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  • Oakland mayoral candidate threatens Jewish community in mass emails

    09/08/2022 7:30:45 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    The Oaklandside ^ | September 6, 2022 | Darwin BondGraham and Natalie Orenstein
    A fringe candidate, angry at being excluded from an upcoming forum at a Jewish temple, emailed antisemitic messages to local reporters and public figures.Peter Liu, pictured at a recent mayoral candidate forum, has sent a slew of attacks against Jewish people on an email thread this week. Credit: Amir Aziz A candidate for Oakland mayor has been widely condemned for making antisemitic comments in mass emails first sent on Sunday. A fellow candidate has been criticized for his initial response to those comments. On Sunday, Peter Liu, who has twice run for Oakland mayor and never gotten more than 1%...
  • New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins makes wave of firings. Progressives call it 'terrifying.'

    07/16/2022 5:16:18 PM PDT · by MarvinStinson · 46 replies
    sfgate ^ | July 15, 2022
    New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins fired 15 people in her office on Friday, with one in particular prompting an outcry. It comes in the first week after Jenkins was appointed by Mayor London Breed following the recall of Chesa Boudin. "Today, I made difficult, but important changes to my management team and staff that will help advance my vision to restore a sense of safety in San Francisco by holding serious and repeat offenders accountable and implementing smart criminal justice reforms," Jenkins said in a statement. Managing Attorney Arcelia Hurtado was the first member of the office to...