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.
Reuters – December 28
The EPA this Monday said it was finalizing the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions for commercial airplanes and large business jets to align the United States with international standards. The EPA said it expects “airplanes that are non-compliant [with the new standards] will either be modified and re-certificated as compliant, will likely go out of production before the production compliance date of January 1, 2028, or will seek exemptions.” As a result “EPA is not projecting emission reductions associated with these GHG (greenhouse gas) regulations” nor is it projecting the rule “will cause manufacturers to make technical improvements to their airplanes that would not have occurred” otherwise. In October, a group of 11 states led by California and the District of Columbia urged the EPA to strengthen these standards. The airplanes covered by the proposed rule accounted for 10% of all U.S. transportation greenhouse g