April 5, 2021 09:46:29 am
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch on Friday ordered the city of Oakland, California, and its police department to release thousands of documents on police misconduct. This order was issued pursuant to a request made by journalists two years ago, following the California Legislature’s passage of a police transparency law.
Two years ago, journalists requested that the city of Oakland and its police department release documents on police misconduct. These records were requested following the California Legislature’s enactment of Senate Bill 1421. The law requires the disclosure of records on police shootings, use of excessive force and confirmed instances of lying. It allows redaction only to remove personal data information other than the names and work-related information of the officers.
East Oakland tenants sue landlord over living conditions: We have pests like rats and roaches
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Angelica Rivas stands next to her apartment door in Oakland on Janurary 19, 2021.Nina Riggio / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Angelica Rivas has been in her Oakland Apartment for over 16 years, her parents live next door and she lives with her three children. She has complained to the many landlords who have cycled through property ownership of the floor, the lack of light, the lack of water pressure, the cockroaches, and the rats.Nina Riggio / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Controversy Still Follows CalPERS’ CIO Resignation
More than a half-year after Ben Meng resigned, a lawsuit and pending pension system policy decisions are bringing his departure back into the limelight.
Seven months after California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng resigned following conflict-of-interest charges, the fallout continues over his abrupt departure.
At the same time, the largest pension organization in the United States, with $440 billion in assets, still does not have a new CIO, despite a search that has gone on for least six months.
Now, a former CalPERS board member and investment officer has filed a lawsuit demanding that the pension system turn over transcripts, recordings, and notes from a closed-door board meeting held on August 17 allegedly to discuss the Meng affair. Meng resigned on August 5.
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Civil liberties activists are suing a firm that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally stockpiled data on 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court, argues that the New York-based firm is in violation of California s constitution. The suit seeks an injunction to bar the company from collecting biometric information in California and to require it to delete data on Californians.
The company has built “the most dangerous” facial recognition database in the nation, the lawsuit claims, and has fielded requests from more than 2,000 law enforcement agencies and private companies, amassing a database nearly seven times larger than the FBI’s.