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At one of the sites of the Half Moon Bay shooting, children who lived on the property and also attended school nearby may have seen the attack take place. A week earlier, two gunmen killed six people, including a teenage mother and her baby, at a property in Goshen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such acts of violence are disturbing for children to witness, but kid also are exposed to scary-sounding news and alarming imagery when similar traumatic events occur around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools in the United States have become more prepared for mass shootings in recent years, which has meant learning how to talk with kids about active shooters and “bad guys” on school campuses. While \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent\">the incidence of on-campus shootings is extremely low\u003c/a>, they’re something many teachers and parents have prepared for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most helpful thing for parents to share with their kids is that these events are rare and that adults are there to protect them,” said Stephen Brock, professor of psychology at CSU Sacramento. “We can’t deny the reality of these things, but kids need to be reassured with these facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some kids find out about the news by seeing it themselves or hearing it discussed at school, at home or in their communities. Young children can especially be harmed by this exposure, so experts recommend restricting their access to traumatic news. Kids old enough to have smartphones will likely get misinformation on the internet and social media, so it’s even more important for parents and caregivers to support their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some key steps parents and caregivers can take:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remind kids that they are safe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Children need to be reassured by their caregivers that they are safe. \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/talking-to-children\">The American Psychological Association says, above all, reassure\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ... reassure your children that you will do everything you know how to do to keep them safe and to watch out for them. Reassure them that you will be available to answer any questions or talk about this topic again in the future. Reassure them that they are loved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Limit young children's exposure to traumatic news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Young children have less developed skills to separate facts from fears, so psychologists recommend minimizing a child’s exposure to traumatic news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids see the news, even if they are not a resident of [the affected place], they have the mistaken perception that they could be shot at any time,” said Brock. “For little ones, turn [the news] off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes, that fear is transferred to children through adult behavior. If adults are behaving in an anxious or fearful manner, kids will pick up on that, especially those in primary grades and younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids will look to adults to see how scared they should be,” said Brock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Observe your kids for verbal and nonverbal cues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A parent might overhear a child talking about a traumatic news event, or the child might ask about it. If it looks like the child is curious, engage the child in conversation, said Brock, adding, “Let their questions be your guide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all kids can verbalize what they’re feeling, so look for changes in behavior. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">the \"Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers\" report\u003c/a> from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), caregivers are advised to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Watch for clues that they may want to talk, such as hovering around while you do the dishes or yard work. Some children prefer writing, playing music, or doing an art project as an outlet. Young children may need concrete activities (such as drawing, looking at picture books, or imaginative play) to help them identify and express their feelings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the child is not aware or expressing any interest in a traumatic event, it’s best to not bring it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want to interject traumatic events into a child,” said Brock, who co-authored the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Talk with your kids in a way that's developmentally appropriate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Parents can talk with kids about anything, but it must be developmentally appropriate. Communicating with a 15-year-old is going to be different from talking with a 4-year-old. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">NASP\u003c/a> has this advice on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Early elementary school children\u003c/strong> need brief, simple information that should be balanced with reassurances that their schools and homes are safe and that adults are there to protect them. Give simple examples of school safety like reminding children about exterior doors being locked, child monitoring efforts on the playground, and emergency drills practiced during the school day.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper elementary and early middle school children\u003c/strong> will be more vocal in asking questions about whether they truly are safe and what is being done at their school. They may need assistance separating reality from fantasy. Discuss efforts of school and community leaders to provide safe schools.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper middle school and high school students\u003c/strong> will have strong and varying opinions about the causes of violence in schools and society. They will share concrete suggestions about how to make school safer and how to prevent tragedies in society. Emphasize the role that students have in maintaining safe schools by following school safety guidelines (e.g., not providing building access to strangers, reporting strangers on campus, reporting threats to the school safety made by students or community members, etc.), communicating any personal safety concerns to school administrators, and accessing support for emotional needs.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teens need guidance from their parents, too, especially since they’re absorbing the chatter on social media networks and direct messages from friends. Kids with phones will likely see graphic images through friends and news updates, which can create added trauma and anxiety. \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids\">Common Sense Media advises parents to check in\u003c/a> on their teens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since, in many instances, teens will have absorbed the news independently of you, talking with them can offer great insights into their developing politics and their senses of justice and morality. It will also help you get a sense of what they already know or have learned about the situation from their own social networks. It will also give you the opportunity to throw your own insights into the mix (just don't dismiss theirs, since that will shut down the conversation immediately).\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Maintain a normal routine\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Brock said, to the extent that it’s possible, maintain a normal routine. This will be helpful for the kid who’s frightened or anxious about a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more typical the routine, the more reassuring it can be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Carly Severn and Spencer Whitney contributed to this story. A previous version of this story was published on July 29, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"How can parents and caregivers talk with their children about traumatic events in developmentally appropriate ways?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1674673752,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":29,"wordCount":1200},"headData":{"title":"How to Talk With Kids After a Traumatic Event | KQED","description":"How can parents and caregivers talk with their children about traumatic events in developmentally appropriate ways?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"News","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/news/","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Three mass killings just days apart have left California communities shaken, once again prompting conversations about how to talk with kids about tragedies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 72-year-old gunman killed 11 people and injured nine others \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938828/la-mass-shooting-suspect-kills-10-near-lunar-new-year-fest\">at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park\u003c/a>, and another gunman killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938972/7-killed-in-monday-shooting-massacre-in-half-moon-bay\">seven people in Half Moon Bay and injured another\u003c/a>. At one of the sites of the Half Moon Bay shooting, children who lived on the property and also attended school nearby may have seen the attack take place. A week earlier, two gunmen killed six people, including a teenage mother and her baby, at a property in Goshen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such acts of violence are disturbing for children to witness, but kid also are exposed to scary-sounding news and alarming imagery when similar traumatic events occur around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools in the United States have become more prepared for mass shootings in recent years, which has meant learning how to talk with kids about active shooters and “bad guys” on school campuses. While \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent\">the incidence of on-campus shootings is extremely low\u003c/a>, they’re something many teachers and parents have prepared for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most helpful thing for parents to share with their kids is that these events are rare and that adults are there to protect them,” said Stephen Brock, professor of psychology at CSU Sacramento. “We can’t deny the reality of these things, but kids need to be reassured with these facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some kids find out about the news by seeing it themselves or hearing it discussed at school, at home or in their communities. Young children can especially be harmed by this exposure, so experts recommend restricting their access to traumatic news. Kids old enough to have smartphones will likely get misinformation on the internet and social media, so it’s even more important for parents and caregivers to support their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some key steps parents and caregivers can take:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remind kids that they are safe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Children need to be reassured by their caregivers that they are safe. \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/talking-to-children\">The American Psychological Association says, above all, reassure\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ... reassure your children that you will do everything you know how to do to keep them safe and to watch out for them. Reassure them that you will be available to answer any questions or talk about this topic again in the future. Reassure them that they are loved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Limit young children's exposure to traumatic news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Young children have less developed skills to separate facts from fears, so psychologists recommend minimizing a child’s exposure to traumatic news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids see the news, even if they are not a resident of [the affected place], they have the mistaken perception that they could be shot at any time,” said Brock. “For little ones, turn [the news] off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes, that fear is transferred to children through adult behavior. If adults are behaving in an anxious or fearful manner, kids will pick up on that, especially those in primary grades and younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids will look to adults to see how scared they should be,” said Brock.\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\u003ch2>Observe your kids for verbal and nonverbal cues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A parent might overhear a child talking about a traumatic news event, or the child might ask about it. If it looks like the child is curious, engage the child in conversation, said Brock, adding, “Let their questions be your guide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all kids can verbalize what they’re feeling, so look for changes in behavior. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">the \"Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers\" report\u003c/a> from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), caregivers are advised to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Watch for clues that they may want to talk, such as hovering around while you do the dishes or yard work. Some children prefer writing, playing music, or doing an art project as an outlet. Young children may need concrete activities (such as drawing, looking at picture books, or imaginative play) to help them identify and express their feelings.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the child is not aware or expressing any interest in a traumatic event, it’s best to not bring it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want to interject traumatic events into a child,” said Brock, who co-authored the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Talk with your kids in a way that's developmentally appropriate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Parents can talk with kids about anything, but it must be developmentally appropriate. Communicating with a 15-year-old is going to be different from talking with a 4-year-old. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">NASP\u003c/a> has this advice on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Early elementary school children\u003c/strong> need brief, simple information that should be balanced with reassurances that their schools and homes are safe and that adults are there to protect them. Give simple examples of school safety like reminding children about exterior doors being locked, child monitoring efforts on the playground, and emergency drills practiced during the school day.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper elementary and early middle school children\u003c/strong> will be more vocal in asking questions about whether they truly are safe and what is being done at their school. They may need assistance separating reality from fantasy. Discuss efforts of school and community leaders to provide safe schools.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper middle school and high school students\u003c/strong> will have strong and varying opinions about the causes of violence in schools and society. They will share concrete suggestions about how to make school safer and how to prevent tragedies in society. Emphasize the role that students have in maintaining safe schools by following school safety guidelines (e.g., not providing building access to strangers, reporting strangers on campus, reporting threats to the school safety made by students or community members, etc.), communicating any personal safety concerns to school administrators, and accessing support for emotional needs.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teens need guidance from their parents, too, especially since they’re absorbing the chatter on social media networks and direct messages from friends. Kids with phones will likely see graphic images through friends and news updates, which can create added trauma and anxiety. \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids\">Common Sense Media advises parents to check in\u003c/a> on their teens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since, in many instances, teens will have absorbed the news independently of you, talking with them can offer great insights into their developing politics and their senses of justice and morality. It will also help you get a sense of what they already know or have learned about the situation from their own social networks. It will also give you the opportunity to throw your own insights into the mix (just don't dismiss theirs, since that will shut down the conversation immediately).\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Maintain a normal routine\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Brock said, to the extent that it’s possible, maintain a normal routine. This will be helpful for the kid who’s frightened or anxious about a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more typical the routine, the more reassuring it can be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Carly Severn and Spencer Whitney contributed to this story. A previous version of this story was published on July 29, 2019.\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/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event","authors":["4596"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_457","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_24445","news_2043","news_25066","news_26309","news_26310","news_17762","news_18939","news_2109","news_18541","news_29513","news_2138","news_20675"],"featImg":"news_11875482","label":"source_news_11764070"},"news_11911549":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11911549","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11911549","score":null,"sort":[1659126658000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mask-mandate-bart-bay-area-transit","title":"BART's Mask Mandate Reinstated — Which Other Bay Area Transit Agencies Still Require Masks?","publishDate":1659126658,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay up to date on the latest developments on mask mandates in the Bay Area with our daily newsletter. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">Sign up for the News Daily here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:45 p.m. Friday, July 29\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART board of directors approved a resolution Thursday night reinstating a mask requirement on the transit system effective immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a federal judge in Florida struck down an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requiring masks on public transit nationwide, BART broke ranks with most other operators in late April and adopted its own mask mandate. The agency allowed that requirement, which was incorporated into its customer code of conduct, to lapse on July 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">What your local Bay Area transit agency says about masks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Board member Bevan Dufty proposed renewing the mandate because of the highly contagious nature of the currently dominant coronavirus variant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think COVID is at its most transmissible right now, and I think our responsibility is to stay the course and to ensure our riders, many of whom are immunocompromised, are safe and feel welcome in our system,\" Dufty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushback came from board members Robert Raburn of Oakland and Debora Allen of Clayton. Raburn argued that mask mandates are not supported by current guidance from health authorities. Allen questioned the wisdom and effectiveness of having BART police enforce a mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing public comment, the board agreed to reinstate the mask requirement through Oct. 1 by a vote of 7-2. The board will consider extending the mandate further at its Sept. 22 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is the only other major Bay Area transit agency currently requiring riders to wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFBART/status/1552835835069755393\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Masks on transit: How we got here\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agencies imposed a mask mandate for passengers on most modes of transportation at the outset of the pandemic. And following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended nationwide mask requirements on planes, buses, trains and ferries through May 3, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 18, a federal judge in Florida \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911526/tsa-will-no-longer-enforce-travel-mask-mandate-after-federal-judge-strikes-it-down\">struck down the CDC mask mandate\u003c/a>. A few hours later, the TSA announced it would no longer enforce mask rules inside airports and airplanes and on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ruling meant private and public transportation agencies could drop their own mask mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most major airlines, along with the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose international airports, now have made masks optional. Rideshare giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/safety/\">Uber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/update-to-lyfts-health-safety-guidelines\">Lyft\u003c/a> also have dropped their masking requirements for passengers and drivers. And private bus companies, like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FlixBus_USA/status/1516446461671714820\">FlixBus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/megabus/status/1516415898168532992\">Megabus\u003c/a>, have followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>BART and AC Transit are the only Bay Area public transit agencies that currently require face masks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several Bay Area transit agencies — including Caltrain and Muni — initially retained their mask rules after the TSA announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 20, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">the state's mask requirements for public transit — and transportation hubs, like stations — also \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">were \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\"> terminated\u003c/a> \"effective immediately.\" The statement nonetheless still \"strongly\" recommended that California residents keep wearing their masks in these settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">Every Bay Area public transit agency subsequently dropped their mask requirements\u003c/a> for riders following the state's announcement. However, AC Transit, which operates in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, announced June 2 that its passengers would once again be required to wear face masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could we see more agencies or regions reintroducing their own mask rules for public transit — regardless of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093927926/mask-mandate-appeal-doj\">the Justice Department's own appeal against the original decision by the Florida judge\u003c/a>? Right now, it's unclear. CDC officials declined to comment on the status of that appeal, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-travel-health-business-3b819aa097b4e642a97d39f606924203\">The Associated Press reports that DOJ officials did not immediately respond\u003c/a> to a request for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 22, \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-masks-mandate-bring-back-face-public-transit/11779646/\">Los Angeles County independently introduced a new health order that once again requires masks\u003c/a> on all public transit within the county. LA County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer cited the CDC's continued guidance that masking on public transit remains a key way of preventing the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, remember: Regardless of whether a transit agency has dropped its mask requirement, you can always choose to keep wearing your mask in whichever setting you please. NPR has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/25/1083046757/coronavirus-faq-im-a-one-way-masker-what-strategy-will-give-me-optimal-protectio\">tips on figuring out whether wearing a mask when others around you are not (aka \"one-way masking\") is the right call\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"maskmandate\">\u003c/a>Face mask requirements of all Bay Area transit agencies\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on BART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rapid transit system, which serves five Bay Area counties, now requires riders to wear masks in all its facilities beyond the fare gates. This includes any waiting areas, platforms and trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFBART/status/1552835835069755393\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART riders are required to wear face masks when waiting at a station and when riding a train. The rule is set to expire Oct. 1. The BART board of directors will review the mask requirement at a meeting on Sept. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Caltrain?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain updated riders Wednesday afternoon that it will no longer require face masks on trains. The agency \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1516926371573866496\">stated on Twitter that while its mandate has ended\u003c/a>, \"guests can and are strongly encouraged to continue wearing them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on AC Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit, which serves both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, brought back its mandate in June. \u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/mask-mandate-policy-restored-june-2022\">Wearing a face mask is required whenever riding an AC Transit bus.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency officials stressed that the return of the mandate is due to the recent spike in new COVID-19 cases in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911715\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911715\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on the F Muni car in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Muni?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, is still \"strongly recommending\" that people who ride Muni continue to wear a mask. The agency emphasizes what it called \"excellent air flow\" on its vehicles, noting that \"the Muni fleet HVAC systems turn the air over once every minute.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>VTA (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on VTA?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County's public transit agency is still \"strongly recommending\" passengers wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SamTrans?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County's public transit system says masks are not required but are still \"strongly encouraged.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Golden Gate Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911716\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bank of BART turnstiles at 24th Street Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SMART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SMART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Santa Cruz METRO\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Santa Cruz METRO?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No — but this only applies to vaccinated people.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz METRO — which serves both Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties — announced on Tuesday it will no longer require individuals fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to wear face masks in agency vehicles and transit centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unvaccinated passengers are still required to wear face masks on Santa Cruz METRO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on the San Francisco Bay Ferry?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, which oversees the Bay Ferry network, says masks are still \"strongly recommended,\" though not required. The agency also urges patrons: \"Be kind to fellow ferry passengers whether they choose to wear a mask or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED's Carly Severn and the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Now that the federal travel mask mandate has been removed, what's your local Bay Area transit agency enforcing? From BART to Muni and Caltrain, check our list.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1659464229,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":45,"wordCount":1228},"headData":{"title":"BART's Mask Mandate Reinstated — Which Other Bay Area Transit Agencies Still Require Masks? | KQED","description":"Now that the federal travel mask mandate has been removed, what's your local Bay Area transit agency enforcing? From BART to Muni and Caltrain, check our list.","ogTitle":"BART's Mask Mandate Reinstated — What Other Bay Area Transit Agencies Still Require Masks?","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"BART's Mask Mandate Reinstated — What Other Bay Area Transit Agencies Still Require Masks?","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11911549 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11911549","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/07/29/mask-mandate-bart-bay-area-transit/","disqusTitle":"BART's Mask Mandate Reinstated — Which Other Bay Area Transit Agencies Still Require Masks?","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11911549/mask-mandate-bart-bay-area-transit","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay up to date on the latest developments on mask mandates in the Bay Area with our daily newsletter. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">Sign up for the News Daily here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:45 p.m. Friday, July 29\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART board of directors approved a resolution Thursday night reinstating a mask requirement on the transit system effective immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a federal judge in Florida struck down an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requiring masks on public transit nationwide, BART broke ranks with most other operators in late April and adopted its own mask mandate. The agency allowed that requirement, which was incorporated into its customer code of conduct, to lapse on July 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">What your local Bay Area transit agency says about masks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Board member Bevan Dufty proposed renewing the mandate because of the highly contagious nature of the currently dominant coronavirus variant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think COVID is at its most transmissible right now, and I think our responsibility is to stay the course and to ensure our riders, many of whom are immunocompromised, are safe and feel welcome in our system,\" Dufty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushback came from board members Robert Raburn of Oakland and Debora Allen of Clayton. Raburn argued that mask mandates are not supported by current guidance from health authorities. Allen questioned the wisdom and effectiveness of having BART police enforce a mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing public comment, the board agreed to reinstate the mask requirement through Oct. 1 by a vote of 7-2. The board will consider extending the mandate further at its Sept. 22 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is the only other major Bay Area transit agency currently requiring riders to wear masks.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1552835835069755393"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Masks on transit: How we got here\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agencies imposed a mask mandate for passengers on most modes of transportation at the outset of the pandemic. And following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended nationwide mask requirements on planes, buses, trains and ferries through May 3, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 18, a federal judge in Florida \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911526/tsa-will-no-longer-enforce-travel-mask-mandate-after-federal-judge-strikes-it-down\">struck down the CDC mask mandate\u003c/a>. A few hours later, the TSA announced it would no longer enforce mask rules inside airports and airplanes and on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ruling meant private and public transportation agencies could drop their own mask mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most major airlines, along with the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose international airports, now have made masks optional. Rideshare giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/safety/\">Uber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/update-to-lyfts-health-safety-guidelines\">Lyft\u003c/a> also have dropped their masking requirements for passengers and drivers. And private bus companies, like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FlixBus_USA/status/1516446461671714820\">FlixBus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/megabus/status/1516415898168532992\">Megabus\u003c/a>, have followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>BART and AC Transit are the only Bay Area public transit agencies that currently require face masks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several Bay Area transit agencies — including Caltrain and Muni — initially retained their mask rules after the TSA announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 20, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">the state's mask requirements for public transit — and transportation hubs, like stations — also \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">were \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\"> terminated\u003c/a> \"effective immediately.\" The statement nonetheless still \"strongly\" recommended that California residents keep wearing their masks in these settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">Every Bay Area public transit agency subsequently dropped their mask requirements\u003c/a> for riders following the state's announcement. However, AC Transit, which operates in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, announced June 2 that its passengers would once again be required to wear face masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could we see more agencies or regions reintroducing their own mask rules for public transit — regardless of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093927926/mask-mandate-appeal-doj\">the Justice Department's own appeal against the original decision by the Florida judge\u003c/a>? Right now, it's unclear. CDC officials declined to comment on the status of that appeal, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-travel-health-business-3b819aa097b4e642a97d39f606924203\">The Associated Press reports that DOJ officials did not immediately respond\u003c/a> to a request for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 22, \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-masks-mandate-bring-back-face-public-transit/11779646/\">Los Angeles County independently introduced a new health order that once again requires masks\u003c/a> on all public transit within the county. LA County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer cited the CDC's continued guidance that masking on public transit remains a key way of preventing the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, remember: Regardless of whether a transit agency has dropped its mask requirement, you can always choose to keep wearing your mask in whichever setting you please. NPR has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/25/1083046757/coronavirus-faq-im-a-one-way-masker-what-strategy-will-give-me-optimal-protectio\">tips on figuring out whether wearing a mask when others around you are not (aka \"one-way masking\") is the right call\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"maskmandate\">\u003c/a>Face mask requirements of all Bay Area transit agencies\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on BART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rapid transit system, which serves five Bay Area counties, now requires riders to wear masks in all its facilities beyond the fare gates. This includes any waiting areas, platforms and trains.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1552835835069755393"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>BART riders are required to wear face masks when waiting at a station and when riding a train. The rule is set to expire Oct. 1. The BART board of directors will review the mask requirement at a meeting on Sept. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Caltrain?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain updated riders Wednesday afternoon that it will no longer require face masks on trains. The agency \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1516926371573866496\">stated on Twitter that while its mandate has ended\u003c/a>, \"guests can and are strongly encouraged to continue wearing them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on AC Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit, which serves both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, brought back its mandate in June. \u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/mask-mandate-policy-restored-june-2022\">Wearing a face mask is required whenever riding an AC Transit bus.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency officials stressed that the return of the mandate is due to the recent spike in new COVID-19 cases in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911715\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911715\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on the F Muni car in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Muni?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, is still \"strongly recommending\" that people who ride Muni continue to wear a mask. The agency emphasizes what it called \"excellent air flow\" on its vehicles, noting that \"the Muni fleet HVAC systems turn the air over once every minute.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>VTA (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on VTA?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County's public transit agency is still \"strongly recommending\" passengers wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SamTrans?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County's public transit system says masks are not required but are still \"strongly encouraged.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Golden Gate Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11911716\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bank of BART turnstiles at 24th Street Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>SMART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on SMART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Santa Cruz METRO\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Santa Cruz METRO?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No — but this only applies to vaccinated people.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz METRO — which serves both Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties — announced on Tuesday it will no longer require individuals fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to wear face masks in agency vehicles and transit centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unvaccinated passengers are still required to wear face masks on Santa Cruz METRO.\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\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on the San Francisco Bay Ferry?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, which oversees the Bay Ferry network, says masks are still \"strongly recommended,\" though not required. The agency also urges patrons: \"Be kind to fellow ferry passengers whether they choose to wear a mask or not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED's Carly Severn and the Associated Press.\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/11911549/mask-mandate-bart-bay-area-transit","authors":["11708","222"],"categories":["news_457","news_28250","news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_2505","news_269","news_510","news_2493","news_21010","news_320","news_1764","news_1533","news_3636","news_20887","news_30958","news_21108","news_20675"],"featImg":"news_11911714","label":"news"},"news_11902602":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11902602","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11902602","score":null,"sort":[1643138704000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-jose-could-become-first-u-s-city-to-require-gun-liability-insurance","title":"San Jose Becomes First U.S. City to Require Gun Liability Insurance","publishDate":1643138704,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:05 a.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose City Council voted Tuesday night to require gun owners to carry liability insurance in what’s believed to be the first ordinance of its kind in the United States. The city council overwhelmingly approved the ordinance despite opposition from gun owners who said it would violate their Second Amendment rights and promised to sue. The ordinance follows a trend of other Democratic-led cities that have sought to rein in violence through stricter rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gun owners would also be required to pay an estimated $25 fee, which would be collected by a yet-to-be-named nonprofit and doled out to community groups to be used for firearm safety education and training, suicide prevention, domestic violence services and mental health services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tonight, San José became the first city in the United States to enact an ordinance to require gun owners to purchase liability insurance, and to invest funds generated from fees paid by gun owners into evidence-based initiatives to reduce gun violence and gun harm,\" said Liccardo in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/3707/4699\">news release\u003c/a>. \"Thank you to my council colleagues who continue to show their commitment to reducing gun violence and its devastation in our community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In light of the newly passed ordinance, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhillonlaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dhillon Law Group\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://nationalgunrights.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Association for Gun Rights\u003c/a> hosted a press conference today announcing its lawsuit filed late Tuesday night against the city of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance is part of a broad gun control plan that Liccardo announced following the May 26 mass shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard that left nine people dead, including the employee who opened fire on his colleagues, then killed himself.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo\"]'Tonight, San José became the first city in the United States to enact an ordinance to require gun owners to purchase liability insurance, and to invest funds generated from fees paid by gun owners into evidence-based initiatives to reduce gun violence and gun harm.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having liability insurance would encourage the people in the 55,000 households in San Jose who legally own at least one registered gun to have gun safes, install trigger locks and take gun safety classes, Liccardo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The liability insurance would cover losses or damages resulting from any negligent or accidental use of the firearm, including death, injury or property damage, according to the ordinance. If a gun is stolen or lost, the owner of the firearm would be considered liable until the theft or loss is reported to authorities.[aside postID=\"news_11889092,news_11879635,news_11876982\" label=\"Related Posts\"]The requirement won't apply to current and retired law enforcement officers or those with a license to carry concealed weapons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gun owners who don't have insurance won't lose their guns or face any criminal charges, the mayor said. However, those who don't insure their weapons would face unspecified fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, said his group will sue if the proposal takes effect, calling it \"totally unconstitutional in any configuration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have freedom of religion. You can't tax religion. We have freedom of association. We can gather together and we can't be taxed,\" he said. \"The same is true with the Second Amendment. You can't put preconditions on it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo said gun violence costs San Jose taxpayers $40 million a year in emergency response services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Second Amendment protects every citizen's right to own and possess a gun. It does not mandate that taxpayers subsidize that right,\" Liccardo said. He said some attorneys have already offered to defend the city pro bono.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An increasing number of violent crimes nationwide also are being attributed to \"ghost guns,\" the untraceable firearms made from build-it-yourself kits that can be assembled in minutes. At an hours-long meeting, critics argued that the fee and liability requirements violated their right to bear arms and would do nothing to stop gun crimes, including the use of “ghost guns.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot tax a constitutional right. This does nothing to reduce crime,” one speaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance didn't address the massive problem of illegally obtained weapons that are stolen or purchased without background checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo acknowledged those concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This won’t stop mass shootings and keep bad people from committing violent crime,” the mayor said, but added most gun deaths nationally are from suicide, accidental shootings or other causes and even many homicides stem from domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, ghost guns were associated with a fraction of gun-related deaths in San Francisco, but the following year, nearly 50% of guns recovered in homicide cases were ghost guns, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said. In Los Angeles, the police department said the number of ghost guns it seized had increased by about 400% since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose Police Department could not say how many of the more than 200 gunfire deaths and injuries annually involved firearms obtained illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will be updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Gun owners in San Jose would be required to carry liability insurance and pay a fee that officials say would be the first of its kind in the country.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1643238535,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":862},"headData":{"title":"San Jose Becomes First U.S. City to Require Gun Liability Insurance | KQED","description":"Gun owners in San Jose would be required to carry liability insurance and pay a fee that officials say would be the first of its kind in the country.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11902602 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11902602","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/01/25/san-jose-could-become-first-u-s-city-to-require-gun-liability-insurance/","disqusTitle":"San Jose Becomes First U.S. City to Require Gun Liability Insurance","nprByline":"Olga R. Rodriguez and Juliet Williams\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11902602/san-jose-could-become-first-u-s-city-to-require-gun-liability-insurance","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:05 a.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose City Council voted Tuesday night to require gun owners to carry liability insurance in what’s believed to be the first ordinance of its kind in the United States. The city council overwhelmingly approved the ordinance despite opposition from gun owners who said it would violate their Second Amendment rights and promised to sue. The ordinance follows a trend of other Democratic-led cities that have sought to rein in violence through stricter rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gun owners would also be required to pay an estimated $25 fee, which would be collected by a yet-to-be-named nonprofit and doled out to community groups to be used for firearm safety education and training, suicide prevention, domestic violence services and mental health services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tonight, San José became the first city in the United States to enact an ordinance to require gun owners to purchase liability insurance, and to invest funds generated from fees paid by gun owners into evidence-based initiatives to reduce gun violence and gun harm,\" said Liccardo in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/3707/4699\">news release\u003c/a>. \"Thank you to my council colleagues who continue to show their commitment to reducing gun violence and its devastation in our community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In light of the newly passed ordinance, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhillonlaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dhillon Law Group\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://nationalgunrights.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Association for Gun Rights\u003c/a> hosted a press conference today announcing its lawsuit filed late Tuesday night against the city of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance is part of a broad gun control plan that Liccardo announced following the May 26 mass shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard that left nine people dead, including the employee who opened fire on his colleagues, then killed himself.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Tonight, San José became the first city in the United States to enact an ordinance to require gun owners to purchase liability insurance, and to invest funds generated from fees paid by gun owners into evidence-based initiatives to reduce gun violence and gun harm.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having liability insurance would encourage the people in the 55,000 households in San Jose who legally own at least one registered gun to have gun safes, install trigger locks and take gun safety classes, Liccardo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The liability insurance would cover losses or damages resulting from any negligent or accidental use of the firearm, including death, injury or property damage, according to the ordinance. If a gun is stolen or lost, the owner of the firearm would be considered liable until the theft or loss is reported to authorities.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11889092,news_11879635,news_11876982","label":"Related Posts "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The requirement won't apply to current and retired law enforcement officers or those with a license to carry concealed weapons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gun owners who don't have insurance won't lose their guns or face any criminal charges, the mayor said. However, those who don't insure their weapons would face unspecified fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, said his group will sue if the proposal takes effect, calling it \"totally unconstitutional in any configuration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have freedom of religion. You can't tax religion. We have freedom of association. We can gather together and we can't be taxed,\" he said. \"The same is true with the Second Amendment. You can't put preconditions on it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo said gun violence costs San Jose taxpayers $40 million a year in emergency response services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Second Amendment protects every citizen's right to own and possess a gun. It does not mandate that taxpayers subsidize that right,\" Liccardo said. He said some attorneys have already offered to defend the city pro bono.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An increasing number of violent crimes nationwide also are being attributed to \"ghost guns,\" the untraceable firearms made from build-it-yourself kits that can be assembled in minutes. At an hours-long meeting, critics argued that the fee and liability requirements violated their right to bear arms and would do nothing to stop gun crimes, including the use of “ghost guns.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot tax a constitutional right. This does nothing to reduce crime,” one speaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance didn't address the massive problem of illegally obtained weapons that are stolen or purchased without background checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo acknowledged those concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This won’t stop mass shootings and keep bad people from committing violent crime,” the mayor said, but added most gun deaths nationally are from suicide, accidental shootings or other causes and even many homicides stem from domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, ghost guns were associated with a fraction of gun-related deaths in San Francisco, but the following year, nearly 50% of guns recovered in homicide cases were ghost guns, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said. In Los Angeles, the police department said the number of ghost guns it seized had increased by about 400% since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose Police Department could not say how many of the more than 200 gunfire deaths and injuries annually involved firearms obtained illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will be updated.\u003c/em>\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>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11902602/san-jose-could-become-first-u-s-city-to-require-gun-liability-insurance","authors":["byline_news_11902602"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_21914","news_18538","news_27626","news_30048","news_18246","news_30564","news_6413","news_18541","news_20675","news_29553"],"featImg":"news_11705559","label":"news"},"news_11889092":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11889092","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11889092","score":null,"sort":[1633898953000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"in-the-wake-of-the-vta-mass-shooting-a-cultural-shift-to-mental-health-for-bus-and-train-workers","title":"In the Wake of the VTA Mass Shooting, a Cultural Shift to Mental Health for Bus and Train Workers","publishDate":1633898953,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, reach out for help. The \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/\">\u003cem>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is open 24 hours a day at (800) 273-8255.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard that left nine people dead in May was heartbreaking enough. But the tragedy also rippled throughout the region in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valley transit riders waited as service gaps — intentionally created while train and bus operators took the necessary time to heal — were slowly restored over the course of months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five months later\u003cstrong>,\u003c/strong> with the return of the light-rail Green Line from Winchester Station to Old Ironsides Station\u003cstrong>,\u003c/strong> transit service systemwide was finally restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been waiting for this,\" said Iqbal Dhillon, a VTA train operator. Dhillon spoke to KQED in September, the day of the system-wide reopening and mere minutes before he hopped behind the controls of his train to ferry passengers on the newly restored Green Line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891761\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11891761 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a blue work jacket with an American flag patch on the left shoulder sits at the controls of a train, looking through the windshield.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iqbal Dhillon, a VTA train operator, hops behind the controls of a train on the Green Line the first day the route was fully back in service on Sept. 18, 2021. The day marked the first that all VTA routes were restored following the May mass shooting that led to the death of 9 VTA employees. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy VTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's no words to express how I felt that day,\" he said. The people who died, and the survivors, will forever be with him, Dhillon said. \"There's no day we are not remembering them. Every day we walk through those doors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While operators described the restoration of train service as a symbolic win, it isn't a full return to normalcy. True healing will take time, effort and intentional mental health support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That need to heal the hearts and minds of VTA employees may lead to a culture shift in the agency, its management and union told KQED, one that prioritizes mental health not just for traumatic incidents like May's mass shooting, but the constant emotional challenges faced every day by workers who sit behind a wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Through this experience, this horrible experience, we're starting to identify all the many traumas in our lives as bus operators and as train operators, as mechanics and maintenance folks who work in the public,\" said John Courtney, head of Amalgamated Transit Union, or ATU, Local 265. \"Every time that door opens we don't know if we're going to get assaulted, spat on, cursed at. These are little traumas, mini-traumas, that happen every single day.\"[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"John Courtney, head of ATU Local 265\"]'Every time that door opens we don't know if we're going to get assaulted, spat on, cursed at. These are little traumas, mini-traumas, that happen every single day.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ATU Local 265 represents VTA operators, and Courtney in particular is charged with charting a path forward for his members with a focus on their mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where we're at right now,\" he said, \"we need to figure out what's long term for all of our people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the agency's mental health crossroads comes at a similar moment for the transit workers nationally. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a strain on transit agencies from San Francisco to New York City, which is beginning to see workers' unions respond to a rising need for mental health support.[aside postID=\"arts_13881725\" label=\"More resources\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the ashes of tragedy, Courtney thinks that VTA can build a new future that prioritizes mental health, laying down tracks for the nation's transit agencies to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Starting the process\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Courtney was raised in a row home in Philadelphia, from what he called a tough part of town. In that environment, he said, you're taught not to tell people how you feel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't even think I heard the word 'feelings' my whole life,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the same culture VTA and other transit agencies still have, some officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's very kind of, you know, strap your boots up and go to work and get behind that wheel,\" said Brandi Childress, a spokesperson for the VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to getting work done, that kind of mentality can be a plus. But it doesn't leave much room to discuss mental health, Courtney and others said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That changed May 26, when Samuel James Cassidy, 57, a disgruntled VTA employee, opened fire at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San José. He killed nine people, then fatally turned the gun on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courtney was there. So were at least another hundred of his union members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I watched,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's an enormous thing to go through. Courtney began to open up to the need for not only crisis counseling, but long-term therapy that may benefit all of his members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healing took time — or rather, is still taking time. And not everyone made it through that journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of ATU 265's board members, Henry Gonzales, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-union-blames-vta-after-worker-suicide/\">took his own life three months after the shooting\u003c/a>, further highlighting the need to support the workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11891764 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-800x533.jpg\" alt='A nighttime shot of dozens of glassed-in candles lining a low wall alongside a sign that reads, \"VTA [heart] San Jose.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial with candles for the victims of the San José VTA rail yard shooting is seen at San José City Hall in San José, California, on May 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Amy Osborne / AFP) (Photo by AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I'm fighting my own demons, and regarding Henry, that was so hard, because he was so strong, for so many. He was there immediately afterward, a pillar of strength. And we didn't recognize it. There's a level of, I don't want to say guilt, but we didn't recognize Henry's pain, because he was so strong for others,\" Courtney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA has ushered in resources for its employees: discussion and support groups, behavioral health clinicians, Kaiser psychiatry, support from the Bill Wilson Center's Centre for Living with Dying and its Critical Incident Response, and onsite counseling. Employees who were at the Guadalupe Railyard, the site of the shooting, were reassigned to other VTA locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Courtney, relief didn't come until he took the time to directly address his own trauma. He, like many, was focused on supporting the healing of others — even at his own expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was trying to support my family, my wife and kids ... and trying to be there for all of those folks. And I wasn't dealing with my own demons,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he buckled down and got help. Courtney went to a retreat in Florida and met with experts who specialize in acute post-traumatic stress disorder, which he has. And for someone who'd never been comfortable expressing his feelings, suddenly things started to click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The light bulb went on, you know, in my head about all the traumas that I've gone through in my lifetime — not only this one — and how they accumulate and cumulatively can really just kind of hold you back from being a complete person,\" he said, \"So definitely an awakening after this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite efforts from the VTA and amplified conversations around mental health, employees are still struggling. Workers have previously described \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/vta-is-not-a-family-san-jose-transit-agency-seeks-help-to-fix-toxic-work-culture/\">VTA's workplace culture as toxic\u003c/a>, according to a recent report from San José Spotlight, which obtained records where \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-fare-inspectors-faced-hostile-work-environment-vta-records-show/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">workers complained of a hostile environment\u003c/a>. In it, they claim that the VTA is \"largely unresponsive\" to complaints filed to the Office of Civil Rights, and some workers feel their concerns are being cast aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the long-term work at VTA, then, is changing its culture, Courtney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're trying to do the right thing,\" he said. \"They were so entrenched in their old ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investment is needed for that cultural change. State Sen. Dave Cortese and Assemblymember Ash Kalra obtained $20 million in state funding to make that process a reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of that funding may already have found a use. In August, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, who is also a member of the VTA Board of Directors, proposed a new trauma center that would help VTA survivors with their mental health recovery, but also serve as a future recovery center for anyone facing stark trauma in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that trauma center is still going through an approval process, a joint union/management committee is determining how best to spend that $20 million toward worker mental health, and to change the agency's work culture to wrap around emotional well-being. All of this money also brings a level of scrutiny to how the VTA figures out its worker support moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a blessing and a curse,\" Childress, the VTA spokesperson, said. \"Now we are under a microscope. We're in a spotlight of how we figure this out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she said, no matter what disagreements may come, there is a lot of support toward their shared goal, both inside and outside VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of people who are really, you know, they're really believing in this and they're really supporting it,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With more than 400 employees who worked at the Guadalupe Rail Yard, the site of the shooting, the need was great, she said. Whereas before, protocol may only have centered on vehicle safety checks — necessary mechanical measures — now staffers are trying to check in on each other's well-being as often as on the trains they operate. That includes a \"red flag training\" protocol, to ensure warning signs of future disgruntled employees are seen so interventions can happen sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891772\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11891772 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1.jpg\" alt=\"A faraway shot of a rail yard with a line of trains, as a small crowd of people in tactical gear walk toward the camera. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tactical law enforcement officers move through the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light-rail yard where a mass shooting occurred on May 26, 2021, in San José, California. \u003ccite>(Philip Pacheco/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While these efforts are currently designed for those who experienced the trauma of the May shooting, Courtney says this kind of mental health support is needed nationally — not just for incidents like mass shootings, but for the everyday trauma experienced by transit workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Everyday traumas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Imagine a job where every day, a spat between you and another person is as regular as punching in your time card. You may get into a heated argument, punched from behind, sworn at, or even — yes, this has happened — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/muni-operators-tell-assault-stories-plead-for-safety/\">vomited on\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welcome to the life of a transit operator.[aside tag=\"vta, vta-shooting\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those incidents, and the associated traumas, add up — day in, day out — forming emotional gunk in a person's emotional framework that builds up over days, months and years, Courtney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's cumulative,\" Courtney said. \"As a bus operator, I know that a lot of folks, when I drove a bus, they took out what they were going through on me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that's not just at VTA, it's all over the country. Just ask Tony Utano, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100 in New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been getting assaulted, spit on, stabbed, punched, slapped,\" he told KQED. \"And you know, when that stuff happens, it's traumatic. You go home, you think about it, and it's a hard thing to get over. You need, in most cases, you need some psychiatric help to get over it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, Utano said, mental health for transit workers has only gotten worse during the pandemic. In New York, they decided to study the extent of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An NYU School of Global Public Health Survey of nearly 700 New York transit operators \u003ca href=\"https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/october/transit-workers-covid-pilot-study.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found fear and work stress tied directly to the pandemic\u003c/a>. Nearly 70% of respondents feared for their safety at work, specifically due to riders not wearing masks, getting angry when asked to wear a mask, attacking them if asked to wear a mask or attacking them if they didn’t enforce mask use on other riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utano said his union wants that study to go even deeper. He also noted some New York operators he's spoken to have some of the same hesitancy to get the help they need that Courtney mentioned about San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can tell you from experience what people have said. 'What are you depressed about? You got a good job. You got money. You're doing well,'\" Utano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why speaking out about mental health can be so powerful. People who are suffering can recognize that they're not alone, and punch through that culture of silence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They don't have to hide it,\" Utano said. \"There's millions of people who are having this problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Spreading the word\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite initial hesitancy, a new appreciation for mental health care may be spreading in the transit industry, Utano said. At the Transport Workers Union's annual convention in Las Vegas last month, representatives from transit unions across the country convened and talked. And mental health was on the lips of some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those union leaders in Las Vegas was Roger Marenco, the president of TWU Local 250A, representing familiar figures in Bay Area transit — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/muni-operators-tell-assault-stories-plead-for-safety/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Muni operators.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marenco thinks the self-care ethos being birthed at VTA, just 50 miles south, should make its way up the peninsula to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In terms of mental health and wellness, we at TWU are fearful what happened with San José may happen in San Francisco with SFMTA because of the harassment, trauma and stress,\" Marenco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While physical assault heals, mental trauma, Marenco said, \"stays with them day after day, year after year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Marenco said, it doesn't have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>More resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860611/covid-could-impact-mental-health-for-years-to-come-heres-how-to-cope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID Could Impact Mental Health for Years to Come. Here's How to Cope\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881725/where-to-find-affordable-culturally-competent-therapy-in-bay-area-and-beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where to Find Affordable, Culturally Competent Therapy in Bay Area and Beyond\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, reach out for help. The \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is open 24 hours a day at (800) 273-8255\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Michelle Wiley contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Valley Transportation Authority workers are pushing for more mental health consideration in the workplace, while also hoping their culture change takes hold in transit agencies nationally.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1633994704,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":63,"wordCount":2361},"headData":{"title":"In the Wake of the VTA Mass Shooting, a Cultural Shift to Mental Health for Bus and Train Workers | KQED","description":"Valley Transportation Authority workers are pushing for more mental health consideration in the workplace, while also hoping their culture change takes hold in transit agencies nationally.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11889092 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11889092","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/10/10/in-the-wake-of-the-vta-mass-shooting-a-cultural-shift-to-mental-health-for-bus-and-train-workers/","disqusTitle":"In the Wake of the VTA Mass Shooting, a Cultural Shift to Mental Health for Bus and Train Workers","path":"/news/11889092/in-the-wake-of-the-vta-mass-shooting-a-cultural-shift-to-mental-health-for-bus-and-train-workers","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, reach out for help. The \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/\">\u003cem>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is open 24 hours a day at (800) 273-8255.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard that left nine people dead in May was heartbreaking enough. But the tragedy also rippled throughout the region in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valley transit riders waited as service gaps — intentionally created while train and bus operators took the necessary time to heal — were slowly restored over the course of months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five months later\u003cstrong>,\u003c/strong> with the return of the light-rail Green Line from Winchester Station to Old Ironsides Station\u003cstrong>,\u003c/strong> transit service systemwide was finally restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been waiting for this,\" said Iqbal Dhillon, a VTA train operator. Dhillon spoke to KQED in September, the day of the system-wide reopening and mere minutes before he hopped behind the controls of his train to ferry passengers on the newly restored Green Line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891761\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11891761 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a blue work jacket with an American flag patch on the left shoulder sits at the controls of a train, looking through the windshield.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/VTA_Iqbal_2.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iqbal Dhillon, a VTA train operator, hops behind the controls of a train on the Green Line the first day the route was fully back in service on Sept. 18, 2021. The day marked the first that all VTA routes were restored following the May mass shooting that led to the death of 9 VTA employees. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy VTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's no words to express how I felt that day,\" he said. The people who died, and the survivors, will forever be with him, Dhillon said. \"There's no day we are not remembering them. Every day we walk through those doors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While operators described the restoration of train service as a symbolic win, it isn't a full return to normalcy. True healing will take time, effort and intentional mental health support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That need to heal the hearts and minds of VTA employees may lead to a culture shift in the agency, its management and union told KQED, one that prioritizes mental health not just for traumatic incidents like May's mass shooting, but the constant emotional challenges faced every day by workers who sit behind a wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Through this experience, this horrible experience, we're starting to identify all the many traumas in our lives as bus operators and as train operators, as mechanics and maintenance folks who work in the public,\" said John Courtney, head of Amalgamated Transit Union, or ATU, Local 265. \"Every time that door opens we don't know if we're going to get assaulted, spat on, cursed at. These are little traumas, mini-traumas, that happen every single day.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Every time that door opens we don't know if we're going to get assaulted, spat on, cursed at. These are little traumas, mini-traumas, that happen every single day.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"John Courtney, head of ATU Local 265","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ATU Local 265 represents VTA operators, and Courtney in particular is charged with charting a path forward for his members with a focus on their mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where we're at right now,\" he said, \"we need to figure out what's long term for all of our people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the agency's mental health crossroads comes at a similar moment for the transit workers nationally. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a strain on transit agencies from San Francisco to New York City, which is beginning to see workers' unions respond to a rising need for mental health support.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13881725","label":"More resources "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the ashes of tragedy, Courtney thinks that VTA can build a new future that prioritizes mental health, laying down tracks for the nation's transit agencies to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Starting the process\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Courtney was raised in a row home in Philadelphia, from what he called a tough part of town. In that environment, he said, you're taught not to tell people how you feel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't even think I heard the word 'feelings' my whole life,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the same culture VTA and other transit agencies still have, some officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's very kind of, you know, strap your boots up and go to work and get behind that wheel,\" said Brandi Childress, a spokesperson for the VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to getting work done, that kind of mentality can be a plus. But it doesn't leave much room to discuss mental health, Courtney and others said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That changed May 26, when Samuel James Cassidy, 57, a disgruntled VTA employee, opened fire at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San José. He killed nine people, then fatally turned the gun on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courtney was there. So were at least another hundred of his union members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I watched,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's an enormous thing to go through. Courtney began to open up to the need for not only crisis counseling, but long-term therapy that may benefit all of his members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healing took time — or rather, is still taking time. And not everyone made it through that journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of ATU 265's board members, Henry Gonzales, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-union-blames-vta-after-worker-suicide/\">took his own life three months after the shooting\u003c/a>, further highlighting the need to support the workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11891764 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-800x533.jpg\" alt='A nighttime shot of dozens of glassed-in candles lining a low wall alongside a sign that reads, \"VTA [heart] San Jose.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233144756-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial with candles for the victims of the San José VTA rail yard shooting is seen at San José City Hall in San José, California, on May 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Amy Osborne / AFP) (Photo by AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I'm fighting my own demons, and regarding Henry, that was so hard, because he was so strong, for so many. He was there immediately afterward, a pillar of strength. And we didn't recognize it. There's a level of, I don't want to say guilt, but we didn't recognize Henry's pain, because he was so strong for others,\" Courtney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA has ushered in resources for its employees: discussion and support groups, behavioral health clinicians, Kaiser psychiatry, support from the Bill Wilson Center's Centre for Living with Dying and its Critical Incident Response, and onsite counseling. Employees who were at the Guadalupe Railyard, the site of the shooting, were reassigned to other VTA locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Courtney, relief didn't come until he took the time to directly address his own trauma. He, like many, was focused on supporting the healing of others — even at his own expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was trying to support my family, my wife and kids ... and trying to be there for all of those folks. And I wasn't dealing with my own demons,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he buckled down and got help. Courtney went to a retreat in Florida and met with experts who specialize in acute post-traumatic stress disorder, which he has. And for someone who'd never been comfortable expressing his feelings, suddenly things started to click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The light bulb went on, you know, in my head about all the traumas that I've gone through in my lifetime — not only this one — and how they accumulate and cumulatively can really just kind of hold you back from being a complete person,\" he said, \"So definitely an awakening after this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite efforts from the VTA and amplified conversations around mental health, employees are still struggling. Workers have previously described \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/vta-is-not-a-family-san-jose-transit-agency-seeks-help-to-fix-toxic-work-culture/\">VTA's workplace culture as toxic\u003c/a>, according to a recent report from San José Spotlight, which obtained records where \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-fare-inspectors-faced-hostile-work-environment-vta-records-show/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">workers complained of a hostile environment\u003c/a>. In it, they claim that the VTA is \"largely unresponsive\" to complaints filed to the Office of Civil Rights, and some workers feel their concerns are being cast aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the long-term work at VTA, then, is changing its culture, Courtney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're trying to do the right thing,\" he said. \"They were so entrenched in their old ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investment is needed for that cultural change. State Sen. Dave Cortese and Assemblymember Ash Kalra obtained $20 million in state funding to make that process a reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of that funding may already have found a use. In August, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, who is also a member of the VTA Board of Directors, proposed a new trauma center that would help VTA survivors with their mental health recovery, but also serve as a future recovery center for anyone facing stark trauma in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that trauma center is still going through an approval process, a joint union/management committee is determining how best to spend that $20 million toward worker mental health, and to change the agency's work culture to wrap around emotional well-being. All of this money also brings a level of scrutiny to how the VTA figures out its worker support moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a blessing and a curse,\" Childress, the VTA spokesperson, said. \"Now we are under a microscope. We're in a spotlight of how we figure this out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she said, no matter what disagreements may come, there is a lot of support toward their shared goal, both inside and outside VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of people who are really, you know, they're really believing in this and they're really supporting it,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With more than 400 employees who worked at the Guadalupe Rail Yard, the site of the shooting, the need was great, she said. Whereas before, protocol may only have centered on vehicle safety checks — necessary mechanical measures — now staffers are trying to check in on each other's well-being as often as on the trains they operate. That includes a \"red flag training\" protocol, to ensure warning signs of future disgruntled employees are seen so interventions can happen sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11891772\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11891772 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1.jpg\" alt=\"A faraway shot of a rail yard with a line of trains, as a small crowd of people in tactical gear walk toward the camera. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1233121565-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tactical law enforcement officers move through the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light-rail yard where a mass shooting occurred on May 26, 2021, in San José, California. \u003ccite>(Philip Pacheco/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While these efforts are currently designed for those who experienced the trauma of the May shooting, Courtney says this kind of mental health support is needed nationally — not just for incidents like mass shootings, but for the everyday trauma experienced by transit workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Everyday traumas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Imagine a job where every day, a spat between you and another person is as regular as punching in your time card. You may get into a heated argument, punched from behind, sworn at, or even — yes, this has happened — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/muni-operators-tell-assault-stories-plead-for-safety/\">vomited on\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welcome to the life of a transit operator.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"vta, vta-shooting","label":"More Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those incidents, and the associated traumas, add up — day in, day out — forming emotional gunk in a person's emotional framework that builds up over days, months and years, Courtney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's cumulative,\" Courtney said. \"As a bus operator, I know that a lot of folks, when I drove a bus, they took out what they were going through on me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that's not just at VTA, it's all over the country. Just ask Tony Utano, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100 in New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been getting assaulted, spit on, stabbed, punched, slapped,\" he told KQED. \"And you know, when that stuff happens, it's traumatic. You go home, you think about it, and it's a hard thing to get over. You need, in most cases, you need some psychiatric help to get over it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, Utano said, mental health for transit workers has only gotten worse during the pandemic. In New York, they decided to study the extent of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An NYU School of Global Public Health Survey of nearly 700 New York transit operators \u003ca href=\"https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/october/transit-workers-covid-pilot-study.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found fear and work stress tied directly to the pandemic\u003c/a>. Nearly 70% of respondents feared for their safety at work, specifically due to riders not wearing masks, getting angry when asked to wear a mask, attacking them if asked to wear a mask or attacking them if they didn’t enforce mask use on other riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utano said his union wants that study to go even deeper. He also noted some New York operators he's spoken to have some of the same hesitancy to get the help they need that Courtney mentioned about San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can tell you from experience what people have said. 'What are you depressed about? You got a good job. You got money. You're doing well,'\" Utano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why speaking out about mental health can be so powerful. People who are suffering can recognize that they're not alone, and punch through that culture of silence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They don't have to hide it,\" Utano said. \"There's millions of people who are having this problem.\"\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\u003ch3>Spreading the word\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite initial hesitancy, a new appreciation for mental health care may be spreading in the transit industry, Utano said. At the Transport Workers Union's annual convention in Las Vegas last month, representatives from transit unions across the country convened and talked. And mental health was on the lips of some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those union leaders in Las Vegas was Roger Marenco, the president of TWU Local 250A, representing familiar figures in Bay Area transit — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/muni-operators-tell-assault-stories-plead-for-safety/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Muni operators.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marenco thinks the self-care ethos being birthed at VTA, just 50 miles south, should make its way up the peninsula to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In terms of mental health and wellness, we at TWU are fearful what happened with San José may happen in San Francisco with SFMTA because of the harassment, trauma and stress,\" Marenco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While physical assault heals, mental trauma, Marenco said, \"stays with them day after day, year after year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Marenco said, it doesn't have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>More resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860611/covid-could-impact-mental-health-for-years-to-come-heres-how-to-cope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID Could Impact Mental Health for Years to Come. Here's How to Cope\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881725/where-to-find-affordable-culturally-competent-therapy-in-bay-area-and-beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where to Find Affordable, Culturally Competent Therapy in Bay Area and Beyond\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, reach out for help. The \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is open 24 hours a day at (800) 273-8255\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Michelle Wiley contributed to this story.\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/11889092/in-the-wake-of-the-vta-mass-shooting-a-cultural-shift-to-mental-health-for-bus-and-train-workers","authors":["11690"],"categories":["news_28250","news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_27626","news_38","news_18541","news_29333","news_30034","news_20517","news_20675"],"featImg":"news_11891763","label":"news"},"news_11879635":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11879635","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11879635","score":null,"sort":[1624927104000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-lawmakers-propose-20-million-for-vta-worker-support-and-facility-repair-after-mass-shooting","title":"State Lawmakers Propose $20 Million for VTA Worker Support and Facility Repair After Mass Shooting","publishDate":1624927104,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The California Legislature is poised to allocate $20 million to the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority to support employee needs and facility repairs following a deadly mass shooting at one of its facilities last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last-minute addendum to the state budget, spearheaded by state Sen. Dave Cortese and Assemblymember Ash Kalra, both Democrats from San Jose, is split into two bills — one expected to go before both the Assembly and Senate on Monday — with half the funding earmarked for \"worker support and facility improvements\" and the other half for \"mental health services, worker training, and retraining.\"[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"John Courtney, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265\"]'These families are very scared and afraid. We absolutely have to let them know that there was a process in place to take care of all the family members and all the grieving families.'[/pullquote]\"The long-term mental health impacts of experiencing something like that is truly unknown to most of us, but something that professional assistants and resources can help deal with,\" Cortese said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local leaders said the funding is essential for the VTA to jump-start its recovery process, resume light rail service and meet the most pressing needs of employees and their families after such a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These funds for worker mental health support, relocation and retraining, and facility upgrades, are imperative to addressing the workforce's health and well-being, rebuilding regional transit, and preventing future workplace violence,\" Kalra said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on May 26, a VTA employee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">shot and killed\u003c/a> nine of his co-workers at a light rail facility in San Jose, before turning the gun on himself. Most of the victims were light rail drivers or engineers. Nearly 100 employees witnessed the massacre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A hundred people witnessed it directly or indirectly, 100 people were impacted and had to evacuate the site, hide, run out on rooftops and then, really, be put in a position where they're grieving,\" Cortese said. \"They've lost their team, and they aren't really clear as to what safety measures have been put in place before they come back or what kind of assistance there is for them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funding would be used in part to provide grief counseling to employees who lost friends and co-workers, and to support staff who may want to be retrained and relocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We lost members of our family — essential union employees that provided vital public transit service every day of this pandemic,\" said John Courtney, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265. \"This funding will go a long way as we work to build back our community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]VTA light rail service was suspended indefinitely following the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courtney said the mental health of VTA employees is critical to restarting the rail service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These families are very scared and afraid,\" Courtney said. \"We absolutely have to let them know that there was a process in place to take care of all the family members and all the grieving families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the state funding would also be essential to repair equipment and computers damaged during the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting occurred at the Guadalupe Light Rail Yard, which Courtney described as the \"nerve center\" of all VTA operations — the transit agency's main facility for light rail vehicle storage and dispatch, maintenance, technical training and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"vta-shooting\"]Operators at the facility also manage daily communications between all of VTA's service vehicles, including both light rail trains and its fleet of approximately 400 active transit buses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local leaders and VTA officials have also hinted at the possibility of demolishing the facility, which has been in operation since 1987, and sparked safety concerns even before the incident. Nearly 380 employees regularly worked there prior to the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortese said he recently got a phone call from the son of one of the victims, asking if local and state officials have done anything yet in response to the tragedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We heard politicians say we're going to do whatever we can to help. You know, we're going to do everything we can to make sure this doesn't happen again,\" he said. \"We just want to make sure after a few weeks of quiet, you know, near silence about what the state's response might be, that there actually is some help coming. And, you know, hopefully that'll lift peoples spirits a little bit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from KQED's Arooba Kazmi and Julie Chang, and Bay City News.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The proposed funding is split into two bills, with half earmarked for \"worker support and facility improvements\" and the other half for \"mental health services, worker training, and retraining.\"","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1624928058,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":771},"headData":{"title":"State Lawmakers Propose $20 Million for VTA Worker Support and Facility Repair After Mass Shooting | KQED","description":"The proposed funding is split into two bills, with half earmarked for "worker support and facility improvements" and the other half for "mental health services, worker training, and retraining."","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11879635 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11879635","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/06/28/state-lawmakers-propose-20-million-for-vta-worker-support-and-facility-repair-after-mass-shooting/","disqusTitle":"State Lawmakers Propose $20 Million for VTA Worker Support and Facility Repair After Mass Shooting","path":"/news/11879635/state-lawmakers-propose-20-million-for-vta-worker-support-and-facility-repair-after-mass-shooting","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The California Legislature is poised to allocate $20 million to the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority to support employee needs and facility repairs following a deadly mass shooting at one of its facilities last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last-minute addendum to the state budget, spearheaded by state Sen. Dave Cortese and Assemblymember Ash Kalra, both Democrats from San Jose, is split into two bills — one expected to go before both the Assembly and Senate on Monday — with half the funding earmarked for \"worker support and facility improvements\" and the other half for \"mental health services, worker training, and retraining.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'These families are very scared and afraid. We absolutely have to let them know that there was a process in place to take care of all the family members and all the grieving families.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"John Courtney, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"The long-term mental health impacts of experiencing something like that is truly unknown to most of us, but something that professional assistants and resources can help deal with,\" Cortese said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local leaders said the funding is essential for the VTA to jump-start its recovery process, resume light rail service and meet the most pressing needs of employees and their families after such a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These funds for worker mental health support, relocation and retraining, and facility upgrades, are imperative to addressing the workforce's health and well-being, rebuilding regional transit, and preventing future workplace violence,\" Kalra said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on May 26, a VTA employee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">shot and killed\u003c/a> nine of his co-workers at a light rail facility in San Jose, before turning the gun on himself. Most of the victims were light rail drivers or engineers. Nearly 100 employees witnessed the massacre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A hundred people witnessed it directly or indirectly, 100 people were impacted and had to evacuate the site, hide, run out on rooftops and then, really, be put in a position where they're grieving,\" Cortese said. \"They've lost their team, and they aren't really clear as to what safety measures have been put in place before they come back or what kind of assistance there is for them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funding would be used in part to provide grief counseling to employees who lost friends and co-workers, and to support staff who may want to be retrained and relocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We lost members of our family — essential union employees that provided vital public transit service every day of this pandemic,\" said John Courtney, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265. \"This funding will go a long way as we work to build back our community.\"\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>VTA light rail service was suspended indefinitely following the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courtney said the mental health of VTA employees is critical to restarting the rail service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These families are very scared and afraid,\" Courtney said. \"We absolutely have to let them know that there was a process in place to take care of all the family members and all the grieving families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the state funding would also be essential to repair equipment and computers damaged during the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting occurred at the Guadalupe Light Rail Yard, which Courtney described as the \"nerve center\" of all VTA operations — the transit agency's main facility for light rail vehicle storage and dispatch, maintenance, technical training and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"vta-shooting"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Operators at the facility also manage daily communications between all of VTA's service vehicles, including both light rail trains and its fleet of approximately 400 active transit buses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local leaders and VTA officials have also hinted at the possibility of demolishing the facility, which has been in operation since 1987, and sparked safety concerns even before the incident. Nearly 380 employees regularly worked there prior to the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortese said he recently got a phone call from the son of one of the victims, asking if local and state officials have done anything yet in response to the tragedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We heard politicians say we're going to do whatever we can to help. You know, we're going to do everything we can to make sure this doesn't happen again,\" he said. \"We just want to make sure after a few weeks of quiet, you know, near silence about what the state's response might be, that there actually is some help coming. And, you know, hopefully that'll lift peoples spirits a little bit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from KQED's Arooba Kazmi and Julie Chang, and Bay City News.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11879635/state-lawmakers-propose-20-million-for-vta-worker-support-and-facility-repair-after-mass-shooting","authors":["237"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_6412","news_18939","news_2109","news_29087","news_20675","news_29553"],"featImg":"news_11879669","label":"news"},"news_11876982":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11876982","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11876982","score":null,"sort":[1623107550000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-judge-overturns-states-assault-weapon-ban-moms-march-against-gun-violence-in-mountain-view","title":"After Judge Overturns State's Assault Weapon Ban, Moms March Against Gun Violence in Mountain View","publishDate":1623107550,"format":"audio","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Roughly two dozen people wearing orange T-shirts marched in downtown Mountain View on Sunday to speak out against gun violence. The event, which organizers had been planning for months as part of \u003ca href=\"https://wearorange.org/\">Gun Violence Awareness Weekend\u003c/a>, happened to take place just two days after a San Diego federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-gun-politics-government-and-politics-3d72caa3b52667b2a450cae41a087468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overturned California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers with the San Jose chapter of Moms Demand Action met at Mountain View City Hall before marching down Castro Street to the Mountain View Transit Center and back. Organizers said they wore orange to honor survivors and victims of gun violence and were also marching to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875667/well-heal-together-more-than-a-thousand-gather-in-san-jose-to-honor-the-victims-of-the-vta-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">honor the victims of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard mass shooting\u003c/a> in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group carried large plastic bags filled with 2,700 handmade origami boxes, each box representing a life lost to gun violence, as part of a partnership with the \u003ca href=\"https://soulboxproject.org/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soul Box Project\u003c/a>, started by an artist in Portland to raise awareness of the United States' gun violence epidemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don't really know who is a survivor of this epidemic,\" said event co-organizer Rachel Michelson to the assembled volunteers, kicking off the event. \"And I think there's much more of us walking around, maybe we don't even realize it ourselves, that are indeed impacted.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BayAreaJulie/status/1401582797232377856?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soul boxes will be shipped to Portland next, and will eventually make their way to Washington, D.C., where they’ll be included in an exhibition of 200,000 other boxes on the National Mall this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rachel Michelson, Moms Demand Action San Jose volunteer\"]'You don't really know who is a survivor of this [gun violence] epidemic. And I think there's much more of us walking around.'[/pullquote]“It's estimated that in a year time frame in California, we will have 3,000 gun violence deaths,” Michelson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelson said they did a similar event with soul boxes last year in response to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11765238/were-gonna-get-through-this-courageous-acts-amid-terror-at-the-gilroy-garlic-festival\">mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival\u003c/a>, which left four people dead, including the gunman, and injured 17 others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876993\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876993\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers with Moms Demand Action San Jose, each carrying 100 soul boxes, march down Castro Street to raise awareness of the ongoing toll of gun violence. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moms Demand Action San Jose)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She added that they had been planning the Mountain View event for about six months, and they chose to march over to the transit hub because on Sundays there's usually a farmers market and they could get more eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hub is also a Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority station — a fact difficult to ignore after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mass shooting\u003c/a> over a week ago that left \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875686/my-heart-is-broken-remembering-the-nine-victims-of-the-vta-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine VTA employees\u003c/a> dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It certainly is poignant,\" Michelson said. \"So sadly, I hate that there is that. And the universe worked out that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11875667 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-29-1038x576.jpg']Erin Cizina, a volunteer with the group, said she used to take the VTA light rail up and down from central to northern San Jose before the pandemic forced her, like many others, to work from home. And she said her family and her neighbors heavily rely on public transportation to get around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VTA has suspended light rail and bus bridge service while it recovers from the shooting, showing one of the ripple effects a mass shooting can have on a community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes it extremely difficult for those people that are in between, who either don't have a vehicle or aren't yet able to drive,” Cizina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cizina said changing gun regulations isn’t enough. “We need to actually change the culture,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Cizina and the other volunteers, showing support for those affected by the VTA shooting meant being vocal and standing up against gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the Bay Area, we have probably the best public transit in the state,\" Cizina said. \"And we've got to maintain that. We have to support them. And whenever possible, we have to utilize the services.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The almost 3,000 soul boxes volunteers carried as they marched through downtown Mountain View. Each box represent a life taken by gun violence. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moms Demand Action San Jose)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the group walked through the farmers market, they caught the attention of William Brown, a subcontractor who works at the VTA light rail yard where the shooting took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said before the shooting, he worked at the rail yard five days a week, in the building where the shooter took his own life. He said he didn’t know any of the victims personally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said he supports red flag gun laws and more extensive background checks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't think people should have 25,000 rounds of ammunition, especially with guns that can kill a lot of people really quickly,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=news_11875686,news_11875490,news_11875667]Brown said he was surprised by Friday’s overturning of California's assault weapons ban, especially as the economy reopens and people start going out more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who have access to guns and shouldn't are probably going to take advantage of that,\" he said. \"And it's like a fact of America at this point.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown was glad to see people marching to bring attention to gun violence, he said the issue needs to be addressed more broadly — at the national level, not just state or local.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>March organizer Michelson agreed, and said that even though California has stricter gun laws, looser restrictions in other states make them less effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The amazing thing about living in the United States is that our borders are open,\" Michelson said. \"So while California obviously does have some of the strictest gun laws on the books, it starts to become meaningless if it's not across our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The march against gun violence, which had been planned for months, took place just two days after a federal judge overturned California's 32-year-old assault weapons ban.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1623110215,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1021},"headData":{"title":"After Judge Overturns State's Assault Weapon Ban, Moms March Against Gun Violence in Mountain View | KQED","description":"The march against gun violence, which had been planned for months, took place just two days after a federal judge overturned California's 32-year-old assault weapons ban.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11876982 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11876982","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/06/07/after-judge-overturns-states-assault-weapon-ban-moms-march-against-gun-violence-in-mountain-view/","disqusTitle":"After Judge Overturns State's Assault Weapon Ban, Moms March Against Gun Violence in Mountain View","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/679253fb-2c39-4ec7-914e-ad4001256908/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11876982/after-judge-overturns-states-assault-weapon-ban-moms-march-against-gun-violence-in-mountain-view","audioDuration":97000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Roughly two dozen people wearing orange T-shirts marched in downtown Mountain View on Sunday to speak out against gun violence. The event, which organizers had been planning for months as part of \u003ca href=\"https://wearorange.org/\">Gun Violence Awareness Weekend\u003c/a>, happened to take place just two days after a San Diego federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-gun-politics-government-and-politics-3d72caa3b52667b2a450cae41a087468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overturned California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers with the San Jose chapter of Moms Demand Action met at Mountain View City Hall before marching down Castro Street to the Mountain View Transit Center and back. Organizers said they wore orange to honor survivors and victims of gun violence and were also marching to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875667/well-heal-together-more-than-a-thousand-gather-in-san-jose-to-honor-the-victims-of-the-vta-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">honor the victims of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard mass shooting\u003c/a> in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group carried large plastic bags filled with 2,700 handmade origami boxes, each box representing a life lost to gun violence, as part of a partnership with the \u003ca href=\"https://soulboxproject.org/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soul Box Project\u003c/a>, started by an artist in Portland to raise awareness of the United States' gun violence epidemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don't really know who is a survivor of this epidemic,\" said event co-organizer Rachel Michelson to the assembled volunteers, kicking off the event. \"And I think there's much more of us walking around, maybe we don't even realize it ourselves, that are indeed impacted.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1401582797232377856"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The soul boxes will be shipped to Portland next, and will eventually make their way to Washington, D.C., where they’ll be included in an exhibition of 200,000 other boxes on the National Mall this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'You don't really know who is a survivor of this [gun violence] epidemic. And I think there's much more of us walking around.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Rachel Michelson, Moms Demand Action San Jose volunteer","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It's estimated that in a year time frame in California, we will have 3,000 gun violence deaths,” Michelson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelson said they did a similar event with soul boxes last year in response to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11765238/were-gonna-get-through-this-courageous-acts-amid-terror-at-the-gilroy-garlic-festival\">mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival\u003c/a>, which left four people dead, including the gunman, and injured 17 others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876993\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876993\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-2.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers with Moms Demand Action San Jose, each carrying 100 soul boxes, march down Castro Street to raise awareness of the ongoing toll of gun violence. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moms Demand Action San Jose)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She added that they had been planning the Mountain View event for about six months, and they chose to march over to the transit hub because on Sundays there's usually a farmers market and they could get more eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hub is also a Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority station — a fact difficult to ignore after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mass shooting\u003c/a> over a week ago that left \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875686/my-heart-is-broken-remembering-the-nine-victims-of-the-vta-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine VTA employees\u003c/a> dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It certainly is poignant,\" Michelson said. \"So sadly, I hate that there is that. And the universe worked out that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11875667","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-29-1038x576.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Erin Cizina, a volunteer with the group, said she used to take the VTA light rail up and down from central to northern San Jose before the pandemic forced her, like many others, to work from home. And she said her family and her neighbors heavily rely on public transportation to get around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VTA has suspended light rail and bus bridge service while it recovers from the shooting, showing one of the ripple effects a mass shooting can have on a community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes it extremely difficult for those people that are in between, who either don't have a vehicle or aren't yet able to drive,” Cizina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cizina said changing gun regulations isn’t enough. “We need to actually change the culture,” 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>To Cizina and the other volunteers, showing support for those affected by the VTA shooting meant being vocal and standing up against gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the Bay Area, we have probably the best public transit in the state,\" Cizina said. \"And we've got to maintain that. We have to support them. And whenever possible, we have to utilize the services.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The almost 3,000 soul boxes volunteers carried as they marched through downtown Mountain View. Each box represent a life taken by gun violence. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moms Demand Action San Jose)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the group walked through the farmers market, they caught the attention of William Brown, a subcontractor who works at the VTA light rail yard where the shooting took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said before the shooting, he worked at the rail yard five days a week, in the building where the shooter took his own life. He said he didn’t know any of the victims personally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said he supports red flag gun laws and more extensive background checks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't think people should have 25,000 rounds of ammunition, especially with guns that can kill a lot of people really quickly,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11875686,news_11875490,news_11875667"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Brown said he was surprised by Friday’s overturning of California's assault weapons ban, especially as the economy reopens and people start going out more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who have access to guns and shouldn't are probably going to take advantage of that,\" he said. \"And it's like a fact of America at this point.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown was glad to see people marching to bring attention to gun violence, he said the issue needs to be addressed more broadly — at the national level, not just state or local.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>March organizer Michelson agreed, and said that even though California has stricter gun laws, looser restrictions in other states make them less effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The amazing thing about living in the United States is that our borders are open,\" Michelson said. \"So while California obviously does have some of the strictest gun laws on the books, it starts to become meaningless if it's not across our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11876982/after-judge-overturns-states-assault-weapon-ban-moms-march-against-gun-violence-in-mountain-view","authors":["11642"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_2795","news_22711","news_29554","news_29087","news_20675","news_29553"],"featImg":"news_11877060","label":"news"},"news_11875802":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11875802","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11875802","score":null,"sort":[1622230384000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"como-ayudar-a-las-victimas-del-tiroteo-masivo-en-san-jose-fondo-de-apoyo-y-asistencia-a-las-victimas","title":"Cómo ayudar a las víctimas del tiroteo masivo en San José: Fondo de apoyo y asistencia a las víctimas","publishDate":1622230384,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875490/san-jose-vta-shooting-how-to-help-victims-families-and-those-personally-affected\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pase a las siguientes secciones:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#usted\">¿\u003cstrong>Cómo encontrar apoyo para usted mismo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#formas\">¿\u003cstrong>Formas de ayudar a las víctimas y a otras personas afectadas\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Un día después del \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">tiroteo masivo\u003c/a> que dejó a 10 personas sin vida en San José, funcionarios afirmaron que lo que ahora toca es apoyar a las personas directamente afectadas por la tragedia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En el programa Morning Edition (o ‘Edición Matutina’) de NPR, Sam Liccardo, alcalde de San José, dijo este jueves que la comunidad se sigue recuperando pero que aún \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000893749/san-jose-shooting-victims-names-released-gunman-set-fire-to-his-own-home\">se siente “entumecida”\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tenemos a familias que han perdido a seres queridos y trabajadores que han perdido a sus amigos\", dijo Liccardo. \"Y yo creo que nuestro deber ahora es hacer todo lo que podamos para apoyarlos y ayudarlos en su proceso de luto\".\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"usted\">\u003c/a>Cómo encontrar apoyo para usted o para los demás\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Centro de asistencia familiar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La oficina del fiscal del distrito del Condado de Santa Clara ha informado que el Centro de asistencia familiar (‘FAC’ por sus siglas en inglés) está listo para ayudar a las víctimas, familiares y empleados de la Agencia de Transporte del Valle de Santa Clara (mejor conocido como ‘VTA’ por sus siglas en inglés) y cualquier otra persona que se haya visto afectada por este incidente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede llamar al (408) 209-8356. La fiscalía ha confirmado que habrá personal que habla español presente y que también una línea de ayuda en otros idiomas estará disponible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según Kasey Halcón, directora de la oficina de servicios para víctimas del condado, también es posible conectar con representantes del \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/victim-services/restitution-vcgcb/\">programa de compensación para víctimas de California\u003c/a>. Ella menciona que los familiares normalmente pueden recibir ayuda de este programa para poder pagar los costos del funeral y entierro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los servicios son gratuitos y quienes necesiten apoyo no tendrán que compartir su estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Otros tipos de apoyo disponibles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miembros de la comunidad que estén buscando ayuda emocional pueden llamar a la línea de emergencia para la prevención del suicidio (puede marcar al: 1-855-278-4204) o a los \u003ca href=\"https://bhsd.sccgov.org/get-help/spanish-language-information\">servicios de salud mental del condado\u003c/a> (puede marcar al: 1-800-704-0900, opción 2).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede recibir apoyo si manda un mensaje de texto con la palabra RENEW al 741741 (servicios por mensaje de texto sólo están disponibles en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Más en español' tag='kqed-en-espanol']Los servicios de FAC están disponibles para quienes fueron directamente impactados por el incidente, lo cual incluye a quienes fueron testigo o huyeron de la escena. Pero Halcón dijo que esta ayuda también se ofrece a toda la comunidad. Esto incluye a personas que fueron afectadas por otros actos de violencia, por ejemplo, quienes se siguen recuperando del \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11763883/active-shooting-reported-at-gilroy-garlic-festival\">tiroteo masivo de Gilroy\u003c/a> en 2019. Halcón afirma que después del ataque en las instalaciones del VTA, un grupo de consejeros fue desplegado al sur del Condado de Santa Clara para apoyar a los trabajadores de servicios de emergencia que respondieron al tiroteo en Gilroy y que fueron afectados al saber de esta más reciente balacera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Puede haber un tiroteo, puede pasar en la comunidad … y es posible que haya miles de personas profundamente impactadas por lo que pasó\", dijo Halcón.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halcón agrega que el tiroteo en el VTA ocurre en un tiempo muy complicado, un año desde el inicio de la pandemia de coronavirus. Y la salud mental sigue siendo una cuestión que siguen enfrentando nuestras comunidades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Algo como un incidente de victimización masiva puede provocar a muchas personas de varias maneras en que ya no se sientan seguras. Puede ser que quieran aislarse\", dijo Halcón. \"Hay consejería disponible. La consejería para la salud mental es muy importante. Y si necesitas ayuda, deberías pedirla. Todos merecemos tener un espacio seguro para ir\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un vocero del VTA agregó que el departamento de recursos humanos de la dependencia también estará contactando a las familias de las víctimas para ayudarlas a \"navegar los varios beneficios y recursos que necesitarán para superar los siguientes días\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En una rueda de prensa este jueves, la supervisora del Condado de Santa Clara Cindy Chávez elogió al departamento de salud mental del condado y el grupo que defiende los derechos de las víctimas de la fiscalía del distrito por ofrecer apoyo esencial momentos después de la tragedia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sólo quiero decir a todos los que están escuchando, que si necesitan ayuda, la pidan. Hay muchas maneras de obtener servicios, y no queremos que ni una sola persona se quede sin los servicios que necesita\", dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"formas\">\u003c/a>Fondo de apoyo para las víctimas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ofrecer una donación\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se pueden hacer \u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\">donaciones para apoyar a las víctimas y a sus familias\u003c/a> a través del programa ‘Union Community Resources’ (o ‘recursos unidos para la comunidad’) de la organización \u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\">Working Partnerships USA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working Partnerships es un grupo de activismo y política pública ubicado en el sur de la Bahía que está conectado con el movimiento en favor de los derechos laborales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tenemos un programa que puede proveer ayuda financiera pero además contamos con consejería y apoyo\", dijo Jeff Barrera, director de comunicaciones para Working Partnership USA. \"Durante tragedias como esta, utilizamos ese programa para poder ofrecer alivio de manera rápida y amplia\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El fondo de Working Partnerships fue creado de parte de los trabajadores y sus familias. Barrera dice que este monto existe para proveer cualquier tipo de ayuda que necesiten las familias para superar esta crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working Partnerships USA ofrece una línea de ayuda en varios idiomas: (408) 809-2122.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otro fondo disponible fue creado por el sindicato \u003ca href=\"https://www.atu.org/media/releases/help-atu-members-impacted-by-the-san-jose-shootings\">‘Amalgamated Transit Union’\u003c/a>, el cual representa a los trabajadores del VTA, lo que incluye a algunas de las víctimas. El grupo le ha pedido a sus integrantes que contribuyan al Fondo de alivio para desastres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actualmente existen varias páginas de GoFundMe que fueron creadas luego del incidente. Pero funcionarios piden al público que que si desean donar, que contacten a quienes están manejando la página antes de dar dinero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individuos también pueden donar a otras organizaciones sin fines de licro que proveen apoyo durante tiroteos masivos, como el \u003ca href=\"https://www.billwilsoncenter.org/\">Centro Bill Wilson\u003c/a>, una agencia independiente que ofrece alivio a víctimas, testigos y trabajadores de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donar sangre con la \u003ca href=\"https://www.redcrossblood.org/espanol/donar-sangre.html\">Cruz Roja\u003c/a> es otra manera de ayudar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vigilia para honrar las vidas perdidas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se celebró una vigilia este jueves a las 6 p.m. en la plaza del Ayuntamiento de San José a las 6 p.m. este jueves para honrar a quienes perdieron su vida en el tiroteo. Funcionarios, líderes locales y otros miembros de la comunidad fueron invitados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"es\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/VTAfamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VTAfamily\u003c/a> gathers at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SJ_Downtown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SJ_Downtown\u003c/a> to honor our fallen co-workers. Thank you to our whole community for your love and support. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/i3eOTk0lbc\">pic.twitter.com/i3eOTk0lbc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— VTA (@VTA) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/VTA/status/1398094418276614144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">28 de mayo de 2021\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Un tuit del servicio de transporte VTA: \"La familia de VTA se une en el centro de San José para honrar a nuestros colegas caidos. Gracias a toda la comunidad por su amor y apoyo.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/matthewgreen\">Matthew Green\u003c/a> contribuyó a este reportaje.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por el periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a> y editado por la periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Diez personas murieron en un tiroteo masivo en San José, California esta semana. Aqui hay varias maneras para encontrar o dar apoyo.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1622230384,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":37,"wordCount":1369},"headData":{"title":"Cómo ayudar a las víctimas del tiroteo masivo en San José: Fondo de apoyo y asistencia a las víctimas | KQED","description":"Diez personas murieron en un tiroteo masivo en San José, California esta semana. Aqui hay varias maneras para encontrar o dar apoyo.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11875802 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11875802","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/05/28/como-ayudar-a-las-victimas-del-tiroteo-masivo-en-san-jose-fondo-de-apoyo-y-asistencia-a-las-victimas/","disqusTitle":"Cómo ayudar a las víctimas del tiroteo masivo en San José: Fondo de apoyo y asistencia a las víctimas","source":"KQED En Español","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/kqedenespanol","path":"/news/11875802/como-ayudar-a-las-victimas-del-tiroteo-masivo-en-san-jose-fondo-de-apoyo-y-asistencia-a-las-victimas","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875490/san-jose-vta-shooting-how-to-help-victims-families-and-those-personally-affected\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pase a las siguientes secciones:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#usted\">¿\u003cstrong>Cómo encontrar apoyo para usted mismo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#formas\">¿\u003cstrong>Formas de ayudar a las víctimas y a otras personas afectadas\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Un día después del \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">tiroteo masivo\u003c/a> que dejó a 10 personas sin vida en San José, funcionarios afirmaron que lo que ahora toca es apoyar a las personas directamente afectadas por la tragedia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En el programa Morning Edition (o ‘Edición Matutina’) de NPR, Sam Liccardo, alcalde de San José, dijo este jueves que la comunidad se sigue recuperando pero que aún \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000893749/san-jose-shooting-victims-names-released-gunman-set-fire-to-his-own-home\">se siente “entumecida”\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tenemos a familias que han perdido a seres queridos y trabajadores que han perdido a sus amigos\", dijo Liccardo. \"Y yo creo que nuestro deber ahora es hacer todo lo que podamos para apoyarlos y ayudarlos en su proceso de luto\".\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\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"usted\">\u003c/a>Cómo encontrar apoyo para usted o para los demás\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Centro de asistencia familiar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La oficina del fiscal del distrito del Condado de Santa Clara ha informado que el Centro de asistencia familiar (‘FAC’ por sus siglas en inglés) está listo para ayudar a las víctimas, familiares y empleados de la Agencia de Transporte del Valle de Santa Clara (mejor conocido como ‘VTA’ por sus siglas en inglés) y cualquier otra persona que se haya visto afectada por este incidente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede llamar al (408) 209-8356. La fiscalía ha confirmado que habrá personal que habla español presente y que también una línea de ayuda en otros idiomas estará disponible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según Kasey Halcón, directora de la oficina de servicios para víctimas del condado, también es posible conectar con representantes del \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/victim-services/restitution-vcgcb/\">programa de compensación para víctimas de California\u003c/a>. Ella menciona que los familiares normalmente pueden recibir ayuda de este programa para poder pagar los costos del funeral y entierro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los servicios son gratuitos y quienes necesiten apoyo no tendrán que compartir su estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Otros tipos de apoyo disponibles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miembros de la comunidad que estén buscando ayuda emocional pueden llamar a la línea de emergencia para la prevención del suicidio (puede marcar al: 1-855-278-4204) o a los \u003ca href=\"https://bhsd.sccgov.org/get-help/spanish-language-information\">servicios de salud mental del condado\u003c/a> (puede marcar al: 1-800-704-0900, opción 2).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede recibir apoyo si manda un mensaje de texto con la palabra RENEW al 741741 (servicios por mensaje de texto sólo están disponibles en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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>Los servicios de FAC están disponibles para quienes fueron directamente impactados por el incidente, lo cual incluye a quienes fueron testigo o huyeron de la escena. Pero Halcón dijo que esta ayuda también se ofrece a toda la comunidad. Esto incluye a personas que fueron afectadas por otros actos de violencia, por ejemplo, quienes se siguen recuperando del \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11763883/active-shooting-reported-at-gilroy-garlic-festival\">tiroteo masivo de Gilroy\u003c/a> en 2019. Halcón afirma que después del ataque en las instalaciones del VTA, un grupo de consejeros fue desplegado al sur del Condado de Santa Clara para apoyar a los trabajadores de servicios de emergencia que respondieron al tiroteo en Gilroy y que fueron afectados al saber de esta más reciente balacera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Puede haber un tiroteo, puede pasar en la comunidad … y es posible que haya miles de personas profundamente impactadas por lo que pasó\", dijo Halcón.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halcón agrega que el tiroteo en el VTA ocurre en un tiempo muy complicado, un año desde el inicio de la pandemia de coronavirus. Y la salud mental sigue siendo una cuestión que siguen enfrentando nuestras comunidades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Algo como un incidente de victimización masiva puede provocar a muchas personas de varias maneras en que ya no se sientan seguras. Puede ser que quieran aislarse\", dijo Halcón. \"Hay consejería disponible. La consejería para la salud mental es muy importante. Y si necesitas ayuda, deberías pedirla. Todos merecemos tener un espacio seguro para ir\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un vocero del VTA agregó que el departamento de recursos humanos de la dependencia también estará contactando a las familias de las víctimas para ayudarlas a \"navegar los varios beneficios y recursos que necesitarán para superar los siguientes días\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En una rueda de prensa este jueves, la supervisora del Condado de Santa Clara Cindy Chávez elogió al departamento de salud mental del condado y el grupo que defiende los derechos de las víctimas de la fiscalía del distrito por ofrecer apoyo esencial momentos después de la tragedia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sólo quiero decir a todos los que están escuchando, que si necesitan ayuda, la pidan. Hay muchas maneras de obtener servicios, y no queremos que ni una sola persona se quede sin los servicios que necesita\", dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"formas\">\u003c/a>Fondo de apoyo para las víctimas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ofrecer una donación\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se pueden hacer \u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\">donaciones para apoyar a las víctimas y a sus familias\u003c/a> a través del programa ‘Union Community Resources’ (o ‘recursos unidos para la comunidad’) de la organización \u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\">Working Partnerships USA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working Partnerships es un grupo de activismo y política pública ubicado en el sur de la Bahía que está conectado con el movimiento en favor de los derechos laborales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Tenemos un programa que puede proveer ayuda financiera pero además contamos con consejería y apoyo\", dijo Jeff Barrera, director de comunicaciones para Working Partnership USA. \"Durante tragedias como esta, utilizamos ese programa para poder ofrecer alivio de manera rápida y amplia\".\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El fondo de Working Partnerships fue creado de parte de los trabajadores y sus familias. Barrera dice que este monto existe para proveer cualquier tipo de ayuda que necesiten las familias para superar esta crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working Partnerships USA ofrece una línea de ayuda en varios idiomas: (408) 809-2122.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otro fondo disponible fue creado por el sindicato \u003ca href=\"https://www.atu.org/media/releases/help-atu-members-impacted-by-the-san-jose-shootings\">‘Amalgamated Transit Union’\u003c/a>, el cual representa a los trabajadores del VTA, lo que incluye a algunas de las víctimas. El grupo le ha pedido a sus integrantes que contribuyan al Fondo de alivio para desastres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actualmente existen varias páginas de GoFundMe que fueron creadas luego del incidente. Pero funcionarios piden al público que que si desean donar, que contacten a quienes están manejando la página antes de dar dinero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individuos también pueden donar a otras organizaciones sin fines de licro que proveen apoyo durante tiroteos masivos, como el \u003ca href=\"https://www.billwilsoncenter.org/\">Centro Bill Wilson\u003c/a>, una agencia independiente que ofrece alivio a víctimas, testigos y trabajadores de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donar sangre con la \u003ca href=\"https://www.redcrossblood.org/espanol/donar-sangre.html\">Cruz Roja\u003c/a> es otra manera de ayudar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vigilia para honrar las vidas perdidas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se celebró una vigilia este jueves a las 6 p.m. en la plaza del Ayuntamiento de San José a las 6 p.m. este jueves para honrar a quienes perdieron su vida en el tiroteo. Funcionarios, líderes locales y otros miembros de la comunidad fueron invitados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"es\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/VTAfamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VTAfamily\u003c/a> gathers at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SJ_Downtown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SJ_Downtown\u003c/a> to honor our fallen co-workers. Thank you to our whole community for your love and support. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/i3eOTk0lbc\">pic.twitter.com/i3eOTk0lbc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— VTA (@VTA) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/VTA/status/1398094418276614144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">28 de mayo de 2021\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Un tuit del servicio de transporte VTA: \"La familia de VTA se une en el centro de San José para honrar a nuestros colegas caidos. Gracias a toda la comunidad por su amor y apoyo.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/matthewgreen\">Matthew Green\u003c/a> contribuyó a este reportaje.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por el periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a> y editado por la periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\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/11875802/como-ayudar-a-las-victimas-del-tiroteo-masivo-en-san-jose-fondo-de-apoyo-y-asistencia-a-las-victimas","authors":["11509","11626"],"categories":["news_28523"],"tags":["news_28586","news_29423","news_29517","news_27775","news_26702","news_28444","news_29516","news_28590","news_18541","news_29513","news_20675"],"featImg":"news_11875829","label":"source_news_11875802"},"news_11875686":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11875686","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11875686","score":null,"sort":[1622224617000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"my-heart-is-broken-remembering-the-nine-victims-of-the-vta-shooting","title":"‘I Love You Always’: Remembering the 9 Victims of the VTA Shooting","publishDate":1622224617,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>For many of them, it was more than just a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, many of these folks worked here for 20, 30 years. And so, yes, we do become a family,\" said George Sandoval, a maintenance operations manager at the Santa Clara County Valley Transit Authority light rail yard in San Jose, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">a gunman on Wednesday took the lives\u003c/a> of nine of his co-workers.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Raul Peralez, San Jose City Councilmember\"]'My heart is broken. And honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of time for all of us to be able to heal.'[/pullquote]Before naming all the victims and the jobs they performed to keep the trains running, Glenn Hendricks, chair of the VTA board of directors, emphasized how close-knit this community of workers has been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To us here at VTA, they are friends and they are family. And we want to honor their memory,\" he said during a Thursday event at VTA headquarters to honor the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm that unfortunate leader who lost my VTA family members,\" said Naunihal Singh, the superintendent of the rail yard. \"Words are not enough to justify the pain we are all going through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his fallen workers demonstrated their strength and integrity right up until the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I’m hearing from my peers about what happened yesterday, it shows the character of those guys,\" he said, \"how they tried to save others while going through that chaotic situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875687\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the victims\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The nine confirmed victims of a mass shooting at a VTA light rail yard in San Jose on May 26, 2021. All nine victims were VTA employees. \u003ccite>(Photos courtesy of VTA; designed by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evelynn Tran, VTA's acting general manager, said she was with some of the victims' families on Wednesday when they learned the fate of their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of us get training on what to do when there is an active shooter event, but not about the aftermath,\" she said. \"I saw that aftermath and I saw the immense pain in the faces of the families and I heard their cries when they got the news. And it was utterly heart-wrenching. And I felt immensely helpless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We get up every morning, safe in the belief that when we go to work, that we would come home to our family and our loved ones,\" Tran said. \"That did not happen for Abdolvahab, Adrian, Alex, Jose, Lars, Michael, Paul, Taptejdeep, Timothy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a brief description of all nine victims and some memories of them that will endure. These descriptions will be updated as more information is gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Two separate funds had been established to assist victims' families:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working Partnerships USA Union Community Resources\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amalgamated Transit Union Disaster Relief Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paul Delacruz Megia, 42\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Megia always had a smile on his face, no matter what was thrown his way, said his supervisor Naunihal Singh, the rail yard's superintendent, who shared an office with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First hired in 2002 as a bus operator trainee, Megia went on to serve a light rail operator, climbing the ranks to eventually become the facility's assistant superintendent. He was known for embracing challenges on the job, said Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes my demands could be unreasonable, but Paul always accepted it with a smile, always willing to help his employees,\" he said. \"They seemed to reach out to him for whatever their needs were.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a great friend, son, mentor to all. He was so proud of being an employee at VTA and all the accomplishments he made here,\" his wife Nicole said during a Thursday evening vigil at San Jose City Hall. \"God took my best friend too soon, and I wish I could give you one last hug and tell [you] how much I love you,\" she said, choking back tears. \"I love you always.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megia had two sons, a daughter and a stepson, and was planning to take his family on Thursday to Disneyland, his father Leonard Megia told The New York Times. He said his son commuted to work from his home near Tracy, usually hitting the road by 4:30 a.m., but made sure to call his children every morning to check in before they started school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a wonderful dad,” he said. “He’s my son and my best friend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taptejdeep Singh, 36\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Born in India, Singh joined VTA in 2014 as a bus operator trainee and later became a light rail operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was a hard worker who was trying to build a future for his kids, said Anmol Dhillon, his cousin. He leaves behind a wife, a 3-year-old son and a 1 1/2-year-old daughter, whom he lived with in Union City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He’s a great loss to the family, we can’t really get him back. At least he did what he loved,\" Dhillon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh, he said, was smart and generous. Religion was very important to him, Dhillon added, noting that he volunteered and was very involved at his local Sikh temple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His surviving co-workers say Singh died helping them hide from the gunman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He told me he was with Paul (Delacruz Megia), another victim, at the time,” co-worker Sukhvir Singh, who is not related to him, said in a statement. “From what I’ve heard, he spent the last moments of his life making sure that others — in the building and elsewhere — would be able to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Karmen Singh said his older brother was always there to offer help to anyone in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whatever trouble I'm in, he was my first call,\" Karmen said. \"Not just mine — any of my friends needed help, any of my colleagues needed help, I told them, 'Hey, you know, I can call my brother and get an answer for you.' And that was the type of person he was.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's how he lived his whole life is helping others, whoever he met,\" he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karmen extended that spirit to the families of the other victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to tell everybody — all the nine families that are here — that I'm here for them. That's what my brother would want me to do,\" Karmen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adrian Balleza, 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875851\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Balleza began his career at VTA in 2014 as bus operator trainee, later becoming a maintenance worker and light rail operator. He was known as the guy who tried to make the workplace more fun for everyone, said Naunihal Singh, his supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What can I say about that gem of a person,\" he said. \"Very kindhearted.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balleza is survived by his wife, Heather Balleza, and a 2-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our hearts are breaking over and over. Adrian was a kind, humble human being and he cared about everyone who surrounded him,\" Balleza's family said in statement, read by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo at Thursday's vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He cared about everyone who surrounded him. He lit up the room with his big smile and his goofy jokes,\" Balleza's family said. \"His proudest moment was becoming a father. Joseph [his son] was his world. It breaks my heart that he won't able to watch him grow up, take him fishing, or to his first football game.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He had so much life left and things he wanted to do, and he was loved by so many people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Ward Fritch, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875893\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>A substation maintainer at the yard, Fritch died at a hospital late Wednesday, surrounded by his children and parents, said his wife, Terra Fritch of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was our rock, my safe place to fall. He was the love of my life,” Terra told KTVU-TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple got married 20 years ago after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to travel to Hawaii next September to renew their vows, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a GoFundMe created by his wife, Fritch was an optimistic and passionate person who loved Tiki crawls, dirt bikes, Star Wars and his family. He was the sole provider for two teenage boys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He always tried to look on the bright side of things. He loved Mr. Rogers. He watched him all the time. He loved the documentaries. He loved movies,\" Terra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terra told KTVU that she raced to the hospital after learning he had been shot. She said hospital staff moved him over in his bed so she could lie down with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alex was really fighting hard. He didn’t want to go anywhere, and I didn’t want him to go,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Alaghmandan, a substation maintainer, had been with VTA for 20 years. He was dedicated to his job, his son Soheil Alaghmandan, 33, told The Mercury News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He worked overtime. He worked through the entire pandemic,” Soheil said of his father. “He’s a tinkerer. He can fix anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Megan Staker moved to San Francisco from Des Moines in 2018 with her boyfriend Soheil, he took her home to meet his parents at their Castro Valley home, she told the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right away Abdi, as Alaghmandan was known, “became like a second father to me,” she said. “He brought so much joy and laughter to our lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was stolen from us,” she added. “Our hearts are broken forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Hernandez could fix anything, loved his hobbies and lived life with zest, according to his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was somebody who was so fair. A very, very fair person and always leaning to the right side of things, always looking for the right thing to do,\" said his father, Jesus Hernandez II, a retired VTA employee. \"He was a really good guy, a great kid, and now he’s gone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose’s former wife, Sarah, said waiting to find out what happened Wednesday was torturous. She tried to channel her former husband's logic and calm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just tried to be very logical and think, 'Thousands of people work there, there’s no way, let’s just wait to hear and not get worked up, I’m sure he’s fine, I’m sure he’s on scene and he can’t have his phone,'\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Known as \"Mikey\" to his close friends, Rudometkin started working for VTA in 2013 as a mechanic, later becoming an overhead line worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My heart is broken. And honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of time for all of us to be able to heal,” said Raul Peralez, a close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peralez, a San Jose City Councilmember, rushed to the rail yard on Wednesday morning, only to discover that Rudometkin was one of the victims of the deadly rampage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/raulrperalez/\">Facebook message\u003c/a> posted later that day, Peralez said he and Rudometkin had been planning their next golfing outing together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that will never happen again,\" he said. “My family and I have lost a long-time great friend and there are no words to describe the heartache we are feeling right now, especially for his family.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Michael Romo, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>An overhead line worker, Romo had been at VTA for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in the Central Coast town of Greenfield, where his father, Mike Romo, was the mayor and police chief for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romo is survived by his wife, Annette, and three children, Audrey, Scott and Tristan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Romo's children conveyed how much their father meant to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All my friends loved being around him,\" said Audrey, his daughter. \"Almost every time I talked to my dad, he'd always say, 'Who is my favorite little girl?' And I'd always respond, 'I'm your only little girl.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was the funniest man I know,\" she added. \"I'm going to miss him every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Romo described his dad as his hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[He was] everything I ever wanted to be as a man,\" he said. \"And he led by example with everything he did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lars Kepler Lane, 63\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6-160x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6-160x238.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Vicki Lane, Lars' wife, said he was her “soul mate” and the love of her life. They had been married for 22 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He came to VTA 20 years ago, working as an electro-mechanic and then an overhead line worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane leaves behind his four children, grandchildren and a dog he doted on, Vicki said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His 64th birthday was this coming weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from KQED's Holly J. McDede, MJ Johnson, Ezra David Romero, Gabriella Frenes, Julie Chang and Michelle Wiley, with additional content from The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Who they were and what they leave behind: A compilation of brief descriptions of the nine VTA rail yard workers who lost their lives on the job this week.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1622242536,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":78,"wordCount":2165},"headData":{"title":"‘I Love You Always’: Remembering the 9 Victims of the VTA Shooting | KQED","description":"Who they were and what they leave behind: A compilation of brief descriptions of the nine VTA rail yard workers who lost their lives on the job this week.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11875686 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11875686","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/05/28/my-heart-is-broken-remembering-the-nine-victims-of-the-vta-shooting/","disqusTitle":"‘I Love You Always’: Remembering the 9 Victims of the VTA Shooting","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2021/05/ChangVigilSuperspot.mp3","path":"/news/11875686/my-heart-is-broken-remembering-the-nine-victims-of-the-vta-shooting","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For many of them, it was more than just a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, many of these folks worked here for 20, 30 years. And so, yes, we do become a family,\" said George Sandoval, a maintenance operations manager at the Santa Clara County Valley Transit Authority light rail yard in San Jose, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">a gunman on Wednesday took the lives\u003c/a> of nine of his co-workers.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'My heart is broken. And honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of time for all of us to be able to heal.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Raul Peralez, San Jose City Councilmember","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Before naming all the victims and the jobs they performed to keep the trains running, Glenn Hendricks, chair of the VTA board of directors, emphasized how close-knit this community of workers has been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To us here at VTA, they are friends and they are family. And we want to honor their memory,\" he said during a Thursday event at VTA headquarters to honor the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm that unfortunate leader who lost my VTA family members,\" said Naunihal Singh, the superintendent of the rail yard. \"Words are not enough to justify the pain we are all going through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his fallen workers demonstrated their strength and integrity right up until the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I’m hearing from my peers about what happened yesterday, it shows the character of those guys,\" he said, \"how they tried to save others while going through that chaotic situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875687\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the victims\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The nine confirmed victims of a mass shooting at a VTA light rail yard in San Jose on May 26, 2021. All nine victims were VTA employees. \u003ccite>(Photos courtesy of VTA; designed by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evelynn Tran, VTA's acting general manager, said she was with some of the victims' families on Wednesday when they learned the fate of their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of us get training on what to do when there is an active shooter event, but not about the aftermath,\" she said. \"I saw that aftermath and I saw the immense pain in the faces of the families and I heard their cries when they got the news. And it was utterly heart-wrenching. And I felt immensely helpless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We get up every morning, safe in the belief that when we go to work, that we would come home to our family and our loved ones,\" Tran said. \"That did not happen for Abdolvahab, Adrian, Alex, Jose, Lars, Michael, Paul, Taptejdeep, Timothy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a brief description of all nine victims and some memories of them that will endure. These descriptions will be updated as more information is gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Two separate funds had been established to assist victims' families:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working Partnerships USA Union Community Resources\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amalgamated Transit Union Disaster Relief Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paul Delacruz Megia, 42\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Megia always had a smile on his face, no matter what was thrown his way, said his supervisor Naunihal Singh, the rail yard's superintendent, who shared an office with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First hired in 2002 as a bus operator trainee, Megia went on to serve a light rail operator, climbing the ranks to eventually become the facility's assistant superintendent. He was known for embracing challenges on the job, said Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes my demands could be unreasonable, but Paul always accepted it with a smile, always willing to help his employees,\" he said. \"They seemed to reach out to him for whatever their needs were.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a great friend, son, mentor to all. He was so proud of being an employee at VTA and all the accomplishments he made here,\" his wife Nicole said during a Thursday evening vigil at San Jose City Hall. \"God took my best friend too soon, and I wish I could give you one last hug and tell [you] how much I love you,\" she said, choking back tears. \"I love you always.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megia had two sons, a daughter and a stepson, and was planning to take his family on Thursday to Disneyland, his father Leonard Megia told The New York Times. He said his son commuted to work from his home near Tracy, usually hitting the road by 4:30 a.m., but made sure to call his children every morning to check in before they started school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a wonderful dad,” he said. “He’s my son and my best friend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taptejdeep Singh, 36\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Born in India, Singh joined VTA in 2014 as a bus operator trainee and later became a light rail operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was a hard worker who was trying to build a future for his kids, said Anmol Dhillon, his cousin. He leaves behind a wife, a 3-year-old son and a 1 1/2-year-old daughter, whom he lived with in Union City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He’s a great loss to the family, we can’t really get him back. At least he did what he loved,\" Dhillon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh, he said, was smart and generous. Religion was very important to him, Dhillon added, noting that he volunteered and was very involved at his local Sikh temple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His surviving co-workers say Singh died helping them hide from the gunman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He told me he was with Paul (Delacruz Megia), another victim, at the time,” co-worker Sukhvir Singh, who is not related to him, said in a statement. “From what I’ve heard, he spent the last moments of his life making sure that others — in the building and elsewhere — would be able to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Karmen Singh said his older brother was always there to offer help to anyone in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whatever trouble I'm in, he was my first call,\" Karmen said. \"Not just mine — any of my friends needed help, any of my colleagues needed help, I told them, 'Hey, you know, I can call my brother and get an answer for you.' And that was the type of person he was.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's how he lived his whole life is helping others, whoever he met,\" he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karmen extended that spirit to the families of the other victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to tell everybody — all the nine families that are here — that I'm here for them. That's what my brother would want me to do,\" Karmen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adrian Balleza, 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875851\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Balleza began his career at VTA in 2014 as bus operator trainee, later becoming a maintenance worker and light rail operator. He was known as the guy who tried to make the workplace more fun for everyone, said Naunihal Singh, his supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What can I say about that gem of a person,\" he said. \"Very kindhearted.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balleza is survived by his wife, Heather Balleza, and a 2-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our hearts are breaking over and over. Adrian was a kind, humble human being and he cared about everyone who surrounded him,\" Balleza's family said in statement, read by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo at Thursday's vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He cared about everyone who surrounded him. He lit up the room with his big smile and his goofy jokes,\" Balleza's family said. \"His proudest moment was becoming a father. Joseph [his son] was his world. It breaks my heart that he won't able to watch him grow up, take him fishing, or to his first football game.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He had so much life left and things he wanted to do, and he was loved by so many people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Ward Fritch, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875893\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>A substation maintainer at the yard, Fritch died at a hospital late Wednesday, surrounded by his children and parents, said his wife, Terra Fritch of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was our rock, my safe place to fall. He was the love of my life,” Terra told KTVU-TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple got married 20 years ago after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to travel to Hawaii next September to renew their vows, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a GoFundMe created by his wife, Fritch was an optimistic and passionate person who loved Tiki crawls, dirt bikes, Star Wars and his family. He was the sole provider for two teenage boys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He always tried to look on the bright side of things. He loved Mr. Rogers. He watched him all the time. He loved the documentaries. He loved movies,\" Terra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terra told KTVU that she raced to the hospital after learning he had been shot. She said hospital staff moved him over in his bed so she could lie down with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alex was really fighting hard. He didn’t want to go anywhere, and I didn’t want him to go,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Alaghmandan, a substation maintainer, had been with VTA for 20 years. He was dedicated to his job, his son Soheil Alaghmandan, 33, told The Mercury News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He worked overtime. He worked through the entire pandemic,” Soheil said of his father. “He’s a tinkerer. He can fix anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Megan Staker moved to San Francisco from Des Moines in 2018 with her boyfriend Soheil, he took her home to meet his parents at their Castro Valley home, she told the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right away Abdi, as Alaghmandan was known, “became like a second father to me,” she said. “He brought so much joy and laughter to our lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was stolen from us,” she added. “Our hearts are broken forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Hernandez could fix anything, loved his hobbies and lived life with zest, according to his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was somebody who was so fair. A very, very fair person and always leaning to the right side of things, always looking for the right thing to do,\" said his father, Jesus Hernandez II, a retired VTA employee. \"He was a really good guy, a great kid, and now he’s gone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose’s former wife, Sarah, said waiting to find out what happened Wednesday was torturous. She tried to channel her former husband's logic and calm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just tried to be very logical and think, 'Thousands of people work there, there’s no way, let’s just wait to hear and not get worked up, I’m sure he’s fine, I’m sure he’s on scene and he can’t have his phone,'\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Known as \"Mikey\" to his close friends, Rudometkin started working for VTA in 2013 as a mechanic, later becoming an overhead line worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My heart is broken. And honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of time for all of us to be able to heal,” said Raul Peralez, a close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peralez, a San Jose City Councilmember, rushed to the rail yard on Wednesday morning, only to discover that Rudometkin was one of the victims of the deadly rampage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/raulrperalez/\">Facebook message\u003c/a> posted later that day, Peralez said he and Rudometkin had been planning their next golfing outing together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that will never happen again,\" he said. “My family and I have lost a long-time great friend and there are no words to describe the heartache we are feeling right now, especially for his family.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Michael Romo, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>An overhead line worker, Romo had been at VTA for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in the Central Coast town of Greenfield, where his father, Mike Romo, was the mayor and police chief for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romo is survived by his wife, Annette, and three children, Audrey, Scott and Tristan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Romo's children conveyed how much their father meant to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All my friends loved being around him,\" said Audrey, his daughter. \"Almost every time I talked to my dad, he'd always say, 'Who is my favorite little girl?' And I'd always respond, 'I'm your only little girl.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was the funniest man I know,\" she added. \"I'm going to miss him every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Romo described his dad as his hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[He was] everything I ever wanted to be as a man,\" he said. \"And he led by example with everything he did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lars Kepler Lane, 63\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6-160x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6-160x238.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Vicki Lane, Lars' wife, said he was her “soul mate” and the love of her life. They had been married for 22 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He came to VTA 20 years ago, working as an electro-mechanic and then an overhead line worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane leaves behind his four children, grandchildren and a dog he doted on, Vicki said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His 64th birthday was this coming weekend.\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>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from KQED's Holly J. McDede, MJ Johnson, Ezra David Romero, Gabriella Frenes, Julie Chang and Michelle Wiley, with additional content from The Associated Press.\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/11875686/my-heart-is-broken-remembering-the-nine-victims-of-the-vta-shooting","authors":["1263"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_27626","news_21721","news_18939","news_18541","news_29513","news_29087","news_20675"],"featImg":"news_11875761","label":"news"},"news_11875639":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11875639","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11875639","score":null,"sort":[1622196058000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-vtafamily-mourning-their-friends-and-co-workers","title":"The #VTAfamily is Mourning the Loss of Friends and Co-Workers","publishDate":1622196058,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The #VTAfamily is Mourning the Loss of Friends and Co-Workers | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>The deadliest mass shooting in Bay Area history happened Wednesday at a rail yard for the Valley Transportation Authority, the Santa Clara County transit agency made up of around 2,000 employees. The 9 victims who died were maintenance workers, light rail operators, mechanics and supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public transit workers haven’t had the privilege of sheltering at home during the pandemic, and for the past year they’ve kept transit going. Now, VTA workers are mourning the loss of friends and colleagues who they’ve worked alongside for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guest\u003c/b>: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NSavidge\">Nico Savidge\u003c/a>, transportation reporter for the San Jose Mercury News\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC4687622536\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan data-react-class=\"shared/components/HtmlEditor\" data-react-props='{\"sanitizedValue\":null,\"inputName\":\"episode[summary]\"}' data-react-cache-id=\"shared/components/HtmlEditor-0\">Click \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875490/san-jose-vta-shooting-how-to-help-victims-families-and-those-personally-affected\">here\u003c/a> to view efforts to support victims’ families. Episode transcript \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3bZdKXP\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Subscribe to our newsletter \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeiQTfCnzwvOkxyTf8kUNPHsaoishgMkbMpQ25W5UpHOn9bw/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Follow \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-bay\">\u003ci>The Bay\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> to hear more local Bay Area stories like this one. New episodes are released Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 a.m. Find The Bay on \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452?mt=2\">\u003ci>Apple Podcasts\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>, \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ\">\u003ci>Spotify\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>, \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay\">\u003ci>Stitcher\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>, NPR One or via \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/KQED-The-Bay-Flash-Briefing/dp/B07H6YYV23\">\u003ci>Alexa\u003c/i>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1700692882,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":9,"wordCount":167},"headData":{"title":"The #VTAfamily is Mourning the Loss of Friends and Co-Workers | KQED","description":"The deadliest mass shooting in Bay Area history happened Wednesday at a rail yard for the Valley Transportation Authority, the Santa Clara County transit agency made up of around 2,000 employees. 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The 9 victims who died were maintenance workers, light rail operators, mechanics and supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public transit workers haven’t had the privilege of sheltering at home during the pandemic, and for the past year they’ve kept transit going. Now, VTA workers are mourning the loss of friends and colleagues who they’ve worked alongside for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Guest\u003c/b>: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NSavidge\">Nico Savidge\u003c/a>, transportation reporter for the San Jose Mercury News\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC4687622536\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan data-react-class=\"shared/components/HtmlEditor\" data-react-props='{\"sanitizedValue\":null,\"inputName\":\"episode[summary]\"}' data-react-cache-id=\"shared/components/HtmlEditor-0\">Click \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875490/san-jose-vta-shooting-how-to-help-victims-families-and-those-personally-affected\">here\u003c/a> to view efforts to support victims’ families. 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