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L.A. County Expands Efforts to Combat Anti-Asian Hate Posted On By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to expand efforts to combat the disturbing rise, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, of anti-Asian violence, hatred and discrimination. Supervisor Hilda Solis authored the motion. which gives additional resources to the L.A. County Human Relations Commission program called L.A. vs. Hate, in particular the Rapid Resp...

A preview of Palo Alto government meetings for the week of March 15.

Planning Commission Chairwoman Frances DiMeglio concludes the Commission’s recent capital budget decision-making session. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Planning Commissioners have pressured Mayor Harry Rilling to spend more capital budget dollars on Norwalk Public Schools than his Chief Financial Officer thinks wise. The Planning Commission’s recommended capital budget is nearly $3 million higher than the austere recommendation from CFO Henry Dachowitz, a 10% increase would allow Rilling to fu...

Long time social and racial justice activist has fund created in her name.

The Equality Act, which passed the U.S. House on Feb. 25, would extend federal nondiscrimination policies to LGBTQ Americans. With 72% of Floridians supporting such protections, Florida senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott should support the legislation, writes a senior vice president with Seasons, which provides hospice care in 18 states, including Florida.

Stop Staying Silent on Racial Discrimination Against Asians | Opinion Wilson Yuan , assistant professor, Justice Studies at San José State University On 3/9/21 at 3:00 PM EST In Fall 2016, I moved from Indiana to the Bay area with the hope that there would be no racism in the Golden State. Unfortunately, while at the San Jose DMV a white male yelled at me, "You people are evil!" I was confused by the harassment because I had never heard that said to me or anyone I knew. I ne...

Steven Adams | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A moratorium on evictions in Pittsburgh during the coronavirus pandemic went into effect Friday as a group representing landlords in the region sued the city, alleging local officials aren’t allowed to enact the ban under state law. City officials are moving forward with enforcing the ordinance, according to Councilwoman Deb Gross, who spearhe...

St Andrews professor is now a jolly good Fellow © Supplied by St Andrews Universit Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A St Andrews academic has been given a prestigious honour with a Fellowship. Brad MacKay, vice-principal for international strategy and external relations, senior vice-principal and professor of strategy at St Andrews Univers...

When the Westboro Baptist Church began preaching hate, Bill Beachy responded with love and the Love Your Neighbor program.  “Bill was an activist; he wanted to call people together and he wanted people to sound their voices,” said Jim McCollough, former executive director at the Topeka Center for Peace and Justice.  Multiple people told The Topeka Capital-Journal that Bill was a caring person with a passion for social justice and civil rights issues.   Beachy spent 20 years as the execu...

An organization representing landlords in the region is suing Pittsburgh City Council over its passing of an eviction moratorium to protect renters from eviction amid the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The lawsuit, filed by the North Huntingdon-based Landlord Services Bureau, claims the ordinance passed by council earlier this week goes beyond