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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 ...
Alcatraz Sunrise Gathering Marks 50 Years Since Indigenous …
WEBIn the dark and chilly early hours of Thanksgiving, thousands of people filed onto ferries to Alcatraz, the island in San Francisco Bay where the federal government once operated a prison. They were there for the annual Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Gathering, this year marking 50 years since an occupation of the island that sparked a movement.
‘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. ...
California Indian Tribes Denied Resources for Decades as Federal ...
WEBAug 11, 2022 · In the last 13 years, the U.S. Department of Interior has actively reviewed applications for acknowledgement of only 18 tribes, even as hundreds remain in line. The Public Press has identified more than 400 tribes seeking federal recognition and is working to confirm that 200 others with publicly listed applications are genuine. Many have been waiting for decades.
SF Advances Racial Reparations Plan, but Funding Not Yet Secure
WEBMay 26, 2023 · SF Reparations Plan Nears Submission, but Funding Not Yet Secure. Photos from “Harlem of the West” show what the Fillmore District was like before a government program that targeted low-income, Black neighborhoods decimated the thriving music and business scene there. Urban renewal ultimately displaced as many as 20,000 people and closed ...
San Francisco’s Most Urgently Needed Retrofits
WEBJan 22, 2013 · San Francisco has identified 2,929 buildings whose “soft” first stories appear to be — at least from a drive-by assessment from the outside — vulnerable to collapse during a quake. Built before 1973, these buildings are all over the city and usually have a store with large windows or a garage in the first floor. They house about 58,000 ...
How Media Coverage on Homelessness Falls Short (And What …
WEBJun 22, 2016 · You Report an Unhoused Person in a Mental Health Crisis. This Is What Happens Next By Yesica Prado, Freelance writer and photographer and Madison Alvarado | May 7, 2024. In San Francisco, it is not uncommon to cross paths with a person experiencing homelessness in the throes of a mental health crisis.
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.
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 ...
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