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Woke Squared: SF Department of Children, Youth, and their Families Equity Progress

June 26, 2023 6:30 amJune 26, 2023 6:57 am

This is part of an on-going series called ‘Hidden in Plain Site” which looks at various California government, non-profit and union websites to see what they are saying in public (you can imagine what goes on in private.) It may...

Smart Cities or Gateway to Hell?

June 26, 2023 2:30 amJune 26, 2023 9:06 am

As inflation soars across the State of California, most cannot afford the cost of a home mortgage. Californians continue to seek rental properties as the expansion of low-income housing has aggrandized across the state. Mr. Roger Valdez, Director of the...

What Is the Industrial Welfare Commission?

June 25, 2023 10:53 amJune 25, 2023 10:59 am

What is the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) and why is it important now? The IWC has been inoperative for many years and not funded – until now. The June 24, 2023 amendments to AB/SB 102 (Budget Bill Junior) would fund...

June 2023 Budget Bills

June 25, 2023 10:47 amJune 25, 2023 10:49 am

The Legislature has put into print 2 Budget Bills Junior (amending the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Budget Acts), along with 17 Budget Trailer Bills. These bills became public just after 10am on June 24 and will be considered in the...

Are Legislative Findings in Prop. 28 Bills Sufficient?

June 25, 2023 7:59 amJune 25, 2023 8:07 am

In reviewing recent legislation that proposes amendments to California’s Arts and Music in Schools Act, as enacted by the voters by Prop. 28 in November 2022, the same legislative finding and declaration is made in a bill. It is a...

Are 15 Minute Cities Smart?

June 24, 2023 10:32 amJune 24, 2023 10:37 am

The 15-minute city (FMC) – a neat idea, a new way to control the populace, a trendy blip in the public planning industry, a long-term insidious scheme – all, some, or none of these? One thing is true, a thing...

One Year after Roe v. Wade Overturned by Supreme Court

June 24, 2023 8:29 amJune 26, 2023 6:14 am

One year ago the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the opinion, and noted “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one...