Recent Streetsblog SF posts about George Gascon

Trucker Who Killed Amelie Le Moullac Deemed “Negligent” in Civil Suit

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 15, 2015 | 3 Comments

A civil jury has determined that a truck driver was negligent when he killed Amelie Le Moullac as she rode her bike at Folsom and Sixth Streets in August 2013, KQED’s Bryan Goebel (Streetsblog SF’s first editor) reported today: A San Francisco Superior Court jury has found the driver of a big rig truck negligent for striking […]

Court Applies Reckless Driving to Bikes. When Will Gascón Apply it to Cars?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 24, 2014 | 11 Comments

A California state appeals court ruled last week that “reckless driving” can be applied to people on bicycles who kill or injure others, just as it’s applied to people driving, as the SF Chronicle reported. No one, including bicycle advocates, seems to dispute that full accountability should be brought to anyone who commit acts of […]

Outer Sunset Kids Urge Drivers to Slow Down Through DA-Funded Program

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 9, 2014 | No Comments

“Keep Sunset Slow” — that’s the message from kids in the Outer Sunset urging drivers to slow down and save lives this month. Elementary school students held their first event last week, part of a pedestrian safety campaign coordinated by the Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center and the Outer Noriega Merchants Association. Though it’s a quiet beachside […]

Legal System Fails Again: No Charges for Trucker Who Killed Amelie

By Aaron Bialick | May 14, 2014 | 27 Comments

Note: Amelie Le Moullac’s mother, Jessie Jewitt, and other Bay Area musicians will perform at a benefit concert on Friday in Palo Alto at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds will go to Amélie’s Angels, “a fund dedicated to bringing the gifts of education, food, clothing, toys, and most importantly love and laughter, to the children of Haiti.” The truck […]

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SFMTA Announces 24 Vision Zero Bike/Ped Projects for Next 24 Months

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2014 | 26 Comments

At this morning’s Walk to Work Day press conference, SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin announced a plan to implement 24 bike and pedestrian safety projects over the next 24 months [PDF]. This is the most concrete safety plan unveiled so far, ever since city leaders pledged to pursue Vision Zero. The projects (listed below) include bulb-outs, […]

DA Gascón to Hire Attorney Dedicated to Vehicular Manslaughter Cases

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 28, 2014 | 3 Comments

District Attorney George Gascón has announced that he will hire an attorney devoted to handling vehicular manslaughter cases, in what could be a major step toward bringing accountability to drivers who kill. “We’ve lost children, grandparents, people in the prime of their life,” Gascón said yesterday in his State of Public Safety Address, where he announced the initiative under […]

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