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Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals yell during a protest outside of the Federal Building in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Held responsible in part by pundits for President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, immigrants and minorities across the county — and in San Francisco — are now planning for his return to the White House.
— particularly in key swing states — ran rampant, with many suggesting they could decide the winner between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Then, overnight, immigrants and their advocates quickly pivoted to control the fallout from Trump’s victory, given that he has pledged toThere is a spectrum of opinions and outlooks among leaders in The City on how to react, and how afraid to be, after a second Trump election victory. While a playbook of sorts was drafted and put to use during his first administration, there is concern whether San Francisco has the resources at hand to fend off Trump’s plans, which had already escalated at the tail end ofAt a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, Mayor London Breed — who leaves office in January — trumpeted her administration’s work to improve resources for immigrants. It has expanded the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs and increased immigrant legal defense funding for programs such as“My hope is that so much of this rhetoric and the worst does not come to pass,” Breed said. “But either way, I believe in this city as one that will always stand for immigrants and their families, and not give in to fear.” But even if much of Trump’s plans does not come to pass, some advocates say they’re already struggling. “The truth is, our capacity to do removal defense cases has been very, very limited, and I think if you talk to any provider in SF they would say the same thing,” said Adrian Tirtanadi, executive director of Open Door Legal, a nonprofit that aims to offer universal access to legal assistance to those who need it. Open Door Legal estimates it would need more than an additional $2 million in annual funding just to meet the current demand from people currently under deportation proceedings. In San Francisco Immigration Court, people with representation are more than five times more likely to successfully avoid deportation, Tirtanadi said. “If we just let immigrants enforce their rights under current immigration law, you would dramatically slow the number of people being deported,” Tirtanadi said. Economic calculus will come into play. The City will be pushed to expand funding for immigrant-support programs at the same time it attempts to close a massive budget deficit. But immigrant advocates stress that the risk of doing nothing is great, and that the economic consequences of mass deportations would be severe in a city where about one third of the population is foreign-born.living in San Francisco as of 2021, according to the California Immigrant Data Portal, a project of the University of Southern California’s Equity Research Institute. But that number only represents a fraction of the people who could be affected by mass deportations and other policies proposed by Trump. An additional 26,000 U.S. citizens in San Francisco were living with people who are undocumented, according to the same data set.There are political factors for San Francisco leaders to consider, as well, and some might suggest The City proceed with caution. San Francisco — by virtue of being home to House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and a longtime progressive bastion — already has a target on its back and need not be thrust further into the path of Trump’s agenda. Francisco Ugarte, managing attorney of the Immigration Defense Unit in the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, said he remains optimistic about San Francisco’s ability to resist Trump. “We have been through a similar period in history where there were promises of sweeping human-rights abuses and mass deportation,” Ugarte said. “This is going to be different, clearly, but what we learned is that San Francisco stood up, a lot of these local political disputes kind of sifted away, and we unified as a city around attacks on people who were not born in the United States.”“It’s going to be bad, no doubt there’s going to be a lot of fear,” Ugarte said. “We don’t know what’s coming, so it’s hard to prepare — but we will be there.” Under the first Trump administration, San Francisco took quick legal action that successfully blocked him from implementing an executive order that would’ve pulled funding from sanctuary cities.that would effectively accomplish the same goal as his original executive order. He’s likely to have a more receptive ear to that proposal on Capitol Hill, as Republicans will control both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Already, community-based organizations in San Francisco and the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs are preparing by highlighting resources — many of which were launched under the first Trump administration — for immigrants and their families.through which ICE activity in San Francisco can be reported. The network of nonprofits that handle the call line work to vet reports, and can offer legal assistance to anyone detained by immigration officials. “We’re sad that this is happening, but we’re not surprised that Trump was elected and I think this time around, from those lessons the systems can easily be lifted ,” said Jorge Rivas, executive director of OCEIA. The details and potential legal boundaries of Trump’s plans remain to be seen, which to some extent limits The City’s ability to plan for them.San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie: “I’m committing to people in San Francisco that I will always, always protect our immigrants.” Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie hasn’t gotten specific in comments to the press since he won earlier this month, but has“Right now I’m trying to stay focused on our people and not deal with hypotheticals in D.C., but I’m committing to people in San Francisco that I will always, always protect our immigrants,” Lurie told KGO-TV this week. Rivas said his office is already collaborating with service providers throughout San Francisco to assess their needs, and is working to update public-facing information. City departments are having internal conversations about the potential consequences of Trump’s actions, he said. In the meantime, Rivas stressed that San Francisco remains a sanctuary city, and people should still feel comfortable accessing city services — including emergency services such as the police department — without fear that doing so could jeopardize their livelihoods.At the same time they’re preparing for Trump, immigrant and minority leaders are tasked by pundits, journalists and political analysts with explaining his victory.As the number of Latino voters grows, their votes are up for grabs, as research indicates that they are increasingly unlikely to be rigidly tied to a single party. Latino voters have repeatedly indicated in surveys that their top priorities are those of the broader population — strengthening the economy and fighting inflation.that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis released in 2022 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. On Election Day, Latinos gave Harris less support than they did Biden in 2020, according to multiple estimates. This quickly spurred headlines and analysis about a rightward shift among that demographic — particularly in states such as Florida where Trump won handily. According to nonpartisan organization UnidosUS, which surveyed Latino voters in the weeks leading up to the election, the reported rightward drift among Latinos has been overstated, and is actually on par with that of the rest of the nation. In the end, UnidosUS and its researchers believe that the Latino vote was not a deciding factor in Trump’s win over Harris. Even if not a single Latino voter cast a ballot in the 2024 election, the result likely would’ve been the same, according to Gary Segura, a UCLA political scientist who worked with UnidosUS to survey voters prior to the election. “Could Latinos have prevented former President Trump from winning North Carolina? Yes, if 97% of them had voted Democratic, something that seems unlikely in any circumstance,” Segura told reporters last week during a call to breakdown polling results hosted by UnidosUS.“What we saw immediately after the election was this wave of people just trying to point fingers at how this happened ... it was pretty much, ‘We need to find a culprit,’” Frankie Miranda, president and CEO of Hispanic Federation, told The Examiner.Supporters hold a sign before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign event, Sept.12, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz. There are a multitude of nuances to the Latino vote, which is far from monolithic. Central American Latinos, for example, supported Harris by a 40-point margin, while 54% of Cubans backed Trump,There were stark differences in how Latino men and women voted, according to the polling data. Women were far more likely to support Harris, though a slim majority of Latino men also backed the vice president. According to an analysis by the San Francisco Chronicle, counties in California with higher percentages of Latinos were more likely to have a But German Cash, the California state director for Hispanic Federation, said that Californians by and large maintained their strong support for Democrats. “There isn’t a resounding rejection of the policies that have made California what it is now,” Cash said. Regardless of the election outcome, leaders such as Miranda are looking ahead and gauging how best to navigate a new Trump administration. “We are a little bit trying to just make sense of this new reality, we are in the process of mapping what is going to be the strategy and what are going to be the specific needs of organizations on the ground,” Miranda said.This moniker, bestowed on him by the Nob Hill Gazette in 2018, rings just as true today. In fact, Wunderman’s fingerprints are all over the region’s politics and every sector of its dense and thriving economy. He holds a variety of titles, but his most prominent one is president and CEO of the Bay Area Council. In his 20 years at the helm of the almost 80-year-old San Francisco institution, Wunderman has transformed it from a run-of-the-mill good-governance group into arguably the most influential advocacy organization in the Bay Area. Wunderman bulked up the council’s membership to more than 325 organizations encompassing a diverse range of industries including housing, transportation, homelessness, workforce development and early education.“Jim’s commitment to making a real difference and ability to marshal a range of stakeholders effectively sets him apart as a leader,” Kausik Rajgopal, Paypal’s current executive vice president of strategy, corporate development and partnerships, told the Gazette in 2018. Wunderman has had a front-row seat to some of the Bay Area’s most important political and economic moments of the past four decades. His first job after graduating from San Francisco State University was as a staffer on acting Mayor Dianne Feinstein’s election campaign,Ten years later, he was chief of staff for Mayor Frank Jordan, a position often regarded as nearly as powerful as the mayoral seat itself. He then worked as an executive at the San Francisco-based credit-card firm Providian before taking his current job as head of the Bay Area Council. Wunderman has also made sure the Bay Area Council evolves just as the region does. This year, he announced plans to join forces with one of the onlythat could match the council’s stature — San Jose’s Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Part of the motivation: to allow his group to represent more AI firms as the industry explodes across Silicon Valley. “Bringing together the combined resources of these two great organizations would create an unparalleled platform from which to advocate for our region’s interest, overcome our biggest challenges and provide the visionary leadership needed to grow and prosper,” he said in a statement., The Examiner has set out to recognize the people who define The City. As our city is being reborn, there have been a few remarkable contributions by people who refuse to succumb to the lazy narrative of doom loops and ,instead, in truly San Francisco style, choose to see the opportunity and will a new future into existence. This is one of the 12 San Franciscans you, our readers, selected whose innovative work and leadership have left an indelible mark on our city and inspire us all to be better San Franciscans.The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Parents, educators, researchers and policymakers have raised alarms over excessive social media use among youth for years, but adults’ ideas on That’s why one social media company is now leaning toward a student-led approach as the antidote to rising social-, emotional- and mental-wellness issues associated with its platform., is providing schools in The City and around the Bay Area with grants to help facilitate discussions between teenagers, their parents and teachers to better inform students on how to use social media responsibly and create healthy boundaries online.Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco was one of several Bay Area schools to receive grant funds from TikTok for teaching responsible social-media use. San Francisco’s Abraham Lincoln High School is one of a handful of schools in the region that received grants from TikTok this month. TikTok partnered with National PTA, which advocates for laws, regulations, policies and programs addressing excessive social-media use among teenagers, to provide the high school with a $3,000 grant. “If a family is going to allow their teen to be on a particular app or platform, like TikTok, then it’s crucial for everyone in the household to know how to safely navigate that platform,” National PTA President Yvonne Johnson said in a statement. TikTok’s Create with Kindness program awards grants to parent-teacher associations at public high schoolsto organize student-led panel discussions in which teenagers can highlight the type of support they need from adults. A spokesperson for the platform said Thursday that the funding can “help remove barriers for PTAs, such as translation services, childcare, or meals, to host welcoming and inclusive community events.” The program is hosted by Lincoln High School’s PTA. Participation from parents and students is voluntary. Numerous studies have linked excessive social-media use among adolescents with increased rates of depression, social anxiety and feelings of isolation. Johnson said the initiative will serve as a “safe space” for families to learn more about the dangers — and benefits — of having an online presence. Because most social platforms, including TikTok, require account holders to be at least 13 years old to sign up, the program is aimed at addressing social-media use among high-school students specifically. SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su, who formerly led the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, and Supervisor Myrna Melgar blamed platforms like TikTok and Instagram for escalating violence among The City’s teenagers last year, when a series of violent incidents involving students showed some recording on their phones, anticipating or perhaps egging on a brawl. DCYF’s proposal last summer to create a social-media monitoring task force following the incidents was met with criticism from members of The City’s Youth Commission. The initiative was dropped, but policymakers’ push to police social media didn’t end there.October study led by Jason Nagata , an associate professor in UCSF’s Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, indicated a link between social anxiety and social-media use in young people and how parents can directly and indirectly affect it. The study found that parental use of screens to control behavior — restricting use as a consequence or allowing it as a reward, for example — was associated with more screen time — and therefore increased risk of abuse. The American Academy of Pediatrics “recommends developing a family media use plan that considers the unique needs of each child,” Nagata said, as the study found that inappropriate social media use varies based on age and race. The implementation of a family media-use plan “may be more successful when clear, consistent rules are mutually agreed upon” by parents and children, Nagata said. Suzy Loftus, the head of trust and safety at TikTok, said the platform’s partnership with National PTA considers the importance of parent-child relationships when creating healthy barriers at schools. “Listening to the experiences of teens and parents is a critical step in building a safe platform for families,” she said. “, teens and parents will take away tangible tips for creating safe digital boundaries, learn more about TikTok’s safety features, and create a solid foundation for parents and teens to keep talking about how to stay safe online.”Click and hold your mouse button on the page to select the area you wish to save or print. You can click and drag the clipping box to move it or click and drag in the bottom right corner to resize it. 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