Tag: Public Defender
GOP-linked big money attacks progressive candidates and taxes in SF
Millions in PAC money from the 1 percent -- and big Mitch McConnell backer -- floods into San Francisco for last-minute hit pieces.
RIP, the Notorious RBG
How one woman, one petite woman with a mighty intellect and a grit true to her Brooklyn roots, became not just a role model, but a revered symbol of the struggle for women’s equality.
Photographer Dorothea Lange’s archive now available online at OMCA
The collection presents the iconic Lange as the personable creator she was—and a local picturmaker to boot.
Understanding the politics of Kamala Harris
Joe Biden was never going to pick Rep. Barbara Lee as his running mate. He’s not a left-progressive-democratic socialist, and never was. So Sen. Kamala Harris is no surprise;...
Campaign money and what it shows: District 7
The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some important, if unsurprising, patterns.
We will...
Some defining issues in the fall supes race
The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory, it’s a powerful statement –...
SF Superior Court ends Zero Bail Policy, threatening public health
The San Francisco Superior Court has chosen not to continue the Zero Bail Policy that has reduced county jail populations across the state.
That, a broad coalition of legal and...
The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you
Of all the tools of mass surveillance deployed by law enforcement, private industry and the federal government, Facial Recognition Technology poses by far the greatest threat to civil liberties,...
Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?
This morning I made the dire mistake of reading twitter comments on a San Francisco Chronicle report of protesters at SF Mayor London Breed's house. The tenor was "These...
Judge excoriates ICE, orders inmates released
After a dramatic hearing in which Federal Judge Vincent Chhabria sharply criticized ICE, the judge has issued an order requiring the federal agency to move rapidly to release inmates...
