‘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. ...
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WEBOur Community Radio Station. KSFP, our low-power community radio station, broadcasts on 102.5 FM from San Francisco’s Sutro Tower 12 hours a day, featuring Public Press reporting and public radio programs. Hear our original interview show “Civic,” community programming and eclectic public radio shows. Also streaming online 24/7.
San Francisco’s 102.5 FM Is Back on the Air
WEBFriday, July 15, 2022 — (San Francisco, CA) – Nonprofit community radio stations KXSF-LP and KSFP-LP are broadcasting again on 102.5 FM from the second level of Sutro Tower in San Francisco. San Francisco Community Radio and the San Francisco Public Press each broadcast 12 hours a day on their shared frequency, which can be heard throughout ...
Reporter Investigates Firing of Utility Regulator’s Director After …
WEBJan 5, 2021 · “There was a lot of indications that the CPUC had really bad fiscal controls, that their accounting practices were really odd, that all these different organizations were siloed within the CPUC, and she had started an investigation into that,” said Scott Morris, the investigative reporter who wrote the story.
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 ...
Fillmore Revisited — How Redevelopment Tore Through the …
WEBSep 23, 2019 · Although significant aspects of the city’s redevelopment scheme for the area were already completed or well underway before the mid-’60s, the decade of the ’70s was a time when community members amplified their struggle for permanence, drawing on the larger narratives of ethnic solidarity and sustainability that were ascending in …
Madison Alvarado - San Francisco Public Press
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Madison Alvarado is a reporter based in San Francisco who is interested in California's housing crisis, environmental justice and structural inequities. In addition to her reporting on public housing and rent relief at the Public Press, she has covered issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, housing and city government for San Francisco news site Mission Local.
SF Tenants Set to Gain New Powers in Negotiations With Landlords
WEBApr 10, 2023 · Tenants across San Francisco will gain new collective bargaining powers to affect conditions in their buildings, thanks to a move by lawmakers Tuesday. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved protections for tenants to form associations, akin to labor unions, that can negotiate with landlords over a wide range of concerns, including ...
S.F. Immigration Lawyers Cut ICE Detention Centers Population by …
WEBJul 5, 2020 · In late March, a cell phone video made by detainees was leaked to the public from Mesa Verde Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center in Bakersfield, Calif. Dozens of men in orange jumpsuits walked past the camera while Charles Joseph read a petition. “Many of us have underlying medical issues,” he said. “This turns our detention into a death sentence, because this pandemic ...
Minimum Wage - San Francisco Public Press
WEBMay 1, 2013 · This story is part of a special report in the Spring print edition of the San Francisco Public Press. While San Francisco’s minimum wage is the highest in the nation, thousands of workers still earn below the current mandate of $10.55 an hour, say economists, anti-poverty activists and public officials. It has been 10 years since voters ...