de COVID-19 (inglés, PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/Spanish/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">Anuncio de horas pagadas de enfermedad suplementarias de COVID-19 (español, PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Si trabaja en California y se infecta por COVID-19, \u003cstrong>es posible que pueda solicitar hasta 80 horas pagadas de enfermedad, pero sólo hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gracias a un \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/09/29/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-29-22/\">programa estatal que fue ampliado en septiembre hasta finales de año por el gobernador Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>, la baja remunerada sigue disponible por muchas razones relacionadas con una infección de COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siga leyendo para saber quién puede solicitar estas horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 antes de que expire el 31 de diciembre, para qué puede utilizarlas, cómo funcionan y cómo hacer frente a un empleador que le niega este beneficio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ir directamente a:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#quien\">\u003cstrong>¿Quién tiene derecho a las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#otras\">\u003cstrong>¿En qué otras situaciones (que no sea que yo me haya infectado) puedo usar esta baja por enfermedad?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#casa\">\u003cstrong>¿Puedo solicitar la baja por enfermedad de COVID-19 si trabajo desde casa?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#retro\">\u003cstrong>¿Puedo reclamar estas horas si ya me recuperé de una infección de COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#jefe\">\u003cstrong>¿Cómo debo hablar con mi jefe sobre las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#batallar\">\u003cstrong>Estoy batallando con mi jefe para que me otorgue las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19. ¿Qué puedo hacer?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>En primer lugar: ¿Puedo reclamar las horas por enfermedad de COVID-19 después de la fecha límite oficial del 31 de diciembre?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sí puede hacerlo, siempre y cuando haya solicitado la baja por enfermedad en la fecha límite o antes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El programa de \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">Licencia por Enfermedad Pagada Suplementaria por COVID-19 se extendió oficialmente\u003c/a> hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022, más allá de su fecha de vencimiento original del 30 de septiembre. Entonces, ¿qué pasa si usted está en el proceso de reclamar estas horas cuando este benficio termine el 31 de diciembre? Por ejemplo, si da positivo por COVID-19 el 30 de diciembre, ¿todavía puede reclamar el pago por enfermedad?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En ese caso, la política de California es clara: \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/2022-SPSL-FAQs.html\">Si la ley expira mientras que un empleado cubierto está tomando esta licencia\u003c/a>, el empleado puede terminar de tomar la cantidad de la Licencia de Enfermedad Pagada Suplementaria por COVID-19 de 2022 que tienen derecho a recibir.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto significa que, siempre y cuando haya solicitado esta baja el 31 de diciembre o antes, puede seguir recibiendo las horas a las que tiene derecho. Si nunca ha solicitado horas por COVID-19, podría recibir hasta 80 horas en enero. Pero si intenta reclamar la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 el 1 de enero o después, su solicitud será negada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prácticamente, esto significa que si está a finales de diciembre y sospecha que pudo haberse contagiado de COVID-19 durante las fiestas (o ha estado expuesto a alguien que lo tiene), es importante que se haga la prueba del virus tan pronto como pueda y empezar a solicitar la baja por COVID-19 hasta el 31 de diciembre. Asegúrese de contar con las suficientes pruebas rápidas de antígenos en su casa para que pueda acceder a una prueba a tiempo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este año, el 31 de diciembre cae en sábado, así que si se encuentra justo en la fecha límite y su organización no trabaja los fines de semana, asegúrese especialmente de documentar por escrito su solicitud para reclamar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19. Esto lo puede hacer a través de un correo electrónico o un mensaje de texto a su empleador, que demostrará que efectivamente usted inició su solicitud de baja por COVID-19 antes de la fecha límite.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Este año, el 31 de diciembre cae en sábado, así que asegúrese de documentar por escrito su solicitud para reclamar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>¿Qué pasa si tenía programado tomar vacaciones durante las fiestas decembrinas pero da positivo en la prueba del coronavirus justo antes de sus vacaciones? Todavía puede pedir las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19, pero tendrá que informar a su empleador que está cancelando sus vacaciones y que en su lugar va a reclamar la licencia por enfermedad de COVID-19. De esta manera, podrá tomar tiempo para cuidar de su salud sin tener que usar sus días de vacaciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y recuerde, hay varias otras razones relacionadas con COVID-19 que permiten utilizar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19. Por ejemplo, si necesita tiempo para hacerse una prueba o tiene que cuidar a su hijo que ha dado positivo. Siga leyendo para obtener más información.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"quien\">\u003c/a>¿Quién tiene derecho a la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hasta el 31 de diciembre, usted puede solicitar horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 si trabaja en California para una empresa de 26 o más personas y por uno o varios de los siguientes motivos:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Usted tiene COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Un familiar tiene COVID-19 y necesita cuidarlo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que acudir a una cita para vacunarse (incluidas las dosis de refuerzo).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que recuperarse de una vacunación (incluye las dosis de refuerzo).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que cuidar a un familiar que necesita vacunarse o recuperarse de una vacuna o dosis de refuerzo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que ocuparse de un niño que no puede ir a la escuela debido a cierres o cuarentenas relacionados con el virus.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Usted puede acceder a esta baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 independientemente de su estatus migratorio. Si prevé entrar en algún proceso de inmigración en el futuro, como solicitar la tarjeta verde, solicitar la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 no le convierte en una carga pública.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11935945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/at-home-antigen-tests-pic-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una pila de kits de pruebas caseras BinaxNow COVID-19. \u003ccite>(Nathan Howard/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>¿Es esto lo mismo que \"exclusion pay\" o la \"paga por exclusión\" de California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, esto se trata de otro tipo de permiso renumerado. La paga de exclusión de California es obligatoria por Cal/OSHA, y se refiere específicamente a los trabajadores contagiados por COVID-19 que presentan un riesgo de infectar directamente a sus colegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La normativa estatal obliga a las empresas a “excluir\" a los empleados que hayan dado positivo a COVID-19 y a otros que hayan estado en estrecho contacto con casos positivos en el trabajo hasta que dejen de representar un riesgo de infección.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si su empresa le pide que tome días libres debido a una posible exposición al COVID-19 en el lugar de trabajo, tiene que pagarle los días que no trabaje. Sin embargo, estos días no cuentan como días de enfermedad por COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿En qué se diferencia la indemnización por exclusión? A diferencia del pago por enfermedad de COVID-19, el pago por exclusión sólo se aplica cuando la exposición potencial por COVID-19 ocurre en su lugar de trabajo. Además, la regla de Cal/OSHA se aplica en casi todos los lugares de trabajo en el estado, incluyendo oficinas, fábricas y negocios al por menor, pero el pago por enfermedad por COVID-19 sólo se aplica a las empresas que emplean a 26 o más personas. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/Multilingual/Spanish/index.html\">Más información sobre la indemnización por exclusión\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si cree que ha contraído COVID-19 en su lugar de trabajo, puede solicitar una indemnización por accidente laboral que puede cubrir los costos de la atención médica, la pérdida de ingresos mientras esté de baja por enfermedad, e incluso los gastos de transporte. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894053/got-covid-19-at-your-job-and-applying-for-workers-comp-in-california-heres-how-it-works\">Aprenda cómo funciona el proceso de indemnización laboral\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado mes de abril, los \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911991/covid-pay-rules-for-workers-in-california-extended-through-end-of-year\">funcionarios ampliaron la ley estatal de pago por exclusión hasta finales de 2022\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), y \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-california-covid-b3bf719c7e8c099b99cc321f9af2a1f6\">expirará el 31 de diciembre junto con la política estatal de horas de enfermedad por COVID-19\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"casa\">\u003c/a>¿Puedo solicitar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 si trabajo desde casa?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sí. La baja por COVID-19 se aplica a todas las personas que den positivo al virus y trabajan para una empresa que emplee a 26 o más personas, independientemente de si trabajan desde casa o en un entorno presencial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que el subsidio de enfermedad por COVID-19 también cubre una serie de otras situaciones que no tienen que ver con la infección por COVID-19, como la necesidad de tiempo libre para vacunarse contra el coronavirus, o el cuidado de un familiar con COVID-19. Todas estas situaciones dan derecho a una baja por enfermedad, independientemente de si trabaja en un entorno presencial o trabaja desde casa.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"otras\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo usar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Según las pautas estatales, un empleado de tiempo completo que trabaja en una empresa con 26 o más personas puede reclamar hasta 80 horas pagadas de enfermedad por razones relacionadas con COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el estado divide las 80 horas en dos tipos (o \"fondos\") de hasta 40 horas cada uno, y la horas que puede utilizar depende del motivo por el que usted está reclamando estas horas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fondo A: La opción más flexible, que ofrece hasta 40 horas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este fondo es más flexible, porque usted puede utilizar estas 40 horas para una amplia gama de razones relacionadas con COVID-19, por ejemplo, si es que:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Usted tiene COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Un familiar tiene COVID-19 y necesita cuidarlo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que acudir a una cita para vacunarse (incluidas las dosis de refuerzo, como las nuevas dosis de refuerzo bivalentes actualizadas).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que recuperarse de una vacunación (incluye las dosis de refuerzo).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que cuidar a un familiar que necesita vacunarse o recuperarse de una vacuna o dosis de refuerzo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tiene que ocuparse de un niño que no puede ir a la escuela debido a cierres o cuarentenas relacionados con el virus.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Steve Smith, director de comunicaciones de la Federación de Trabajadores de California, dijo que el fondo A se puede aplicar ampliamente para varias situaciones que harían que los trabajadores faltaran al trabajo como resultado de COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algo importante que hay que tener en cuenta sobre este fondo: si pide horas para recuperarse luego de ser vacunado, su empresa puede limitar el número de horas que puede solicitar. En algunos casos, su empresa puede imponer un límite de 24 horas de trabajo (o tres días).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si necesita más horas, tendrá que presentar una nota de un médico que verifique que usted o el miembro de su familia siguen experimentando síntomas relacionados con la vacuna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fondo B: La opción menos flexible, que también ofrece hasta 40 horas.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El otro tipo de baja remunerada por COVID-19, el fondo B, es más restrictivo ya que sólo se puede acceder a estas horas cuando usted o un ser querido tenga el virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para poder disponer de las horas del fondo B, tendrá que demostrar a su empresa que usted o alguien de su familia ha dado positivo, presentando una prueba de ese resultado positivo. Es posible que su empresa le pida más de un resultado, en función de la cantidad de horas de enfermedad que solicite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11935949\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/COVID-19-AT-HOME-TEST-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una prueba de COVID-19 casera que puede utilizarse como prueba de elegibilidad para la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 de California. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"jefe\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo hablar con mi jefe si necesito pedir horas de enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Antes de hablar con su jefe sobre la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19, debe saber de qué fondo de horas va a utilizar, y asegurarse de que está eligiendo el adecuado para su situación. Recuerde que sólo puede acceder las horas de cada banco en determinadas circunstancias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verónica Chávez, abogada y directora interina de los derechos de los trabajadores en el Centro Legal de la Raza, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de servicios legales en Oakland, ofrece algunos consejos a trabajadores que buscan solictar horas de enfermedad por COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si está de baja porque ha dado positivo en una prueba de COVID-19, es posible (y legal) que su empleador le pida una prueba de su resultado positivo. Debería decidir de antemano cómo puede mostrar a su empleador los resultados, incluso si ha utilizado un kit de prueba casero. \"Sea consciente del tipo de solicitud que está haciendo\", dice Chávez. \"¿Qué información podría necesitar mi empleador para que pueda aprobar mi solicitud con mayor facilidad?\".\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Más en español ","tag":"kqed-en-espanol"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Recuerde que no necesita agotar un fondo de horas antes de retirarlas del otro. Si previamente usó algunas horas del fondo A, puede acceder al fondo B si lo necesita, aunque aún le queden horas en el fondo A. \"No hay un orden para estos fondos\", explicó Chávez. \"Una persona dispone de los dos\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si tiene pensado solicitar horas de ambos fondos, digamos que va a vacunarse y necesita dedicar algo de tiempo a cuidar a un ser querido que ha dado positivo, debe llevar un registro claro de cuántas horas va a necesitar y en qué días las va a utilizar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chávez recomienda \"hacer la solicitud por escrito\", lo que podría ser un correo electrónico o un mensaje de texto. También puede pedir esas horas mediante una conversación verbal con su jefe, pero tenga cuidado: hacer eso podría dificultar que le aprueben su solicitud si su empleador luego dice que no recuerda haber aprobado esas horas, o que usted no cumple con los requisitos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, si se acerca la fecha límite del 31 de diciembre para solicitar la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19, tenga pruebas de que inició esa solicitud antes o el mismo 31 de diciembre para que el empresario no pueda rechazar la solicitud alegando que le llegó demasiado tarde.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"retro\">\u003c/a>¿Puedo reclamar estas horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 después de que me haya recuperado de una infección?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>En algunos casos. Si usó sus horas de enfermedad regulares (las que su empresa le otorgó cuando comenzó su empleo) por mótivos relacionados con el COVID-19 entre el 1 de enero de 2022 al 19 de febrero, usted puede reclamar esas horas a su empleador. Si tuviste que tomar licencia por enfermedad en ese mismo periodo y no fueron horas pagadas, también puedes pedir a tu empleador que te reembolse por las horas que no trabajaste, esto según Steve Smith, de la Federación de Trabajadores de California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las horas que reclame con carácter retroactivo pued en tomarse de cualquiera de los dos fondos. Sin embargo, tenga en cuenta que si decide tomar horas del fondo B, es posible que todavía tenga que verificar con su empleador que usted o un ser querido estaba enfermo con COVID-19 cuando tomó licencia por enfermedad no remunerada, y proporcionar una prueba positiva de ese período. Es posible que su empleador le exija más de una prueba positiva, en función del número de horas de permiso retribuido que solicite.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Y si no trabajo a tiempo completo?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Estos dos bancos de baja por enfermedad COVID ofrecen 40 horas cada uno (80 horas en total) si trabajas a tiempo completo. Si no trabajas a tiempo completo, explica Smith, \"la cantidad de horas se calcula en función del número de horas semanales que trabajas\", para lo cual se tiene en cuenta el número de horas semanales que has trabajado en los últimos seis meses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Si ha trabajado por menos de seis meses, la ecuación es un poco diferente\", dice Smith, que añade que el Departamento de Relaciones Laborales ha hecho disponible \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">unas directrices para los trabajadores de medio tiempo sobre cómo calcular cuántas horas pueden recibir\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ya que puedo utilizar estas horas de enfermedad si necesito cuidar a un miembro de mi familia que se enfermó de COVID-19, ¿quién cuenta como \"mi familia\"?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\"Creo que este es uno de los aspectos de la ley que puede resultar un poco complicado\", explica Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dice que un miembro de la familia \"se puede considerar como alguien que vive en su casa\", pero reconoce que este tipo de definiciones se han vuelto más fluidas durante la pandemia, ya que personas no emparentadas se ponen en cuarentena o se aíslan juntas en la misma casa. Smith también da el ejemplo de adultos mayores que no viven con sus hijos adultos casa a tiempo completo, pero que requieren de sus cuidados, ya sea en su casa o en la suya porque tienen COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Qué tipo de prueba de COVID-19 debo de presentar si quiere acceder a las horas del fondo B?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith dice que, en este momento, parece que los empleadores aceptarán una prueba PCR o una prueba de antígenos, y que las pruebas de antígenos realizadas en casa también son aceptables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dado que puede utilizar tanto el fondo A como el fondo B de la baja por enfermedad si usted o un miembro de su familia contrae COVID-19, Smith señala que es posible que tenga que proporcionar un segundo resultado positivo para poder acceder a sus horas.\u003cbr>\n\"Por tanto, creemos que es una buena regla general que los trabajadores se hagan la prueba en cuanto presenten síntomas y que vuelvan a hacérsela si siguen sintiéndose mal al entrar en la segunda semana\", agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11928332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Una persona con cubrebocas prepara una vacuna, lleva puesto guantes. Cerca de ella se encuentra una persona mayor, esperando recibir su vacuna.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1022\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/nurse-prepares-booster-shot-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una enfermera prepara una primera dosis de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer para José Luis Sánchez en una clínica de Pasadena, el 19 de agosto de 2021. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP vía Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>¿Quién no puede solicitar las horas de enfermedad por COVID-19?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Si trabaja para una empresa que tiene menos de 26 empleados, no puede reclamar esta nueva baja por enfermedad por COVID-19. Según el portal CalMatters, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2022/02/la-nueva-licencia-por-enfermedad-de-covid-dejaria-fuera-al-menos-a-1-de-cada-4-trabajadores-de-california/\">esto significa que aproximadamente 1 de cada 4 trabajadores de California están excluidos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin acceso a esta baja por enfermedad de COVID-19, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Spanish/paid_sick_leave.htm\">la mayoría de los trabajadores de California sólo tienen derecho legalmente a un máximo de tres días de baja por enfermedad al año\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith también señala que las pautas estatales dejan fuera a los trabajadores que son \"clasificados como contratistas independientes\", como quienes trabajan para empresas como Uber, Lyft y DoorDash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si no califica para la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19, averigue si su ciudad o condado cuenta con un programa propio que ofrezca ayudas económicas a las personas que pierden su trabajo a causa de COVID-19. Desafortunadamente, muchos de estos programas establecidos durante la pandemia ya no están en vigor. El \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/es/node/6102\">programa Right to Recover\u003c/a> de San Francisco, por ejemplo, ofrecía fondos a los residentes que daban positivo a COVID-19 y no podían trabajar durante su recuperación, pero ya no está disponible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede utilizar la \u003ca href=\"https://saferatwork.covid19.ca.gov/covid19-worker-benefits-and-leave-navigator/\">herramienta en línea de COVID-19 Worker Benefits and Leave de California\u003c/a> para explorar sus opciones de licencia durante la pandemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"batallar\">\u003c/a>Estoy batallando con mi jefe para que me apruebe las horas de enfermedad ¿Qué debo hacer?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si su empleador dice que su empresa es demasiado pequeña para solicite la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque la baja por enfermedad por COVID-19 sólo está disponible para las personas en California que trabajan para un empleador de 26 o más personas, Chávez señala que la ley no requiere que estos 26 o más trabajadores estén todos ubicados en California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"La ley sólo cubre a los empleadores que tienen 26 o más empleados en todo el país\", dijo. \"No se trata sólo de una oficina (en California)\". Así que si su empresa emplea a personas en varios estados, probablemente sea una buena idea comprobar el tamaño total de su fuerza laboral en todo el país, porque ese número total podría ser 26 o más.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si su jefe dice que no tiene que proporcionar licencia por enfermedad por COVID-19 más allá del 30 de septiembre … \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eso no es cierto. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/Spanish/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">La Licencia por Enfermedad Pagada Suplementaria por COVID-19 fue oficialmente extendida\u003c/a> bajo la ley estatal hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022, más allá de su fecha de expiración original del 30 de septiembre. Y si usted está reclamando esta licencia en o antes del 31 de diciembre, puede tomar la cantidad que le corresponde, hasta 80 horas en enero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/09/29/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-29-22/\">Esta prórroga fue promulgada por el gobernador Newsom el 30 de septiembre\u003c/a> y todas las empresas de California con 26 o más empleados están ahora automáticamente sujetas a la prórroga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si su jefe le dice que no cumple con los requisitos para solicitar horas de enfermedad por COVID-19 …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si su jefe rechaza su solicitud alegando que no sabe de qué está hablando usted, o que no cumple con los requisitos cuando usted cree lo contrario, Chávez recomienda volver a hacer la solicitud, pero esta vez incluya en su mensaje el recado de la Oficina del Comisionado de Trabajo que explica quién está cubierto por esta ley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El recado está disponible en formato \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">PDF en inglés\u003c/a> y también como \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19resources/Spanish/2022-COVID-19-SPSL-Poster.pdf\">PDF en español\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Si siguen oponiéndose incluso después de ver algo bastante oficial de una agencia estatal, yo recomendaría ponerse en contacto con un abogado\", dijo Chávez. Ella señala que varias clínicas de ayuda legal en el Área de la Bahía ofrecen asistencia gratuita y pueden \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">ayudarle a presentar una queja ante la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Si le preocupa tomar medidas en contra de su empleador … \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chávez entiende que algunos trabajadores se sientan nerviosos ante estas conversaciones difíciles, sobre todo si temen que su empleador tome represalias contra ellos reduciéndoles el salario o las horas de trabajo, o hasta despidiéndoles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hay leyes que protegen a los trabajadores contra las represalias\", afirma. \"Así que si eso ocurriera, ya sea una persona indocumentada, un ciudadano estadounidense o cualquier otra cosa, una persona puede presentar una queja por represalias\". \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">Puede presentar una queja ante la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral en línea\u003c/a>, llamando al (714) 558-4913 o enviando un correo electrónico a \u003ca href=\"mailto:osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\">osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si sigue dudando en presentar una queja formal cuando su empleador se niega a atender su solicitud de baja por enfermedad o si no ha recibido respuesta de la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral, usted tiene otras opciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Existen algunos casos en los que Chávez y su oficina han ayudado a los trabajadores a asegurar la licencia por enfermedad por COVID-19 escribiendo una carta al empleador. \"Acudan a abogados o a alguien que esté dispuesto a ayudarles con una carta en la que se exprese claramente lo que el empleador está obligado a hacer\", dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He aquí algunas organizaciones que ofrecen asistencia jurídica gratuita a los trabajadores del Área de la Bahía:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics-and-helplines/?lang=es\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: (415) 864-8208\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/get-help\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice/Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: (415) 896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/?lang=es\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: (510) 437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y editado por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11935942/horas-de-enfermedad-por-covid-19-este-beneficio-termina-el-1-de-enero-en-california","authors":["3243","11708"],"categories":["news_457","news_28523","news_8"],"tags":["news_27350","news_30561","news_27504","news_31321","news_28056","news_28586","news_29517","news_30152","news_27775","news_28444","news_6703","news_28449","news_27629","news_31318"],"featImg":"news_11935944","label":"source_news_11935942"},"news_11904385":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11904385","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11904385","score":null,"sort":[1644282295000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"you-can-now-get-covid-sick-leave-again-in-california","title":"You Can Now Get COVID Sick Leave Again in California","publishDate":1644282295,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>California workers have access again to as much as two weeks of paid time off for COVID-related sick leave, under a deal approved by state lawmakers on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement comes amid the continued omicron surge and the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/series/california-workers-covid/\">resulting labor shortage across the state’s workforce\u003c/a>, including health care, schools and public transit. And it may be just in time: The number of Californians who were not working in the last month because they or a family member had COVID-19 \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Femiwonk/status/1486040171845877762?s=20\">increased by 320%\u003c/a>, according to a California Budget and Policy Center analysis of census data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California workers have been without extra paid time off for COVID — on top of just three days of regular paid sick leave — since a statewide program ended Sept. 30. But the pandemic has peaked again since then. And labor groups and advocates have been lobbying for months to restore it.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Sen. Richard Pan\"]'We want to be sure people aren't coming to work sick, bringing COVID into the workplace, potentially exposing customers or other people as well.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/25/governor-newsom-legislative-leaders-announce-framework-to-extend-supplemental-paid-sick-leave-protecting-workers-and-supporting-businesses-amid-covid-surge/\">Under the deal negotiated \u003c/a>and announced Jan. 25 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, the new leave program will be retroactive to Jan. 1 and extend through Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his budget proposal on Jan. 10, Newsom said he wanted the leave reinstated, though details were unclear. With the agreement, the Legislature will act on \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/08/governor-newsom-announces-new-2-7-billion-covid-19-emergency-response-package/\">Newsom’s $1.4 billion emergency budget request\u003c/a> for COVID-related programs, well before the regular budget is approved in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 3, the Senate Budget Committee \u003ca href=\"https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sbud.senate.ca.gov/files/February_3_2022_Hearing_Agenda_Final.pdf\">voted 13-3 to endorse the proposal\u003c/a>, incorporated into \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB84\">Assembly Bill 84\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to be sure people aren’t coming to work sick, bringing COVID into the workplace, potentially exposing customers or other people as well,” state Sen. Richard Pan, a Sacramento Democrat, said in support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 7, the full Assembly approved it on a 55-7 vote, and the Senate followed suit by a 30-7 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the key negotiating points was offsetting the costs to businesses, especially smaller ones. As with the previous leave, the new leave covers only employers with 26 or more workers, and the state will provide tax credits to companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s ability to take early budget action will protect workers and provide real relief to businesses reeling from this latest surge,” the joint announcement said on Jan. 25. “By extending sick leave to frontline workers with COVID and providing support for California businesses, we can help protect the health of our workforce, while also ensuring that businesses and our economy are able to thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some key points to know about the deal:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who can use the leave?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Any full-time employee of a company that has 26 or more workers is entitled to 40 hours of paid leave due to COVID. That doesn’t cover getting the vaccine or recovering from side effects; in that instance, a worker gets a maximum 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to get additional paid leave, as much as 40 hours more, workers would have to show proof that they or a family member had tested positive. This provision is apparently to address concerns from the California Chamber of Commerce about possible fraud by employees. Employers must pay for and provide the test. If a worker refuses to take a test or show a positive test result, no additional sick leave will be granted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under current health guidelines, anyone who tests positive should quarantine for five days, regardless of vaccination status. While the number of daily cases has been declining, \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/\">below 60,000\u003c/a>, that’s still more than during the delta variant surge last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leave will be retroactive to any time off starting Jan. 1. Employees will be compensated at their regular pay rates, a maximum of $511 a day, or $5,110 total.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But making only employees at larger businesses eligible \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Femiwonk/status/1486040175805272068?s=20\">leaves out three in 10 workers\u003c/a>, the budget center says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What do businesses get?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last year, they were reimbursed for the supplemental paid leave with a federal tax credit, which is no longer available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, businesses will have to absorb the costs, but they will be helped by restoring tax credits for research and development and net operating losses, through tax relief for recipients of federal relief grants for restaurants and shuttered venues and additional funding for more small business grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Chamber said \u003ca href=\"https://advocacy.calchamber.com/2022/02/02/calchamber-issues-statement-on-covid-19-paid-sick-leave-proposal/\">the proposed bill also ensures\u003c/a> that the rate of pay matches existing sick leave and makes reporting wage statements simpler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera said any new sick leave mandate should be limited in duration and have “reasonable parameters,” and shouldn’t overly burden businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said on Feb. 2 that the latest proposal is a “balanced approach to protect both workers and our economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on concerns and input from Cal Chamber, the Governor’s office considerably improved their original proposal to make reinstatement of the leave far more affordable and manageable,” Barrera said in a statement. “While we understand this additional leave will be shouldered by many employers, the proposal is more limited in scope and duration than what was originally discussed. We appreciate productive discussions with the Governor’s office, Legislature, and advocates for labor.”[aside postID=\"news_11902709,news_11901641,news_11900049\" label=\"Related Posts\"]The California Retailers Association, however, still has concerns. Steve McCarthy, its vice president of public policy and regulatory affairs, said that employees who are exposed to COVID on the job are already eligible for pay under Cal/OSHA rules. “This measure acts as an additional layer of leave on top of what employers are already required to provide and will apply whether the employee contracted the virus at work or not,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What do labor groups say?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unions representing workers in industries including health care and food service applauded the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know we can’t wait for employers to keep us safe. We have to advocate for ourselves, and Governor Newsom and legislators listened,” said Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU California. “SEIU members feel proud to have been a part of this critical decision that protects our communities — working people and people of color, who have been at the front lines as we battle this virus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council said that workers can stay home without the fear of losing two weeks of pay, or their job. Nationwide, those with household incomes of less than $25,000 a year have been 3.5 times \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy/status/1490756364599185408?s=20&t=mIqfroPtJF2KEgm8gF3V6A\">more likely to miss a week of work \u003c/a>due to COVID-19 than those earning more than $100,000 a year, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one should be forced to choose between their family’s safety and a paycheck,” Carolina Rocha, a janitor and executive board member of SEIU-United Services West, said in a statement. “Most workers in California can’t afford a gap in pay. The bills have to get paid every month. California’s leaders did the right thing by listening to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor unions are key supporters of Democratic officials, and their volunteers and money will be at a premium for legislators and the governor in this year’s elections. Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/10/newsom-recall-big-donors/\">SEIU contributed $6.6 million\u003c/a> to help Newsom defeat the recall effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What's next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The sick leave bill is on the fast track. Once it is signed by the governor, it will take effect in 10 days. It’s part of Newsom’s package of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB147\">emergency COVID-19 bills\u003c/a> that includes funding for vaccination efforts, testing and rental assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Its inclusion in early action recognizes that California must take action now to slow the spread of COVID in the workplace, which affects workers, their families, co-workers, customers and communities at large,” said Erika Li, chief deputy director of the budget for the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. María Elena Durazo, a Democrat from the Los Angeles area, said during the budget committee meeting that while the leave was an efficient and important way to slow down the spread of COVID-19, the package could do more to provide economic relief to small businesses with fewer than 26 employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to be more explicit and targeted with economic relief for the businesses, as much as for the men and women who work for them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California lawmakers passed legislation on Monday to once more provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave to most workers who contract COVID.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1644349429,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1481},"headData":{"title":"You Can Now Get COVID Sick Leave Again in California | KQED","description":"California lawmakers passed legislation on Monday to once more provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave to most workers who contract COVID.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"You Can Now Get COVID Sick Leave Again in California","datePublished":"2022-02-08T01:04:55.000Z","dateModified":"2022-02-08T19:43:49.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11904385 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11904385","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/02/07/you-can-now-get-covid-sick-leave-again-in-california/","disqusTitle":"You Can Now Get COVID Sick Leave Again in California","source":"CalMatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/sameea-kamal\">Sameea Kamal\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11904385/you-can-now-get-covid-sick-leave-again-in-california","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California workers have access again to as much as two weeks of paid time off for COVID-related sick leave, under a deal approved by state lawmakers on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement comes amid the continued omicron surge and the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/series/california-workers-covid/\">resulting labor shortage across the state’s workforce\u003c/a>, including health care, schools and public transit. And it may be just in time: The number of Californians who were not working in the last month because they or a family member had COVID-19 \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Femiwonk/status/1486040171845877762?s=20\">increased by 320%\u003c/a>, according to a California Budget and Policy Center analysis of census data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California workers have been without extra paid time off for COVID — on top of just three days of regular paid sick leave — since a statewide program ended Sept. 30. But the pandemic has peaked again since then. And labor groups and advocates have been lobbying for months to restore it.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We want to be sure people aren't coming to work sick, bringing COVID into the workplace, potentially exposing customers or other people as well.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"State Sen. Richard Pan","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/25/governor-newsom-legislative-leaders-announce-framework-to-extend-supplemental-paid-sick-leave-protecting-workers-and-supporting-businesses-amid-covid-surge/\">Under the deal negotiated \u003c/a>and announced Jan. 25 by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, the new leave program will be retroactive to Jan. 1 and extend through Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his budget proposal on Jan. 10, Newsom said he wanted the leave reinstated, though details were unclear. With the agreement, the Legislature will act on \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/08/governor-newsom-announces-new-2-7-billion-covid-19-emergency-response-package/\">Newsom’s $1.4 billion emergency budget request\u003c/a> for COVID-related programs, well before the regular budget is approved in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 3, the Senate Budget Committee \u003ca href=\"https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sbud.senate.ca.gov/files/February_3_2022_Hearing_Agenda_Final.pdf\">voted 13-3 to endorse the proposal\u003c/a>, incorporated into \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB84\">Assembly Bill 84\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to be sure people aren’t coming to work sick, bringing COVID into the workplace, potentially exposing customers or other people as well,” state Sen. Richard Pan, a Sacramento Democrat, said in support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 7, the full Assembly approved it on a 55-7 vote, and the Senate followed suit by a 30-7 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the key negotiating points was offsetting the costs to businesses, especially smaller ones. As with the previous leave, the new leave covers only employers with 26 or more workers, and the state will provide tax credits to companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s ability to take early budget action will protect workers and provide real relief to businesses reeling from this latest surge,” the joint announcement said on Jan. 25. “By extending sick leave to frontline workers with COVID and providing support for California businesses, we can help protect the health of our workforce, while also ensuring that businesses and our economy are able to thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some key points to know about the deal:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who can use the leave?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Any full-time employee of a company that has 26 or more workers is entitled to 40 hours of paid leave due to COVID. That doesn’t cover getting the vaccine or recovering from side effects; in that instance, a worker gets a maximum 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to get additional paid leave, as much as 40 hours more, workers would have to show proof that they or a family member had tested positive. This provision is apparently to address concerns from the California Chamber of Commerce about possible fraud by employees. Employers must pay for and provide the test. If a worker refuses to take a test or show a positive test result, no additional sick leave will be granted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under current health guidelines, anyone who tests positive should quarantine for five days, regardless of vaccination status. While the number of daily cases has been declining, \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/\">below 60,000\u003c/a>, that’s still more than during the delta variant surge last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leave will be retroactive to any time off starting Jan. 1. Employees will be compensated at their regular pay rates, a maximum of $511 a day, or $5,110 total.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But making only employees at larger businesses eligible \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Femiwonk/status/1486040175805272068?s=20\">leaves out three in 10 workers\u003c/a>, the budget center says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What do businesses get?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last year, they were reimbursed for the supplemental paid leave with a federal tax credit, which is no longer available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, businesses will have to absorb the costs, but they will be helped by restoring tax credits for research and development and net operating losses, through tax relief for recipients of federal relief grants for restaurants and shuttered venues and additional funding for more small business grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Chamber said \u003ca href=\"https://advocacy.calchamber.com/2022/02/02/calchamber-issues-statement-on-covid-19-paid-sick-leave-proposal/\">the proposed bill also ensures\u003c/a> that the rate of pay matches existing sick leave and makes reporting wage statements simpler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera said any new sick leave mandate should be limited in duration and have “reasonable parameters,” and shouldn’t overly burden businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said on Feb. 2 that the latest proposal is a “balanced approach to protect both workers and our economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on concerns and input from Cal Chamber, the Governor’s office considerably improved their original proposal to make reinstatement of the leave far more affordable and manageable,” Barrera said in a statement. “While we understand this additional leave will be shouldered by many employers, the proposal is more limited in scope and duration than what was originally discussed. We appreciate productive discussions with the Governor’s office, Legislature, and advocates for labor.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11902709,news_11901641,news_11900049","label":"Related Posts "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The California Retailers Association, however, still has concerns. Steve McCarthy, its vice president of public policy and regulatory affairs, said that employees who are exposed to COVID on the job are already eligible for pay under Cal/OSHA rules. “This measure acts as an additional layer of leave on top of what employers are already required to provide and will apply whether the employee contracted the virus at work or not,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What do labor groups say?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unions representing workers in industries including health care and food service applauded the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know we can’t wait for employers to keep us safe. We have to advocate for ourselves, and Governor Newsom and legislators listened,” said Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU California. “SEIU members feel proud to have been a part of this critical decision that protects our communities — working people and people of color, who have been at the front lines as we battle this virus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council said that workers can stay home without the fear of losing two weeks of pay, or their job. Nationwide, those with household incomes of less than $25,000 a year have been 3.5 times \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy/status/1490756364599185408?s=20&t=mIqfroPtJF2KEgm8gF3V6A\">more likely to miss a week of work \u003c/a>due to COVID-19 than those earning more than $100,000 a year, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one should be forced to choose between their family’s safety and a paycheck,” Carolina Rocha, a janitor and executive board member of SEIU-United Services West, said in a statement. “Most workers in California can’t afford a gap in pay. The bills have to get paid every month. California’s leaders did the right thing by listening to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor unions are key supporters of Democratic officials, and their volunteers and money will be at a premium for legislators and the governor in this year’s elections. Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/10/newsom-recall-big-donors/\">SEIU contributed $6.6 million\u003c/a> to help Newsom defeat the recall effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What's next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The sick leave bill is on the fast track. Once it is signed by the governor, it will take effect in 10 days. It’s part of Newsom’s package of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB147\">emergency COVID-19 bills\u003c/a> that includes funding for vaccination efforts, testing and rental assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Its inclusion in early action recognizes that California must take action now to slow the spread of COVID in the workplace, which affects workers, their families, co-workers, customers and communities at large,” said Erika Li, chief deputy director of the budget for the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. María Elena Durazo, a Democrat from the Los Angeles area, said during the budget committee meeting that while the leave was an efficient and important way to slow down the spread of COVID-19, the package could do more to provide economic relief to small businesses with fewer than 26 employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to be more explicit and targeted with economic relief for the businesses, as much as for the men and women who work for them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11904385/you-can-now-get-covid-sick-leave-again-in-california","authors":["byline_news_11904385"],"categories":["news_457","news_8"],"tags":["news_30640","news_27626","news_6703","news_30641"],"featImg":"news_11885854","label":"source_news_11904385"},"news_11901641":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11901641","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11901641","score":null,"sort":[1642114346000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"will-covid-sick-leave-return-to-california","title":"Will COVID Sick Leave Return to California?","publishDate":1642114346,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Amid the omicron surge, California labor unions and their Democratic allies in the Legislature are pushing the state to \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/california/newsom-to-call-for-new-supplemental-covid-paid-sick-leave-after-law-expired/\">bring back supplemental paid sick leave\u003c/a>, which Gov. Gavin Newsom also proposed funding for in his recently announced state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as with so much else in this pandemic, doing so is not a simple proposition, further complicated by the current \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2022/01/california-weighs-order-canceling-elective-surgeries-as-covid-surges/\">staffing shortages in health care \u003c/a>and other essential workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of powerful business groups oppose the extension. And key details of the sick leave still must be worked out, including whether companies would get any help to offset their costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the previous state law, which was in effect from last March until Newsom and the Legislature let it expire at the end of September, any employer with more than 25 workers was required to offer as many as 80 hours of leave for quarantines or vaccine side effects. Employees could receive as much as $511 a day, or a maximum of $5,110 total, with hours accrued retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supplemental leave — on top of the minimum three days of paid sick leave a year that all employees get — was funded last year by a federal tax credit equal to a worker’s paid time off, including any health care costs. That credit also expired Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"paid-sick-leave\"]The state law didn’t contain a provision to reimburse businesses — and it's also not included in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/01/california-budget-newsom/\">Newsom’s proposed budget\u003c/a>, or in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COVID-19-Budget-Fact-Sheet.pdf\">emergency $1.4 billion request for COVID response\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley Hoffman, a policy advocate at the California Chamber of Commerce, said her group continues to have concerns about the costs to businesses — and raised the argument that paid sick leave encourages workers not to get vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Businesses are already doing a lot to help fight the pandemic. There’s been a lot of mandates \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/12/california-covid-cases-2/\">through Cal/OSHA\u003c/a>,” she told CalMatters. “There’s this general issue of, how much [obligation] does the business community have to continue to subsidize those workers who are choosing to continue to be unvaccinated? That seems to cut against the state’s message to get vaccinated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s office said it would not comment on that argument, or whether any aid for businesses is under consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re working with the Legislature to craft a policy that meets the needs of 2022, which are different than 2021’s, given new and revised information about science and vaccines,” said H.D. Palmer, a spokesperson for the state's Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In voicing his support for renewing paid leave, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon suggested he would be open to aiding some employers. “In the absence of new federal funding to assist small businesses with COVID sick leave requirements, I support augmenting the Governor’s budget to add state funding for this purpose, and we have already had a productive discussion on this,” Rendon said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal guidelines, endorsed by state health officials, recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, should \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html\">isolate for five days\u003c/a> if they test positive. (In response to staffing shortages, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-21-08.aspx\">state on Saturday made an exception for some asymptomatic health care workers\u003c/a> through January.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe it’s important to value those workers and provide them sick leave protections,” Newsom said at his budget rollout Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic leaders of the Legislature agreed. “We look forward to working out the details and reaching early agreement on this budget action,” Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, said that, given the budget surplus, now is the right time to protect workers and help struggling small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Workers should not have to make a choice between losing their job or taking care of their health or the health of a loved one. And small businesses, who are the heart of many communities, need support as we move forward with pandemic and economic recovery efforts,” she said in a statement Tuesday. “These efforts are not mutually exclusive, they are complementary. We can do both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrillo, state Sen. María Elena Durazo — also from LA — and labor leaders are holding a virtual press conference on Thursday calling on legislators to approve two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom's support for extended paid leave came after months of lobbying by unions and public health groups, as well as the Work and Family Coalition,\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>who are urging the Legislature to act swiftly, well before final approval of the budget in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council, which represents 180,000 employees in California, is demanding an immediate reinstatement of the two weeks of COVID leave as a “public health imperative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Workers currently have no safety net if they are exposed or sick with COVID-19 just as the virus is breaking new records,” its president, Andrea Zinder, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SEIU California, which has 700,000 members in 17 local unions, also is amping up the pressure on legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As omicron continues to spread, it is critical that the Administration has signaled its commitment to providing workers supplemental paid sick leave that we need to keep ourselves, our colleagues, our families, our clients and patients, and our communities safe,” union President Bob Schoonover said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic leaders in the Legislature and labor unions are negotiating how to bring back paid sick leave for COVID. One big issue: Will businesses get state help to offset their costs?\r\n\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1642120105,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":936},"headData":{"title":"Will COVID Sick Leave Return to California? | KQED","description":"Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic leaders in the Legislature and labor unions are negotiating how to bring back paid sick leave for COVID. One big issue: Will businesses get state help to offset their costs?\r\n\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Will COVID Sick Leave Return to California?","datePublished":"2022-01-13T22:52:26.000Z","dateModified":"2022-01-14T00:28:25.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11901641 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11901641","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/01/13/will-covid-sick-leave-return-to-california/","disqusTitle":"Will COVID Sick Leave Return to California?","source":"CalMatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/sameea-kamal/\">Sameea Kamal\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11901641/will-covid-sick-leave-return-to-california","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Amid the omicron surge, California labor unions and their Democratic allies in the Legislature are pushing the state to \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/california/newsom-to-call-for-new-supplemental-covid-paid-sick-leave-after-law-expired/\">bring back supplemental paid sick leave\u003c/a>, which Gov. Gavin Newsom also proposed funding for in his recently announced state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as with so much else in this pandemic, doing so is not a simple proposition, further complicated by the current \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2022/01/california-weighs-order-canceling-elective-surgeries-as-covid-surges/\">staffing shortages in health care \u003c/a>and other essential workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of powerful business groups oppose the extension. And key details of the sick leave still must be worked out, including whether companies would get any help to offset their costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the previous state law, which was in effect from last March until Newsom and the Legislature let it expire at the end of September, any employer with more than 25 workers was required to offer as many as 80 hours of leave for quarantines or vaccine side effects. Employees could receive as much as $511 a day, or a maximum of $5,110 total, with hours accrued retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supplemental leave — on top of the minimum three days of paid sick leave a year that all employees get — was funded last year by a federal tax credit equal to a worker’s paid time off, including any health care costs. That credit also expired Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"paid-sick-leave"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The state law didn’t contain a provision to reimburse businesses — and it's also not included in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/01/california-budget-newsom/\">Newsom’s proposed budget\u003c/a>, or in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COVID-19-Budget-Fact-Sheet.pdf\">emergency $1.4 billion request for COVID response\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley Hoffman, a policy advocate at the California Chamber of Commerce, said her group continues to have concerns about the costs to businesses — and raised the argument that paid sick leave encourages workers not to get vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Businesses are already doing a lot to help fight the pandemic. There’s been a lot of mandates \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/12/california-covid-cases-2/\">through Cal/OSHA\u003c/a>,” she told CalMatters. “There’s this general issue of, how much [obligation] does the business community have to continue to subsidize those workers who are choosing to continue to be unvaccinated? That seems to cut against the state’s message to get vaccinated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s office said it would not comment on that argument, or whether any aid for businesses is under consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re working with the Legislature to craft a policy that meets the needs of 2022, which are different than 2021’s, given new and revised information about science and vaccines,” said H.D. Palmer, a spokesperson for the state's Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In voicing his support for renewing paid leave, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon suggested he would be open to aiding some employers. “In the absence of new federal funding to assist small businesses with COVID sick leave requirements, I support augmenting the Governor’s budget to add state funding for this purpose, and we have already had a productive discussion on this,” Rendon said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal guidelines, endorsed by state health officials, recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, should \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html\">isolate for five days\u003c/a> if they test positive. (In response to staffing shortages, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/AFL-21-08.aspx\">state on Saturday made an exception for some asymptomatic health care workers\u003c/a> through January.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe it’s important to value those workers and provide them sick leave protections,” Newsom said at his budget rollout Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic leaders of the Legislature agreed. “We look forward to working out the details and reaching early agreement on this budget action,” Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, said that, given the budget surplus, now is the right time to protect workers and help struggling small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Workers should not have to make a choice between losing their job or taking care of their health or the health of a loved one. And small businesses, who are the heart of many communities, need support as we move forward with pandemic and economic recovery efforts,” she said in a statement Tuesday. “These efforts are not mutually exclusive, they are complementary. We can do both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrillo, state Sen. María Elena Durazo — also from LA — and labor leaders are holding a virtual press conference on Thursday calling on legislators to approve two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom's support for extended paid leave came after months of lobbying by unions and public health groups, as well as the Work and Family Coalition,\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>who are urging the Legislature to act swiftly, well before final approval of the budget in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council, which represents 180,000 employees in California, is demanding an immediate reinstatement of the two weeks of COVID leave as a “public health imperative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Workers currently have no safety net if they are exposed or sick with COVID-19 just as the virus is breaking new records,” its president, Andrea Zinder, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SEIU California, which has 700,000 members in 17 local unions, also is amping up the pressure on legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As omicron continues to spread, it is critical that the Administration has signaled its commitment to providing workers supplemental paid sick leave that we need to keep ourselves, our colleagues, our families, our clients and patients, and our communities safe,” union President Bob Schoonover said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11901641/will-covid-sick-leave-return-to-california","authors":["byline_news_11901641"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_27350","news_27504","news_19904","news_30305","news_6703"],"featImg":"news_11876644","label":"source_news_11901641"},"news_11824593":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11824593","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11824593","score":null,"sort":[1592342153000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sf-supervisor-introduces-measure-to-make-public-health-emergency-leave-permanent","title":"San Francisco Considers Making Public Health Emergency Leave Permanent","publishDate":1592342153,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Under a newly proposed ballot measure, many San Francisco workers would be able to receive additional paid sick leave benefits during future public health crises or unhealthy air days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, introduced Tuesday by Supervisor Gordon Mar, seeks to make permanent the city's current emergency benefit, which requires large San Francisco employers to grant two weeks of paid leave per year to some 200,000 workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal would make paid leave automatically available during any future public health emergency, such as a resurgence of the virus. It would also include coverage for disruptive unhealthy air quality days, like those caused by smoke from the 2018 Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"paid-sick-leave\"]San Francisco workers — not just residents — at private companies with 500 or more employees would be eligible for the benefit, in addition to any other benefits employees already receive. It would be automatically available during declared public emergencies if workers get sick or have to care for a family member or if their work places are closed and they're unable to work remotely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the middle — or maybe just the start — of an historic pandemic with no clear end in sight,\" Mar, who represents the Sunset District, said in a statement. “Climate change continues to exacerbate our wildfire seasons, and future fires may be more dangerous than any before. We need laws that reflect the urgency and the grave reality of these threats and provide safety and security in the face of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal comes as the city and state continue to significantly loosen shelter-in-place restrictions, allowing many businesses to reopen, even as cases of the coronavirus continue to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United States is one of the few industrialized nations in the world where workers are not guaranteed paid sick leave, and in California, employers are only required to provide three days of paid sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the current emergency paid leave bill, the proposed measure would have no impact on city budgets, as the onus would rest entirely on employers, said Edward Wright, Mar's legislative aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That's part of the reason why we focused on large employers,” he said, noting the strain it could place on small businesses. “They're better suited and more capable of providing this kind of benefit to their workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure needs six votes from the Board of Supervisors to be placed on the November ballot, where it would require approval from a majority of San Francisco voters. If it passes, San Francisco would be one of the first cities in the nation to permanently guarantee paid sick leave to workers during future emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We weren't the first city to do an emergency version of this, [but] I'm not aware of any that have made it permanent to anticipate future emergencies. We may be the first on that,\" Wright said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A proposed ballot measure introduced by city Supervisor Gordon Mar would make permanent the city's current emergency paid sick leave requirement, allowing some 200,000 San Francisco workers to receive compensation during future health crises.\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1592344941,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":503},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco Considers Making Public Health Emergency Leave Permanent | KQED","description":"A proposed ballot measure introduced by city Supervisor Gordon Mar would make permanent the city's current emergency paid sick leave requirement, allowing some 200,000 San Francisco workers to receive compensation during future health crises.\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Francisco Considers Making Public Health Emergency Leave Permanent","datePublished":"2020-06-16T21:15:53.000Z","dateModified":"2020-06-16T22:02:21.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11824593 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11824593","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/06/16/sf-supervisor-introduces-measure-to-make-public-health-emergency-leave-permanent/","disqusTitle":"San Francisco Considers Making Public Health Emergency Leave Permanent","source":"Coronavirus","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","path":"/news/11824593/sf-supervisor-introduces-measure-to-make-public-health-emergency-leave-permanent","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Under a newly proposed ballot measure, many San Francisco workers would be able to receive additional paid sick leave benefits during future public health crises or unhealthy air days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, introduced Tuesday by Supervisor Gordon Mar, seeks to make permanent the city's current emergency benefit, which requires large San Francisco employers to grant two weeks of paid leave per year to some 200,000 workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal would make paid leave automatically available during any future public health emergency, such as a resurgence of the virus. It would also include coverage for disruptive unhealthy air quality days, like those caused by smoke from the 2018 Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"paid-sick-leave"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Francisco workers — not just residents — at private companies with 500 or more employees would be eligible for the benefit, in addition to any other benefits employees already receive. It would be automatically available during declared public emergencies if workers get sick or have to care for a family member or if their work places are closed and they're unable to work remotely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the middle — or maybe just the start — of an historic pandemic with no clear end in sight,\" Mar, who represents the Sunset District, said in a statement. “Climate change continues to exacerbate our wildfire seasons, and future fires may be more dangerous than any before. We need laws that reflect the urgency and the grave reality of these threats and provide safety and security in the face of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal comes as the city and state continue to significantly loosen shelter-in-place restrictions, allowing many businesses to reopen, even as cases of the coronavirus continue to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United States is one of the few industrialized nations in the world where workers are not guaranteed paid sick leave, and in California, employers are only required to provide three days of paid sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the current emergency paid leave bill, the proposed measure would have no impact on city budgets, as the onus would rest entirely on employers, said Edward Wright, Mar's legislative aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That's part of the reason why we focused on large employers,” he said, noting the strain it could place on small businesses. “They're better suited and more capable of providing this kind of benefit to their workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure needs six votes from the Board of Supervisors to be placed on the November ballot, where it would require approval from a majority of San Francisco voters. If it passes, San Francisco would be one of the first cities in the nation to permanently guarantee paid sick leave to workers during future emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We weren't the first city to do an emergency version of this, [but] I'm not aware of any that have made it permanent to anticipate future emergencies. We may be the first on that,\" Wright said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11824593/sf-supervisor-introduces-measure-to-make-public-health-emergency-leave-permanent","authors":["1263"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_27350","news_27504","news_27412","news_6703","news_38"],"featImg":"news_11824621","label":"source_news_11824593"},"news_11821282":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11821282","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11821282","score":null,"sort":[1590674709000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-francisco-to-replace-wages-for-low-income-undocumented-workers-with-covid-19","title":"San Francisco to Replace Wages for Low-Income, Undocumented Workers Who Have COVID-19","publishDate":1590674709,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>As San Francisco’s Latino population suffers a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/science/1963542/low-income-latino-men-in-san-francisco-at-high-risk-for-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">growing toll\u003c/a> from COVID-19, the city plans to begin offering more than $1,200 in aid to residents unable to afford to self-isolate after testing positive, according to the mayor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"Right to Recover\" program would channel private donations to supply two weeks of minimum wage to San Franciscans who, due to immigration status or other reasons, lack access to benefits such as unemployment insurance or paid sick leave while they are asked to recover at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When someone tests positive for COVID-19, we want them to be able to focus on getting the care they need and taking the necessary steps to slow the spread of the virus, not worrying about how they’ll pay their bills,” said Mayor London Breed in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials expect the program to be up and running in a few weeks. They aim to help more than 1,300 working San Franciscans with a $2 million initial contribution from the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/give-city-respond-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give2SF\u003c/a> COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco was among the first U.S. cities to implement aggressive measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, but the rate of infections in the city disproportionately affects low-income and minority communities, say public health experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos represent only 15% of the city’s population, but infections among Latinos have grown to nearly half of all confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://data.sfgov.org/stories/s/w6za-6st8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Department of Public Health\u003c/a>. By comparison, non-Hispanic whites, about 40% of San Francisco’s population, represent only 15% of coronavirus cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent UCSF COVID-19 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417356/initial-results-mission-district-covid-19-testing-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> pointed to a key reason low-income Latinos are at higher risk of contracting the virus: Many can’t work from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study, which tested nearly 3,000 residents and workers in a heavily Latino area of the city’s Mission District, found most of those with an active infection earned less than $50,000 a year and had to venture outside their homes to earn income, sometimes providing essential services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, undocumented workers are not eligible for unemployment insurance or federal coronavirus stimulus checks, even if they contribute an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-tax-contributions-in-california-county-by-county-analysis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$3 billion\u003c/a> per year in local and state taxes in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A significant number of those who tested positive in the UCSF study also reported they are not eligible for state and federal benefits, said Jon Jacobo, with the Latino Task Force for COVID-19, which worked with UCSF researchers to conduct the study. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"—Hillary Ronen, San Francisco supervisor\"]'It is in our collective best interest to make sure that financial vulnerabilities do not stand in the way of any worker who is sick from being able to rest and recover.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the things that we heard were, ‘Well, you know, I'm asymptomatic. I feel fine. And if I test positive, that means I can't go to work for two weeks. And how am I going to pay the bills?’ Jacobo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Hillary Ronen, whose district includes the Mission, initially proposed the Right to Recover wage replacement in early May as a response to the UCSF study findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Low-wage workers deserve the opportunity to shelter in place and to quarantine if they are ill without the fear of losing income,” Ronen said in a statement. “It is in our collective best interest to make sure that financial vulnerabilities do not stand in the way of any worker who is sick from being able to rest and recover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, public health officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID19-Home-IQ-Guidelines-and-Directives-Packet-FINAL-5.14.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommend\u003c/a> those who test positive for COVID-19 self-isolate for at least 10 days after the first symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All workers in California, regardless of immigration status, have access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/disability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Disability Insurance\u003c/a> if they get sick. But the state may take weeks to process an application, which doesn’t immediately benefit people who are diagnosed with the coronavirus and are asked to self-isolate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By law, employers in California are required to provide up to three days of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/paid_sick_leave.htm\">paid sick leave\u003c/a>, and in San Francisco, paid sick leave must cover up to \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/paid-sick-leave-ordinance-pslo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine days\u003c/a>. At the federal level, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Families First Coronavirus Response Act\u003c/a>, approved by Congress in March, requires certain employers to provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work because they must quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But vulnerable workers, especially those who are undocumented, may be afraid of getting fired if they advocate for their rights, particularly as millions lose jobs during the current economic crisis, said Kim Ouillette, an attorney with the nonprofit Legal Aid at Work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If employees start making a big deal about their rights, they can get terminated. This is a difficult employment environment,” Ouillette said, adding that government agencies charged with enforcing worker protections, such as the state California Labor Commissioner's Office, can take one or two years to resolve an employee complaint. [aside tag=\"undocumented, latino\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any local and state efforts to provide individuals with income support in a timely manner when they're sick is essential to California's recovery,” Ouillette said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, after a person is diagnosed with COVID-19, the Department of Public Health interviews them. Once Right to Recover is launched, the department will connect eligible individuals to the program and other resources, such as free hotel rooms where they can safely isolate, according to city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another goal of the program is to increase testing for COVID-19 among essential workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many low-wage workers who depend on their wages to survive are reluctant to be tested for COVID-19 because of fear of losing wages,” said Cristina Padilla, a spokesperson with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. “Essential workers need to know that if they volunteer to be tested, and test positive, that they will be able to safely quarantine for their own protection and the protection of the public at large.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As San Francisco’s Latino population suffers a growing toll from COVID-19, the city plans to begin offering more than $1,200 in aid to residents unable to afford to self-isolate after testing positive, according to the mayor’s office.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1590771854,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1031},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco to Replace Wages for Low-Income, Undocumented Workers Who Have COVID-19 | KQED","description":"As San Francisco’s Latino population suffers a growing toll from COVID-19, the city plans to begin offering more than $1,200 in aid to residents unable to afford to self-isolate after testing positive, according to the mayor’s office.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Francisco to Replace Wages for Low-Income, Undocumented Workers Who Have COVID-19","datePublished":"2020-05-28T14:05:09.000Z","dateModified":"2020-05-29T17:04:14.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11821282 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11821282","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/05/28/san-francisco-to-replace-wages-for-low-income-undocumented-workers-with-covid-19/","disqusTitle":"San Francisco to Replace Wages for Low-Income, Undocumented Workers Who Have COVID-19","source":"Coronavirus","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2020/05/RomeroSFReplacingWages.mp3","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/news/11821282/san-francisco-to-replace-wages-for-low-income-undocumented-workers-with-covid-19","audioDuration":62000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As San Francisco’s Latino population suffers a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/science/1963542/low-income-latino-men-in-san-francisco-at-high-risk-for-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">growing toll\u003c/a> from COVID-19, the city plans to begin offering more than $1,200 in aid to residents unable to afford to self-isolate after testing positive, according to the mayor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"Right to Recover\" program would channel private donations to supply two weeks of minimum wage to San Franciscans who, due to immigration status or other reasons, lack access to benefits such as unemployment insurance or paid sick leave while they are asked to recover at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When someone tests positive for COVID-19, we want them to be able to focus on getting the care they need and taking the necessary steps to slow the spread of the virus, not worrying about how they’ll pay their bills,” said Mayor London Breed in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials expect the program to be up and running in a few weeks. They aim to help more than 1,300 working San Franciscans with a $2 million initial contribution from the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/give-city-respond-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give2SF\u003c/a> COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco was among the first U.S. cities to implement aggressive measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, but the rate of infections in the city disproportionately affects low-income and minority communities, say public health experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos represent only 15% of the city’s population, but infections among Latinos have grown to nearly half of all confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://data.sfgov.org/stories/s/w6za-6st8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Department of Public Health\u003c/a>. By comparison, non-Hispanic whites, about 40% of San Francisco’s population, represent only 15% of coronavirus cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent UCSF COVID-19 \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417356/initial-results-mission-district-covid-19-testing-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> pointed to a key reason low-income Latinos are at higher risk of contracting the virus: Many can’t work from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study, which tested nearly 3,000 residents and workers in a heavily Latino area of the city’s Mission District, found most of those with an active infection earned less than $50,000 a year and had to venture outside their homes to earn income, sometimes providing essential services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, undocumented workers are not eligible for unemployment insurance or federal coronavirus stimulus checks, even if they contribute an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-tax-contributions-in-california-county-by-county-analysis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$3 billion\u003c/a> per year in local and state taxes in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A significant number of those who tested positive in the UCSF study also reported they are not eligible for state and federal benefits, said Jon Jacobo, with the Latino Task Force for COVID-19, which worked with UCSF researchers to conduct the study. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It is in our collective best interest to make sure that financial vulnerabilities do not stand in the way of any worker who is sick from being able to rest and recover.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"—Hillary Ronen, San Francisco supervisor","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the things that we heard were, ‘Well, you know, I'm asymptomatic. I feel fine. And if I test positive, that means I can't go to work for two weeks. And how am I going to pay the bills?’ Jacobo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Hillary Ronen, whose district includes the Mission, initially proposed the Right to Recover wage replacement in early May as a response to the UCSF study findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Low-wage workers deserve the opportunity to shelter in place and to quarantine if they are ill without the fear of losing income,” Ronen said in a statement. “It is in our collective best interest to make sure that financial vulnerabilities do not stand in the way of any worker who is sick from being able to rest and recover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, public health officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID19-Home-IQ-Guidelines-and-Directives-Packet-FINAL-5.14.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommend\u003c/a> those who test positive for COVID-19 self-isolate for at least 10 days after the first symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All workers in California, regardless of immigration status, have access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/disability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Disability Insurance\u003c/a> if they get sick. But the state may take weeks to process an application, which doesn’t immediately benefit people who are diagnosed with the coronavirus and are asked to self-isolate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By law, employers in California are required to provide up to three days of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/paid_sick_leave.htm\">paid sick leave\u003c/a>, and in San Francisco, paid sick leave must cover up to \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/paid-sick-leave-ordinance-pslo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine days\u003c/a>. At the federal level, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Families First Coronavirus Response Act\u003c/a>, approved by Congress in March, requires certain employers to provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work because they must quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But vulnerable workers, especially those who are undocumented, may be afraid of getting fired if they advocate for their rights, particularly as millions lose jobs during the current economic crisis, said Kim Ouillette, an attorney with the nonprofit Legal Aid at Work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If employees start making a big deal about their rights, they can get terminated. This is a difficult employment environment,” Ouillette said, adding that government agencies charged with enforcing worker protections, such as the state California Labor Commissioner's Office, can take one or two years to resolve an employee complaint. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"undocumented, latino","label":"More Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any local and state efforts to provide individuals with income support in a timely manner when they're sick is essential to California's recovery,” Ouillette said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, after a person is diagnosed with COVID-19, the Department of Public Health interviews them. Once Right to Recover is launched, the department will connect eligible individuals to the program and other resources, such as free hotel rooms where they can safely isolate, according to city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another goal of the program is to increase testing for COVID-19 among essential workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many low-wage workers who depend on their wages to survive are reluctant to be tested for COVID-19 because of fear of losing wages,” said Cristina Padilla, a spokesperson with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. “Essential workers need to know that if they volunteer to be tested, and test positive, that they will be able to safely quarantine for their own protection and the protection of the public at large.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11821282/san-francisco-to-replace-wages-for-low-income-undocumented-workers-with-covid-19","authors":["8659"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_1169","news_8"],"tags":["news_27698","news_27626","news_21308","news_6703","news_38","news_3173"],"featImg":"news_11821301","label":"source_news_11821282"},"news_11810843":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11810843","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11810843","score":null,"sort":[1586381813000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"even-with-new-federal-coronavirus-bill-most-workers-get-no-additional-sick-leave","title":"Even With New Federal Coronavirus Bill, Most Workers Get No Additional Sick Leave","publishDate":1586381813,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>San Jose and San Francisco passed emergency bills Tuesday requiring large companies to give all employees 14 days of paid sick leave if they have been affected by COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are only as healthy as our neighbor, our grocery store clerk, our essential frontline workers,\" said San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar. \"And if they can't afford to stay home when they need to, we are all worse off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar said San Francisco's emergency bill will help about 200,000 workers in the city. A similar ordinance is being drafted in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United States is one of the few wealthy nations that does not guarantee paid sick leave for all workers. The “\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6201/text\">Families First Coronavirus Response Act\u003c/a>” was potentially going to change that by guaranteeing 14 paid days off for all workers, plus additional leave time for issues relating to the coronavirus outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after congressional Republicans pushed for exemptions for businesses with less than 50 employees or more than 500 employees, the law — which passed in March — now only covers about 25% of all workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/12/as-coronavirus-spreads-which-u-s-workers-have-paid-sick-leave-and-which-dont/\">one of 12 states\u003c/a> that does guarantee paid sick time, but it is far shy of 14 days — the minimum amount of time officials say people should self-quarantine if they believe they've been exposed to COVID-19. The state requires employers to guarantee three paid sick days per year. Only 4% of all U.S. workers have 14 or more days off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so little time off, workers in the pandemic are being asked to choose between staying home and making no money or working while sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working sick is something many Americans are used to doing. New survey data from UCSF and UC Berkeley shows just how prevalent it is among service and retail workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF’s Kristen Harknett and Daniel Schneider of UC Berkeley surveyed 100,000 service and retail workers nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://shift.berkeley.edu/paid-sick-leave-brief/\">as part of the “Shift Project.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results are “really scary,” Harknett said. “Sixty percent of the workers reported going to the job sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harknett said in many cases workers have no option because their company does not give them sick leave. And that even when they did have paid time off, many workers reported being unable to access it. They said that managers would pressure them to come in and that they were afraid of retaliation for taking any time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More Coverage\" link1=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809643/the-many-challenges-of-being-an-essential-service-worker-in-a-pandemic,The Big Challenge of Being an 'Essential' Worker in a Global Pandemic\" align=right hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harknett said a worker told her, “If I call out sick, it's a strike against me.” Of paid time off, another worker told her, “Even though I have it, it looks kind of bad if I use it. My manager doesn't want me to use it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pressure to work while sick and fear of retaliation is especially true in the service industry, where waiters and front-of-house staff are often expected to find someone to cover their shift if they are ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has been the experience for waiter Ricky Villarreal, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been times where I've been sick, and they say, short of throwing up or diarrhea, come on in,\" said Villarreal. \"Depending on what you got, you take a lot of Tylenol or DayQuil and just kind of march in and try to power through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many restaurants have closed now because of the coronavirus. But because of the exemptions in the new bill, if a restaurant has less than 50 employees, it will not have to give its workers additional paid time off when it reopens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED interviewed a pharmacy worker at a large chain who had a similar experience to Villarreal. She said she wants to remain anonymous for fear of losing her job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says about a month ago, when the pandemic was starting to hit the U.S., she and two other colleagues had flu-like symptoms. They couldn’t find anyone to cover for them, so the manager told them they had to come to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt so bad,” she said. “People were coming in to get medication, and I could be infecting them.” She said she tried to do as much work as possible in the back of the store so she would limit her contact with customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole situation made her uncomfortable. “Even if we're not having direct contact with the customer,” she said, “we're still putting their pills in a bottle, and we're still putting a label on the bottle and we're still putting a cap on the bottle, and we're touching all of those things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='left' citation=\"Pharmacy worker\"]'Even if we're not having direct contact with the customer, we're still putting their pills in a bottle, and we're still putting a label on the bottle and we're still putting a cap on the bottle, and we're touching all of those things.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pharmacist was not tested for COVID-19 and has no idea if she was passing along the sickness. She said you don’t need to be a doctor, or a pharmacist, to know that having sick people touch everyone's medication is not a good way to flatten the curve of a pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since her pharmacy chain has way more than 500 employees, it is also exempted from the federal coronavirus bill. Any company with over 500 employees does not have to provide 14 days of paid sick leave to workers nor the 12 weeks of paid leave the law required for workers whose children were home from school or for child care because of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's extremely problematic that there is a carve-out for large employers,” Harknett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Harknett, corporations with over 500 workers are some of the worst offenders when it comes to providing sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Costco is a rare standout. According to the survey data, the grocery store provided coverage to nearly all workers. At Walmart, the percentage dropped to 73%. And it was close to zero for fast food chains like McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Burger King.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these businesses were exempt from the federal coronavirus bill. \u003ca href=\"https://shift.berkeley.edu/paid-sick-leave-brief/\">Read the full report of the Shift Project survey and see all the data here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extreme precarity of many U.S. workers increases the pressure on them to go to jobs while sick. As part of the UCSF-UC Berkeley survey, Harknett said they asked service workers if they had the resources to absorb a single unexpected $400 expense. More than half said they could not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Workers are in extremely precarious position on a good day,” Harknett said. “But then you layer onto that an enormous public health crisis and then it’s just a recipe for disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More Coronavirus Coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harknett said this pandemic is showing how workers’ lives have become increasingly fragile after decades of having their benefits, pay and protections chipped away by their employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has been this general trend,” Harknett said, “what gets referred to as a risk shift where employers have passed on more of the risk and uncertainty about doing business onto the workers. So the social contract since the 1970s has really shifted from one of shared risk or where employers bore more of the risk, to one where workers bear most or all of the risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to the 1970s, fewer workers belong to unions who could advocate on their behalf. Several companies have shifted more jobs from full-time employee arrangements to part-time contract and gig work that lack protections like guaranteed minimum wage, overtime or worker's compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some companies have also suppressed wages — sometimes so aggressively that they do not keep up with inflation — so the same job is paying less than it used to. Fewer workers today have benefits like a retirement pension or quality employer-sponsored health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By cutting labor costs, companies were able to increase revenues and keep the prices of goods lower. While consumers and shareholders benefited, wage earners suffered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the pandemic, many of these wage earners are now either out of a job or being asked to continue working during this crisis without significant raises, increased protections, benefits or paid time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several workers who spoke with KQED said they’re hoping they remain healthy so they aren’t forced to choose between staying home and making no money or going to work sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>If you are a worker who is sick with what appears to be COVID-19, or you are caring for someone who is sick from the coronavirus, you may be eligible for paid time off, disability insurance or family and medical leave if the business you work for has less than 500 and more than 50 employees. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm\">apply here\u003c/a> at the Employment Development Department website, although they admit that they are still waiting for more details from the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should also seek legal counsel for advice on how to communicate with your employer about coronavirus. \u003ca href=\"https://www.justia.com/lawyers/employment-law/california/legal-aid-and-pro-bono-services\">Here is a list of pro bono employment lawyers in California.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The federal coronavirus bill only guarantees paid time off for about a quarter of the U.S. workforce. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1586465268,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":42,"wordCount":1615},"headData":{"title":"Even With New Federal Coronavirus Bill, Most Workers Get No Additional Sick Leave | KQED","description":"The federal coronavirus bill only guarantees paid time off for about a quarter of the U.S. workforce. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Even With New Federal Coronavirus Bill, Most Workers Get No Additional Sick Leave","datePublished":"2020-04-08T21:36:53.000Z","dateModified":"2020-04-09T20:47:48.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11810843 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11810843","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/04/08/even-with-new-federal-coronavirus-bill-most-workers-get-no-additional-sick-leave/","disqusTitle":"Even With New Federal Coronavirus Bill, Most Workers Get No Additional Sick Leave","source":"Coronavirus","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","path":"/news/11810843/even-with-new-federal-coronavirus-bill-most-workers-get-no-additional-sick-leave","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Jose and San Francisco passed emergency bills Tuesday requiring large companies to give all employees 14 days of paid sick leave if they have been affected by COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are only as healthy as our neighbor, our grocery store clerk, our essential frontline workers,\" said San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar. \"And if they can't afford to stay home when they need to, we are all worse off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mar said San Francisco's emergency bill will help about 200,000 workers in the city. A similar ordinance is being drafted in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United States is one of the few wealthy nations that does not guarantee paid sick leave for all workers. The “\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6201/text\">Families First Coronavirus Response Act\u003c/a>” was potentially going to change that by guaranteeing 14 paid days off for all workers, plus additional leave time for issues relating to the coronavirus outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after congressional Republicans pushed for exemptions for businesses with less than 50 employees or more than 500 employees, the law — which passed in March — now only covers about 25% of all workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/12/as-coronavirus-spreads-which-u-s-workers-have-paid-sick-leave-and-which-dont/\">one of 12 states\u003c/a> that does guarantee paid sick time, but it is far shy of 14 days — the minimum amount of time officials say people should self-quarantine if they believe they've been exposed to COVID-19. The state requires employers to guarantee three paid sick days per year. Only 4% of all U.S. workers have 14 or more days off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so little time off, workers in the pandemic are being asked to choose between staying home and making no money or working while sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working sick is something many Americans are used to doing. New survey data from UCSF and UC Berkeley shows just how prevalent it is among service and retail workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF’s Kristen Harknett and Daniel Schneider of UC Berkeley surveyed 100,000 service and retail workers nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://shift.berkeley.edu/paid-sick-leave-brief/\">as part of the “Shift Project.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results are “really scary,” Harknett said. “Sixty percent of the workers reported going to the job sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harknett said in many cases workers have no option because their company does not give them sick leave. And that even when they did have paid time off, many workers reported being unable to access it. They said that managers would pressure them to come in and that they were afraid of retaliation for taking any time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Coverage ","link1":"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809643/the-many-challenges-of-being-an-essential-service-worker-in-a-pandemic,The Big Challenge of Being an 'Essential' Worker in a Global Pandemic","align":"right","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harknett said a worker told her, “If I call out sick, it's a strike against me.” Of paid time off, another worker told her, “Even though I have it, it looks kind of bad if I use it. My manager doesn't want me to use it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pressure to work while sick and fear of retaliation is especially true in the service industry, where waiters and front-of-house staff are often expected to find someone to cover their shift if they are ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has been the experience for waiter Ricky Villarreal, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been times where I've been sick, and they say, short of throwing up or diarrhea, come on in,\" said Villarreal. \"Depending on what you got, you take a lot of Tylenol or DayQuil and just kind of march in and try to power through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many restaurants have closed now because of the coronavirus. But because of the exemptions in the new bill, if a restaurant has less than 50 employees, it will not have to give its workers additional paid time off when it reopens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED interviewed a pharmacy worker at a large chain who had a similar experience to Villarreal. She said she wants to remain anonymous for fear of losing her job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says about a month ago, when the pandemic was starting to hit the U.S., she and two other colleagues had flu-like symptoms. They couldn’t find anyone to cover for them, so the manager told them they had to come to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt so bad,” she said. “People were coming in to get medication, and I could be infecting them.” She said she tried to do as much work as possible in the back of the store so she would limit her contact with customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole situation made her uncomfortable. “Even if we're not having direct contact with the customer,” she said, “we're still putting their pills in a bottle, and we're still putting a label on the bottle and we're still putting a cap on the bottle, and we're touching all of those things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Even if we're not having direct contact with the customer, we're still putting their pills in a bottle, and we're still putting a label on the bottle and we're still putting a cap on the bottle, and we're touching all of those things.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"left","citation":"Pharmacy worker","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pharmacist was not tested for COVID-19 and has no idea if she was passing along the sickness. She said you don’t need to be a doctor, or a pharmacist, to know that having sick people touch everyone's medication is not a good way to flatten the curve of a pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since her pharmacy chain has way more than 500 employees, it is also exempted from the federal coronavirus bill. Any company with over 500 employees does not have to provide 14 days of paid sick leave to workers nor the 12 weeks of paid leave the law required for workers whose children were home from school or for child care because of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's extremely problematic that there is a carve-out for large employers,” Harknett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Harknett, corporations with over 500 workers are some of the worst offenders when it comes to providing sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Costco is a rare standout. According to the survey data, the grocery store provided coverage to nearly all workers. At Walmart, the percentage dropped to 73%. And it was close to zero for fast food chains like McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Burger King.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these businesses were exempt from the federal coronavirus bill. \u003ca href=\"https://shift.berkeley.edu/paid-sick-leave-brief/\">Read the full report of the Shift Project survey and see all the data here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extreme precarity of many U.S. workers increases the pressure on them to go to jobs while sick. As part of the UCSF-UC Berkeley survey, Harknett said they asked service workers if they had the resources to absorb a single unexpected $400 expense. More than half said they could not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Workers are in extremely precarious position on a good day,” Harknett said. “But then you layer onto that an enormous public health crisis and then it’s just a recipe for disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Coronavirus Coverage ","tag":"coronavirus"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harknett said this pandemic is showing how workers’ lives have become increasingly fragile after decades of having their benefits, pay and protections chipped away by their employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has been this general trend,” Harknett said, “what gets referred to as a risk shift where employers have passed on more of the risk and uncertainty about doing business onto the workers. So the social contract since the 1970s has really shifted from one of shared risk or where employers bore more of the risk, to one where workers bear most or all of the risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to the 1970s, fewer workers belong to unions who could advocate on their behalf. Several companies have shifted more jobs from full-time employee arrangements to part-time contract and gig work that lack protections like guaranteed minimum wage, overtime or worker's compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some companies have also suppressed wages — sometimes so aggressively that they do not keep up with inflation — so the same job is paying less than it used to. Fewer workers today have benefits like a retirement pension or quality employer-sponsored health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By cutting labor costs, companies were able to increase revenues and keep the prices of goods lower. While consumers and shareholders benefited, wage earners suffered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the pandemic, many of these wage earners are now either out of a job or being asked to continue working during this crisis without significant raises, increased protections, benefits or paid time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several workers who spoke with KQED said they’re hoping they remain healthy so they aren’t forced to choose between staying home and making no money or going to work sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>If you are a worker who is sick with what appears to be COVID-19, or you are caring for someone who is sick from the coronavirus, you may be eligible for paid time off, disability insurance or family and medical leave if the business you work for has less than 500 and more than 50 employees. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm\">apply here\u003c/a> at the Employment Development Department website, although they admit that they are still waiting for more details from the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should also seek legal counsel for advice on how to communicate with your employer about coronavirus. \u003ca href=\"https://www.justia.com/lawyers/employment-law/california/legal-aid-and-pro-bono-services\">Here is a list of pro bono employment lawyers in California.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11810843/even-with-new-federal-coronavirus-bill-most-workers-get-no-additional-sick-leave","authors":["253"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_457","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_27350","news_27504","news_27698","news_19904","news_6703","news_27629"],"featImg":"news_11810502","label":"source_news_11810843"},"news_11807773":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11807773","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11807773","score":null,"sort":[1584792049000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help","title":"Big Debt, Little Savings, No Income: Why Millions of California Workers Now Stuck at Home Need Help Fast","publishDate":1584792049,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Two weeks ago, Ilse Villacorta made a decision. Even though she and her boyfriend had very little money saved up, she would no longer go into work, fearing the rapid spread of the coronavirus. She also decided not to pay rent in April, risking eviction. The couple only had $2,000 in their bank account, and Villacorta wanted to hang on to as much of those savings as possible for the rough road ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta, 27, lives in West Oakland and until recently worked as a bartender and for a catering company in San Francisco. With most bars and offices now closed because of the coronavirus, and her boyfriend only barely scraping by with temporary sales work, the couple has no real income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she decided to stop working, Villacorta's co-workers thought she was being extreme and gladly picked up her shifts. She asked them if they had plans in place for what they would do without any work income. None of them did. She says the gravity of the situation only hit most of them when actor Tom Hanks tested positive for COVID-19 and the NBA suspended its season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Ilse Villacorta\"]'When you don’t have that safety net this is what happens. People have to decide between eating or paying rent or paying their debts or buying medicine.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it turns out, Villacorta was just a couple days ahead of the rest of the Bay Area, and two weeks ahead of the entire state, where millions of workers are now in the same boat. For now, she's safe from eviction, because Alameda County recently announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807102/newsom-authorizes-california-cities-to-stop-evictions-tenant-advocates-say-more-is-needed\">temporarily stop enforcing evictions\u003c/a> while residents are ordered to shelter in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the next couple of weeks we will be fine, but after that we will need to go back out for food and figure out how to eat,” Villacorta says. “That’s my biggest issue long term — just essentially eating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a significant proportion of workers in California, Villacorta can't work from home, doesn't have enough savings to last more than a few weeks and was only able to accrue three paid sick days, the state minimum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent UC San Francisco survey of 100,000 retail and service workers found that over 60% did not have the resources to weather a single $400 surprise expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, it’s somewhat miraculous that Villacorta has any savings at all. She has been struggling to break even ever since graduating from UC Berkeley in 2016 with a degree in environmental science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I went to college to with that degree I was like jobs should be at a decent level,” Villacorta says. “I wasn’t hoping to make Google money, but I was hoping to make a livable $50K, $55K a year. But that isn’t the market I found for that degree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta tried to find decent-paying jobs in her field, but came up short, finding only internships that didn’t pay enough to live in the Bay Area. Along the way, she racked up $18,000 in credit card debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She immigrated to California from Mexico with her parents. Her mom has a job at a factory, her dad works in the hospitality industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta worked hard to put herself in a position to succeed. She got good grades and was accepted to UC Berkeley, the first person in her family to go to college. She thought that in light of climate change, environmental science would be a safe bet for a career and a way to do something fulfilling and positive in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would love to be an environmental analyst,” Villacorta says. “I love policy, I love breaking it down. I like research. It is what I did in college. It's what I’d like to do again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last few years, though Villacorta's been trying to claw her way out of the financial hole she got into while preparing for her career. To stay afloat and try to chip away at her debt, she began working three jobs in catering and bartending after getting her degree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her parents, she says, are confused. They thought because she went to a great college, she wouldn’t have to work in a factory or the service industry like they do, and her mom repeatedly asks why she isn’t putting that expensive degree to better use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"paid-sick-leave\"]“She’s like, ‘I don’t understand how you can have a college degree and you don’t have a well-paying job,’ ” Villacorta says. “And I’ve kind of had to tell her that’s not how things work in America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Villacorta has been able to put some dent in her debt, lowering her credit card burden to around $10,000, and even putting a small amount of cash aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I actually started a savings account in January,” she says. “For the first time, I felt confident that I was having a little extra cash and I started putting $50 a week into my savings account.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta recently considered trying again to find a job in environmental policy. But then the coronavirus hit and disrupted everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so incensed, not just by the lack of a safety net,” Villacorta says, “but the lack of our government taking this seriously and handling this. And just the lack of governance at the federal level has made my jaw drop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before this pandemic, she says people in her situation needed support, things like nationalized health care, guaranteed paid time off and school debt relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, on top of all that, she and millions like her now need money just to buy food to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you don’t have that safety net, this is what happens,” Villacorta says. “People have to decide between eating or paying rent or paying their debts or buying medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta says she and her boyfriend will be fine for a few weeks, but after that, she doesn’t know what they will do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>In addition to filing for unemployment insurance, bartenders like Ilse Villacorda can try to get \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbgfoundation.org/beap\">some support by applying for the bartender assistance program\u003c/a>, which is currently experiencing an unprecedented number of applications.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak will be particularly devastating for lower-income workers, many of whom have debt, little to no savings and no more than the three paid sick days guaranteed by the state.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1584818210,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1109},"headData":{"title":"Big Debt, Little Savings, No Income: Why Millions of California Workers Now Stuck at Home Need Help Fast | KQED","description":"The economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak will be particularly devastating for lower-income workers, many of whom have debt, little to no savings and no more than the three paid sick days guaranteed by the state.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Big Debt, Little Savings, No Income: Why Millions of California Workers Now Stuck at Home Need Help Fast","datePublished":"2020-03-21T12:00:49.000Z","dateModified":"2020-03-21T19:16:50.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11807773 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11807773","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/03/21/big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help/","disqusTitle":"Big Debt, Little Savings, No Income: Why Millions of California Workers Now Stuck at Home Need Help Fast","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/aaa424aa-ac82-4b38-8819-ab8401884570/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11807773/big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help","audioDuration":234000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Two weeks ago, Ilse Villacorta made a decision. Even though she and her boyfriend had very little money saved up, she would no longer go into work, fearing the rapid spread of the coronavirus. She also decided not to pay rent in April, risking eviction. The couple only had $2,000 in their bank account, and Villacorta wanted to hang on to as much of those savings as possible for the rough road ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta, 27, lives in West Oakland and until recently worked as a bartender and for a catering company in San Francisco. With most bars and offices now closed because of the coronavirus, and her boyfriend only barely scraping by with temporary sales work, the couple has no real income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she decided to stop working, Villacorta's co-workers thought she was being extreme and gladly picked up her shifts. She asked them if they had plans in place for what they would do without any work income. None of them did. She says the gravity of the situation only hit most of them when actor Tom Hanks tested positive for COVID-19 and the NBA suspended its season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'When you don’t have that safety net this is what happens. People have to decide between eating or paying rent or paying their debts or buying medicine.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Ilse Villacorta","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it turns out, Villacorta was just a couple days ahead of the rest of the Bay Area, and two weeks ahead of the entire state, where millions of workers are now in the same boat. For now, she's safe from eviction, because Alameda County recently announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807102/newsom-authorizes-california-cities-to-stop-evictions-tenant-advocates-say-more-is-needed\">temporarily stop enforcing evictions\u003c/a> while residents are ordered to shelter in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the next couple of weeks we will be fine, but after that we will need to go back out for food and figure out how to eat,” Villacorta says. “That’s my biggest issue long term — just essentially eating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a significant proportion of workers in California, Villacorta can't work from home, doesn't have enough savings to last more than a few weeks and was only able to accrue three paid sick days, the state minimum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent UC San Francisco survey of 100,000 retail and service workers found that over 60% did not have the resources to weather a single $400 surprise expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, it’s somewhat miraculous that Villacorta has any savings at all. She has been struggling to break even ever since graduating from UC Berkeley in 2016 with a degree in environmental science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I went to college to with that degree I was like jobs should be at a decent level,” Villacorta says. “I wasn’t hoping to make Google money, but I was hoping to make a livable $50K, $55K a year. But that isn’t the market I found for that degree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta tried to find decent-paying jobs in her field, but came up short, finding only internships that didn’t pay enough to live in the Bay Area. Along the way, she racked up $18,000 in credit card debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She immigrated to California from Mexico with her parents. Her mom has a job at a factory, her dad works in the hospitality industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta worked hard to put herself in a position to succeed. She got good grades and was accepted to UC Berkeley, the first person in her family to go to college. She thought that in light of climate change, environmental science would be a safe bet for a career and a way to do something fulfilling and positive in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would love to be an environmental analyst,” Villacorta says. “I love policy, I love breaking it down. I like research. It is what I did in college. It's what I’d like to do again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last few years, though Villacorta's been trying to claw her way out of the financial hole she got into while preparing for her career. To stay afloat and try to chip away at her debt, she began working three jobs in catering and bartending after getting her degree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her parents, she says, are confused. They thought because she went to a great college, she wouldn’t have to work in a factory or the service industry like they do, and her mom repeatedly asks why she isn’t putting that expensive degree to better use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"paid-sick-leave"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“She’s like, ‘I don’t understand how you can have a college degree and you don’t have a well-paying job,’ ” Villacorta says. “And I’ve kind of had to tell her that’s not how things work in America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Villacorta has been able to put some dent in her debt, lowering her credit card burden to around $10,000, and even putting a small amount of cash aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I actually started a savings account in January,” she says. “For the first time, I felt confident that I was having a little extra cash and I started putting $50 a week into my savings account.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta recently considered trying again to find a job in environmental policy. But then the coronavirus hit and disrupted everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so incensed, not just by the lack of a safety net,” Villacorta says, “but the lack of our government taking this seriously and handling this. And just the lack of governance at the federal level has made my jaw drop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before this pandemic, she says people in her situation needed support, things like nationalized health care, guaranteed paid time off and school debt relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, on top of all that, she and millions like her now need money just to buy food to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you don’t have that safety net, this is what happens,” Villacorta says. “People have to decide between eating or paying rent or paying their debts or buying medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villacorta says she and her boyfriend will be fine for a few weeks, but after that, she doesn’t know what they will do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>In addition to filing for unemployment insurance, bartenders like Ilse Villacorda can try to get \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbgfoundation.org/beap\">some support by applying for the bartender assistance program\u003c/a>, which is currently experiencing an unprecedented number of applications.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11807773/big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help","authors":["253"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_27350","news_27504","news_27626","news_5096","news_19904","news_6703"],"featImg":"news_11807781","label":"news"},"news_11806175":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11806175","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11806175","score":null,"sort":[1584051037000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"coronavirus-poses-heightened-hardship-for-workers-who-cant-take-sick-leave-or-work-from-home","title":"For Workers Without Sick Leave, Coronavirus Threat Spurs Heightened Anxiety","publishDate":1584051037,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Recently, business has been exceptionally slow for Erica Mighetto, who drives for Uber and Lyft in San Francisco. Even so, she's still out there looking for passengers, and has taken steps to prepare for whatever rides do come along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she stops to pick me up in Glen Park earlier this week, Mighetto immediately rolls down the window before I get into her car and asks if I want her to put on a surgical mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto’s car is immaculate. There’s a lingering whiff of bleach from the disinfectant she has been religiously rubbing on the surfaces between passengers. Up front, behind the gear shift, she has a stack of pink surgical masks, which she said she received from a doctor at a hospital, who suggested she hand them out to any coughing passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last week, she received messages from both Lyft and Uber telling her to keep her car clean and to stock up on hand sanitizer, which she found most stores had sold out of. A few days later, Lyft said it was providing sanitizer to drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806430\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11806430\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto disinfects the door handles of her car between rides. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hospital doctor Mighetto consulted with said she should use a mask as well, but she remains hesitant to wear one when picking up passengers, concerned it will freak them out. Everyone is already on edge, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto is scared, too. She doesn’t want to be on the road driving, which she thinks could be particularly dangerous for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia,” she tells me. “Ten years ago I had surgery, and I haven’t been monitored since then. I don’t have a primary care practitioner or a cardiologist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really nerve-wracking to be out here driving people around,” she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But coronavirus fears aside, Mighetto has little choice but to continue driving this month; she needs the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Erica Mighetto, ride-hail driver\"]'I just have no choice whatsoever. I am running myself into financial despair.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now in her late 30s, Mighetto used to work as an accountant in Sacramento. Driving for a ride-hailing service was never part of her game plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto hasn't had a steady job since working at a property management firm three years ago. She says it started as a bookkeeping gig, but increasingly involved hounding tenants for money and issuing eviction notices. She started feeling sick about the work and eventually quit, she says, and took up driving for Lyft while looking for something more permanent. She never imagined she'd be working behind the wheel for this long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four months ago, Mighetto says her landlord kicked out all the tenants in her apartment building, offering a small buyout. Since then, she's been staying on friends' couches and renting rooms in hostels while searching for a permanent residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, Mighetto is driving as many hours as she can with the hope of scraping together enough money for a new apartment. But it’s an uphill battle. Between her car payments and credit cards, she is $18,000 in debt. Sometimes, to save money after a night shift, she folds down her backseat, pulls out a pillow she keeps tucked in the spare tire cavity and sleeps in her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not the life Mighetto envisioned when she left her last job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11806429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erica Mighetto on the job in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You just get sucked into it,” she says. “The bills stack up and the credit card debt mounts and you have to get that clutch and you have to get that battery and you go from a paycheck-to-paycheck basis to a cash-out-to-cash-out basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto says she has an automatic phone payment coming up in two days that she currently doesn’t have enough money to cover, and she just received an email from her credit card company about an outstanding bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just have no choice whatsoever. I am running myself into financial despair,” she says, noting that the coronavirus has only made the situation tougher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]Earlier this week, Lyft and Uber \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/09/uber-lyft-to-offer-paid-sick-leave-to-any-coronavirus-infected-driver/\">both announced\u003c/a> plans to provide up to 14 days of sick leave for their drivers, but only if they’ve been “diagnosed with the coronavirus” or have been ordered to self-quarantine. Neither company has stated how much drivers can get compensated. And because both companies are continuing to classify their drivers as contractors, none are guaranteed minimum wage, regardless of drops in ridership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are as many as 2.5 million Lyft and Uber drivers in the U.S., most of whom do not receive any paid time off. But this predicament is certainly not unique to gig workers, says Elise Gould, an economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, pointing to wider economic trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. is one of the only industrialized countries in the world that doesn't require paid sick leave (South Korea is the other), and a huge contingent of U.S. workers don't have adequate access to paid time off or the capability to work from home, Gould says. The less workers make, she notes, the greater the chance they lack these benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To drive her point home, Gould points to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/publication/work-sick-or-lose-pay-the-high-cost-of-being-sick-when-you-dont-get-paid-sick-days/\">several data sets\u003c/a> based on figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that about 30% of all private sector workers in the U.S. have no access to paid sick days and only about 4% of workers have access to more than 14 paid sick days. Meanwhile, almost everyone in the top 10% has access to paid time off, while less than a third of the bottom 10% do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you are thinking about the workers who are living paycheck-to-paycheck,” Gould says, “those are the ones least likely to work from home or have those paid sick days.” When a pandemic hits and consumption slows down, these workers are on the front lines of the economic shockwave, she notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coronavirus is exposing this disparity of privilege between workers across the country, and the contrast is particularly stark in the Bay Area. Companies like Google and Facebook have told their office employees to work for home or take paid time off if they’re feeling sick. Lyft told its office employees to do the same. But if its drivers want to make money, they have no choice but to go out on the road whether or not they are afraid of getting sick or think they may be already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like many service workers without access to paid leave, gig drivers often go to work sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806431\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11806431\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyft driver Edan Alva in Alameda on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just over a month ago, Uber driver Edan Alva was exhibiting flu-like symptoms. And while he tried to “power through” at first, he says he eventually had to take time off, unpaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I stayed at home for nearly a week to recover,” Alva says, “which put me financially into a very bad situation.” He says he doesn’t need the coronavirus to underscore how precarious his financial situation is without paid time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just one more illustration of why drivers should organize and unionize and directly negotiate with Lyft,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Lyft and Uber recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/coronavirus/?_ga=2.36026087.699844506.1584045286-297668926.1584045286#drivers\">posted details\u003c/a> on their ongoing response to the coronavirus outbreak. Uber says it has already helped drivers in affected areas with its drivers fund, although it does not provide details on how many it's supporting, or how much compensation they've received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Erica Mighetto worries she’s going to run out of options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people ask how you’re doing it always makes me cry because I appreciate the concern,” she says. “It’s lonely and it’s terrible and I made a promise to myself to at least acknowledge the people on the side of the road asking for money because I’m scared I could be that person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The coronavirus outbreak has been uniquely challenging for the millions of low-wage service workers in the U.S. who don't have access to paid sick leave and can't work from home. \r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1584078080,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1409},"headData":{"title":"For Workers Without Sick Leave, Coronavirus Threat Spurs Heightened Anxiety | KQED","description":"The coronavirus outbreak has been uniquely challenging for the millions of low-wage service workers in the U.S. who don't have access to paid sick leave and can't work from home. \r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"For Workers Without Sick Leave, Coronavirus Threat Spurs Heightened Anxiety","datePublished":"2020-03-12T22:10:37.000Z","dateModified":"2020-03-13T05:41:20.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11806175 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11806175","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/03/12/coronavirus-poses-heightened-hardship-for-workers-who-cant-take-sick-leave-or-work-from-home/","disqusTitle":"For Workers Without Sick Leave, Coronavirus Threat Spurs Heightened Anxiety","source":"Coronavirus","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/1a4e2042-247a-4fdb-9b1d-ab7b0107079f/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11806175/coronavirus-poses-heightened-hardship-for-workers-who-cant-take-sick-leave-or-work-from-home","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Recently, business has been exceptionally slow for Erica Mighetto, who drives for Uber and Lyft in San Francisco. Even so, she's still out there looking for passengers, and has taken steps to prepare for whatever rides do come along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she stops to pick me up in Glen Park earlier this week, Mighetto immediately rolls down the window before I get into her car and asks if I want her to put on a surgical mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto’s car is immaculate. There’s a lingering whiff of bleach from the disinfectant she has been religiously rubbing on the surfaces between passengers. Up front, behind the gear shift, she has a stack of pink surgical masks, which she said she received from a doctor at a hospital, who suggested she hand them out to any coughing passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last week, she received messages from both Lyft and Uber telling her to keep her car clean and to stock up on hand sanitizer, which she found most stores had sold out of. A few days later, Lyft said it was providing sanitizer to drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806430\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11806430\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41943_006_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_6658-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto disinfects the door handles of her car between rides. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hospital doctor Mighetto consulted with said she should use a mask as well, but she remains hesitant to wear one when picking up passengers, concerned it will freak them out. Everyone is already on edge, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto is scared, too. She doesn’t want to be on the road driving, which she thinks could be particularly dangerous for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia,” she tells me. “Ten years ago I had surgery, and I haven’t been monitored since then. I don’t have a primary care practitioner or a cardiologist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really nerve-wracking to be out here driving people around,” she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But coronavirus fears aside, Mighetto has little choice but to continue driving this month; she needs the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I just have no choice whatsoever. I am running myself into financial despair.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Erica Mighetto, ride-hail driver","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now in her late 30s, Mighetto used to work as an accountant in Sacramento. Driving for a ride-hailing service was never part of her game plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto hasn't had a steady job since working at a property management firm three years ago. She says it started as a bookkeeping gig, but increasingly involved hounding tenants for money and issuing eviction notices. She started feeling sick about the work and eventually quit, she says, and took up driving for Lyft while looking for something more permanent. She never imagined she'd be working behind the wheel for this long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four months ago, Mighetto says her landlord kicked out all the tenants in her apartment building, offering a small buyout. Since then, she's been staying on friends' couches and renting rooms in hostels while searching for a permanent residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, Mighetto is driving as many hours as she can with the hope of scraping together enough money for a new apartment. But it’s an uphill battle. Between her car payments and credit cards, she is $18,000 in debt. Sometimes, to save money after a night shift, she folds down her backseat, pulls out a pillow she keeps tucked in the spare tire cavity and sleeps in her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not the life Mighetto envisioned when she left her last job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11806429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erica Mighetto on the job in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You just get sucked into it,” she says. “The bills stack up and the credit card debt mounts and you have to get that clutch and you have to get that battery and you go from a paycheck-to-paycheck basis to a cash-out-to-cash-out basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mighetto says she has an automatic phone payment coming up in two days that she currently doesn’t have enough money to cover, and she just received an email from her credit card company about an outstanding bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just have no choice whatsoever. I am running myself into financial despair,” she says, noting that the coronavirus has only made the situation tougher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"coronavirus"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Earlier this week, Lyft and Uber \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/09/uber-lyft-to-offer-paid-sick-leave-to-any-coronavirus-infected-driver/\">both announced\u003c/a> plans to provide up to 14 days of sick leave for their drivers, but only if they’ve been “diagnosed with the coronavirus” or have been ordered to self-quarantine. Neither company has stated how much drivers can get compensated. And because both companies are continuing to classify their drivers as contractors, none are guaranteed minimum wage, regardless of drops in ridership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are as many as 2.5 million Lyft and Uber drivers in the U.S., most of whom do not receive any paid time off. But this predicament is certainly not unique to gig workers, says Elise Gould, an economist with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, pointing to wider economic trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. is one of the only industrialized countries in the world that doesn't require paid sick leave (South Korea is the other), and a huge contingent of U.S. workers don't have adequate access to paid time off or the capability to work from home, Gould says. The less workers make, she notes, the greater the chance they lack these benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To drive her point home, Gould points to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/publication/work-sick-or-lose-pay-the-high-cost-of-being-sick-when-you-dont-get-paid-sick-days/\">several data sets\u003c/a> based on figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that about 30% of all private sector workers in the U.S. have no access to paid sick days and only about 4% of workers have access to more than 14 paid sick days. Meanwhile, almost everyone in the top 10% has access to paid time off, while less than a third of the bottom 10% do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you are thinking about the workers who are living paycheck-to-paycheck,” Gould says, “those are the ones least likely to work from home or have those paid sick days.” When a pandemic hits and consumption slows down, these workers are on the front lines of the economic shockwave, she notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coronavirus is exposing this disparity of privilege between workers across the country, and the contrast is particularly stark in the Bay Area. Companies like Google and Facebook have told their office employees to work for home or take paid time off if they’re feeling sick. Lyft told its office employees to do the same. But if its drivers want to make money, they have no choice but to go out on the road whether or not they are afraid of getting sick or think they may be already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like many service workers without access to paid leave, gig drivers often go to work sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806431\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11806431\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41936_006_KQED_Alameda_EdanAlva_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyft driver Edan Alva in Alameda on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just over a month ago, Uber driver Edan Alva was exhibiting flu-like symptoms. And while he tried to “power through” at first, he says he eventually had to take time off, unpaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I stayed at home for nearly a week to recover,” Alva says, “which put me financially into a very bad situation.” He says he doesn’t need the coronavirus to underscore how precarious his financial situation is without paid time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just one more illustration of why drivers should organize and unionize and directly negotiate with Lyft,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Lyft and Uber recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/coronavirus/?_ga=2.36026087.699844506.1584045286-297668926.1584045286#drivers\">posted details\u003c/a> on their ongoing response to the coronavirus outbreak. Uber says it has already helped drivers in affected areas with its drivers fund, although it does not provide details on how many it's supporting, or how much compensation they've received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Erica Mighetto worries she’s going to run out of options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people ask how you’re doing it always makes me cry because I appreciate the concern,” she says. “It’s lonely and it’s terrible and I made a promise to myself to at least acknowledge the people on the side of the road asking for money because I’m scared I could be that person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11806175/coronavirus-poses-heightened-hardship-for-workers-who-cant-take-sick-leave-or-work-from-home","authors":["253"],"categories":["news_1758","news_457","news_8"],"tags":["news_27350","news_19904","news_4524","news_6703","news_353","news_4523"],"featImg":"news_11806437","label":"source_news_11806175"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.","airtime":"SUN 2pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.possible.fm/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"Possible"},"link":"/radio/program/possible","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"}},"1a":{"id":"1a","title":"1A","info":"1A is home to the national conversation. 1A brings on great guests and frames the best debate in ways that make you think, share and engage.","airtime":"MON-THU 11pm-12am","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/1a.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://the1a.org/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/1a","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=1188724250&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/1A-p947376/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510316/podcast.xml"}},"all-things-considered":{"id":"all-things-considered","title":"All Things Considered","info":"Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.","airtime":"MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/all-things-considered"},"american-suburb-podcast":{"id":"american-suburb-podcast","title":"American Suburb: The Podcast","tagline":"The flip side of gentrification, told through one town","info":"Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"/news/series/american-suburb-podcast","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"13"},"link":"/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"}},"baycurious":{"id":"baycurious","title":"Bay Curious","tagline":"Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time","info":"KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"\"KQED Bay Curious","officialWebsiteLink":"/news/series/baycurious","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"4"},"link":"/podcasts/baycurious","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvbmV3cy9jYXRlZ29yeS9iYXktY3VyaW91cy1wb2RjYXN0L2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdA","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"}},"bbc-world-service":{"id":"bbc-world-service","title":"BBC World Service","info":"The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.","airtime":"MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service","meta":{"site":"news","source":"BBC World Service"},"link":"/radio/program/bbc-world-service","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/","rss":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"}},"code-switch-life-kit":{"id":"code-switch-life-kit","title":"Code Switch / Life Kit","info":"\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />","airtime":"SUN 9pm-10pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"}},"commonwealth-club":{"id":"commonwealth-club","title":"Commonwealth Club of California Podcast","info":"The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.","airtime":"THU 10pm, FRI 1am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts","meta":{"site":"news","source":"Commonwealth Club of California"},"link":"/radio/program/commonwealth-club","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"}},"considerthis":{"id":"considerthis","title":"Consider This","tagline":"Make sense of the day","info":"Make sense of the day. Every weekday afternoon, Consider This helps you consider the major stories of the day in less than 15 minutes, featuring the reporting and storytelling resources of NPR. Plus, KQED’s Bianca Taylor brings you the local KQED news you need to know.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Consider-This-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"Consider This from NPR and KQED","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/considerthis","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"7"},"link":"/podcasts/considerthis","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1503226625?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/coronavirusdaily","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM1NS9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbA","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z6JdCS2d0eFEpXHKI6WqH"}},"forum":{"id":"forum","title":"Forum","tagline":"The conversation starts here","info":"KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.","airtime":"MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal","officialWebsiteLink":"/forum","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"8"},"link":"/forum","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast","rss":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"}},"freakonomics-radio":{"id":"freakonomics-radio","title":"Freakonomics Radio","info":"Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png","officialWebsiteLink":"http://freakonomics.com/","airtime":"SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"WNYC"},"link":"/radio/program/freakonomics-radio","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/","rss":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"}},"fresh-air":{"id":"fresh-air","title":"Fresh Air","info":"Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.","airtime":"MON-FRI 7pm-8pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/fresh-air","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"}},"here-and-now":{"id":"here-and-now","title":"Here & Now","info":"A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.","airtime":"MON-THU 11am-12pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/here-and-now","subsdcribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"}},"how-i-built-this":{"id":"how-i-built-this","title":"How I Built This with Guy Raz","info":"Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this","airtime":"SUN 7:30pm-8pm","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/how-i-built-this","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"}},"inside-europe":{"id":"inside-europe","title":"Inside Europe","info":"Inside Europe, a one-hour weekly news magazine hosted by Helen Seeney and Keith Walker, explores the topical issues shaping the continent. No other part of the globe has experienced such dynamic political and social change in recent years.","airtime":"SAT 3am-4am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Inside-Europe-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg","meta":{"site":"news","source":"Deutsche Welle"},"link":"/radio/program/inside-europe","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-europe/id80106806?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Inside-Europe-p731/","rss":"https://partner.dw.com/xml/podcast_inside-europe"}},"latino-usa":{"id":"latino-usa","title":"Latino USA","airtime":"MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm","info":"Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"http://latinousa.org/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/latino-usa","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"}},"live-from-here-highlights":{"id":"live-from-here-highlights","title":"Live from Here Highlights","info":"Chris Thile steps to the mic as the host of Live from Here (formerly A Prairie Home Companion), a live public radio variety show. Download Chris’s Song of the Week plus other highlights from the broadcast. Produced by American Public Media.","airtime":"SAT 6pm-8pm, SUN 11am-1pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Live-From-Here-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.livefromhere.org/","meta":{"site":"arts","source":"american public media"},"link":"/radio/program/live-from-here-highlights","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1167173941","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Live-from-Here-Highlights-p921744/","rss":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/a-prairie-home-companion-highlights/rss/rss"}},"marketplace":{"id":"marketplace","title":"Marketplace","info":"Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.","airtime":"MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.marketplace.org/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"American Public Media"},"link":"/radio/program/marketplace","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/","rss":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"}},"mindshift":{"id":"mindshift","title":"MindShift","tagline":"A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids","info":"The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn","officialWebsiteLink":"/mindshift/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"2"},"link":"/podcasts/mindshift","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"}},"morning-edition":{"id":"morning-edition","title":"Morning Edition","info":"\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.","airtime":"MON-FRI 3am-9am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/morning-edition"},"onourwatch":{"id":"onourwatch","title":"On Our Watch","tagline":"Police secrets, unsealed","info":"For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"On Our Watch from NPR and KQED","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/onourwatch","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"1"},"link":"/podcasts/onourwatch","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw","npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"}},"on-the-media":{"id":"on-the-media","title":"On The Media","info":"Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us","airtime":"SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm","meta":{"site":"news","source":"wnyc"},"link":"/radio/program/on-the-media","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/","rss":"http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"}},"our-body-politic":{"id":"our-body-politic","title":"Our Body Politic","info":"Presented by KQED, KCRW and KPCC, and created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of today, but how they’re impacting those very issues.","airtime":"SAT 6pm-7pm, SUN 1am-2am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Our-Body-Politic-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://our-body-politic.simplecast.com/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kcrw"},"link":"/radio/program/our-body-politic","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-body-politic/id1533069868","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9feGFQaHMxcw","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/4ApAiLT1kV153TttWAmqmc","rss":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/_xaPhs1s","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/Our-Body-Politic-p1369211/"}},"pbs-newshour":{"id":"pbs-newshour","title":"PBS NewsHour","info":"Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.","airtime":"MON-FRI 3pm-4pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"pbs"},"link":"/radio/program/pbs-newshour","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/","rss":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"}},"perspectives":{"id":"perspectives","title":"Perspectives","tagline":"KQED's series of of daily listener commentaries since 1991","info":"KQED's series of of daily listener commentaries since 1991.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Perspectives-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"/perspectives/","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"kqed","order":"15"},"link":"/perspectives","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"}},"planet-money":{"id":"planet-money","title":"Planet Money","info":"The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.","airtime":"SUN 3pm-4pm","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/sections/money/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/planet-money","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"}},"politicalbreakdown":{"id":"politicalbreakdown","title":"Political Breakdown","tagline":"Politics from a personal perspective","info":"Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.","airtime":"THU 6:30pm-7pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED Political Breakdown","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/politicalbreakdown","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"kqed","order":"11"},"link":"/podcasts/politicalbreakdown","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5Nzk2MzI2MTEx","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"}},"pri-the-world":{"id":"pri-the-world","title":"PRI's The World: Latest Edition","info":"Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.","airtime":"MON-FRI 2pm-3pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world","meta":{"site":"news","source":"PRI"},"link":"/radio/program/pri-the-world","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/","rss":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"}},"radiolab":{"id":"radiolab","title":"Radiolab","info":"A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.","airtime":"SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/","meta":{"site":"science","source":"WNYC"},"link":"/radio/program/radiolab","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/","rss":"https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"}},"reveal":{"id":"reveal","title":"Reveal","info":"Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.","airtime":"SAT 4pm-5pm","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/reveal","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/","rss":"http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"}},"says-you":{"id":"says-you","title":"Says You!","info":"Public radio's game show of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy. The warmest, wittiest cocktail party - it's spirited and civil, brainy and boisterous, peppered with musical interludes. Fast paced and playful, it's the most fun you can have with language without getting your mouth washed out with soap. Our motto: It's not important to know the answers, it's important to like the answers!","airtime":"SUN 4pm-5pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Says-You-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"http://www.saysyouradio.com/","meta":{"site":"comedy","source":"Pipit and Finch"},"link":"/radio/program/says-you","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/says-you!/id1050199826","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Says-You-p480/","rss":"https://saysyou.libsyn.com/rss"}},"science-friday":{"id":"science-friday","title":"Science Friday","info":"Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.","airtime":"FRI 11am-1pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/science-friday","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/","rss":"http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"}},"science-podcast":{"id":"science-podcast","title":"KQED Science News","tagline":"From the lab, to your ears","info":"KQED Science explores science and environment news, trends, and events from the Bay Area and beyond.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-News-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/category/science-podcast/","meta":{"site":"science","source":"kqed","order":"17"},"link":"/science/category/science-podcast","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqed-science-news/id214663465","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2Jsb2dzLmtxZWQub3JnL3NjaWVuY2UvZmVlZC8","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed-science-news","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/category/science-podcast/feed/podcast"}},"selected-shorts":{"id":"selected-shorts","title":"Selected Shorts","info":"Spellbinding short stories by established and emerging writers take on a new life when they are performed by stars of the stage and screen.","airtime":"SAT 8pm-9pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Selected-Shorts-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.pri.org/programs/selected-shorts","meta":{"site":"arts","source":"pri"},"link":"/radio/program/selected-shorts","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=253191824&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Selected-Shorts-p31792/","rss":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/selectedshorts"}},"snap-judgment":{"id":"snap-judgment","title":"Snap Judgment","info":"Snap Judgment (Storytelling, with a BEAT) mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic, kick-ass radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. WNYC studios is the producer of leading podcasts including Radiolab, Freakonomics Radio, Note To Self, Here’s The Thing With Alec Baldwin, and more.","airtime":"SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/snapJudgement.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://snapjudgment.org","meta":{"site":"arts","source":"WNYC"},"link":"/radio/program/snap-judgment","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=283657561&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Snap-Judgment-p243817/","rss":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/snapjudgment-wnyc"}},"soldout":{"id":"soldout","title":"SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America","tagline":"A new future for housing","info":"Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/soldout","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":3},"link":"/podcasts/soldout","subscribe":{"npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing","apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937","rss":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america","tunein":"https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vc29sZG91dA"}},"ted-radio-hour":{"id":"ted-radio-hour","title":"TED Radio Hour","info":"The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.","airtime":"SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/ted-radio-hour","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"}},"tech-nation":{"id":"tech-nation","title":"Tech Nation Radio Podcast","info":"Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.","airtime":"FRI 10pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"http://technation.podomatic.com/","meta":{"site":"science","source":"Tech Nation Media"},"link":"/radio/program/tech-nation","subscribe":{"rss":"https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"}},"thebay":{"id":"thebay","title":"The Bay","tagline":"Local news to keep you rooted","info":"Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"\"KQED The Bay","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/thebay","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"kqed","order":"6"},"link":"/podcasts/thebay","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM4MjU5Nzg2MzI3","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ","rss":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"}},"californiareport":{"id":"californiareport","title":"The California Report","tagline":"California, day by day","info":"KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED The California Report","officialWebsiteLink":"/californiareport","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"9"},"link":"/californiareport","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1MDAyODE4NTgz","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"}},"californiareportmagazine":{"id":"californiareportmagazine","title":"The California Report Magazine","tagline":"Your state, your stories","info":"Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.","airtime":"FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"/californiareportmagazine","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"10"},"link":"/californiareportmagazine","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"}},"theleap":{"id":"theleap","title":"The Leap","tagline":"What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?","info":"Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED The Leap","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/theleap","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"14"},"link":"/podcasts/theleap","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM0NTcwODQ2MjY2","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"}},"masters-of-scale":{"id":"masters-of-scale","title":"Masters of Scale","info":"Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.","airtime":"Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://mastersofscale.com/","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"WaitWhat"},"link":"/radio/program/masters-of-scale","subscribe":{"apple":"http://mastersofscale.app.link/","rss":"https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"}},"the-moth-radio-hour":{"id":"the-moth-radio-hour","title":"The Moth Radio Hour","info":"Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.","airtime":"SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://themoth.org/","meta":{"site":"arts","source":"prx"},"link":"/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/","rss":"http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"}},"the-new-yorker-radio-hour":{"id":"the-new-yorker-radio-hour","title":"The New Yorker Radio Hour","info":"The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.","airtime":"SAT 10am-11am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour","meta":{"site":"arts","source":"WNYC"},"link":"/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/","rss":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"}},"the-takeaway":{"id":"the-takeaway","title":"The Takeaway","info":"The Takeaway is produced in partnership with its national audience. It delivers perspective and analysis to help us better understand the day’s news. Be a part of the American conversation on-air and online.","airtime":"MON-THU 12pm-1pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Takeaway-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/takeaway","meta":{"site":"news","source":"WNYC"},"link":"/radio/program/the-takeaway","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-takeaway/id363143310?mt=2","tuneIn":"http://tunein.com/radio/The-Takeaway-p150731/","rss":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/takeawaypodcast"}},"this-american-life":{"id":"this-american-life","title":"This American Life","info":"This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.","airtime":"SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.thisamericanlife.org/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"wbez"},"link":"/radio/program/this-american-life","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","rss":"https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"}},"truthbetold":{"id":"truthbetold","title":"Truth Be Told","tagline":"Advice by and for people of color","info":"We’re the friend you call after a long day, the one who gets it. Through wisdom from some of the greatest thinkers of our time, host Tonya Mosley explores what it means to grow and thrive as a Black person in America, while discovering new ways of being that serve as a portal to more love, more healing, and more joy.","airtime":"","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Truth-Be-Told-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED Truth Be Told with Tonya Mosley","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.kqed.ord/podcasts/truthbetold","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr","order":"12"},"link":"/podcasts/truthbetold","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-be-told/id1462216572","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvbmV3cy9jYXRlZ29yeS90cnV0aC1iZS10b2xkLXBvZGNhc3QvZmVlZA","npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/719210818/truth-be-told","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=398170&refid=stpr","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/587DhwTBxke6uvfwDfaV5N"}},"wait-wait-dont-tell-me":{"id":"wait-wait-dont-tell-me","title":"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!","info":"Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.","airtime":"SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"}},"washington-week":{"id":"washington-week","title":"Washington Week","info":"For 50 years, Washington Week has been the most intelligent and up to date conversation about the most important news stories of the week. Washington Week is the longest-running news and public affairs program on PBS and features journalists -- not pundits -- lending insight and perspective to the week's important news stories.","airtime":"SAT 1:30am-2am","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/washington-week.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"pbs"},"link":"/radio/program/washington-week","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/washington-week-audio-pbs/id83324702?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Current-Affairs/Washington-Week-p693/","rss":"http://feeds.pbs.org/pbs/weta/washingtonweek-audio"}},"weekend-edition-saturday":{"id":"weekend-edition-saturday","title":"Weekend Edition Saturday","info":"Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.","airtime":"SAT 5am-10am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"},"weekend-edition-sunday":{"id":"weekend-edition-sunday","title":"Weekend Edition Sunday","info":"Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.","airtime":"SUN 5am-10am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"},"world-affairs":{"id":"world-affairs","title":"World Affairs","info":"The world as we knew it is undergoing a rapid transformation…so what's next? Welcome to WorldAffairs, your guide to a changing world. We give you the context you need to navigate across borders and ideologies. Through sound-rich stories and in-depth interviews, we break down what it means to be a global citizen on a hot, crowded planet. Our hosts, Ray Suarez, Teresa Cotsirilos and Philip Yun help you make sense of an uncertain world, one story at a time.","airtime":"MON 10pm, TUE 1am, SAT 3am","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/World-Affairs-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg ","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.worldaffairs.org/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"World Affairs"},"link":"/radio/program/world-affairs","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/world-affairs/id101215657?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/WorldAffairs-p1665/","rss":"https://worldaffairs.libsyn.com/rss"}},"on-shifting-ground":{"id":"on-shifting-ground","title":"On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez","info":"Geopolitical turmoil. A warming planet. Authoritarians on the rise. We live in a chaotic world that’s rapidly shifting around us. “On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez” explores international fault lines and how they impact us all. Each week, NPR veteran Ray Suarez hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts to help us read between the headlines – and give us hope for human resilience.","airtime":"MON 10pm, TUE 1am, SAT 3am","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2022/12/onshiftingground-600x600-1.png","officialWebsiteLink":"https://worldaffairs.org/radio-podcast/","meta":{"site":"news","source":"On Shifting Ground"},"link":"/radio/program/on-shifting-ground","subscribe":{"apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/on-shifting-ground/id101215657","rss":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/36668/rss"}},"hidden-brain":{"id":"hidden-brain","title":"Hidden Brain","info":"Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain","airtime":"SUN 7pm-8pm","meta":{"site":"news","source":"NPR"},"link":"/radio/program/hidden-brain","subscribe":{"apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2","tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"}},"city-arts":{"id":"city-arts","title":"City Arts & Lectures","info":"A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available","imageSrc":"https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.cityarts.net/","airtime":"SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am","meta":{"site":"news","source":"City Arts & Lectures"},"link":"https://www.cityarts.net","subscribe":{"tuneIn":"https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/","rss":"https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"}},"white-lies":{"id":"white-lies","title":"White Lies","info":"In 1965, Rev. James Reeb was murdered in Selma, Alabama. Three men were tried and acquitted, but no one was ever held to account. Fifty years later, two journalists from Alabama return to the city where it happened, expose the lies that kept the murder from being solved and uncover a story about guilt and memory that says as much about America today as it does about the past.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/White-Lies-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510343/white-lies","meta":{"site":"news","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/white-lies","subscribe":{"npr":"https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/whitelies","apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1462650519?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM0My9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbA","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/12yZ2j8vxqhc0QZyRES3ft?si=LfWYEK6URA63hueKVxRLAw","rss":"https://feeds.npr.org/510343/podcast.xml"}},"rightnowish":{"id":"rightnowish","title":"Rightnowish","tagline":"Art is where you find it","info":"Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/rightnowish","meta":{"site":"arts","source":"kqed","order":"5"},"link":"/podcasts/rightnowish","subscribe":{"npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast","apple":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"}},"jerrybrown":{"id":"jerrybrown","title":"The Political Mind of Jerry Brown","tagline":"Lessons from a lifetime in politics","info":"The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg","imageAlt":"KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown","officialWebsiteLink":"/podcasts/jerrybrown","meta":{"site":"news","source":"kqed","order":"16"},"link":"/podcasts/jerrybrown","subscribe":{"npr":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown","apple":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549","rss":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/","tuneIn":"http://tun.in/pjGcK","stitcher":"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown","spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w","google":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvbmV3cy9zZXJpZXMvamVycnlicm93bi9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Qv"}},"the-splendid-table":{"id":"the-splendid-table","title":"The Splendid Table","info":"\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.","imageSrc":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg","officialWebsiteLink":"https://www.splendidtable.org/","airtime":"SUN 10-11 pm","meta":{"site":"radio","source":"npr"},"link":"/radio/program/the-splendid-table"}},"racesReducer":{"5921":{"id":"5921","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 7","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":158422,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.97,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:48 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Doris Matsui","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":89456,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Tom Silva","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":48920,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"David Mandel","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":20046,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-09T01:00:38.194Z"},"5922":{"id":"5922","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 8","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Rudy Recile","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"John Garamendi","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"5924":{"id":"5924","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 10","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":185034,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.07,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:48 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mark DeSaulnier","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":121265,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Katherine Piccinini","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":34883,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Nolan Chen","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":19459,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Joe Sweeney","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":7606,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Mohamed Elsherbini","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":1821,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-09T01:02:32.415Z"},"5926":{"id":"5926","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 12","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":153801,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.88,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 20, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:41 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Lateefah Simon","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":85905,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Jennifer Tran","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":22964,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Tony Daysog","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":17197,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Stephen Slauson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":9699,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Glenn Kaplan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":6785,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Eric Wilson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":4243,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Abdur Sikder","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":2847,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Ned Nuerge","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":2532,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Andre Todd","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":1629,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-16T00:22:36.062Z"},"5928":{"id":"5928","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 14","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":125831,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.14,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 20, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:41 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Eric Swalwell","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":83989,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Vin Kruttiventi","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":22106,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Alison Hayden","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":11928,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Luis Reynoso","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":7808,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T00:51:36.366Z"},"5930":{"id":"5930","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 16","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":182135,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.91,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"April 3, 2024","timeUpdated":"3:04 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Sam Liccardo","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":38489,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Evan Low","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":30249,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Joe Simitian","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":30249,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Peter Ohtaki","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":23275,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Peter Dixon","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":14673,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Rishi Kumar","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":12377,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Karl Ryan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":11557,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Julie Lythcott-Haims","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":11383,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Ahmed Mostafa","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":5811,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Greg Tanaka","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":2421,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Joby Bernstein","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":1651,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T00:32:05.002Z"},"5931":{"id":"5931","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 17","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":117534,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.92,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Ro Khanna","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":73941,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Anita Chen","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":31539,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Ritesh Tandon","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":5728,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Mario Ramirez","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":4491,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Joe Dehn","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"Lib","voteCount":1835,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-08T01:50:53.956Z"},"5932":{"id":"5932","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 18","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":96302,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.93,"eevp":98.83,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:47 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Zoe Lofgren","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":49323,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Peter Hernandez","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":31622,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Charlene Nijmeh","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":10614,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Lawrence Milan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":2712,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Luele Kifle","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":2031,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T00:26:02.706Z"},"5963":{"id":"5963","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 2","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":139085,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.62,"eevp":98.6,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Michael Greer","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":38079,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Chris Rogers","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":27126,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Rusty Hicks","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":25615,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Ariel Kelley","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":19483,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Frankie Myers","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":17694,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Ted Williams","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":9550,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Cynthia Click","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":1538,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-22T21:38:36.711Z"},"5972":{"id":"5972","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 11","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":99775,"precinctsReportPercentage":99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:48 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Lori Wilson","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":50085,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Dave Ennis","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":26074,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Wanda Wallis","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":14638,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jeffrey Flack","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":8978,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-08T02:01:24.524Z"},"5973":{"id":"5973","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 12","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":143532,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.19,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:38 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Damon Connolly","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":111275,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Andy Podshadley","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":17240,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Eryn Cervantes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":15017,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-21T00:25:32.262Z"},"5975":{"id":"5975","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 14","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":106997,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.06,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:48 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Buffy Wicks","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":78678,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Margot Smith","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":18251,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Utkarsh Jain","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":10068,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-15T01:30:34.539Z"},"5976":{"id":"5976","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 15","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":97144,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.98,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:48 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Sonia Ledo","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":30946,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Anamarie Farias","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":29512,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Monica Wilson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":24775,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Karen Mitchoff","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":11911,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-14T00:19:38.858Z"},"5977":{"id":"5977","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 16","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Joseph Rubay","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Rebecca Bauer-Kahan","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"5978":{"id":"5978","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 17","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":111003,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"8:25 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Matt Haney","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":90915,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Manuel Noris-Barrera","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":13843,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Otto Duke","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":6245,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T00:36:19.697Z"},"5979":{"id":"5979","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 18","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":86008,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.1,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 20, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:41 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mia Bonta","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":73040,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Andre Sandford","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"AIP","voteCount":4575,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Mindy Pechenuk","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":4389,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Cheyenne Kenney","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":4004,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T08:03:23.729Z"},"5980":{"id":"5980","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 19","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":113959,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.8,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Catherine Stefani","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":64960,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"David Lee","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":33035,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Nadia Flamenco","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":8335,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Arjun Sodhani","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":7629,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-11T23:50:23.109Z"},"5981":{"id":"5981","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 20","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 20, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:36 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Liz Ortega","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"5982":{"id":"5982","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 21","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mark Gilham","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Diane Papan","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"5984":{"id":"5984","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 23","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":116963,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.91,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Marc Berman","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":67106,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Lydia Kou","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":23699,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Gus Mattammal","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":13277,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Allan Marson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":12881,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T01:13:06.280Z"},"5987":{"id":"5987","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 26","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":72753,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.19,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Patrick Ahrens","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":25036,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Tara Sreekrishnan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":19600,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Sophie Song","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":15954,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Omar Din","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":8772,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Bob Goodwyn","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"Lib","voteCount":2170,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Ashish Garg","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":1221,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-13T21:06:29.070Z"},"5989":{"id":"5989","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 28","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:10 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Gail Pellerin","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Liz Lawler","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6010":{"id":"6010","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 49","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:36 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mike Fong","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Long Liu","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6018":{"id":"6018","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 2","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":229348,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.05,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:38 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jared Huffman","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":169005,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Chris Coulombe","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":37372,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Tief Gibbs","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":18437,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jolian Kangas","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":3166,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jason Brisendine","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":1368,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T00:46:10.103Z"},"6020":{"id":"6020","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 4","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":187640,"precinctsReportPercentage":96.32,"eevp":96.36,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mike Thompson","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":118147,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"John Munn","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":56232,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Andrew Engdahl","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":11202,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Niket Patwardhan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":2059,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-07T00:30:57.980Z"},"6025":{"id":"6025","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 9","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":121271,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.17,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:10 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Josh Harder","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":60396,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Kevin Lincoln","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":36346,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"John McBride","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":15525,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Khalid Jafri","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":9004,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T00:49:44.113Z"},"6031":{"id":"6031","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 15","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Anna Kramer","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Kevin Mullin","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6035":{"id":"6035","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 19","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":203670,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.11,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:47 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jimmy Panetta","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":132540,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Jason Anderson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":58120,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Sean Dougherty","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"Grn","voteCount":13010,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-07T00:23:46.779Z"},"6066":{"id":"6066","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 3","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:10 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jamie Gallagher","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Aaron Draper","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6067":{"id":"6067","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 4","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Cecilia Aguiar-Curry","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6087":{"id":"6087","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 24","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":66643,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.19,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Alex Lee","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":45544,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Bob Brunton","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":14951,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Marti Souza","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":6148,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-14T23:23:49.770Z"},"6088":{"id":"6088","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 25","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":69560,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.31,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Ash Kalra","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":35821,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Ted Stroll","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":18255,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Lan Ngo","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":15484,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-14T02:40:57.200Z"},"6092":{"id":"6092","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State House, District 29","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:47 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Robert Rivas","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"J.W. Paine","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6223":{"id":"6223","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 46","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:16 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Lou Correa","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"David Pan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6530":{"id":"6530","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 3","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":222193,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:48 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Thom Bogue","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":61776,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Christopher Cabaldon","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":59041,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Rozzana Verder-Aliga","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":45546,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jackie Elward","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":41127,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jimih Jones","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":14703,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-15T01:24:31.539Z"},"6531":{"id":"6531","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 5","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":171623,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.09,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:10 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jim Shoemaker","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":74935,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Jerry McNerney","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":57040,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Carlos Villapudua","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":39648,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-13T20:07:46.382Z"},"6532":{"id":"6532","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 7","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":192446,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.72,"eevp":98.78,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:48 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jesse Arreguín","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":61837,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Jovanka Beckles","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":34025,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Dan Kalb","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":28842,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Kathryn Lybarger","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":28041,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Sandre Swanson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":22862,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jeanne Solnordal","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":16839,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-16T00:58:11.533Z"},"6533":{"id":"6533","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 9","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Tim Grayson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Marisol Rubio","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6534":{"id":"6534","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 11","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":228260,"precinctsReportPercentage":99.09,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Scott Wiener","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":166592,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Yvette Corkrean","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":34438,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Cynthia Cravens","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":18513,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jing Xiong","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":8717,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T02:01:51.597Z"},"6535":{"id":"6535","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 13","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":227191,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.88,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Josh Becker","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":167127,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Alexander Glew","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":42788,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Christina Laskowski","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":17276,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T01:56:24.964Z"},"6536":{"id":"6536","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 15","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":180231,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.81,"eevp":98.95,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:20 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Dave Cortese","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":124440,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Robert Howell","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":34173,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Tony Loaiza","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":21618,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-13T01:15:45.365Z"},"6548":{"id":"6548","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"State Senate, District 39","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":0,"uncontested":true,"precinctsReportPercentage":0,"eevp":0,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 20, 2024","timeUpdated":"4:55 PM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Akilah Weber","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Bob Divine","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":0,"isWinner":true}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:00:30.000Z"},"6611":{"id":"6611","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 11","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":188732,"precinctsReportPercentage":98.89,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 22, 2024","timeUpdated":"8:25 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Nancy Pelosi","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":138285,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Bruce Lou","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":16285,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Marjorie Mikels","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":9363,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Bianca Von Krieg","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":7634,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jason Zeng","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":6607,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jason Boyce","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":4325,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Larry Nichelson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":3482,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Eve Del Castello","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":2751,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-12T00:31:55.445Z"},"8589":{"id":"8589","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. Senate, Class I","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":7276537,"precinctsReportPercentage":99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:47 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Adam Schiff","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":2299507,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Steve Garvey","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":2292414,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Katie Porter","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":1115606,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Barbara Lee","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":714408,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Eric Early","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":240723,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"James Bradley","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":98180,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Christina Pascucci","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":61755,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Sharleta Bassett","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":54422,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Sarah Liew","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":38483,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Laura Garza ","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":34320,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Jonathan Reiss","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":34283,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Sepi Gilani","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":34056,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Gail Lightfoot","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"Lib","voteCount":33046,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Denice Gary-Pandol","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":25494,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"James Macauley","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":23168,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Harmesh Kumar","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":21522,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"David Peterson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":21076,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Douglas Pierce","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":19371,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Major Singh","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":16965,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"John Rose","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":14577,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Perry Pound","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":14134,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Raji Rab","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":13558,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Mark Ruzon","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":13429,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Forrest Jones","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"AIP","voteCount":13027,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Stefan Simchowitz","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":12717,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Martin Veprauskas","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":9714,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Don Grundmann","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"NPP","voteCount":6582,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T05:01:46.589Z"},"8686":{"id":"8686","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"President,","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top1","totalVotes":3589127,"precinctsReportPercentage":99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:48 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Joe Biden","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":3200188,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Marianne Williamson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":145690,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Dean Phillips","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":99981,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Armando Perez-Serrato","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":42925,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Gabriel Cornejo","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":41261,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"President Boddie","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":25373,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Stephen Lyons","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":21008,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Eban Cambridge","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":12701,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:12:27.559Z"},"8688":{"id":"8688","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"President,","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top1","totalVotes":2466569,"precinctsReportPercentage":99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:47 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Donald Trump","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":1953947,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Nikki Haley","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":430792,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Ron DeSantis","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":35581,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Chris Christie","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":20164,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Vivek Ramaswamy","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":11069,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Rachel Swift","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":4231,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"David Stuckenberg","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":3895,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Ryan Binkley","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":3563,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Asa Hutchinson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":3327,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:13:19.766Z"},"81993":{"id":"81993","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"U.S. Senate, Class I Unexpired Term","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top2","totalVotes":7358837,"precinctsReportPercentage":99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:47 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Steve Garvey","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":2444940,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Adam Schiff","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":2155146,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"Katie Porter","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":1269194,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Barbara Lee","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":863278,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Eric Early","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"R","voteCount":448788,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Christina Pascucci","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":109421,"isWinner":false},{"candidateName":"Sepi Gilani","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"D","voteCount":68070,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-06T04:31:08.186Z"},"82014":{"id":"82014","type":"apRace","location":"State of California","raceName":"Proposition, 1 - Behavioral Health Services Program","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceType":"top1","totalVotes":7221972,"precinctsReportPercentage":99,"eevp":99,"tabulationStatus":"Tabulation Paused","dateUpdated":"March 25, 2024","timeUpdated":"5:47 AM","source":"AP","candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":null,"voteCount":3624998,"isWinner":true},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":null,"voteCount":3596974,"isWinner":false}],"winnerDateTime":"2024-03-21T00:11:06.265Z"},"timeLoaded":"April 23, 2024 10:34 AM","nationalRacesLoaded":true,"localRacesLoaded":true,"overrides":[{"id":"5921","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 7","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5922","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 8","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5924","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 10","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5926","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 12","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/congress-12th-district"},{"id":"5928","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 14","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5930","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 16","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/congress-16th-district"},{"id":"5931","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 17","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5932","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 18","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5963","raceName":"State Assembly, District 2","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5972","raceName":"State Assembly, District 11","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5973","raceName":"State Assembly, District 12","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5975","raceName":"State Assembly, District 14","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5976","raceName":"State Assembly, District 15","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/contracosta/state-assembly"},{"id":"5977","raceName":"State Assembly, District 16","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5978","raceName":"State Assembly, District 17","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5979","raceName":"State Assembly, District 18","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5980","raceName":"State Assembly, District 19","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5981","raceName":"State Assembly, District 20","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5982","raceName":"State Assembly, District 21","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"5984","raceName":"State Assembly, District 23","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/state-assembly-23rd-district"},{"id":"5987","raceName":"State Assembly, District 26","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/santaclara/state-assembly-26th-district"},{"id":"5989","raceName":"State Assembly, District 28","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6010","raceName":"State Assembly, District 4","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6018","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 2","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6020","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 4","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6025","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 9","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6031","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 15","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6035","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 19","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6067","raceName":"State Assembly, District 4","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6087","raceName":"State Assembly, District 24","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6088","raceName":"State Assembly, District 25","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6092","raceName":"State Assembly, District 29","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6223","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 4","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6530","raceName":"State Senate, District 3","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/state-senate-3rd-district"},{"id":"6531","raceName":"State Senate, District 5","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6532","raceName":"State Senate, District 7","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/state-senate-7th-district"},{"id":"6533","raceName":"State Senate, District 9","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6534","raceName":"State Senate, District 11","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6535","raceName":"State Senate, District 13","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6536","raceName":"State Senate, District 15","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"6611","raceName":"U.S. House of Representatives, District 11","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":""},{"id":"8589","raceName":"U.S. Senate (Full Term)","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/senator"},{"id":"8686","raceName":"California Democratic Presidential Primary","raceDescription":"Candidates are competing for 496 delegates.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/president/democrat"},{"id":"8688","raceName":"California Republican Presidential Primary","raceDescription":"Candidates are competing for 169 delegates.","raceReadTheStory":"https://kqed.org/elections/results/president/republican"},{"id":"81993","raceName":"U.S. Senate (Partial/Unexpired Term)","raceDescription":"Top two candidates advance to general election."},{"id":"82014","raceName":"Proposition 1","raceDescription":"Bond and mental health reforms. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/proposition-1"}],"AlamedaJudge5":{"id":"AlamedaJudge5","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Office 5","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":200601,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Terry Wiley","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":200601}]},"AlamedaJudge12":{"id":"AlamedaJudge12","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Office 12","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":240853,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mark Fickes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":133009},{"candidateName":"Michael P. Johnson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":107844}]},"AlamedaBoard2":{"id":"AlamedaBoard2","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Board of Education, Trustee Area 2","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":33580,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"John Lewis","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6943},{"candidateName":"Angela Normand","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":26637}]},"AlamedaBoard5":{"id":"AlamedaBoard5","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Board of Education, Trustee Area 5","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":26072,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Guadalupe \"Lupe\" Angulo","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7521},{"candidateName":"Janevette Cole","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":13338},{"candidateName":"Joe Orlando Ramos","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5213}]},"AlamedaBoard6":{"id":"AlamedaBoard6","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Board of Education, Trustee Area 6","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":30864,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"John Guerrero","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":9989},{"candidateName":"Eileen McDonald","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":20875}]},"AlamedaSup1":{"id":"AlamedaSup1","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 1","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":41038,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"David Haubert","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":41038}]},"AlamedaSup2":{"id":"AlamedaSup2","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 2","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":31034,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Elisa Márquez","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":31034}]},"AlamedaSup4":{"id":"AlamedaSup4","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 4","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/supervisor-4th-district","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":57007,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jennifer Esteen","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":22400},{"candidateName":"Nate Miley","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":34607}]},"AlamedaSup5":{"id":"AlamedaSup5","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/supervisor-5th-district","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":81059,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Ben Bartlett","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":13518},{"candidateName":"Nikki Fortunato Bas","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":27597},{"candidateName":"John J. Bauters","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":16783},{"candidateName":"Ken Berrick","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7520},{"candidateName":"Omar Farmer","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1240},{"candidateName":"Gregory Hodge","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3419},{"candidateName":"Chris Moore","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7428},{"candidateName":"Gerald Pechenuk","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":305},{"candidateName":"Lorrel Plimier","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3249}]},"AlamedaBoard7":{"id":"AlamedaBoard7","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Flood Control & Water Conservation District Director, Zone 7, Full Term","raceDescription":"Top three candidates win seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top3","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":134340,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Alan Burnham","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":15723},{"candidateName":"Sandy Figuers","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":22454},{"candidateName":"Laurene K. Green","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":30343},{"candidateName":"Kathy Narum","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":23833},{"candidateName":"Seema Badar","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7468},{"candidateName":"Catherine Brown","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":34519}]},"AlamedaAuditor":{"id":"AlamedaAuditor","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Oakland Auditor","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":59227,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Michael Houston","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":59227}]},"AlamedaMeasureA":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureA","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure A","raceDescription":"Alameda County. Civil service. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":282335,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":167903},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":114432}]},"AlamedaMeasureB":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureB","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure B","raceDescription":"Alameda County. Recall rules. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/measure-b","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":282683,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":182200},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":100483}]},"AlamedaMeasureD":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureD","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure D","raceDescription":"Oakland. Appropriations limit. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":79797,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":59852},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":19945}]},"AlamedaMeasureE":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureE","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure E","raceDescription":"Alameda Unified School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":22692,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":17280},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5412}]},"AlamedaMeasureF":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureF","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure F","raceDescription":"Piedmont. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":4855,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3673},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1182}]},"AlamedaMeasureG":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureG","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure G","raceDescription":"Albany Unified School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote. ","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":5898,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4651},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1247}]},"AlamedaMeasureH":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureH","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure H","raceDescription":"Berkeley Unified School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":33331,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":29418},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3913}]},"AlamedaMeasureI":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureI","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure I","raceDescription":"Hayward Unified School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":21929,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":14151},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7778}]},"AlamedaMeasureJ":{"id":"AlamedaMeasureJ","type":"localRace","location":"Alameda","raceName":"Measure J","raceDescription":"San Leandro Unified School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:02 PM","dateUpdated":"April 1, 2024","totalVotes":12338,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7784},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4554}]},"CCD2":{"id":"CCD2","type":"localRace","location":"Contra Costa","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 2","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:45 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":45776,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Candace Andersen","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":45776}]},"CCD3":{"id":"CCD3","type":"localRace","location":"Contra Costa","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 3","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:45 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":25120,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Diane Burgis","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":25120}]},"CCD5":{"id":"CCD5","type":"localRace","location":"Contra Costa","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/contracosta/supervisor-5th-district","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"6:45 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":37045,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mike Barbanica","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":14338},{"candidateName":"Jelani Killings","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5683},{"candidateName":"Shanelle Scales-Preston","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":12993},{"candidateName":"Iztaccuauhtli Hector Gonzalez","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4031}]},"CCMeasureA":{"id":"CCMeasureA","type":"localRace","location":"Contra Costa","raceName":"Measure A","raceDescription":"Martinez. Appoint City Clerk. Passes with a majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:45 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":11513,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7554},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3959}]},"CCMeasureB":{"id":"CCMeasureB","type":"localRace","location":"Contra Costa","raceName":"Measure B","raceDescription":"Antioch Unified School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:45 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":17971,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10397},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7574}]},"CCMeasureC":{"id":"CCMeasureC","type":"localRace","location":"Contra Costa","raceName":"Measure C","raceDescription":"Martinez Unified School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:45 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":9230,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6917},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2313}]},"CCMeasureD":{"id":"CCMeasureD","type":"localRace","location":"Contra Costa","raceName":"Measure D","raceDescription":"Moraga School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:45 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":6007,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4052},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1955}]},"MarinD2":{"id":"MarinD2","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 2","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/marin/supervisor-2nd-district","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":18466,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Brian Colbert","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7971},{"candidateName":"Heather McPhail Sridharan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4851},{"candidateName":"Ryan O'Neil","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2647},{"candidateName":"Gabe Paulson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2997}]},"MarinD3":{"id":"MarinD3","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 3","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":13274,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Stephanie Moulton-Peters","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":13274}]},"MarinD4":{"id":"MarinD4","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 4","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":12986,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Dennis Rodoni","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10086},{"candidateName":"Francis Drouillard","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2900}]},"MarinLarkspurCC":{"id":"MarinLarkspurCC","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Larkspur City Council (Short Term)","raceDescription":"Top candidate wins seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":4176,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Stephanie Andre","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2514},{"candidateName":"Claire Paquette","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1008},{"candidateName":"Lana Scott","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":654}]},"MarinRossCouncil":{"id":"MarinRossCouncil","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Ross Town Council","raceDescription":"Top three candidates win seat.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top3","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":1740,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Charles William \"Bill\" Kircher, Jr.","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":536},{"candidateName":"Mathew Salter","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":502},{"candidateName":"Shadi Aboukhater","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":187},{"candidateName":"Teri Dowling","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":515}]},"MarinMeasureA":{"id":"MarinMeasureA","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure A","raceDescription":"Tamalpais Union High School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":45345,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":24376},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":20969}]},"MarinMeasureB":{"id":"MarinMeasureB","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure B","raceDescription":"Petaluma Joint Union High School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":132,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":62},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":70}]},"MarinMeasureC":{"id":"MarinMeasureC","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure C","raceDescription":"Belvedere. Appropriation limit. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":870,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":679},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":191}]},"MarinMeasureD":{"id":"MarinMeasureD","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure D","raceDescription":"Larkspur. Rent stabilization. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/marin/measure-d","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":4955,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2573},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2382}]},"MarinMeasureE":{"id":"MarinMeasureE","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure E","raceDescription":"Ross. Special tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/marin/measure-e","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":874,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":683},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":191}]},"MarinMeasureF":{"id":"MarinMeasureF","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure F","raceDescription":"San Anselmo. Flood Control and Water Conservation District. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":5193,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3083},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2110}]},"MarinMeasureG":{"id":"MarinMeasureG","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure G","raceDescription":"Bel Marin Keys Community Services District. Special tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":830,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":661},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":169}]},"MarinMeasureH":{"id":"MarinMeasureH","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure H","raceDescription":"Marinwood Community Services District. Appropriations limit, fire protection. Passes with a majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":1738,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1369},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":369}]},"MarinMeasureI":{"id":"MarinMeasureI","type":"localRace","location":"Marin","raceName":"Measure I","raceDescription":"Marinwood Community Services District. Appropriations limit, parks. Passes with a majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:54 PM","dateUpdated":"March 27, 2024","totalVotes":1735,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1336},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":399}]},"NapaD2":{"id":"NapaD2","type":"localRace","location":"Napa","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 2","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"April 3, 2024","totalVotes":8351,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Liz Alessio","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6340},{"candidateName":"Doris Gentry","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2011}]},"NapaD4":{"id":"NapaD4","type":"localRace","location":"Napa","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 4","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/napa/supervisor-4th-district","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"April 3, 2024","totalVotes":7306,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Amber Manfree","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3913},{"candidateName":"Pete Mott","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3393}]},"NapaD5":{"id":"NapaD5","type":"localRace","location":"Napa","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/napa/supervisor-5th-district","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"April 3, 2024","totalVotes":5356,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mariam Aboudamous","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2379},{"candidateName":"Belia Ramos","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2977}]},"NapaMeasureD":{"id":"NapaMeasureD","type":"localRace","location":"Napa","raceName":"Measure D","raceDescription":"Howell Mountain Elementary School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"April 3, 2024","totalVotes":741,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":367},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":374}]},"NapaMeasureU":{"id":"NapaMeasureU","type":"localRace","location":"Napa","raceName":"Measure U","raceDescription":"Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District. Appropriations limit. Passes with majority vote. ","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"April 3, 2024","totalVotes":86,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":63},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":23}]},"NapaMeasureU1":{"id":"NapaMeasureU1","type":"localRace","location":"Napa","raceName":"Measure U","raceDescription":"Yountville. Appropriations limit. Passes with majority vote. ","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"April 3, 2024","totalVotes":925,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":793},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":132}]},"SFJudge1":{"id":"SFJudge1","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Seat 1","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco/superior-court-seat-1","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":202960,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Michael Begert","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":124943},{"candidateName":"Chip Zecher","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":78017}]},"SFJudge13":{"id":"SFJudge13","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Seat 13","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco/superior-court-seat-13","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":202386,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jean Myungjin Roland","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":90012},{"candidateName":"Patrick S. Thompson","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":112374}]},"SFPropA":{"id":"SFPropA","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Proposition A","raceDescription":"Housing bond. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco/proposition-a","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":225187,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":158497},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":66690}]},"SFPropB":{"id":"SFPropB","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Proposition B","raceDescription":"Police staffing. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":222954,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":61580},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":161374}]},"SFPropC":{"id":"SFPropC","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Proposition C","raceDescription":"Transfer tax exemption. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":220349,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":116311},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":104038}]},"SFPropD":{"id":"SFPropD","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Proposition D","raceDescription":"Ethics laws. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":222615,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":198584},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":24031}]},"SFPropE":{"id":"SFPropE","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Proposition E","raceDescription":"Police policies. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco/proposition-e","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":222817,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":120529},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":102288}]},"SFPropF":{"id":"SFPropF","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Proposition F","raceDescription":"Drug screening. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco/proposition-f","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":224004,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":130214},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":93790}]},"SFPropG":{"id":"SFPropG","type":"localRace","location":"San Francisco","raceName":"Proposition G","raceDescription":"Eighth-grade algebra. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:50 PM","dateUpdated":"March 21, 2024","totalVotes":222704,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":182066},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":40638}]},"SMJudge4":{"id":"SMJudge4","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Office 4","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":108919,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Sarah Burdick","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":108919}]},"SMD1":{"id":"SMD1","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 1","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanmateo/supervisor-1st-district","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":29650,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jackie Speier","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":20353},{"candidateName":"Ann Schneider","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":9297}]},"SMD4":{"id":"SMD4","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 4","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanmateo/supervisor-4th-district","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":22725,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Antonio Lopez","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5730},{"candidateName":"Lisa Gauthier","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10358},{"candidateName":"Celeste Brevard","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1268},{"candidateName":"Paul Bocanegra","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1909},{"candidateName":"Maggie Cornejo","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3460}]},"SMD5":{"id":"SMD5","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":19937,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"David Canepa","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":19937}]},"SMMeasureB":{"id":"SMMeasureB","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Measure B","raceDescription":"County Service Area #1 (Highlands). Special tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":1549,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1360},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":189}]},"SMMeasureC":{"id":"SMMeasureC","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Measure C","raceDescription":"Jefferson Elementary School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":12234,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":8543},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3691}]},"SMMeasureE":{"id":"SMMeasureE","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Measure E","raceDescription":"Woodside Elementary School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":1392,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":910},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":482}]},"SMMeasureG":{"id":"SMMeasureG","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Measure G","raceDescription":"Pacifica School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":11548,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7067},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4481}]},"SMMeasureH":{"id":"SMMeasureH","type":"localRace","location":"San Mateo","raceName":"Measure H","raceDescription":"San Carlos School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:56 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":9938,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6283},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3655}]},"SCJudge5":{"id":"SCJudge5","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Office 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":301953,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Jay Boyarsky","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":142549},{"candidateName":"Nicole M. Ford","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":52147},{"candidateName":"Johnene Linda Stebbins","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":107257}]},"SCD2":{"id":"SCD2","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 2","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/santaclara/supervisor-2nd-district","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":44059,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Corina Herrera-Loera","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10519},{"candidateName":"Jennifer Margaret Celaya","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2394},{"candidateName":"Madison Nguyen","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":12794},{"candidateName":"Betty Duong","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":14031},{"candidateName":"Nelson McElmurry","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4321}]},"SCD3":{"id":"SCD3","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 3","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":42549,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Otto Lee","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":42549}]},"SCD5":{"id":"SCD5","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/santaclara/supervisor-5th-district","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":88712,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Margaret Abe-Koga","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":37172},{"candidateName":"Sally J. Lieber","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":21962},{"candidateName":"Barry Chang","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6164},{"candidateName":"Peter C. Fung","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":17892},{"candidateName":"Sandy Sans","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5522}]},"SCSJMayor":{"id":"SCSJMayor","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"San José Mayor","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":167064,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Matt Mahan","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":144701},{"candidateName":"Tyrone Wade","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":22363}]},"SCSJD2":{"id":"SCSJD2","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"San José City Council, District 2","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":14131,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Joe Lopez","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4950},{"candidateName":"Pamela Campos","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3436},{"candidateName":"Vanessa Sandoval","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2719},{"candidateName":"Babu Prasad","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3026}]},"SCSJD4":{"id":"SCSJD4","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"San José City Council, District 4","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":14322,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Kansen Chu","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5931},{"candidateName":"David Cohen","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":8391}]},"SCSJD6":{"id":"SCSJD6","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"San José City Council, District 6","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":25108,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"David Cohen","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":9875},{"candidateName":"Alex Shoor","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3850},{"candidateName":"Angelo \"A.J.\" Pasciuti","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2688},{"candidateName":"Michael Mulcahy","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":8695}]},"SCSJD8":{"id":"SCSJD8","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"San José City Council, District 8","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":21462,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Tam Truong","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6982},{"candidateName":"Domingo Candelas","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":8466},{"candidateName":"Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5513},{"candidateName":"Surinder Kaur Dhaliwal","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":501}]},"SCSJD10":{"id":"SCSJD10","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"San José City Council, District 10","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top2","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":22799,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"George Casey","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":8805},{"candidateName":"Arjun Batra","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":8354},{"candidateName":"Lenka Wright","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5640}]},"SCMeasureA":{"id":"SCMeasureA","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"Measure A","raceDescription":"Santa Clara. Appointed city clerk. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":20315,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6580},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":13735}]},"SCMeasureB":{"id":"SCMeasureB","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"Measure B","raceDescription":"Santa Clara. Appointed police chief. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":20567,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5680},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":14887}]},"SCMeasureC":{"id":"SCMeasureC","type":"localRace","location":"Santa Clara","raceName":"Measure C","raceDescription":"Sunnyvale School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:05 PM","dateUpdated":"April 4, 2024","totalVotes":14656,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10261},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4395}]},"SolanoD15":{"id":"SolanoD15","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Department 15","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":81709,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mike Thompson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":36844},{"candidateName":"Bryan J. Kim","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":44865}]},"SolanoD1":{"id":"SolanoD1","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 1","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/solano/supervisor-1st-district","raceType":"","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":13786,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Michael Wilson","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6401},{"candidateName":"Cassandra James","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7385}]},"SolanoD2":{"id":"SolanoD2","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 2","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":19903,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Monica Brown","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10951},{"candidateName":"Nora Dizon","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3135},{"candidateName":"Rochelle Sherlock","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5817}]},"SolanoD5":{"id":"SolanoD5","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":17888,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Mitch Mashburn","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":11210},{"candidateName":"Chadwick J. Ledoux","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6678}]},"SolanoEducation":{"id":"SolanoEducation","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Sacramento County Board of Education","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":3650,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Heather Davis","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2960},{"candidateName":"Shazleen Khan","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":690}]},"SolanoMeasureA":{"id":"SolanoMeasureA","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Measure A","raceDescription":"Benicia. Hotel tax. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/solano/measure-a","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":10136,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7869},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2267}]},"SolanoMeasureB":{"id":"SolanoMeasureB","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Measure B","raceDescription":"Benicia. Sales tax. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/solano/measure-b","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":10164,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7335},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":2829}]},"SolanoMeasureC":{"id":"SolanoMeasureC","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Measure C","raceDescription":"Benicia Unified School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":10112,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6316},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3796}]},"SolanoMeasureN":{"id":"SolanoMeasureN","type":"localRace","location":"Solano","raceName":"Measure N","raceDescription":"Davis Joint Unified School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"7:08 PM","dateUpdated":"March 28, 2024","totalVotes":15,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10}]},"SonomaJudge3":{"id":"SonomaJudge3","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Office 3","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":115405,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Kristine M. Burk","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":79498},{"candidateName":"Beki Berrey","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":35907}]},"SonomaJudge4":{"id":"SonomaJudge4","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Office 4","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":86789,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Paul J. Lozada","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":86789}]},"SonomaJudge6":{"id":"SonomaJudge6","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Superior Court Judge, Office 6","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":117990,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Omar Figueroa","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":42236},{"candidateName":"Kenneth English","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":75754}]},"SonomaD1":{"id":"SonomaD1","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 1","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":30348,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Rebecca Hermosillo","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":23958},{"candidateName":"Jonathan Mathieu","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":6390}]},"SonomaD3":{"id":"SonomaD3","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 3","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sonoma/supervisor-3rd-district","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":16312,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Chris Coursey","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":11346},{"candidateName":"Omar Medina","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":4966}]},"SonomaD5":{"id":"SonomaD5","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Board of Supervisors, District 5","raceDescription":"Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"top1","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":23356,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Lynda Hopkins","candidateIncumbent":true,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":23356}]},"SonomaMeasureA":{"id":"SonomaMeasureA","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Measure A","raceDescription":"Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":13756,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":10320},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3436}]},"SonomaMeasureB":{"id":"SonomaMeasureB","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Measure B","raceDescription":"Petaluma Joint Union High School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":24877,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":15795},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":9082}]},"SonomaMeasureC":{"id":"SonomaMeasureC","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Measure C","raceDescription":"Fort Ross School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":286,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":159},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":127}]},"SonomaMeasureD":{"id":"SonomaMeasureD","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Measure D","raceDescription":"Harmony Union School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":1925,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":1089},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":836}]},"SonomaMeasureE":{"id":"SonomaMeasureE","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Measure E","raceDescription":"Petaluma City (Elementary) School District. Parcel tax. Passes with 2/3 vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":11133,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":7622},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":3511}]},"SonomaMeasureG":{"id":"SonomaMeasureG","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Measure G","raceDescription":"Rincon Valley Union School District. School bond. Passes with 55% vote.","raceReadTheStory":"","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":14577,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":8668},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":5909}]},"SonomaMeasureH":{"id":"SonomaMeasureH","type":"localRace","location":"Sonoma","raceName":"Measure H","raceDescription":"Sonoma County. Sales tax. Passes with majority vote.","raceReadTheStory":"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sonoma/measure-h","raceType":"yesNo","timeUpdated":"6:51 PM","dateUpdated":"March 29, 2024","totalVotes":145261,"candidates":[{"candidateName":"Yes","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":89646},{"candidateName":"No","candidateIncumbent":false,"candidateParty":"","voteCount":55615}]}},"radioSchedulesReducer":{},"listsReducer":{"posts/news?tag=paid-sick-leave":{"isFetching":false,"latestQuery":{"from":0,"postsToRender":9},"tag":null,"vitalsOnly":true,"totalRequested":9,"isLoading":false,"isLoadingMore":true,"total":10,"items":["news_11904834","news_11935942","news_11904385","news_11901641","news_11824593","news_11821282","news_11810843","news_11807773","news_11806175"]}},"recallGuideReducer":{"intros":{},"policy":{},"candidates":{}},"savedPostsReducer":{},"pfsSessionReducer":{},"siteSettingsReducer":{},"subscriptionsReducer":{},"termsReducer":{"about":{"name":"About","type":"terms","id":"about","slug":"about","link":"/about","taxonomy":"site"},"arts":{"name":"Arts & Culture","grouping":["arts","pop","trulyca"],"description":"KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.","type":"terms","id":"arts","slug":"arts","link":"/arts","taxonomy":"site"},"artschool":{"name":"Art School","parent":"arts","type":"terms","id":"artschool","slug":"artschool","link":"/artschool","taxonomy":"site"},"bayareabites":{"name":"KQED food","grouping":["food","bayareabites","checkplease"],"parent":"food","type":"terms","id":"bayareabites","slug":"bayareabites","link":"/food","taxonomy":"site"},"bayareahiphop":{"name":"Bay Area Hiphop","type":"terms","id":"bayareahiphop","slug":"bayareahiphop","link":"/bayareahiphop","taxonomy":"site"},"campaign21":{"name":"Campaign 21","type":"terms","id":"campaign21","slug":"campaign21","link":"/campaign21","taxonomy":"site"},"checkplease":{"name":"KQED food","grouping":["food","bayareabites","checkplease"],"parent":"food","type":"terms","id":"checkplease","slug":"checkplease","link":"/food","taxonomy":"site"},"education":{"name":"Education","grouping":["education"],"type":"terms","id":"education","slug":"education","link":"/education","taxonomy":"site"},"elections":{"name":"Elections","type":"terms","id":"elections","slug":"elections","link":"/elections","taxonomy":"site"},"events":{"name":"Events","type":"terms","id":"events","slug":"events","link":"/events","taxonomy":"site"},"event":{"name":"Event","alias":"events","type":"terms","id":"event","slug":"event","link":"/event","taxonomy":"site"},"filmschoolshorts":{"name":"Film School Shorts","type":"terms","id":"filmschoolshorts","slug":"filmschoolshorts","link":"/filmschoolshorts","taxonomy":"site"},"food":{"name":"KQED food","grouping":["food","bayareabites","checkplease"],"type":"terms","id":"food","slug":"food","link":"/food","taxonomy":"site"},"forum":{"name":"Forum","relatedContentQuery":"posts/forum?","parent":"news","type":"terms","id":"forum","slug":"forum","link":"/forum","taxonomy":"site"},"futureofyou":{"name":"Future of You","grouping":["science","futureofyou"],"parent":"science","type":"terms","id":"futureofyou","slug":"futureofyou","link":"/futureofyou","taxonomy":"site"},"jpepinheart":{"name":"KQED food","relatedContentQuery":"trending/food,bayareabites,checkplease","parent":"food","type":"terms","id":"jpepinheart","slug":"jpepinheart","link":"/food","taxonomy":"site"},"liveblog":{"name":"Live Blog","type":"terms","id":"liveblog","slug":"liveblog","link":"/liveblog","taxonomy":"site"},"livetv":{"name":"Live TV","parent":"tv","type":"terms","id":"livetv","slug":"livetv","link":"/livetv","taxonomy":"site"},"lowdown":{"name":"The Lowdown","relatedContentQuery":"posts/lowdown?","parent":"news","type":"terms","id":"lowdown","slug":"lowdown","link":"/lowdown","taxonomy":"site"},"mindshift":{"name":"Mindshift","parent":"news","description":"MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.","type":"terms","id":"mindshift","slug":"mindshift","link":"/mindshift","taxonomy":"site"},"news":{"name":"News","grouping":["news","forum"],"type":"terms","id":"news","slug":"news","link":"/news","taxonomy":"site"},"perspectives":{"name":"Perspectives","parent":"radio","type":"terms","id":"perspectives","slug":"perspectives","link":"/perspectives","taxonomy":"site"},"podcasts":{"name":"Podcasts","type":"terms","id":"podcasts","slug":"podcasts","link":"/podcasts","taxonomy":"site"},"pop":{"name":"Pop","parent":"arts","type":"terms","id":"pop","slug":"pop","link":"/pop","taxonomy":"site"},"pressroom":{"name":"Pressroom","type":"terms","id":"pressroom","slug":"pressroom","link":"/pressroom","taxonomy":"site"},"quest":{"name":"Quest","parent":"science","type":"terms","id":"quest","slug":"quest","link":"/quest","taxonomy":"site"},"radio":{"name":"Radio","grouping":["forum","perspectives"],"description":"Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.","type":"terms","id":"radio","slug":"radio","link":"/radio","taxonomy":"site"},"root":{"name":"KQED","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","imageWidth":1200,"imageHeight":630,"headData":{"title":"KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California","description":"KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."},"type":"terms","id":"root","slug":"root","link":"/root","taxonomy":"site"},"science":{"name":"Science","grouping":["science","futureofyou"],"description":"KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.","type":"terms","id":"science","slug":"science","link":"/science","taxonomy":"site"},"stateofhealth":{"name":"State of Health","parent":"science","type":"terms","id":"stateofhealth","slug":"stateofhealth","link":"/stateofhealth","taxonomy":"site"},"support":{"name":"Support","type":"terms","id":"support","slug":"support","link":"/support","taxonomy":"site"},"thedolist":{"name":"The Do List","parent":"arts","type":"terms","id":"thedolist","slug":"thedolist","link":"/thedolist","taxonomy":"site"},"trulyca":{"name":"Truly CA","grouping":["arts","pop","trulyca"],"parent":"arts","type":"terms","id":"trulyca","slug":"trulyca","link":"/trulyca","taxonomy":"site"},"tv":{"name":"TV","type":"terms","id":"tv","slug":"tv","link":"/tv","taxonomy":"site"},"voterguide":{"name":"Voter Guide","parent":"elections","alias":"elections","type":"terms","id":"voterguide","slug":"voterguide","link":"/voterguide","taxonomy":"site"},"news_6703":{"type":"terms","id":"news_6703","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"6703","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Paid Sick Leave","slug":"paid-sick-leave","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Paid Sick Leave Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null,"imageData":{"ogImageSize":{"file":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","width":1200,"height":630},"twImageSize":{"file":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"},"twitterCard":"summary_large_image"}},"ttid":6727,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/paid-sick-leave"},"source_news_11935942":{"type":"terms","id":"source_news_11935942","meta":{"override":true},"name":"KQED en Español","link":"https://www.kqed.org/kqedenespanol","isLoading":false},"source_news_11904385":{"type":"terms","id":"source_news_11904385","meta":{"override":true},"name":"CalMatters","link":"https://calmatters.org/","isLoading":false},"source_news_11901641":{"type":"terms","id":"source_news_11901641","meta":{"override":true},"name":"CalMatters","link":"https://calmatters.org/","isLoading":false},"source_news_11824593":{"type":"terms","id":"source_news_11824593","meta":{"override":true},"name":"Coronavirus","link":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","isLoading":false},"source_news_11821282":{"type":"terms","id":"source_news_11821282","meta":{"override":true},"name":"Coronavirus","link":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","isLoading":false},"source_news_11810843":{"type":"terms","id":"source_news_11810843","meta":{"override":true},"name":"Coronavirus","link":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","isLoading":false},"source_news_11806175":{"type":"terms","id":"source_news_11806175","meta":{"override":true},"name":"Coronavirus","link":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","isLoading":false},"news_457":{"type":"terms","id":"news_457","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"457","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Health","slug":"health","taxonomy":"category","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Health Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":16998,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/category/health"},"news_8":{"type":"terms","id":"news_8","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"8","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"News","slug":"news","taxonomy":"category","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"News Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":8,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/category/news"},"news_13":{"type":"terms","id":"news_13","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"13","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Politics and Government","slug":"politics-and-government","taxonomy":"category","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Politics and Government Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":13,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/category/politics-and-government"},"news_27350":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27350","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27350","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"coronavirus","slug":"coronavirus","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"coronavirus Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":27367,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/coronavirus"},"news_29029":{"type":"terms","id":"news_29029","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"29029","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Coronavirus Resources and Explainers","slug":"coronavirus-resources-and-explainers","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Coronavirus Resources and Explainers Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":29046,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers"},"news_27989":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27989","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27989","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"covid","slug":"covid","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"covid Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":28006,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/covid"},"news_30561":{"type":"terms","id":"news_30561","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"30561","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"COVID sick leave","slug":"covid-sick-leave","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"COVID sick leave Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":30578,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/covid-sick-leave"},"news_27626":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27626","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27626","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"featured-news","slug":"featured-news","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"featured-news Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":27643,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/featured-news"},"news_28523":{"type":"terms","id":"news_28523","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"28523","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"KQED en Español","slug":"kqed-en-espanol","taxonomy":"category","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"KQED en Español Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":28540,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/category/kqed-en-espanol"},"news_27504":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27504","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27504","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"covid-19","slug":"covid-19","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"covid-19 Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":27521,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/covid-19"},"news_31321":{"type":"terms","id":"news_31321","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"31321","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"derechos laborales","slug":"derechos-laborales","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"derechos laborales Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":31338,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/derechos-laborales"},"news_28056":{"type":"terms","id":"news_28056","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"28056","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"el coronavirus","slug":"el-coronavirus","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"el coronavirus Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":28073,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/el-coronavirus"},"news_28586":{"type":"terms","id":"news_28586","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"28586","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"en español","slug":"en-espanol","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"en español Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":28603,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/en-espanol"},"news_29517":{"type":"terms","id":"news_29517","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"29517","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"guías","slug":"guias","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"guías Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":29534,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/guias"},"news_30152":{"type":"terms","id":"news_30152","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"30152","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"guías de KQED","slug":"guias-de-kqed","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"guías de KQED Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":30169,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/guias-de-kqed"},"news_27775":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27775","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27775","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"kqed en español","slug":"kqed-en-espanol","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"kqed en español Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":27792,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/kqed-en-espanol"},"news_28444":{"type":"terms","id":"news_28444","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"28444","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"kqedenespanol","slug":"kqedenespanol","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"kqedenespanol Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":28461,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/kqedenespanol"},"news_28449":{"type":"terms","id":"news_28449","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"28449","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"salud","slug":"salud","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"salud Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":28466,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/salud"},"news_27629":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27629","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27629","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"sick leave","slug":"sick-leave","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"sick leave Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":27646,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/sick-leave"},"news_31318":{"type":"terms","id":"news_31318","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"31318","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"trabajo","slug":"trabajo","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"trabajo Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":31335,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/trabajo"},"news_30640":{"type":"terms","id":"news_30640","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"30640","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"California Chamber","slug":"california-chamber","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"California Chamber Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":30657,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/california-chamber"},"news_30641":{"type":"terms","id":"news_30641","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"30641","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"vaccination status","slug":"vaccination-status","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"vaccination status Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":30658,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/vaccination-status"},"news_19904":{"type":"terms","id":"news_19904","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"19904","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"labor","slug":"labor","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"labor Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":19921,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/labor"},"news_30305":{"type":"terms","id":"news_30305","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"30305","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"omicron","slug":"omicron","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"omicron Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":30322,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/omicron"},"news_1758":{"type":"terms","id":"news_1758","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"1758","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Economy","slug":"economy","taxonomy":"category","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Economy Archives | KQED News","description":"Full coverage of the economy","ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":2648,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/category/economy"},"news_27412":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27412","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27412","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"gordon mar","slug":"gordon-mar","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"gordon mar Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":27429,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/gordon-mar"},"news_38":{"type":"terms","id":"news_38","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"38","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"San Francisco","slug":"san-francisco","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"San Francisco Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":58,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/san-francisco"},"news_72":{"type":"terms","id":"news_72","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"72","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"The California Report","slug":"the-california-report","taxonomy":"program","description":null,"featImg":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/TCR-2-Logo-Web-Banners-03.png","headData":{"title":"The California Report Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":6969,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/program/the-california-report"},"news_1169":{"type":"terms","id":"news_1169","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"1169","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Immigration","slug":"immigration","taxonomy":"category","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Immigration Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":1180,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/category/immigration"},"news_27698":{"type":"terms","id":"news_27698","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"27698","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"essential workers","slug":"essential-workers","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"essential workers Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":27715,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/essential-workers"},"news_21308":{"type":"terms","id":"news_21308","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"21308","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"low-income","slug":"low-income","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"low-income Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":21325,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/low-income"},"news_3173":{"type":"terms","id":"news_3173","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"3173","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"undocumented","slug":"undocumented","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"undocumented Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":3191,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/undocumented"},"news_18538":{"type":"terms","id":"news_18538","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"18538","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"California","slug":"california","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"California Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":31,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/california"},"news_5096":{"type":"terms","id":"news_5096","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"5096","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"income inequality","slug":"income-inequality","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"income inequality Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":5117,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/income-inequality"},"news_4524":{"type":"terms","id":"news_4524","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"4524","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Lyft","slug":"lyft","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Lyft Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":4543,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/lyft"},"news_353":{"type":"terms","id":"news_353","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"353","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Silicon Valley","slug":"silicon-valley","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Silicon Valley Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":361,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/silicon-valley"},"news_4523":{"type":"terms","id":"news_4523","meta":{"index":"terms_1591234321","site":"news","id":"4523","found":true},"relationships":{},"included":{},"name":"Uber","slug":"uber","taxonomy":"tag","description":null,"featImg":null,"headData":{"title":"Uber Archives | KQED News","description":null,"ogTitle":null,"ogDescription":null,"ogImgId":null,"twTitle":null,"twDescription":null,"twImgId":null},"ttid":4542,"isLoading":false,"link":"/news/tag/uber"}},"userAgentReducer":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isBot":true},"userPermissionsReducer":{"wpLoggedIn":false},"localStorageReducer":{},"browserHistoryReducer":[],"eventsReducer":{},"fssReducer":{},"tvDailyScheduleReducer":{},"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer":{},"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer":{},"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer":{},"userAccountReducer":{"routeTo":"","showDeleteConfirmModal":false,"user":{"userId":"","isFound":false,"firstName":"","lastName":"","phoneNumber":"","email":"","articles":[]}},"youthMediaReducer":{},"checkPleaseReducer":{"filterData":{},"restaurantData":[]},"reframeReducer":{"attendee":null},"location":{"pathname":"/news/tag/paid-sick-leave","previousPathname":"/"}}
