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The city of San Francisco says that suicide rates of children have hit record highs in a lawsuit aimed at pushing the city's school district to reopen classrooms.
A trans Black man who is a San Francisco Fire Department paramedic is suing the city, alleging he has been discriminated against on the basis of his race and gender identity, harassed, and retaliated against.
Ronnie Jones, 44, has worked for the SFFD since 2006. He came out as transgender in 2015, and things at work have not been the same since, according to his attorney, Angela Alioto, who spoke with the Bay Area Reporter February 11.
Alioto, a past president of the Board of Supervisors, is also representing gay firefighter Keith Baraka in his suit against the city, as the B.A.R. reported January 25. To Alioto, Jones discrimination case is part of the same pattern.
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Lyft Wants Calif. State IPO Suit Scrapped In Light Of Fed. Case
Law360, San Francisco (February 11, 2021, 9:34 PM EST) Lyft urged a California state judge Thursday to dismiss investors woefully inadequate claims that it wildly overstated its market share and hid potential liabilities from riders sexual assault allegations ahead of its initial public offering, arguing that it is already litigating nearly identical claims in federal court.
The ride-hailing company, which is facing securities suits in both state and federal court over claims it made misstatements and omissions regarding its market share estimates, first quarter financial reporting and driver sexual assault liability in the lead-up to its March 2019 IPO, pressed San Francisco Superior Court Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng to grant.
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