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Why a private company is investigating rapes at an ICE detention center instead of the sheriff

Records show a California sheriff's office has given a private contractor the authority to decide whether to investigate rape allegations at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center in San Diego

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California police chief accused of commuting from Idaho and sleeping at the station

Eamonn Allen, the chief of police in Millbrae near San Francisco, has reportedly been living at the station during the week and returning to Boise, over 650 miles away when off work

The Independent UK

Brickbat: It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is set to vote on an ordinance proposed by Board President Rafael Mandelman that would… The post Brickbat: It's a Gas, Gas, Gas appeared first on Reason.com.

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San Francisco ready to grant new mayor greater powers to battle fentanyl crisis

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors appears ready to grant newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers to expedite the city’s response to its fentanyl and homelessness crisis

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Single-Use Stipulation

The Napa County, California, Board of Supervisors has banned single-use plastic bags and utensils. Restaurants will have to provide dine-in… The post Brickbat: Single-Use Stipulation appeared first on Reason.com.

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San Diego Passed a Measure To Limit Cooperation With ICE; Its Sheriff Has Vowed To Defy It

Sheriff Kelly Martinez argues that current state law makes the new policy unnecessary and that the Board of Supervisors cannot set policy for the sheriff

Latin Times

Birth of a YIMBY Folk Hero

Plus: The White House's rent controls, San Francisco's bad-to-worse turn on housing, and the latest unintended consequence of eviction moratoriums

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San Francisco Supervisors Apologize For Racist Policies, Consider Reparations

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors to apologize to Black residents for past racism and discuss reparations. Ongoing discussions on racial justice and equity.

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Brickbat: Don't Go Yet

San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Dean Preston has proposed an ordinance that would require supermarkets to provide at least six months' notice before closing any stores. It would also require supermarket executives to meet with community members before closing a store and require them to try to find a…

Reason

San Francisco's Can-Kicking on Zoning Reform Could See It Lose All Zoning Powers

Plus: the U.S. Justice Department says zoning restrictions on a church's soup kitchen are likely illegal, more cities pass middle housing reforms, and California gears up for another rent control fight.

Reason

Weed war: Raids on licensed farms and dog shooting spark outrage

Video of a police raid on a Northern California cannabis farm earlier this month has set off outrage, in part because the 36-second clip shows an officer fatally shooting a grower's dog.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: QAnon has gone local, with strange repercussions in California’s Shasta County and beyond

The Shasta County, California, Board of Supervisors has “upended the county’s election process,” the Los Angeles Times reported last week, “canceling its contract with Dominion Voting Systems.” The county could opt to hand-count ballots instead, which would likely delay results and promote more suspicion of elections. One supervisor said he…

Los Angeles Times

Special counsel urges LA sheriff to ban the 'cancer' of deputy gangs

LOS ANGELES — After dozens of interviews and seven public hearings, the Civilian Oversight Commission's special counsel has released a 70-page report condemning the "cancer" of violent deputy gangs and urging Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna to create a policy officially banning the secretive groups.

Los Angeles Times

ACLU asks judge to hold LA sheriff and county supervisors in contempt over jail conditions

LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Monday to find Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors and Sheriff Robert Luna in contempt of court for failing to fix "appalling" conditions in the local lockups.

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LA County supervisors call for probation chief’s ouster after video of violent restraint of teen

LOS ANGELES — A majority of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and members of an oversight panel called for the ouster of the head of the Probation Department this week after the Los Angeles Times published a disturbing video showing staff at a juvenile facility violently restraining a teenage…

Salon

89-year-old Dianne Feinstein to retire

Some may remember what happened the last time Feinstein announced her retirement from politics

The Conversation

Senator Dianne Feinstein will retire in 2024, bringing a groundbreaking career to a close

Democrat Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old senior senator from California, announced on Feb. 14, 2023, that she will retire from the Senate rather than run for a sixth term when her current term expires at the end of 2024.

Fortune

The public isn’t ready to trust police with killer robots—but that shouldn’t stop conversations about the technology

Police chiefs argue robots could be useful tools for stopping mass casualty events and other violent situations.

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Long after LA's mental health chief quit, pressures he faced still shape the agency

LOS ANGELES — A 2017 trip to observe a celebrated Italian mental health system made believers out of a group of Los Angeles County and nonprofit leaders.

Los Angeles Times

Family to sell Bruce's Beach property back to LA County for nearly $20 million

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that the Bruce family had decided to sell back Bruce's Beach to L.A. County for nearly $20 million.

Los Angeles Times

Why legal weed is failing in one of California’s legendary pot-growing regions

DOUGLAS CITY, Calif. — Xong Vang and Chia Xiong arrived in Douglas City, a town of the Gold Rush era, hoping to make good from the next big California boom.

WEKU

San Francisco supervisors bar police robots from using deadly force for now

San Francisco had been considering a policy to allow police robots to use deadly force in certain extreme cases. The Board of Supervisors sent the issue back to a committee for further discussion.

Los Angeles Times

Robert Luna is sworn in as LA County’s new sheriff, replacing controversial predecessor

LOS ANGELES — During his swearing-in ceremony Saturday, Sheriff Robert Luna vowed to lead with a spirit of integrity, accountability and collaboration, eager to mark a new era for the department following four years under the leadership of his controversial predecessor.

WEKU

San Francisco considers allowing law enforcement robots to use lethal force

From sci-fi to the streets, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors considers a policy proposal on whether the San Francisco Police Department can use robots as a deadly force.

The Independent UK

Lake seeks election records in suit against Arizona county

Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election

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