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Amendment to Hold Drug Dealers Accountable for Fentanyl Deaths Rejected by Senate Democrats

August 24, 2022 5:04 pmAugust 25, 2022 4:46 pm

An amendment that would have held drug dealers accountable for fentanyl deaths was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 2195, authored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), would amend the penal code to creative an alternative plea for...

SF DA Jenkins Announces Policy Moves To Hold More Drug Dealers Accountable

August 3, 2022 12:30 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Wednesday that her office would continue their crackdown of drugs in the city by moving more cases to the regular courts from community justice courts, as well as returning harsher sentencing against...

Teva Pharmaceuticals Reached $24.8 Million Settlement With San Francisco Over Role in City-Wide Opioid Epidemic

July 13, 2022 3:54 pm

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced on Tuesday that the City and County of San Francisco had reached a $24.8 million settlement with the Israeli drug manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals over their role in the opioid epidemic. The city, like...

New SF DA Brooke Jenkins Announces Large Reversal of Boudin Policies Over Drug Arrests

July 13, 2022 2:30 amJuly 13, 2022 3:26 pm

Newly appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Tuesday a sweeping change regarding crime in areas such as the Tenderloin district, vowing to end long-standing drug markets in the city. Crime in the Tenderloin, specifically the open selling...

Bypassing CA Border, Illegal So. Cal. Beach Landings Now a Routine Occurrence

June 28, 2022 2:50 amJune 29, 2022 6:33 am

By Scott Baugh and Sheriff Don Barnes One morning in May, on the shores of Laguna Beach, an Orange County resident videotaped the landing of a Panga boat with over a dozen people unlawfully entering our country. Customs and Border...

Chesa Boudin Must Go

May 23, 2022 8:30 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

The California Globe has generally resisted endorsing candidates or initiatives. Our sense is that trust in the media is so low that declaring our opinion on one page and then covering the news straight on the next naturally gives rise...

SF DA Chesa Boudin Announces Opposition to Mayor London Breed’s Tenderloin Crime Crackdown Plan

December 21, 2021 2:25 amDecember 20, 2021 10:25 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Monday that he was opposed to Mayor London Breed’s crime crackdown plan in the Tenderloin neighborhood, saying that the city should focus efforts elsewhere to keep residents safe and give help to those...