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Former LA Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas Challenges Guilty Verdict

June 27, 2023 2:30 amJune 27, 2023 2:31 am

Former Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was found guilty of seven counts earlier this year, challenged the jury’s guilty verdict on Monday, demanding that the guilty verdict be vacated for a new trial or that he be acquitted...

Reparations Task Force To Have Final Meeting On Thursday

June 26, 2023 6:45 pmJune 26, 2023 6:47 pm

The California Reparations Task Force entered their final week of meetings to make last minute tweaks to their final reparations recommendations report Monday, with the final report due to the state legislature on Friday. Since the Task Force was first...

California State Capitol dome shines against blue sky

State Employee Who Saved California Millions Loses Compensation Case Against CalHR

June 26, 2023 1:06 pmJune 26, 2023 1:06 pm

New state appellate court documents unveiled over the weekend found that a former California Department of Transportation Employee, whose suggestions have saved the state millions of dollars, lost a court case earlier this month against the California Department of Human...

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...

Prioritizing Your Safety: My Pledge to Support Law Enforcement and Protect Our Neighborhoods

June 24, 2023 8:40 amJune 24, 2023 8:48 am

The “decarceration” and “defund police” movements have made our neighborhoods less safe, eroded the morale of our law enforcement agencies, and hurt small businesses that power our economy. These dangerous ideologies prioritize criminals over community – and even the real...

The Cashless Ban: San Francisco’s Continued Folly

June 24, 2023 2:45 amJune 27, 2023 5:24 am

Back in 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance banning nearly all “cashless” stores, or those that only accept credit cards, debit cards, and other virtual payments while not accepting cash. The Board said that such brick...

Mayor London Breed Proposes San Francisco Centre Mall Be Torn Down For Soccer Stadium

June 24, 2023 2:30 amJune 24, 2023 2:31 am

During the Bloomberg’s Technology Summit in San Francisco on Thursday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed proposed that the rapidly declining San Francisco Centre mall be completely replaced by something else, going as far as to say that it be torn...