Notices by Tracy Rosenberg (twrling@sfba.social), page 2

"Matthew Thomas, Pinal County Deputy Sheriff, told the county council he “can’t get into great detail” about what Massive Blue is and that doing so would “tip our hand to the bad guys.” What they were doing is buying online #bots https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

175 pages of court-released material about #sexualabuse in the SF #diocese shows coverups and failures by the independent panels charged with handling the cases. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/priest-abuse-archdiocese-20277287.php?

"Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) can access and rely on the tests as it weighs whether an incarcerated person should be freed. The Quest issue offered a particularly stark example of how the tests are unreliable and should not influence life-altering decisions" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/california-prison-drug-tests

Nice CalMatters summary of the open meeting and #transparency battles in Sacramento this year. Too many pro-secrecy bills from Democratic reps. These should be opposed. https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/04/california-lawmakers-transparency/

"In the Atlanta case, a judge is considering 12 hours of testimony, related case law and evidence in a lawsuit that concerns whether records such as board meeting minutes from the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) are subject to the state’s open records law" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/copy-city-legal-case-police-foundations

1st case filed under Fresno's anti-encampment ordinance thrown out of court. #homelessness https://fresnoland.org/2025/04/10/two-hands/

"The danger of the #AlienEnemiesAct is that it enables such violations under the guise of national security. He noted that the last time the law was invoked about two-thirds of the people it was used to incarcerate were U.S. #citizens of Japanese descent. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/13/able-to-happen-again-local-japanese-american-historians-warn-of-trumps-use-of-1798-wartime-law/

Pacific Gas & Electric, which runs Diablo Canyon, announced a deal with artificial intelligence startup Atomic Canyon— heralding it in a press release as “the first on-site generative #AI deployment at a U.S. #nuclear power plant.” #DiabloCanyon https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/04/first-nuclear-plant-ai-at-diablo-canyon/

Ick. "Baltimore Community Foundation acknowledged that it awarded none of the $16 million it raised to #survivors or families, and instead directed it to port workers, a human services center in Dundalk and a forthcoming museum exhibit about the catastrophe". #KeyBridge https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/local-news/baltimore-key-bridge-victim-fund-HA65GXYX5JHY5O5LOKXHFLNPKA/

Proud to say that Media Alliance is one of many organizations signed on to this brief. https://theintercept.com/2025/04/09/trump-press-freedom-defense-fund/

"If #density solved #affordability, then Vancouver, BC would be the most affordable city in North America; instead, it’s the most expensive city". #housing https://48hills.org/2025/04/planning-hearing-on-upzoning-shows-the-two-worlds-of-housing-advocates/

One of the things the Federal Department of #Education did was crack down on student financial aid scams and #fraud. https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2025/04/financial-aid-fraud-2/

"Bovino said that his agents had a “predetermined list of targets,” before they set off for #Kern County. “We did our homework,” he said. In a spreadsheet provided by the agency, under “Criminal History,” all but one entry contains the following passage: “Criminal and/or #immigration history was not known prior to the encounter.” https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/04/border-patrol-records-kern-county/

State Bar sends SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins into a diversion program for sustained #ethics violations. https://davisvanguard.org/2025/04/brooke-jenkins-ethics-complaint/

Federal judge restores Associated Press White House access after it was removed because AP would not call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-media-court-white-house-events-access-f346a0efe87c1dec4d6f90e6041abd09?

Former #Facebook global policy lead to testify to Congress that the company undermined national security and tried to do secret deals in China. Sarah Wynn-Williams also sued Meta for sexual harassment and wrote a memoir called "Careless People" about the company's leadership. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/ex-facebook-employee-congress-company-sarah-wynn-williams-meta-senate-rcna200334

John Oliver on #Tasers the less lethal (but still lethal) police electrification guns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3qQ

Who is really "paying protestors"? #landlords https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/04/landlords-pay-activists-rent-control/?

In case you were wondering how much of your personal info is now in the hands of DOGE, OTI created this little quiz to get an idea. Hint: it's a lot. #privacy https://www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/quiz-what-does-doge-know-about-you/

"Police #pursuits claimed nearly two lives a day in the United States in recent years, far higher than previously known. Most victims are #bystanders and passengers, not fleeing drivers, and most pursuits begin over low-level offenses rather than violent crimes". https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/police-chase-crash-investigations-20251077.php?