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Civil Rights Corps Damaging Criminal Justice System with Meritless Lawsuits
Like many jurisdictions across the nation, Los Angeles County has a big problem with its bail system. Scores of defendants are being forced to wait far too long to make their case that they should have their bails lowered or be released through alternative means. Unfortunately, rather than looking for serious ways to remedy the situation, politics has reared its ugly head once again.
66: Mac's Milk
(originally published Sept 10 2022 at misterjep.substack.com) I'm becoming so lazy in my olding age: I'm quite in love with Ezra Furman, and she is coming to town next week, playing a very reasonable 7pm show at a small venue - and I'm still feeling like I might not make it out! I'm wiped out by the end of the work day lately, no lie. But I should go, I am imagining a personally important show.
McDonalds, DAMN
DAMN My parents announced their decision to split up during the months of this terrible job. I know this because I have a strange memory: I was walking to work, cuz Sarnia transit was brutal and slow, and was waiting at the busiest intersection on the route for the light to turn green. Suddenly, a stranger touched me on the arm. I startled, and they asked me if I needed a hand. "Sorry - it's just - you've been standing here for, like, ten minutes," they explained.
Memorials to 4 gentlemen of jazz
Air date: Wed, 02/03/2021 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm Jeff Clayton; Stanley Cowell; Gene Wright; and Candido Reedman Jeff Clayton co-founded, with bassist brother John, and drummer Jeff, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.
The Black Box of Bail Algorithms: One Sensible Solution
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeff Clayton, Policy Director of the American Bail Coalition discusses a recent Idaho bill proposal that seeks to reform the use of risk assessment algorithms in bail hearings. . . Much needed legislation, which reins-in use of algorithms to determine who stays in jail pending trial and who gets out, recently passed in the Idaho legislature.
Paris Climate Agreement Could Have Little Impact
World leaders gathered in Paris this week in an effort to save the world from catastrophic climate change, but it may be too late, according to Stanford environmental law expert Michael Wara. “The emissions reductions that countries are coming forward with and promising in Paris are not nearly enough to solve the problem of climate change,” Wara told NBC Bay Area.
Jeff Clayton's CSS Hack Test Page
-: MS Edge (EdgeHTML) Browser CSS :- Windows 10's Microsoft Edge Browser started at version 12, where Internet Explorer left off at version 11, and continued to version 18. In January of 2020 the Chromium 79 based version of MS Edge has been released. The hacks for Chrome work for it, not the MS EdgeHTML ones.
Solutions to California's Water Crisis Have Already Been Implemented Abroad
A three-month-long investigation by NBC Bay Area found several solutions to manage California’s drought, even without more rainfall, but experts say it’s a matter of putting those technologies to good use and streamlining government regulations and financial incentives in order to encourage people to use them. Despite the expectation of record rainfall from El Niño in the winter of 2015-2016, experts predict California will remain in a drought well into the fall of 2016.
Ellis Act Changes Could Protect SF Tenants
The Ellis Act, a decades-old California law created to protect landlords looking to get out of the rental business, is once again stirring up controversy in San Francisco. Tenants in rent-controlled units fear abuse of the Ellis Act by landlords could not only cost them their home but a last chance to remain in the city.
Woman Dies During Cruise Vacation; Family Gets $6,000 Medical Bill
Steve and Shelly Smith's dream vacation turned to heartache when the unthinkable happened off the coast of Puerto Rico. "My parents were celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary and they were going on a cruise with Royal Caribbean," said Taryn Smith, the couple’s daughter. "My mother had a medical emergency that she ultimately did not live through," Taryn said. The loss devastated the family, but that grief turned to anger a few weeks later when a credit card bill arrived in the mail.
SF Housing Bond Aims to Make City More Affordable
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has been hitting the campaign trail in recent weeks to promote Proposition A, a $310 million bond measure on the city’s ballot next week. Mayor Lee has pushed the proposition as a critical piece of a longer-term solution to build and rehabilitate thousands of homes for low and middle income people in the city. According to San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener, the city has never had a greater need for new housing solutions.
Tightening the Earthquake Safety Rules for Private Schools
San Francisco Friends School has an unusual seismic story that starts with an historic old building. "It was built to house Levi Strauss' blue jean assembly plant back in 1906," says Paul Galvin, the school's director of finance and operations. Before Friends School moved into the building, it had to do a massive retrofit. "We completely gutted the entire building," says Galvin.
Colorado Makes Big Money from Legalized Marijuana
For the first time in history, marijuana tax revenue has outpaced alcohol tax revenue in Colorado, according to a new report by the Marijuana Policy Project, an organization focused on ending marijuana prohibition nationwide. Is that claim true, or is it just smoke and mirrors?
CA Farmers Make Record Revenues Despite Drought
California’s Central Valley is home to some of the richest agricultural land in the country. The region has been hit hard by the drought, and shrinking reservoirs have raised concerns that farmers’ profits have dried up, too. However, data shows that is not the case.
Fact Checking the GOP Debate
The event set a ratings record and launched a number of claims as each of the 10 candidates selected for the primetime festivities fought to stand out in the crowd and appeal to the American people. NBC Bay Area looked into a few of those messages to separate the facts from the fibs.
“He Shot a Cop:” Witness Captures San Jose Police Shooting on Video
Anthony Mancilla was riding his bike home from a convenience store on Tuesday evening, when gunfire erupted along Senter Road. He witnessed the aftermath of San Jose Police Officer Michael Johnson being fatally struck on March 24, 2015. Anthony Mancilla was riding his bike home from a convenience store on Tuesday evening, when gunfire erupted along Senter Road.
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