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January 11, 2022

Belvedere approves urgency ordinance for housing law - Marin Independent Journal

The San Francisco skyline is seen behind Belvedere in a view from Tiburon, Calif. on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) The Belvedere City Council passed a temporary urgency ordinance this week aimed at bringing it into compliance with new housing laws. More comprehensive guidance on city housing development is expected to be approved within the next month, city lea...
January 11, 2022

A year on from Argentine abortion law, change is slow - FRANCE 24

Pro-choice activists celebrate in December 2020 after Argentina's senate approved a bill to legalize abortion RONALDO SCHEMIDT AFP/File Buenos Aires (AFP) – A year ago Argentina joined the limited ranks of Latin American countries to have legalized abortion, but while that gave hope to millions of women, changing mentalities, practices and infrastructure has proved more difficult. "In sm...
January 11, 2022

State law enforcement to investigate police shooting in Cleveland - WHNT News 19

(CBS 42) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Law enforcement are investigating the shooting of a man they were attempting to arrest in Blount County, police said Tuesday. Special Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) are investigating the shooting “involving a Blount County sheriff’s deputy,” according to the agency. A press release from ALEA issue...
January 11, 2022

Empower workers or government overreach? California's fast food bill tests labor laws - Capital Public Radio News

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, Yusef Miller with the Racial Justice Coalition and Karina Narinan, a Burger King employee, pose for a photo along with others at a strike for better working conditions and to demand passage of AB 257. By Jackie Botts and Jesse Bedayn, CalMatters Amid growing awareness of inequality and jobs that don’t pay enough to cover child care and housing, Cali...
January 11, 2022

EU Commission proposes to strengthen criminal law to protect the environment - JD Supra

On 15 December 2021, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU Directive1 aimed at tightening compliance with EU environmental laws through the introduction of new criminal offences, increased sanctions and better enforcement (the "Draft Directive"). If adopted, Member States would have to ensure their criminal laws punish a series of environmental offences, apply minimum penalt...
January 11, 2022

Texas Law Hinders Efforts To Crack Down On Sex Trafficking, Dallas Police Say - CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas City Council member Cara Mendelsohn says she’ll never forget watching police shut down a sex trafficking operation masquerading as a massage parlor. “There was one room that was no bigger than 10 x 10 and it was just completely filled with mattresses on the floor. And this is where 5 of the women were locked in all day unless they had customers,” she recalled. Off...
January 11, 2022

Law enforcement swarms South Fort Myers neighborhood in response to shooting - ABC7 News

SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting in the Harlem Heights neighborhood off of Gladiolus Drive in South Fort Myers on Tuesday evening. One victim was shot and injured, according to authorities. This is an isolated incident, according to LCSO. No other information was immediately available.
January 11, 2022

Law enforcement swarms South Fort Myers neighborhood in response to shooting - NBC2 News

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January 11, 2022

With its Electricity Law, Israel is recognizing Bedouin conquests - Haaretz

Bedouin schoolchildren heading home in the Negev region. This is how, while law enforcement institutions and the political establishment had their eyes wide shut, Israel’s Bedouin secured the Electricity Law: Dunam by dunam, house by house, drug smuggle by drug smuggle, unconcealed marijuana fields, gun and ammunition thefts (also conducted openly–watch the videos they posted), extortion of h...
January 11, 2022

NY Senate, Assembly Republicans, law enforcement: ‘Restore public safety now’ - SILive.com

At the podium are Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, left, and Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay, right. (Courtesy of the New York Senate) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt, Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay, their fellow Republicans, and law enforcement professionals from around the state today called for an immediate ...