By Ralph E. Stone
January 6, 2009
According to the California Office of Privacy Protection, over 8 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2006. One million of those victims lived in California. Since 2005, CitiFinancial, TimeWarner, Choicepoint, Bank of America, Ameritrade, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Cardsystems, Department of Veterans Affairs, and other companies and agencies, […]
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By Ralph E. Stone
December 16, 2009
Domestic violence should not happen to anybody. Ever. Period. But it does - and when it does, there is help in San Francisco. One such helpful organization is the Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (CROC).
CROC is a collaborative city-wide project which helps domestic violence survivors in San […]
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Gascón’s plan won’t work, targets the wrong people and wastes valuable public resources: you simply cannot win the “War on Drugs” one or two crack rocks — or crumbs — at a time.
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Filed under: Crime, Opinion, Politics
Judi Iranyi
By Judi Iranyi, guest editorial
June 28, 2009
According to an “Analysis of the Outcomes of the San Francisco Community Justice Court” by Milissa Sills (June 17, 2009), a majority of the cases heard by San Francisco’s Community Justice Court (CJC) were discharged as were over 90 percent of the following types of cases: public […]
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Filed under: Crime, Economy, Healthcare, Homelessness, Housing, Law, Opinion, Politics
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Jeff Adachi, Special to Fog City Journal
Editor’s Note: An independent report and analysis of CJC efficacy is available here.
June 18, 2009
Now that it has been operational for three months, the Community Justice Center (CJC) should be evaluated based upon a factual and empirical analysis of objective […]
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Thembi Mutch
By Thembi Mutch
June 7, 2009
At the moment in the UK there’s all kinds of political meltdowns; MP’s using public money to do ridiculous things like clean their moats, pay the window cleaner, or pay non-existent mortgages. The British people are outraged; we have been conned, and in addition to the rather incredible failure of […]
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Filed under: Crime, Culture, Economy, Opinion, Politics
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Jeff Adachi
June 5, 2009
One of the ongoing debates of late surrounding the Community Justice Center (CJC) court concerns the question of how to force a person to change their behavior. The CJC might be viewed as a social experiment to determine whether coercion is effective […]
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Filed under: Crime, Healthcare, Homelessness, Opinion, Politics
By Stephen Lendman
April 15, 2009
Independent investigations and convincing testimonies, on both sides, provide compelling evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. It’s time to hold the guilty accountable.
In February, the Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights showed conclusively how Israel violated core international law principles by indiscriminately attacking civilians in spite of IDF claims […]
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Filed under: Crime, News, Opinion, Politics, Religion
Weapons seized in Mexico include 18 US made M-16 assault rifles,
at least one equipped with an M-203 40mm grenade launcher,
several M-4 carbines, 17 handguns of various calibers,
over 200 magazines for different weapons,
and more than 8,000 rounds of ammunition,
assault vests and other military accessories.
Photo: Northeast Intelligence Network
By Ralph E. Stone
March 18, 2009
It is estimated that the […]
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