Category: Policy

San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) framework has six open situations for cops. In any case, they are rather filling those situations with social laborers to deal with issues including the destitute and individuals with psychological maladjustment or chronic drug use. As indicated by the San Francisco Chronicle, the public travel framework has $2 million in its financial plan to use to fill the opportunities (for a normal compensation and advantages bundle worth about $333,000). They will utilize this to recruit a director and “20 emergency intercession trained professionals.”…

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The California Supreme Court ruled that thousands of convicted sex offenders may be eligible for early release from prison under a ballot measure that voters approved four years ago. The ballot measure is referred to as Proposition 57. It was written by then-Governor Jerry Brown (D. Nearly two-thirds of the electorate passed the measure. The intent of the initiative was to reduce the state’s prison population, saying any person guilty of a “nonviolent felony offense” would be eligible for early parole. Brown said he never intended for it to include…

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38 states have filed a lawsuit against Google for breaking antitrust laws by engaging in anti-competitive behavior and monopolizing the online search engine industry. The lawsuit says, “as the gateway to the internet, Google has systematically degraded the ability of other companies to access consumers.” This is the third lawsuit Google is facing in recent months. In October, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the company, also for violating antitrust laws and monopolizing the search engine and search advertising markets. The lawsuit comes after a year-long investigation…

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Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that she would work with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass a smaller coronavirus relief package. After months of unwillingness to agree, she said she is now willing to accept a smaller deal “because we have a new president.” “What shifted in your opinion when the Problem Solvers Caucus had a much larger bill a few months ago?” a reporter asked Pelosi. “You did not like that piece of legislation. What has shifted now when they’re on board with this piece…

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Los Angeles, California Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a new emergency order that bans unnecessary “travel on foot.” The Democratic mayor warns the city is approaching a “devastating tipping point” in their fight against COVID-19. “Our city is now close to a devastating tipping point, beyond which the number of hospitalized patients would start to overwhelm our hospital system, in turn risking needless suffering and death,” Garcetti wrote in the order. “These unfortunate facts about the spread of COVID-19 in our City mean that we must resume some of the more…

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A lack of accountability and structure has allowed more than 5,000 students in Alabama public schools to avoid attending even a single day of class since switching to part-time in-person learning. The Associated Press reported that Education Superintendent Eric Mackey made the claim and suggested the loss of the students could lead to reduced funding, which in turn would lead to potentially hundreds of lost teaching positions. “It’s a very difficult year instructionally and that doesn’t even touch the surface on the issues we will have with these 5,000 students…

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Joe Biden’s gun tax proposals could cost gun owners upwards of $34 billion for guns and magazines they already possess. Biden’s proposals include a $200 tax for each AR-15 that is already owned. That tax would also apply to other firearms Democrats label “assault weapons.” Biden also wants to tax gun owners $200 for every “high capacity” magazine they own. On November 17, 2020, Breitbart News reported National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) numbers showing that Americans own an estimated 434 million firearms. Nearly 20 million of those firearms are Modern…

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The Sexual Assault Special Section and Robbery Homicide Division will be disbanded under the LAPD in Los Angeles, according to a memo that went out to the LAPD department personnel about the “unexpected Department budgetary crisis and shortfall.” Dominic Choi, deputy chief of staff to Chief Moore, sent the memo. It said that the Chief of Police is “making significant and difficult changes to adapt to the current financial and personnel shortages.” Additional Specialized Details will also be disbanded. The Safer Cities Initiative, which primarily deals with homeless encampments in…

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Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) has been an outspoken supporter of DREAMers enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. But it appears that she lacks the same level of sympathy for the parents of Americans killed by immigrants who illegally enter the country. Breitbart News reported that two Angel Parents — people who have lost children to illegal immigrants — attempted to visit Harris’ office on January 15, 2019, but were rejected by members of her staff. Sabine Durden and Don Rosenberg told the news outlet that the…

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