gets to appoint three new school board members until the next election. and london breed released a statement, in it she says the voters of this city have delivered a clear message that the school board must focus on the essentials of delivering a well run school system above all else. san francisco is a city that believes in the value of big ideas, but those ideas must be built on the foundation of a government that does the essentials well. now, this was the first recall vote in san francisco in about 40 years, but recalls have become quite fashionable in this state. you ll remember governor gavin newsom, he survived pretty easily an effort last year that was really driven by covid restrictions. san francisco s progressive d.a. also faces a recall vote june 7th. interestingly, the supervisors in san francisco just added another ballot measure to that vote june 7th that would make it much harder to hold recall votes
obama won with 53% of the vote and you can see these swing states went solidly for the president this time around. where are we specifically with unemployment? nevada and florida have unemployment rates that are above the national average. it s also right about where it was when the president took office. but take a look at this, nevada, 11.7%, when the president took office, it was 9.6%. now the rest of the battle ground states are doing better, they are stronger now than when the president got into office and they re still improving. i mean iowa, virginia, new hampshire, all around 5%, ohio you see the significant drop in its jobless rate over the past year. ohio now 7.4%. again, better than the national average. and better than when the president took office when it was 8.6. candy the trend in these battleground states employment is getting better. can the president win on jobs in these states and will that decide the election. yes, it s about jobs, but i think it s abou
themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over the course of seven hours. it is difficult to watch. this was in 2002. mccollins was 18. he s no longer at this center. the video is part of a trial. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central raptor juan mendez. he told a paper, the use of electricity on anyone s body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it is suffering tantamount to torture in violation of international law. he s looking for answers from the department of justice who launched this investigation two years ago. we asked the justice department for an update on the investigation, they told us it s ongoing and they wouldn t comment. the school says that no one else will take their students and that the electric shocks are better than huge
they claim that electric shocks and other forms of what they call aversive therapies are the only way to control some students who are a danger to themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over an hour. it is difficult to watch. mccollins was 18. he s no longer at this center. his mom pulled him out. his family recently settled a lawsuit against the jrc. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central raptor juan mendez. the use of electricity on anyone s body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it is suffering tantamount to torture in violation of international law. we asked the justice department for an update on the investigation, they told us it s ongoing and they wouldn t comment. the school says that no one else will take their students and that