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Dec 20, 2024 · Incarceration and justice reform’s ripple effects continue to be felt heavily in our society. Our prison news coverage delves into the complex issues surrounding the penal system, shedding light on the ongoing challenges and reforms that impact the lives of those behind bars and the communities they return to- including reporting by prison journalist Steve Brooks, who was selected to ...
Oakland leadership shuffle: Jenkins becomes interim mayor, Gallo …
3 hours ago · IN AN EVENTFUL and somewhat convoluted day in Oakland’s civic life, Councilmember Kevin Jenkins is now interim mayor, Councilmember Noel Gallo is temporarily council president and Barbara Lee filed papers to run in the upcoming special mayoral election.. The chair shuffling started soon after the City Council’s three newest members — Zac Unger, Rowena Brown and Ken Houston — were sworn ...
California study finds climate of fear driving local officials to quit ...
2 days ago · Rising threats against public officials is a national problem. Between 2013 and 2016, there were, on average, 38 federal charges involving threats to public officials per year, according to the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education Center, a research center.That average sharply increased between 2017 and 2022, when an average of 62 federal charges were brought annually ...
Can California keep ICE away from schools? Lawmakers want to try …
1 day ago · Schools as safe havens. Schools have long been safe havens for immigrant students. Under a 1982 Supreme Court ruling, public schools must enroll all students regardless of their immigration status and can’t charge tuition to students who aren’t legal residents.And since 2011, federal guidelines discourage agents from making immigration arrests at schools, hospitals, churches, courthouses ...
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Politics still local and personal — but only for independents, not ...
Jun 15, 2024 · The same is true for other significant political questions: Independents’ political views and perspectives on key issues also reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day.. In contrast, Democrats’ and Republicans’ ideas of what problems deserve government attention and how to solve them are much less likely to be based on their own life experiences, and ...
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‘Dog Man’ series, Spears memoir top charts of SJ library’s most borrowed books in 2024. San Jose Public Library has released lists of the books that were checked out the most by library visitors in 2024, with Britney Spears’ memoir leading among adults and a book in the “Dog Man” series by Dav Pilkey the most checked-out title among children and among all age groups.
Bringing back downtowns: Local leaders seek ways to restore their …
Dec 13, 2024 · AFTER COVID-19 EMPTIED restaurants and theaters in California’s city centers and businesses adapted to allow staff to work from home, downtowns never returned to their pre-pandemic vibrance.. On a recent Wednesday, Democratic state Assemblymembers Matt Haney of San Francisco and Buffy Wicks of Oakland, joined city leaders in …
The California mandate and San Francisco’s housing debate
Oct 12, 2024 · The labels, “NIMBY” and “YIMBY,” are all too familiar these days, but beyond the blunt edges of those characterizations lies an intricate policy debate on housing that will shape the future of California cities in profound ways.And ground zero is San Francisco. Under a state housing plan passed in 2022 and subsequently modified too …
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