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‘I Was Not Allowed to Have My Own Thoughts’: California Courts …
WEBJun 30, 2022 · The 2020 California law, introduced by state Sen. Susan Rubio, herself a survivor of domestic abuse, widens the definition of domestic violence and allows victims to introduce evidence of coercive control in applications in family court for a restraining order or child custody.The coercive control law applies to civil, but not criminal, cases. ...
Clint Reilly, S.F. Examiner’s New Owner, Vows to Expand Paper’s ...
WEBDec 18, 2020 · Disclosure: One of the businesses Clint Reilly owns made a donation to the Public Press in 2017. The soon-to-be owner of the San Francisco Examiner intends to grow the publication’s newsroom and expand its coverage, diversifying the perspectives in San Francisco’s news ecosystem.
Children Violently Removed by Court Order Celebrate Piqui's Law
WEBNov 10, 2023 · Two children who were violently removed from their grandmother’s Santa Cruz home in October 2022 and placed into a court-ordered program to recant parental abuse allegations celebrated a victory last month when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill prohibiting such programs.. On Oct. 13, Maya, 16, and Sebastian Laing, 12, and their allies celebrated the passage of Senate Bill 331, aka Piqui’s ...
Coercive Control: Abuse That Leaves No Marks
WEBNov 10, 2023 · A California law enacted in 2021 allows domestic violence victims to claim coercive control — a broad range of behaviors including humiliation, surveillance, intimidation, gaslighting and isolation that strips an intimate partner of a sense of autonomy and personhood. Experts in domestic violence say judicial skepticism of abuse victims ...
California Attorney General Plans Few Privacy Law Enforcement …
WEBMay 15, 2019 · Attorney General Xavier Becerra says his office is ill equipped to prosecute violations of the state’s landmark data-privacy law, which takes effect in January. Only a handful of the most egregious cases will be handled per year. Instead, he wants aggrieved consumers to take violators to court on their own.
Candidates’ Chinese Names Unlikely to Sway S.F. Voters
WEBMar 4, 2024 · For months leading up to Tuesday’s primary election in San Francisco, debate has swirled around new rules allowing many, but not all, candidates to use authentic-looking Chinese names on the ballot. In the past, candidates have chosen names to communicate concepts, including political values and …
S.F. Citywide Ban Unsuccessful in Stamping Out Public Nudity
WEBJun 27, 2013 · Supervisor Defends Dropping Support for Addiction-Treatment Centers By Sylvie Sturm, Reporter / audio host | August 22, 2023. Supervisor Matt Dorsey received backlash this month for asking the mayor to redirect the entire $18.9 million in city funding budgeted for a new drop-in addiction treatment center toward jails instead.
Pandemic and Protest: How AIDS and LGBTQ Activism in the ’80s …
WEBJun 25, 2020 · Long-Term AIDS Survivors Launch Advocacy Movement By Hank Trout | September 17, 2020. AIDS2020: Virtual, the biannual conference of the International AIDS Society, held in early July, marked a turning point for …
Children’s Violent Removal From Santa Cruz Home Raises Calls to …
WEBFeb 24, 2023 · Santa Cruz’s then-Mayor Sonja Brunner and then-Supervisor Ryan Coonerty hold a press conference on Nov. 3, 2022, with protesters in front of the home where two children were violently removed on Oct. 20, 2022, in response to a family court judge’s order sending them to reunification therapy. 02.24.2023.