Reforms to help California’s low-income workers hit hard by the coronavirus crisis don’t need to have hefty price tags. Gov. Gavin Newsom could help eliminate a formidable barrier to employment for hundreds of thousands of struggling Californians. It would cost next to nothing, and the state would be one of the first in the nation to do it.
In early January, when Newsom puts forward his 2021 budget proposal his primary opportunity to shape state policy he can lay the groundwork for all California courts to stop suspending people’s driver’s licenses when they miss their traffic court dates.
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Chesa Boudin, in policy shift, seeks to clear case backlog by leaning more on grand juries for charges
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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin wants to use grand juries to bring charges in many open criminal cases.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin says: “It’s unacceptable that we have so many cases that are so old, especially cases that are so serious.”Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Daylight was just beginning to wash over the Tenderloin on a late March day in 2017 when an assailant in a white jacket approached Robert Matthews, stabbed the 47-year-old homeless man in the neck, head and face, and left him bleeding to death on the Golden Gate Avenue sidewalk. Within 10 hours, police believed they had their man.
After reviewing my interview notes for the whole year, I find one word that sticks out－racism. I have listened to the stories of many members from the Chinese community since COVID-19 began spreading in the United States early this year and Asian Americans first reported facing racial bias.
Ex-SFPD cop pleads not guilty to manslaughter in fatal shooting case
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Police body camera footage showed rookie San Francisco police officer Christopher Samayoa fatally shooting unarmed carjacking suspect Keita O’Neil. Samayoa on Monday pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the case./ Courtesy San Francisco Police DepartmentShow MoreShow Less
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San Francisco Police investigate an officer involved shooting at the intersection of Fitzgerald Avenue and Griffith Street on Friday, December 1, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The former San Francisco police officer facing manslaughter charges in the fatal 2017 shooting of carjacking suspect Keita O’Neil pleaded not guilty Monday in a virtual appearance in San Francisco Superior Court.