Today’s Headlines
Oakland Settles for $150k with Rich City Rides Founder Najari Smith Over False Arrest (CBS2, SF Gate) Oakland Considers New Budget in Light of Calls to Defund the Police (SF Gate) As Cities Create New Budgets, Future of Bay Area Policing Coming Into Focus (Chronicle) Editorial: Bay Area Police Killing Black People at Disproportionate Rate … Continued
7:50 AM PDT on July 2, 2020
- Oakland Settles for $150k with Rich City Rides Founder Najari Smith Over False Arrest (CBS2, SF Gate)
- Oakland Considers New Budget in Light of Calls to Defund the Police (SF Gate)
- As Cities Create New Budgets, Future of Bay Area Policing Coming Into Focus (Chronicle)
- Editorial: Bay Area Police Killing Black People at Disproportionate Rate (MercNews)
- Citing Budget Crunch, SFMTA Ends “Free Muni for Youth” Program (Examiner)
- Harvard Scientists Call for CA to Double COVID Testing (Chronicle)
- Things Slowly Returning to Normal on Monday…for SF’s Parking Meters (Examiner)
- House Dems. Have a Climate Plan That Includes Standards, Investments, Justice (Vox)
- The House Approved Democrats’ $1.5-trillion Infrastructure Bill (New York Daily News), and It’s Better Than Any Such Bill That’s Passed Before (Streetsblog).
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