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Woke CEOs Condemn Democracy When the Outcomes Fail Progressive Litmus Tests

August 7, 2022 8:34 amAugust 7, 2022 10:50 am

It’s a predictable pattern. A state announces that its duly elected conservative legislators enact a law presumably backed by the majority of people who elected them. Immediately, corporations begin wringing their hands over how hard it will be to find...

Sen. Scott Wiener Chosen as Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox

August 5, 2022 4:16 pmAugust 7, 2022 8:35 am

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced on Thursday that he would be the Chairman of the newly-formed Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox. Monkeypox, a virus that cause rashes, swollen glands, and fever among other symptoms that is also rarely deadly, had...

New Law Bans Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Approved by Gov. Newsom

July 5, 2022 12:20 pm

A bill that bans arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom during the weekend, formally ending the long-standing practice to crackdown on prostitution in cities across the state. Senate Bill 357,...

Bill To Ban Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Moves to Governor’s Desk

June 20, 2022 3:51 pm

A bill to ban arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was sent to the Governor’s desk on Monday, nine months after both houses of the state legislature first passed it. Senate Bill 357, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

Senator Scott Wiener Ordered Away From Home Following Credible Bombing Threat

June 13, 2022 12:54 pm

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) was ordered away from his San Francisco home on Sunday following a credible bomb threat and a joint San Francisco Police Department and California Highway Patrol investigation. According to authorities, an obscenity filled e-mail was...

CA Senate Passes ‘Transgender-Inclusive Health Care’ Bill

May 24, 2022 2:08 pm

A bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) to require doctors and health care staff to complete cultural humility training to provide “trans-inclusive health care” just passed the California Senate, 28-6. It now heads to the Assembly for policy...

SF Mayor London Breed Selects SFPD Communications Director Matt Dorsey as Next Supervisor

May 9, 2022 12:53 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed picked SFPD Communications Director Matt Dorsey to fill in an open Board of Supervisors slot on Monday, replacing Matt Haney, who was elected to the state Assembly last month. Since graduating from Emerson College in...