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SF’s Absent Supervisor Fielder: Compassion, or Convenient Evasion?

June 13, 2026 6:30 amJune 13, 2026 6:31 am

Jacqueline “Jackie” Fielder, one of San Francisco’s youngest elected officials (31 yrs.), took office as District 9 Supervisor/City Council member on January, 2025 last year, after election victory. Representing constituents ranked among the most liberal (Mission District, Bernal Heights, and...

Heath Care Decisions in California

June 13, 2026 2:31 amJune 13, 2026 2:32 am

Division 4.7 deals with health care decisions. Part 1 concerns definitions. Chapter 1 contains a short title and definitions. Section 4600 names this the Health Care Decisions Law. Section 4603 provides that the definitions in this chapter govern the construction...

Special Vote Thresholds for Amending Voter-Approved Ballot Measures

June 12, 2026 2:00 pmJune 12, 2026 3:26 pm

As you may be aware, initiative measures proposed by voters and approved at the statewide election cannot be amended by the Legislature, unless the initiative authorizes that to occur. In most instances, a higher vote requirement is imposed (most commonly...

Scorsese Embraces AI Storyboarding But Guilds Call It ‘Betrayal’ of Human Craft

June 12, 2026 1:00 pmJune 12, 2026 1:01 pm

Martin Scorsese, the 83-year-old master behind Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and Killers of the Flower Moon, has long been a champion of cinema’s evolution. He embraced 3D in Hugo and digital de-aging in The Irishman. Now he’s extending that curiosity to...

Trump Admin Shuts Down San Francisco Immigration Court After Purge of Pro-Asylum Judges

June 12, 2026 10:36 amJune 12, 2026 11:33 am

The Trump administration recently shut down the San Francisco immigration court after purging judges deemed too liberal because of unusually high asylum grants. Trump’s Executive Office of Immigration Review has removed and/or fired over 100 Immigration Judges, including resignations, for...

Floating Homes

June 12, 2026 2:30 amJune 12, 2026 2:31 am

Division 2, Part 2, Title 2, Chapter 2.7 deals with floating homes. Article 1 concersn general provisions. Section 800 provides that this chapter is the Floating Home Residency Law. Section 800.1 requires the specified definitions to govern the construction of...

A Big ‘L’ for LUCHA? ‘Hands Off Our Elections’ Demonstration Draws No Protesters Outside Maricopa County BOS Meeting

June 11, 2026 2:48 pmJune 11, 2026 2:57 pm

A planned “Hands Off Our Elections” demonstration promoted by Living United for Change in Arizona, or LUCHA, drew no visible protesters outside the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, despite the group’s call for supporters to attend amid the...