There have already been attempts to challenge vaccine mandates around the nation in court. Dorit Reiss, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law who researches legal considerations around vaccines and vaccine mandates, talked with “Civic” about what employers and governments must weigh when it comes to requiring immunization.
Category: Law & Justice
Posted inCoronavirus, Economy & Business, Housing, Law & Justice
In SF, Send a Text, Learn How to Avoid Eviction
San Francisco residents can now learn how to avoid eviction by sending a text message to a special phone number.
That service is part of an outreach campaign launched Friday by the San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition, a group of tenant-rights organizations. The goal: to teach people their rights and help them apply for rent assistance during the two months left before a statewide moratorium on evictions for unpaid rents expires.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Bay Area, Community, Law & Justice, Social Justice
Peer-Run Center Empowers Young People Affected by Poverty, Violence, Incarceration
In the streets, in jails and other detention facilities and at its program sites around the Bay Area, the Young Women’s Freedom Center provides resources and support to girls, women and transgender and gender non-conforming people. It also provides training, internships, fellowships and jobs that pay to help people affected by poverty, exploitation and violence develop their voices.
Posted inCoronavirus, Economy & Business, Housing, Law & Justice
Evictions Jump as Sheriff Lifts Pause Imposed in December
The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office evicted 25 households in the two weeks of June after the state reopened for business, more than double the monthly average over the previous six months.
Sheriff Paul Miyamoto resumed evictions that had been on pause as city officials declared that San Francisco was gaining the upper hand in its fight against the coronavirus.
Posted inCoronavirus, Housing, Law & Justice
SF Rent-Aid Shortfalls Would Imperil Eviction Protections
Thousands of San Franciscans could face eviction this fall in the likely event that government rental assistance programs run out of money. Tenants who have applied for help with rent debt are entitled to eviction protections through the end of March 2022 while they wait for an answer from authorities. But if the money runs out before they get help, then they could face eviction as early as October.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, California, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, Social Justice
Pastor: Reparations Are Medicine for ‘Evil’ of Inhumane Treatment
The Rev. Amos Brown, senior pastor at Third Baptist Church of San Francisco and president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, is on both committees. He discussed with “Civic” California’s legacy of racism and what form reparations could take in this state and city.
Posted inLaw & Justice, Opinion
Inmates Fear Chauvin Conviction Could Mark an End to Outrage Over Police Brutality
As eyes across the nation turn to Derek Chauvin’s scheduled sentencing June 25, many prisoners have little faith that his verdict will be upheld by higher courts.
Even if he is sentenced to prison, they fear his incarceration could both quell the recent uprising and have little impact on the nation’s larger systemic problem of police brutality.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Back to School, Coronavirus, Education, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
City Attorney to SF School District: Show Us Reopening Plan Details
After more than a year of online learning, certain groups of students and staff at some San Francisco schools began meeting in person in mid-April. For tens of thousands of students, distance learning continues. The school board and district intend to give every student the option of coming back full time in the fall. But […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Law & Justice, Public Safety
Killing of George Floyd Showed Evidence of ‘Intentional’ Murder, SF DA Says
Charging decisions are made by district attorneys, so “Civic” spoke with San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin about recent cases in which local law enforcement officers have killed people and why he did or did not bring criminal charges against those officers.
Posted inEconomy & Business, Labor, Law & Justice
Event Company Non Plus Ultra Accused in Lawsuit of Unemployment Fraud
Non Plus Ultra, an event company that leases the Palace of Fine Arts, Pier 70, and the Old Mint, is under fire from employees who allege it filed fraudulent unemployment claims, harassed and bullied staff, and fired them when they confronted leadership, according to a lawsuit filed March 1 in San Francisco Superior Court.