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SF Public Utilities Commission Head Charged With Fraud, Resigns

December 1, 2020   7:18 pm
On Monday, the FBI raided the home of Harlan Kelly, the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SF PUC), leading to his ultimate resignation from the position after being charged on one count of honest wire service...
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Proposed SF Ban on Smoking Inside Apartment Buildings Quickly Gains Opposition

November 16, 2020   2:32 pmNovember 17, 2020   12:16 pm
On Monday, significant public opposition began to form around a proposed San Francisco Board of Supervisors bill that, if passed, would ban smoking inside private apartment buildings. The bill, authored by Supervisor Norman Yee, would specifically  ban usage inside apartment...
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How Many California Counties Use ‘Glitchy’ Dominion Voting System?

November 16, 2020   7:20 amNovember 17, 2020   12:27 pm
Across the country, recounts and legal challenges to vote results from November 3, 2020 Presidential Election are taking place in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. At issue in several states is the “glitchy” computer program in Michigan which...
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San Francisco Votes To Ban Natural Gas in Newer Buildings

November 12, 2020   4:42 pmNovember 13, 2020   6:08 am
Earlier this week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to ban natural gas from all new buildings within the city, becoming the latest Californian city to enact such legislation in the last few years. The ban ins scheduled to...
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How to Fix Police Low Staffing Issues? Nix Mandatory Minimum (Safe) Staffing

November 10, 2020   2:23 amNovember 9, 2020   3:35 pm
Law enforcement agencies institute and maintain minimum safe staffing levels because public safety is too important not to. That means not only having enough personnel on duty to handle an ordinary day but also to be prepared for anomalies: home-invasion...
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San Francisco Voters Pass ‘Overpaid Executive Tax’

November 6, 2020   2:57 pmNovember 7, 2020   7:53 am
On Thursday, it was formally announced that San Francisco’s Proposition L passed in San Francisco, raising annual business taxes for companies that do business in the city if executives are paid drastically more than normal employees. Prop L, also known...
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Compton Announces Launch Of Privately-Funded Universal Income Program

October 20, 2020   5:29 pm
On Monday, Compton Mayor Aja Brown announced  in a statement that the city will be launching a universal income pilot program for 800 low-income residents. In the announcement, Mayor Brown said that the program, called the Compton Pledge, would begin...
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