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The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco Mayoral Race – Thirteen Official Candidates Fight For Attention

June 15, 2024 2:47 amJune 15, 2024 2:48 am

Ellen Lee Zhou is a name many of you will not recognize, though she has indeed run for San Francisco mayor three times to date. I got to know her back in 2018 when I was a mayoral candidate as...

Gascon Facing Deposition Demand: Deputy DA Sued Him Over Political Retaliation

June 14, 2024 4:03 pmJune 14, 2024 4:03 pm

One of the many Los Angeles County deputy district attorneys who sued their boss George Gascon has gone back to court, this time to force Gascon to sit for a long-avoided deposition in the case. John Lewin, most well known...

Bill to Ban School Notification Of Pronoun Change to Parents Passed By Senate

June 14, 2024 1:09 pm

A bill that would prohibit school districts from allowing teachers to let parents know if their child is using a new pronoun at school passed the Senate on Thursday in a divisive 29-8 with 3 abstentions vote. Assembly Bill 1955,...

Reformer Rosen Says Gascon Has to Go: Santa Clara DA Endorses Hochman

June 14, 2024 2:55 amJune 14, 2024 2:56 am

When is a progressive district attorney actually regressive? It’s when the DA in question in question is Los Angeles County’s George Gascon, says Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen. This week, Rosen endorsed Nathan Hochman in his effort to...

Los Angeles City Council Proposes Limiting Traffic Stops For Law Enforcement

June 14, 2024 2:35 amJune 14, 2024 2:36 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 on Wednesday to begin a study into if the city can limit the LAPD into halting “pretextual” traffic stops, if a new unarmed agency can conduct traffic stops for minor infractions such as...

Parent Advisory Council Transparency Bill Passes Assembly Education Comm. With Unanimous Vote

June 13, 2024 5:19 pmJune 13, 2024 5:19 pm

A bill aimed at increasing transparency of information about members of the California Department of Education’s (CDE) Parent Advisory Council (PAC) passed the Assembly Education Committee late on Wednesday, moving up to the Assembly Appropriations Committee by a 6-0 vote...

Gov. Newsom More Than Doubles CalGuard’s Counterdrug Task Force to Aid in Fentanyl Crack Down

June 13, 2024 12:34 pmJune 13, 2024 12:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that he would be more than doubling the number of California National Guard (CalGuard) troops being deployed across the state and at the border, from 155 members to 392. The goal is to further crack...