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Urban Activists Set Out To Sue San Francisco’s Suburbs

September 18, 2015 Heather Smith, www.grist.org , , ,
By Heather Smith in Grist - The first time I heard of Sonja Trauss, she was mobilizing San Franciscans to support new apartment construction. This was not a campaign that went over well in the Mission District, a formerly working-class neighborhood that was in the middle of a full-on freakout over how many people seemed to want to build luxury condos there. One night, when I was walking down 24th Street, I saw that someone had taped up fliers to telephone poles with pictures of Trauss on them. Her eyes had been whited out and replaced by dollar signs. Based on this backstory, I assumed Trauss must be one of the numerous young real estate professionals who come to the Bay Area to seek their fortunes.

Investigation Finds Officer Aiming Weapon At Protest Within Policy

March 9, 2015 Jennifer Baker, www.revolution-news.com , , ,
The California Highway Patrol has concluded a plainclothes officer acted within department policy when he drew his gun without identifying himself and aimed it at protesters during a scuffle when he and his partner were unmasked during an anti-police brutality protest in December. The unnamed officer was found to be justified for drawing his gun and aiming it at everyone present after his partner wrestled with a protester who struck him on Dec. 10. The investigation concluded about three weeks ago. Despite the obvious error of having CHP Officers armed and undercover, walking amongst an anti-police brutality protest while instigating violence and vandalism along the way being the flawed behavior. Avery Browne, chief of the CHP’s Golden Gate Division says: “Was it unnerving? Yes. Shocking? Yes,”.