SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – California State officials recently rules that San Pasqual Academy could remain open through June 2022. If, San Diego County and San Pasqual Academy agree to no longer refer new foster youth to the academy.
Shane Harris, the Government Affairs Director of San Pasqual Academy, and alumnus of SPA, joined KUSI’s Lauren Phinney on Good Morning San Diego to further explain what this ruling means and how it will impact the students.
Harris provided KUSI News with the following timeline of events regarding San Pasqual Academy:
In February the California Department of Social Services officials informed the county of San Diego that San Pasqual Academy needed to close no later than October 1st, 2021. County officials did not inform students who are currently foster youth on the campus as well as campus officials until February 19th after suspecting that the San Diego Union Tribune would run a story on February 21st. Campus officials did not get the preparation needed
California Elected Officials, Civic Leaders React to George Floyd Verdict
By Antonio Ray Harvey, Bo Tefu & Tanu Henry California Black Media
Published April 22, 2021
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“The hard truth,” Gov. Newsom said in an April 20 statement, “is that if George Floyd looked like me, he’d still be alive today.” Newsom made the remark after a Hennepin County jury found Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty in the murder of George Floyd.
The jury convicted Chauvin on two counts of murder, homicide and one of manslaughter, for pinning his knee on the neck of Floyd for nine minutes and 29 seconds on May 25, 2020.
Local civil rights activists demand police reform after Chauvin guilty verdict
Local activists demand police reform in San Diego County
and last updated 2021-04-21 20:30:31-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Since former Minnesota Police officer Derek Chauvin s guilty verdict, local civil rights activists are demanding government leaders to take on police reform.
Tuesday, a jury convicted Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges in the death of George Floyd. His killing sparked national controversy after a video of Chauvin thrusting his knee onto Floyd s neck during an arrest went viral last year. Community advocate Cornelius Bowser said he was expecting the guilty verdict.
San Diegans taking a stand to make sure Chauvin conviction leads to real change
Local leaders fear there are officers in our county with multiple sustained-use-of-force incidents on their record; those records currently hidden from the public Author: Steve Price (Reporter) Updated: 7:19 PM PDT April 21, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Community leaders in San Diego say Derek Chauvin s conviction isn t the end of police reform, it s the beginning. They are asking for specific changes that they believe will make Black residents feel safer in our county.
“We don t want to just come and be excited that a jury convicted a police officer for killing someone, right?” said Bishop Cornelius Bowser of Charity Apostolic Church. “We want to prevent that from happening.”