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"content": "\u003cp>Dozens of people took to the streets in downtown Santa Rosa last week to protest the news that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/04/sonoma-county-sheriff-promotes-deputy-who-shot-andy-lopez/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas had promoted Erick Gelhaus\u003c/a>, the deputy who was not charged with any criminal wrongdoing after he shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The promotion of Gelhaus is disgraceful,\" said Courtney Cox, 21, a Santa Rosa Junior College student. \"Freitas needs to demote this person, he needs to fire Gelhaus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to Freitas and others in the department, Gelhaus is highly qualified for his new job as a sergeant supervising eight to 10 deputies on a shift. Gelhaus applied for the position, and the Sheriff's Office cited his 26 years of experience in the department and numerous awards during his service career as top reasons for Gelhaus' rise in rank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/278836245\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The sheriff believes that Erick is clearly deserving of a promotion to supervisor,\" wrote Sgt. Spencer Crum. \"Erick continues to serve his community on patrol with dignity, pride and respect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelhaus' pay increased 10 percent from $49.19 to $55 per hour. 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According to the county district attorney’s \u003ca href=\"http://da.sonoma-county.org/documents/OIS_Report_Lopez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a>, the whole incident -- from Gelhaus' spotting Lopez and calling for backup to reports of shots fired -- took about 19 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelhaus, an experienced firearms instructor and U.S. Army veteran, later told investigators he feared for his life. Lopez's replica gun lacked an orange tip meant to identify it as a toy gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal lawsuit by Lopez's family against Gelhaus and Sonoma County is still in court. But the Sonoma County district attorney determined criminal charges against Gelhaus were not warranted. The U.S. Department of Justice also \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/03/doj-clears-sheriffs-deputy-in-andy-lopez-death/\" target=\"_blank\">cleared\u003c/a> Gelhaus of civil rights violations after its investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the perception of Gelhaus among local civilians can be drastically different than the view inside the Sheriff's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11054251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11054251 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20792_IMG_0235-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Concepcion Dominguez cleans a memorial for Andy Lopez on July 26, 2016 at the site of his death on a lot he used to play in. Dominguez, a former neighbor of Lopez's, says she would prefer Gelhaus be kept off street patrol. 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Dominguez, a former neighbor of Lopez's, says she would prefer Gelhaus be kept off street patrol. \"It's too dangerous for residents,\" she says. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2014, members of a county task force to improve police-community relations after the Lopez incident sent Sheriff Freitas a letter urging him to remove Gelhaus from street patrol due to public concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents like Gloria Hernandez, who had known Lopez since he was a little boy, said Freitas' decision to promote Gelhaus in May further erodes her trust in law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We feel hurt, we feel frustrated, with so much pain in seeing how the child died like that,\" said Hernandez in Spanish. \"So we say, what trust are we going to have in them? None. This way? None.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Separate Civilian Complaint Against Gelhaus Before Lopez's Death\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey Westbrook, who has lived in Santa Rosa since 2007, says the first-ever encounter he had with Gelhaus during a traffic stop left him with serious concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook had been driving his black BMW the morning of Aug. 21, 2013, heading to work at an IT company. He alleges that during the stop, Gelhaus pointed a gun at him without reasonable cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Seeing a weapon put in your face ... I was speechless. I mean my hands went in the air,\" said Westbrook, 60. \"My passenger looked up and said 'Oh my God. We almost got killed.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook disputed the ticket Gelhaus gave him -- for an allegedly unsafe lane change -- and a Sonoma County Superior Court judge later threw it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook also filed a complaint with the Sheriff's Office and received a response a few months later. The sheriff's internal affairs unit wrote to him that its investigation determined the complaint unfounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because that traffic stop occurred just two months before Gelhaus shot Lopez, Westbrook says he often laments not complaining more vigorously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I had gone down there and waved my arms like a big gorilla and caused hell maybe they would have pulled (Gelhaus) aside,\" Westbrook said. \"Maybe that kid would still be alive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11054250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11054250 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey Westbrook at his home in Santa Rosa. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office ruled Westbrook's complaint against Gelhaus in 2013 was unfounded. Westbrook alleges Gelhaus pointed a gun at him in haste and without reasonable cause during a traffic stop.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeffrey Westbrook at his home in Santa Rosa. Westbrook alleges Gelhaus was too quick to point a gun at him during a traffic stop in 2013, without reasonable cause. \"I wasn't treated with any respect,\" Westbrook says. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Civilian Complaints 'Almost Never' Affect Promotions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Keane, a former chief assistant public defender and police commissioner in San Francisco, says that length of service and the popularity of officers among colleagues matters much more than civilian complaints for promotions in most law enforcement agencies nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Promotion within that agency and the way those officers move up is almost never affected by whether or not there have been any kind of complaints against the officer,\" said Keane, who has nearly 50 years of experience with the criminal justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keane has seen that even when counties and cities have paid out large sums for civil lawsuits because of an officer's misconduct, managers still promote that officer through the ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impact, according to Keane, is less accountability and less safety because civilians often won't trust their law enforcement agency enough to report crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brand-New Independent Auditor of Complaints\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to increase public trust, Sonoma County has opened a county office to audit the sheriff's investigations of civilian complaints against officers. It was set up as a direct result of nearly two years of community meetings after Andy Lopez's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a fair amount of folks who don't trust the process and think it's officers investigating themselves and so they have concerns,\" said Jerry Threet, who directs the \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Community-and-Local-Law-Enforcement-Task-Force/News/Recruitment-Survey/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach\u003c/a>, with a budget of about $550,000 in its first year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Threet says he'll be able to watch sheriff's investigations as they are happening. He says he and one assistant -- the office's total staff -- will have access to body-cam videos, recordings of interviews with witnesses and documents to determine if investigations are unbiased and thorough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our office will say whether we agree with those findings or whether we think that they're incorrect and there should have been a different finding on the complaint,\" said Threet, a former San Francisco deputy city attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Threet can't require the sheriff to discipline deputies. But citizens can now bring complaints to Threet so he can follow up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The sheriff's department fully understands that there is a challenge right now with community relations, particularly with the Latino community ... and they are eager to start grappling with that,\" Threet said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Dozens of people took to the streets in downtown Santa Rosa last week to protest the news that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/04/sonoma-county-sheriff-promotes-deputy-who-shot-andy-lopez/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas had promoted Erick Gelhaus\u003c/a>, the deputy who was not charged with any criminal wrongdoing after he shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The promotion of Gelhaus is disgraceful,\" said Courtney Cox, 21, a Santa Rosa Junior College student. \"Freitas needs to demote this person, he needs to fire Gelhaus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to Freitas and others in the department, Gelhaus is highly qualified for his new job as a sergeant supervising eight to 10 deputies on a shift. Gelhaus applied for the position, and the Sheriff's Office cited his 26 years of experience in the department and numerous awards during his service career as top reasons for Gelhaus' rise in rank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/278836245&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/278836245'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The sheriff believes that Erick is clearly deserving of a promotion to supervisor,\" wrote Sgt. Spencer Crum. \"Erick continues to serve his community on patrol with dignity, pride and respect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelhaus' pay increased 10 percent from $49.19 to $55 per hour. In 2015, he was paid more than $134,000, including overtime, according to state salary records on \u003ca href=\"http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2015/sonoma-county/erick-gelhaus/\" target=\"_blank\">Transparent California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Vail, president of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Association, fully backs Gelhaus' promotion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are very proud of him and what he has done for this office and for the community in the years of his service,\" Vail said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vail said the Lopez death was a \"tragedy for everyone involved, including Erick,\" but that Gelhaus acted within the scope of the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the afternoon of Oct. 22, 2013, Gelhaus shot Lopez seven times after mistaking the replica gun the teen was carrying for a real AK-47. According to the county district attorney’s \u003ca href=\"http://da.sonoma-county.org/documents/OIS_Report_Lopez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a>, the whole incident -- from Gelhaus' spotting Lopez and calling for backup to reports of shots fired -- took about 19 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelhaus, an experienced firearms instructor and U.S. Army veteran, later told investigators he feared for his life. Lopez's replica gun lacked an orange tip meant to identify it as a toy gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal lawsuit by Lopez's family against Gelhaus and Sonoma County is still in court. But the Sonoma County district attorney determined criminal charges against Gelhaus were not warranted. The U.S. Department of Justice also \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/03/doj-clears-sheriffs-deputy-in-andy-lopez-death/\" target=\"_blank\">cleared\u003c/a> Gelhaus of civil rights violations after its investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the perception of Gelhaus among local civilians can be drastically different than the view inside the Sheriff's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11054251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11054251 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20792_IMG_0235-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Concepcion Dominguez cleans a memorial for Andy Lopez on July 26, 2016 at the site of his death on a lot he used to play in. Dominguez, a former neighbor of Lopez's, says she would prefer Gelhaus be kept off street patrol. "It's too dangerous" for residents,\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20792_IMG_0235-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20792_IMG_0235-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20792_IMG_0235-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20792_IMG_0235-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20792_IMG_0235-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Concepcion Dominguez cleans a memorial for Andy Lopez on July 26, 2016 at the site of his death on a lot he used to play in. Dominguez, a former neighbor of Lopez's, says she would prefer Gelhaus be kept off street patrol. \"It's too dangerous for residents,\" she says. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2014, members of a county task force to improve police-community relations after the Lopez incident sent Sheriff Freitas a letter urging him to remove Gelhaus from street patrol due to public concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents like Gloria Hernandez, who had known Lopez since he was a little boy, said Freitas' decision to promote Gelhaus in May further erodes her trust in law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We feel hurt, we feel frustrated, with so much pain in seeing how the child died like that,\" said Hernandez in Spanish. \"So we say, what trust are we going to have in them? None. This way? None.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Separate Civilian Complaint Against Gelhaus Before Lopez's Death\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey Westbrook, who has lived in Santa Rosa since 2007, says the first-ever encounter he had with Gelhaus during a traffic stop left him with serious concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook had been driving his black BMW the morning of Aug. 21, 2013, heading to work at an IT company. He alleges that during the stop, Gelhaus pointed a gun at him without reasonable cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Seeing a weapon put in your face ... I was speechless. I mean my hands went in the air,\" said Westbrook, 60. \"My passenger looked up and said 'Oh my God. We almost got killed.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook disputed the ticket Gelhaus gave him -- for an allegedly unsafe lane change -- and a Sonoma County Superior Court judge later threw it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook also filed a complaint with the Sheriff's Office and received a response a few months later. The sheriff's internal affairs unit wrote to him that its investigation determined the complaint unfounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because that traffic stop occurred just two months before Gelhaus shot Lopez, Westbrook says he often laments not complaining more vigorously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I had gone down there and waved my arms like a big gorilla and caused hell maybe they would have pulled (Gelhaus) aside,\" Westbrook said. \"Maybe that kid would still be alive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11054250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11054250 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey Westbrook at his home in Santa Rosa. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office ruled Westbrook's complaint against Gelhaus in 2013 was unfounded. Westbrook alleges Gelhaus pointed a gun at him in haste and without reasonable cause during a traffic stop.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20790_IMG_0360-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeffrey Westbrook at his home in Santa Rosa. Westbrook alleges Gelhaus was too quick to point a gun at him during a traffic stop in 2013, without reasonable cause. \"I wasn't treated with any respect,\" Westbrook says. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Civilian Complaints 'Almost Never' Affect Promotions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Keane, a former chief assistant public defender and police commissioner in San Francisco, says that length of service and the popularity of officers among colleagues matters much more than civilian complaints for promotions in most law enforcement agencies nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Promotion within that agency and the way those officers move up is almost never affected by whether or not there have been any kind of complaints against the officer,\" said Keane, who has nearly 50 years of experience with the criminal justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keane has seen that even when counties and cities have paid out large sums for civil lawsuits because of an officer's misconduct, managers still promote that officer through the ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impact, according to Keane, is less accountability and less safety because civilians often won't trust their law enforcement agency enough to report crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brand-New Independent Auditor of Complaints\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to increase public trust, Sonoma County has opened a county office to audit the sheriff's investigations of civilian complaints against officers. It was set up as a direct result of nearly two years of community meetings after Andy Lopez's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a fair amount of folks who don't trust the process and think it's officers investigating themselves and so they have concerns,\" said Jerry Threet, who directs the \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Community-and-Local-Law-Enforcement-Task-Force/News/Recruitment-Survey/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach\u003c/a>, with a budget of about $550,000 in its first year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Threet says he'll be able to watch sheriff's investigations as they are happening. 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"content": "\u003cp>At 10 a.m. on a recent Wednesday morning, a line of parents pushing strollers filed into a conference room at the Sacramento County Courthouse in California. They sat at rows of narrow plastic tables, shushing their babies and looking up at a man in a black robe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearing Officer Jim Teal sounded his gavel. \"This is the time and place set for Early Intervention Family Drug Court,\" he began, gazing sternly at the parents who sat before him. \"Graduation from this court is considered a critical factor in determination that the children of participants will be safe from any further exposure to the danger and destructive impact of parental substance abuse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been a surge recently, across the U.S., in the number of children entering the foster care system after years of decline. Nationally, \u003ca href=\"http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/afcarsreport22.pdf\">roughly 265,000 kids\u003c/a> entered foster care in 2015 -- the highest number since 2008, according to a recent government report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Substance abuse is a factor in \u003ca href=\"http://www.nadcp.org/sites/default/files/nadcp/Reseach%20Update%20on%20Family%20Drug%20Courts%20-%20NADCP.pdf\">up to 80 percent\u003c/a> of cases where a child is removed from a home. And there are \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/27/451991809/heroin-opioid-abuse-puts-extra-strain-on-u-s-foster-care-system\">signs\u003c/a> that the opioid epidemic may be to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents who receive addiction treatment are much more likely to get their kids back, but \u003ca href=\"http://www.nadcp.org/sites/default/files/nadcp/Reseach%20Update%20on%20Family%20Drug%20Courts%20-%20NADCP.pdf\">4 in 5 parents\u003c/a> fail to complete their treatment regimen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/technical/rpg-i.aspx?id=80\">Early Intervention Family Drug Court\u003c/a> aims to change that by helping parents with substance abuse problems to complete treatment before their children enter the foster care system. If the parents fail, they'll be sent to a formal family drug court, where their children are taken away and given attorneys of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before that, the parents get this opportunity to enter recovery, through a mix of support, \u003ca href=\"http://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment\">medication-assisted treatment\u003c/a> and tough love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parents participating in the early intervention drug court entered the system after having babies born dependent on opioids or other drugs. Others were reported to Child Protective Services by friends or family. All are at risk of losing custody of their children because of their drug abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emma, 20, a striking woman with long blond hair, approached Teal's podium holding a baby. NPR is withholding her last name because her case is active with Child Protective Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Good morning,\" Teal said. \"Who do you have with you there?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My daughter, Cailynn,\" Emma answered proudly, bouncing the cooing child on her hip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emma started using drugs when she was 16. At first it was methamphetamines, she said, but she quickly transitioned to heroin. Then she got pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughter Cailynn tested positive for opioids at birth. Child Protective Services came to the hospital and took the baby into custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I regret every moment of it,\" Emma said. \"It's hard. But I've got to keep my head up and keep going.\" From the start, she wanted her daughter back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11053399\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11053399\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/Kaiser-health-News-Robert-Durell.jpg\" alt=\"A court booklet give parents inspiration to stay off drugs. They paste a photo of their child on the front and then write about their experiences inside.\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/Kaiser-health-News-Robert-Durell.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/Kaiser-health-News-Robert-Durell-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A court booklet give parents inspiration to stay off drugs. They paste a photo of their child on the front and then write about their experiences inside. \u003ccite>(Robert Durell/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually, Sacramento County has a three-month wait for people who need substance abuse treatment. But by volunteering to participate in the drug court, Emma was able to get treatment right away and her baby back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So Emma, it says here you're 63 days compliant,\" Teal said that day in court. \"And 63 days in the program, so you've been good. You've been doing what you're told. Congratulations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other parents in the room burst into applause — this is a major accomplishment. The six-month program is rigorous. In addition to monthly sessions at the court, the parents must attend almost daily group meetings, submit to random drug tests and take parenting classes. Many, like Emma, go to inpatient rehab. Medication-assisted therapy for opioids is also available. And once or twice a week, they get a home visit from their social worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emma attributed much of her success in the program so far to social worker Matthew Takamoto, whom she called \"amazing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Takamoto has been a social worker for 20 years and has been part of the EIFDC since the program began six years ago. The program, he said, is an important change in way the county handles addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the olden days, we were quicker to send them to court,\" he said. Their approach was \"more 'blaming the addict,' versus giving them the tools they need.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the afternoon following the court meeting, Takamoto drove to the inpatient residential facility where Emma lives with her daughter. In the back is a grassy yard with a small jungle gym, where several mothers sat, watching their children play. Emma was there, too, holding Cailynn in her lap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11053397\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11053397\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Takamoto has been been a social worker with the early intervention program in Sacramento County from its start, and is pleased with its success. The hardest part, he says, is realizing that not every parent will be be able to quit drugs for good.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Takamoto has been been a social worker with the early intervention program in Sacramento County from its start, and is pleased with its success. The hardest part, he says, is realizing that not every parent will be be able to quit drugs for good. \u003ccite>(Robert Durell for Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Takamoto seemed happy with Emma's progress. \"You take these clients from the very beginning, where they're broken and it's the worst day of their life,\" he said. \"And to see them slowly get back up as they have days of clean time — it's been incredible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hardest part of his job, he said, is realizing that not all the parents are going to make it. In fact, just a third end up graduating from the county's program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If these parents aren't successful, it's the kids [who] pay the price,\" Takamoto said. \"The parents are doing what they want to do, but the kids don't have a choice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 5 to 10 percent of families in the United States who could use family drug courts have access to them, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.cffutures.com/projects/family-drug-courts-tta\">Children and Family Futures\u003c/a>, an organization that advises and evaluates family drug courts. Sacramento's program is one of about 350 in the country; most of the rest work with families \u003cem>after \u003c/em>their children have entered the foster system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/12/14/sacramento-county-names-health-executive.html\">Sherri Z. Heller\u003c/a>, director of Sacramento's Health and Human Services Department, described family drug courts as a success story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People can overcome addiction if the motivation is strong enough, and this is the most effective motivation I have ever seen,\" Heller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 10 percent of kids with families in the program end up being removed from their home, compared to 30 percent of children in families who do not participate. That represents a major savings to the county — about $21,000 dollars a year for every kid who doesn't have go into the court and foster system, for an annual total savings of $7 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The rush that comes with getting high is pretty spectacular,\" Heller said. \"And it's very hard physically, once the addiction happens, to overcome. But if there is one thing that matters to people more than the thrill of getting high, it's the thrill of doing the right thing for your children and keeping your family intact.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can follow Jenny Gold on Twitter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JennyAGold\">@JennyAGold\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 Kaiser Health News. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At 10 a.m. on a recent Wednesday morning, a line of parents pushing strollers filed into a conference room at the Sacramento County Courthouse in California. They sat at rows of narrow plastic tables, shushing their babies and looking up at a man in a black robe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearing Officer Jim Teal sounded his gavel. \"This is the time and place set for Early Intervention Family Drug Court,\" he began, gazing sternly at the parents who sat before him. \"Graduation from this court is considered a critical factor in determination that the children of participants will be safe from any further exposure to the danger and destructive impact of parental substance abuse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been a surge recently, across the U.S., in the number of children entering the foster care system after years of decline. Nationally, \u003ca href=\"http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/afcarsreport22.pdf\">roughly 265,000 kids\u003c/a> entered foster care in 2015 -- the highest number since 2008, according to a recent government report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Substance abuse is a factor in \u003ca href=\"http://www.nadcp.org/sites/default/files/nadcp/Reseach%20Update%20on%20Family%20Drug%20Courts%20-%20NADCP.pdf\">up to 80 percent\u003c/a> of cases where a child is removed from a home. And there are \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/27/451991809/heroin-opioid-abuse-puts-extra-strain-on-u-s-foster-care-system\">signs\u003c/a> that the opioid epidemic may be to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents who receive addiction treatment are much more likely to get their kids back, but \u003ca href=\"http://www.nadcp.org/sites/default/files/nadcp/Reseach%20Update%20on%20Family%20Drug%20Courts%20-%20NADCP.pdf\">4 in 5 parents\u003c/a> fail to complete their treatment regimen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/technical/rpg-i.aspx?id=80\">Early Intervention Family Drug Court\u003c/a> aims to change that by helping parents with substance abuse problems to complete treatment before their children enter the foster care system. If the parents fail, they'll be sent to a formal family drug court, where their children are taken away and given attorneys of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before that, the parents get this opportunity to enter recovery, through a mix of support, \u003ca href=\"http://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment\">medication-assisted treatment\u003c/a> and tough love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parents participating in the early intervention drug court entered the system after having babies born dependent on opioids or other drugs. Others were reported to Child Protective Services by friends or family. All are at risk of losing custody of their children because of their drug abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emma, 20, a striking woman with long blond hair, approached Teal's podium holding a baby. NPR is withholding her last name because her case is active with Child Protective Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Good morning,\" Teal said. \"Who do you have with you there?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My daughter, Cailynn,\" Emma answered proudly, bouncing the cooing child on her hip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emma started using drugs when she was 16. At first it was methamphetamines, she said, but she quickly transitioned to heroin. Then she got pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughter Cailynn tested positive for opioids at birth. Child Protective Services came to the hospital and took the baby into custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I regret every moment of it,\" Emma said. \"It's hard. But I've got to keep my head up and keep going.\" From the start, she wanted her daughter back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11053399\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11053399\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/Kaiser-health-News-Robert-Durell.jpg\" alt=\"A court booklet give parents inspiration to stay off drugs. They paste a photo of their child on the front and then write about their experiences inside.\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/Kaiser-health-News-Robert-Durell.jpg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/Kaiser-health-News-Robert-Durell-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A court booklet give parents inspiration to stay off drugs. They paste a photo of their child on the front and then write about their experiences inside. \u003ccite>(Robert Durell/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually, Sacramento County has a three-month wait for people who need substance abuse treatment. But by volunteering to participate in the drug court, Emma was able to get treatment right away and her baby back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So Emma, it says here you're 63 days compliant,\" Teal said that day in court. \"And 63 days in the program, so you've been good. You've been doing what you're told. Congratulations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other parents in the room burst into applause — this is a major accomplishment. The six-month program is rigorous. In addition to monthly sessions at the court, the parents must attend almost daily group meetings, submit to random drug tests and take parenting classes. Many, like Emma, go to inpatient rehab. Medication-assisted therapy for opioids is also available. And once or twice a week, they get a home visit from their social worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emma attributed much of her success in the program so far to social worker Matthew Takamoto, whom she called \"amazing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Takamoto has been a social worker for 20 years and has been part of the EIFDC since the program began six years ago. The program, he said, is an important change in way the county handles addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the olden days, we were quicker to send them to court,\" he said. Their approach was \"more 'blaming the addict,' versus giving them the tools they need.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the afternoon following the court meeting, Takamoto drove to the inpatient residential facility where Emma lives with her daughter. In the back is a grassy yard with a small jungle gym, where several mothers sat, watching their children play. Emma was there, too, holding Cailynn in her lap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11053397\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11053397\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Takamoto has been been a social worker with the early intervention program in Sacramento County from its start, and is pleased with its success. The hardest part, he says, is realizing that not every parent will be be able to quit drugs for good.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/khn_drug_court_0382_edited_enl-6a2c8d84f76dc89eeb47fde977e8990cc5d04507.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Takamoto has been been a social worker with the early intervention program in Sacramento County from its start, and is pleased with its success. The hardest part, he says, is realizing that not every parent will be be able to quit drugs for good. \u003ccite>(Robert Durell for Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Takamoto seemed happy with Emma's progress. \"You take these clients from the very beginning, where they're broken and it's the worst day of their life,\" he said. \"And to see them slowly get back up as they have days of clean time — it's been incredible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hardest part of his job, he said, is realizing that not all the parents are going to make it. In fact, just a third end up graduating from the county's program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If these parents aren't successful, it's the kids [who] pay the price,\" Takamoto said. \"The parents are doing what they want to do, but the kids don't have a choice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 5 to 10 percent of families in the United States who could use family drug courts have access to them, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.cffutures.com/projects/family-drug-courts-tta\">Children and Family Futures\u003c/a>, an organization that advises and evaluates family drug courts. Sacramento's program is one of about 350 in the country; most of the rest work with families \u003cem>after \u003c/em>their children have entered the foster system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/12/14/sacramento-county-names-health-executive.html\">Sherri Z. Heller\u003c/a>, director of Sacramento's Health and Human Services Department, described family drug courts as a success story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People can overcome addiction if the motivation is strong enough, and this is the most effective motivation I have ever seen,\" Heller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just 10 percent of kids with families in the program end up being removed from their home, compared to 30 percent of children in families who do not participate. That represents a major savings to the county — about $21,000 dollars a year for every kid who doesn't have go into the court and foster system, for an annual total savings of $7 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The rush that comes with getting high is pretty spectacular,\" Heller said. \"And it's very hard physically, once the addiction happens, to overcome. But if there is one thing that matters to people more than the thrill of getting high, it's the thrill of doing the right thing for your children and keeping your family intact.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can follow Jenny Gold on Twitter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JennyAGold\">@JennyAGold\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996. Will it be the fifth to legalize recreational pot this November? We traveled to Sacramento to host a live event about the pros and cons of Proposition 64, which would legalize adult use of cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town hall was moderated by Larry Mantle, host of KPCC’s AirTalk, and Beth Ruyak, host of Capital Public Radio's Insight. It was hosted by California Counts, a collaboration with KPCC in Los Angeles, KQED in San Francisco, Capital Public Radio in Sacramento and KPBS in San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were joined by a panel of six guests from all sides of the argument. They fielded questions from the audience on topics that ranged from environmental to social implications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">After 5 years of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prop64?src=hash\">#Prop64\u003c/a> large-scale growing operations could be approved -- this might squeeze out smaller growers. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaCounts?src=hash\">#CaCounts\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765746414651486208\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Denver-based writer Joel Warner said under Prop. 64, growers could apply for an unlimited grow license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On one hand, maybe it's good, but what happens to counties that have been long dependent on this?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is why the California Growers Association remains neutral on Prop. 64, Warner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly Cargile, who is a member of the association, said the group is neutral for a number of reasons. This includes concerns from smaller cannabis growers about the corporatization of the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LaurenEMichaels\">@LaurenEMichaels\u003c/a> \"we have 332 police chiefs in CA with significant concerns with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prop64?src=hash\">#Prop64\u003c/a> - we're not a just say no group.\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaCounts?src=hash\">#CaCounts\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765743558431158272\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>There's a reason why California Highway Patrol officers oppose Prop 64, said Anne Marie Schubert, district attorney for Sacramento County. She argued that there needs to be a “per se” law on driving while stoned. “Per se” refers to standards on impairment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's more complicated than that, argued Richard Miadich, who helped author the legislation. \"There just isn't the technology,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/07/13/62562/how-can-you-tell-if-a-driver-is-stoned/\">Read more about that technology here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we really need -- the most effective way to prevent impaired driving -- is more training and more officers,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. 64 would generate an estimated $1 billion annually in California. About $200 million of that would go to local law enforcement for grants, Miadich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxes generated by Prop. 64 would also go to other programs dedicated to youth education, prevention and treatment and environmental protections, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Listener Question: How many people are in California jails due to possession of marijuana?\u003cbr>\nAnswer: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/schubertforDA\">@schubertforDA\u003c/a> - none.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765740690122743809\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Schubert said those in Sacramento County who are caught with possession of marijuana receive a $60 ticket. That's less money than what you would have to pay for a speeding ticket, she insisted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kimberly Cargile, CEO of a medical marijuana dispensary located in Sacramento, said that there are other related marijuana crimes that have a negative impact on society, including \"the people who are charged with crimes they didn't commit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich argued that Prop. 64 could save the state $10 million annually because of the decriminalization of cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LaurenEMichaels\">@LaurenEMichaels\u003c/a> \"unless we see uniform change across the United States there will still be a black market to sell too.\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prop64?src=hash\">#Prop64\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765741218600935424\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Studies have shown that legalizing marijuana has little impact on drug cartels, said Peter Hecht, senior writer for the Sacramento Bee and author of “Weed Land: Inside America’s Marijuana Epicenter and How Pot Went Legit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is going to be a black market for many years to come,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warner echoed those sentiments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There will always be a black market demand,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers need to make $1,200 per pound to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prop64?src=hash\">#Prop64\u003c/a> author says personal grows can take place in private homes, which might be near schools. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaCounts?src=hash\">#CaCounts\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765750679428149249\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're removing the stigma and we're telling our kids it's OK,\" said Schubert, Sacramento County's district attorney .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She argued that there are no studies to show the long-term impact of legalizing marijuana. 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This includes concerns from smaller cannabis growers about the corporatization of the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LaurenEMichaels\">@LaurenEMichaels\u003c/a> \"we have 332 police chiefs in CA with significant concerns with \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prop64?src=hash\">#Prop64\u003c/a> - we're not a just say no group.\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaCounts?src=hash\">#CaCounts\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765743558431158272\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>There's a reason why California Highway Patrol officers oppose Prop 64, said Anne Marie Schubert, district attorney for Sacramento County. She argued that there needs to be a “per se” law on driving while stoned. “Per se” refers to standards on impairment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's more complicated than that, argued Richard Miadich, who helped author the legislation. \"There just isn't the technology,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/07/13/62562/how-can-you-tell-if-a-driver-is-stoned/\">Read more about that technology here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we really need -- the most effective way to prevent impaired driving -- is more training and more officers,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. 64 would generate an estimated $1 billion annually in California. About $200 million of that would go to local law enforcement for grants, Miadich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxes generated by Prop. 64 would also go to other programs dedicated to youth education, prevention and treatment and environmental protections, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Listener Question: How many people are in California jails due to possession of marijuana?\u003cbr>\nAnswer: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/schubertforDA\">@schubertforDA\u003c/a> - none.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765740690122743809\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Schubert said those in Sacramento County who are caught with possession of marijuana receive a $60 ticket. That's less money than what you would have to pay for a speeding ticket, she insisted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kimberly Cargile, CEO of a medical marijuana dispensary located in Sacramento, said that there are other related marijuana crimes that have a negative impact on society, including \"the people who are charged with crimes they didn't commit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miadich argued that Prop. 64 could save the state $10 million annually because of the decriminalization of cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LaurenEMichaels\">@LaurenEMichaels\u003c/a> \"unless we see uniform change across the United States there will still be a black market to sell too.\" \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prop64?src=hash\">#Prop64\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765741218600935424\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Studies have shown that legalizing marijuana has little impact on drug cartels, said Peter Hecht, senior writer for the Sacramento Bee and author of “Weed Land: Inside America’s Marijuana Epicenter and How Pot Went Legit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is going to be a black market for many years to come,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warner echoed those sentiments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There will always be a black market demand,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers need to make $1,200 per pound to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Prop64?src=hash\">#Prop64\u003c/a> author says personal grows can take place in private homes, which might be near schools. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaCounts?src=hash\">#CaCounts\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CapRadio News (@CapRadioNews) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CapRadioNews/status/765750679428149249\">August 17, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're removing the stigma and we're telling our kids it's OK,\" said Schubert, Sacramento County's district attorney .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She argued that there are no studies to show the long-term impact of legalizing marijuana. 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It gained favor by law enforcement agencies during the drug war as a way to starve drug traffickers of their cash flow even if there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say the law has been used by some police agencies as a way to pad their own budgets with the property of innocent people -- often immigrants, the poor or others with limited means to fight to get their money back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2013 New Yorker \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken\">piece\u003c/a> detailed how a small town in Texas was among the jurisdictions aggressively using the practice to seize small amounts of cash from drivers who were often never even issued a traffic ticket. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/collection/stop-and-seize-2/\">2014 investigation\u003c/a> in the Washington Post uncovered how the practice surged after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks -- in large part because of a private company that was training police agencies across the country. The Post found more than $2.5 billion in cash seizures without search warrants or indictments from 2001 to 2014, and wrote that hundreds of government agencies appear to rely on the money to support their budgets even though they are not allowed to under federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, law enforcement officials reaped more than $100 million in cash from the practice in 2014 alone. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Drug_Policy_Alliance_Above_the_Law_Civil_Asset_Forfeiture_in_California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Drug Policy Alliance report\u003c/a> released last year found that the average value of those California seizures in 2013 was $5,145.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill passed by the Assembly requires police and prosecutors to secure a conviction before they can permanently seize cash or property worth less than $40,000. The version shot down in the Assembly last year would have required a conviction in nearly all cases, regardless of the value of the property; law enforcement officials complained that the measure would have undercut their ability to combat large drug trafficking organizations and would have decimated police and prosecutors' budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California measure attracted an odd mix of supporters, including Republican lawmakers and civil liberties proponents who often disagree. It was introduced and authored by liberal Los Angeles Democratic State Sen. Holly Mitchell, but championed in the state Assembly by Republican Assemblyman David Hadley of Torrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadley said he hopes the negotiations and compromise \"can be a model for how we address many of complex challenges before us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Assemblyman Jay Obernolte, a Republican from Big Bear Lake, called the compromise \"evidence of the process working\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that the bill, SB 443, strikes a very appropriate balance between protecting the right of law enforcement to enforce the law on the one hand, and protecting unjustified seizure of property on the other,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one lawmaker spoke against the measure in the Assembly. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California lawmakers took a major step toward reining in a controversial practice that has allowed law enforcement agencies to keep cash and other property seized during traffic stops -- even if the owner was never convicted of a crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a bipartisan 66-8 vote, the state Assembly passed \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB443\">Senate Bill 443\u003c/a> Monday, nearly a year after the same house soundly defeated the measure. The difference? This year, powerful law enforcement groups that lobbied hard in 2015 to kill SB 443 stayed neutral after intense negotiations and some significant changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fundamental question is, should the government be able to permanently take your cash or other properties without proving you have committed a crime?\" said Theshia Naidoo, a staff attorney with the Drug Policy Alliance, which co-sponsored the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naidoo and other supporters said the measure, if signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would be among the most sweeping recent reforms to what's known as asset forfeiture. The practice allows police to seize property if they believe it could be connected to illegal activity -- even if they never end up charging the owner with a crime. It gained favor by law enforcement agencies during the drug war as a way to starve drug traffickers of their cash flow even if there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say the law has been used by some police agencies as a way to pad their own budgets with the property of innocent people -- often immigrants, the poor or others with limited means to fight to get their money back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2013 New Yorker \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken\">piece\u003c/a> detailed how a small town in Texas was among the jurisdictions aggressively using the practice to seize small amounts of cash from drivers who were often never even issued a traffic ticket. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/collection/stop-and-seize-2/\">2014 investigation\u003c/a> in the Washington Post uncovered how the practice surged after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks -- in large part because of a private company that was training police agencies across the country. The Post found more than $2.5 billion in cash seizures without search warrants or indictments from 2001 to 2014, and wrote that hundreds of government agencies appear to rely on the money to support their budgets even though they are not allowed to under federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, law enforcement officials reaped more than $100 million in cash from the practice in 2014 alone. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Drug_Policy_Alliance_Above_the_Law_Civil_Asset_Forfeiture_in_California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Drug Policy Alliance report\u003c/a> released last year found that the average value of those California seizures in 2013 was $5,145.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill passed by the Assembly requires police and prosecutors to secure a conviction before they can permanently seize cash or property worth less than $40,000. The version shot down in the Assembly last year would have required a conviction in nearly all cases, regardless of the value of the property; law enforcement officials complained that the measure would have undercut their ability to combat large drug trafficking organizations and would have decimated police and prosecutors' budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California measure attracted an odd mix of supporters, including Republican lawmakers and civil liberties proponents who often disagree. It was introduced and authored by liberal Los Angeles Democratic State Sen. Holly Mitchell, but championed in the state Assembly by Republican Assemblyman David Hadley of Torrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadley said he hopes the negotiations and compromise \"can be a model for how we address many of complex challenges before us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Assemblyman Jay Obernolte, a Republican from Big Bear Lake, called the compromise \"evidence of the process working\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that the bill, SB 443, strikes a very appropriate balance between protecting the right of law enforcement to enforce the law on the one hand, and protecting unjustified seizure of property on the other,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one lawmaker spoke against the measure in the Assembly. Assemblyman Jim Cooper, a Democrat representing Sacramento who also served in the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department before entering politics, warned that most drug dealers are not huge traffickers and said SB 443 will prevent police from going after those people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naidoo, the Drug Policy Alliance lawyer, said there's an \"emerging bipartisan consensus\" that reform is needed. She noted that this year alone, bills aimed at reining in asset forfeiture were introduced in 22 states and that eight states enacted what she called \"substantial reforms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If California's SB 443 becomes law, she said, it will be the most far-reaching change enacted this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Police Commission meetings aren't necessarily known for their civility and have several times in the past year erupted into shouting protests. But there's a general exception: When Paulette Brown stands up to speak, the room goes silent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She testified this past Wednesday, like she nearly always does. But this time was a little different. The 10-year anniversary of her son's slaying loomed. Aubrey Abrakasa Jr. died on Aug. 14, 2006, after he was shot at least a dozen times in the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want people to see what I have to remember every day,\" she said as she displayed laminated photographs of her son's dead body. \"My son laying on the gurney, lifeless. Me standing over his casket when he was murdered. I'm still in pain, even though it's 10 years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown isn't always this emotional. She usually displays a list of six names, men she believes murdered her son. And she demands justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this time was a little different.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Those persons who are involved in this thing, at this point, they’re probably thinking we're not going to find them. They’re wrong.'\u003ccite>Jim Spillane,\u003cbr>San Francisco police homicide inspector\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"I’m tired of crying,\" she said, describing a recent phone call to the San Francisco police homicide detail. \"But I went into tears, and I didn't think I would. I said I want to see my son's clothes that he wore when they murdered him. I want to see his tennis shoes. I want his stuff back. I have nothing. I have nothing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown's pain exists alongside new, cautious hope. The Police Department recently assigned an experienced, retired homicide investigator to focus on Brown's case. Jim Spillane is part of a special program that allows retired city employees to come back to work part time, a program the department is looking to expand. His work along with another retired homicide inspector augments investigations of the city's 14 full-time detectives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Aubrey was a good kid doing the right things for the right reasons,\" Spillane said as he joined Brown, acting Police Chief Toney Chaplin and a handful of supporters at Abrakasa's murder scene Friday. \"He just saw something, and he had to take action. He warned some people, he saved their lives, and he forfeited his own as a result.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11049443\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-800x1107.jpg\" alt=\"A bulletin announces a $250,000 reward for information leading to arrest and prosecution of suspects responsible for the murder of Aubrey Abrakasa Jr.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1107\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11049443\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-800x1107.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-400x553.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-1180x1632.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-960x1328.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487.jpg 1388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bulletin announces a $250,000 reward for information leading to arrest and prosecution of suspects responsible for the murder of Aubrey Abrakasa Jr. \u003ccite>(SFPD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chaplin said that on the afternoon he died, the 17-year-old Abrakasa was his way to work as a youth mentor across town in the Bayview District. When he got to the intersection of Grove and Baker streets, he saw people he knew who were part of a street gang, the Central Division Players, and he saw members of a rival gang approaching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Aubrey saw some people he knew, gave a warning to those folks,\" Chaplin said. \"As the group scattered, the approaching gangsters were so enraged at Aubrey for his warning, they focused their rage on him, shooting him in the back upwards of 12 times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital hours later, Chaplin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abrakasa's is one of more than 360 unsolved homicides in San Francisco over the last decade. Police made arrests or otherwise cleared 307 cases in that time period, generating a citywide clearance rate of 46 percent. (Other than through an arrest, crimes can be cleared by \"extraordinary circumstances,\" such as the death of an identified suspect.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national average for homicide clearances, according to \u003ca href=\"https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/clearances/main\" target=\"_blank\">FBI data\u003c/a>, is 64.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police Commission President Suzy Loftus recently asked for a breakdown of killings and clearances by San Francisco ZIP code.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Certain parts of San Francisco [that] suffer the most violence then also suffer another injustice,\" Loftus said when she got the numbers. \"They suffer violence and then they don’t see a justice system that delivers any accountability.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not surprisingly,\" she added, \"Bayview is at the top of this list.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bayview saw 139 killings from 2006 to mid-July of this year, and 50 of those cases were cleared, generating a clearance rate of 35.9 percent. The Mission District/Bernal Heights had the second highest number of killings with 97, with 34 cleared and a clearance rate of 35.1 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capt. Alexa O'Brien heads the Police Department's major crimes division, which oversees the homicide detail. She told the Police Commission that the Bayview's slaying numbers reflect some particularly violent years and that much of that violence has subsided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2006, she said, 24 people were killed in the district. In 2013, there were nine homicides there. So far this year, there's been one, and police made an arrest in that case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My homicide investigators, they are top-notch,\" O'Brien said. \"It doesn’t matter what neighborhood they’re in. ... It doesn’t matter what color the person is or who they are, how old they are, if they were a drug dealer or a drug user, even if they were a murderer themselves, that homicide gets treated exactly like the next homicide because they’re methodical about it. They want to catch the bad guy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a case goes cold, that can become a tall order. Homicide Inspector Spillane says he'll follow any leads he can generate from Abrakasa's file. He didn't say whether suspects include the list of six names Brown often displays other than they \"may have been in one of the gangs who were involved in this incident.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's seeking tips, which can be made anonymously, and there's a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of suspects responsible for Abrakasa's killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But authorities know providing information in murder cases carries a risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fear of coming forward in one of these homicides, it’s real.\" O'Brien said. \"These people who have no regard for life, who are murdering people, if someone’s going to give their name up, that person’s life is in jeopardy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spillane said there's always a concern for people's safety, including Brown's. She says one of the men involved in her son's murder is getting out of a half-way house on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She has been very vocal and out front, but she’s not afraid,\" Spillane said. \"Although she has been tireless in her efforts over the past 10 years, she has not been successful. We have not been successful. Those persons who are involved in this thing, at this point, they’re probably thinking we're not going to find them. They’re wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SFPD's Tip Line is (415) 575-4444.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown's pain exists alongside new, cautious hope. The Police Department recently assigned an experienced, retired homicide investigator to focus on Brown's case. Jim Spillane is part of a special program that allows retired city employees to come back to work part time, a program the department is looking to expand. His work along with another retired homicide inspector augments investigations of the city's 14 full-time detectives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Aubrey was a good kid doing the right things for the right reasons,\" Spillane said as he joined Brown, acting Police Chief Toney Chaplin and a handful of supporters at Abrakasa's murder scene Friday. \"He just saw something, and he had to take action. He warned some people, he saved their lives, and he forfeited his own as a result.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11049443\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-800x1107.jpg\" alt=\"A bulletin announces a $250,000 reward for information leading to arrest and prosecution of suspects responsible for the murder of Aubrey Abrakasa Jr.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1107\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11049443\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-800x1107.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-400x553.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-1180x1632.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487-960x1328.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20722_alt_487.jpg 1388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bulletin announces a $250,000 reward for information leading to arrest and prosecution of suspects responsible for the murder of Aubrey Abrakasa Jr. \u003ccite>(SFPD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chaplin said that on the afternoon he died, the 17-year-old Abrakasa was his way to work as a youth mentor across town in the Bayview District. When he got to the intersection of Grove and Baker streets, he saw people he knew who were part of a street gang, the Central Division Players, and he saw members of a rival gang approaching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Aubrey saw some people he knew, gave a warning to those folks,\" Chaplin said. \"As the group scattered, the approaching gangsters were so enraged at Aubrey for his warning, they focused their rage on him, shooting him in the back upwards of 12 times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital hours later, Chaplin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abrakasa's is one of more than 360 unsolved homicides in San Francisco over the last decade. Police made arrests or otherwise cleared 307 cases in that time period, generating a citywide clearance rate of 46 percent. (Other than through an arrest, crimes can be cleared by \"extraordinary circumstances,\" such as the death of an identified suspect.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national average for homicide clearances, according to \u003ca href=\"https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/clearances/main\" target=\"_blank\">FBI data\u003c/a>, is 64.5 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police Commission President Suzy Loftus recently asked for a breakdown of killings and clearances by San Francisco ZIP code.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Certain parts of San Francisco [that] suffer the most violence then also suffer another injustice,\" Loftus said when she got the numbers. \"They suffer violence and then they don’t see a justice system that delivers any accountability.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not surprisingly,\" she added, \"Bayview is at the top of this list.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bayview saw 139 killings from 2006 to mid-July of this year, and 50 of those cases were cleared, generating a clearance rate of 35.9 percent. The Mission District/Bernal Heights had the second highest number of killings with 97, with 34 cleared and a clearance rate of 35.1 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capt. Alexa O'Brien heads the Police Department's major crimes division, which oversees the homicide detail. She told the Police Commission that the Bayview's slaying numbers reflect some particularly violent years and that much of that violence has subsided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2006, she said, 24 people were killed in the district. In 2013, there were nine homicides there. So far this year, there's been one, and police made an arrest in that case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My homicide investigators, they are top-notch,\" O'Brien said. \"It doesn’t matter what neighborhood they’re in. ... It doesn’t matter what color the person is or who they are, how old they are, if they were a drug dealer or a drug user, even if they were a murderer themselves, that homicide gets treated exactly like the next homicide because they’re methodical about it. They want to catch the bad guy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a case goes cold, that can become a tall order. Homicide Inspector Spillane says he'll follow any leads he can generate from Abrakasa's file. He didn't say whether suspects include the list of six names Brown often displays other than they \"may have been in one of the gangs who were involved in this incident.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's seeking tips, which can be made anonymously, and there's a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of suspects responsible for Abrakasa's killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But authorities know providing information in murder cases carries a risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fear of coming forward in one of these homicides, it’s real.\" O'Brien said. \"These people who have no regard for life, who are murdering people, if someone’s going to give their name up, that person’s life is in jeopardy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spillane said there's always a concern for people's safety, including Brown's. She says one of the men involved in her son's murder is getting out of a half-way house on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She has been very vocal and out front, but she’s not afraid,\" Spillane said. \"Although she has been tireless in her efforts over the past 10 years, she has not been successful. We have not been successful. Those persons who are involved in this thing, at this point, they’re probably thinking we're not going to find them. They’re wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Even though the federal government has decided to retain marijuana as a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/11/dea-rejects-attempt-to-loosen-federal-restrictions-on-marijuana/\">Schedule I drug\u003c/a>, California’s marijuana industry is gathering steam. Gov. Jerry Brown approved regulations for medical cannabis last year, and voters will weigh on legalizing recreational pot this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the industry expands, so has its influence in the state Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/277962219\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To track its growing clout, it’s helpful to look at the numbers. The nearly 4-year-old \u003ca href=\"http://www.cacannabisindustry.org/\">California Cannabis Industry Association\u003c/a> started off in a tiny office near the Capitol. Executive Director Nate Bradley says it will soon move into a 3,000-square-foot space. His group has seen its membership jump from 80 businesses to more than 200 since the end of last year. Bradley credits the growth to the passage of medical marijuana regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the governor signed it, he legitimized the entire industry in the state,\" Bradley says, \"which dropped the risk profile enough that more people started to get into the industry. More people wanted to get involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to financial disclosures, the Cannabis Industry Association has spent \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Lobbying/Employers/Detail.aspx?id=1362951&view=activity\">nearly $105,000\u003c/a> on direct lobbying in the 2015-2016 legislative session. That’s up from $21,000 in the previous session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"ovweVDqauVs0r9zBCuKPNGqnUOTSmYMf\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.calgrowersassociation.org/\">the California Growers Association\u003c/a>, has seen its membership explode as well, from about 270 businesses to around 700. It has spent \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Lobbying/Employers/Detail.aspx?id=1374958&view=activity\">more than $78,000\u003c/a> on direct lobbying this legislative session. California Growers Association Executive Director Hezekiah Allen says different philosophies are starting to emerge among cannabis groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the industry sort of increases its influences here in Sacramento, it’s also becoming clear that the industry is not a monolith and there are two distinctly different paths forward,\" Allen says. \"One that’s very small-business friendly and one that’s significantly more interested in growth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen’s organization leans more toward protecting small growers. It’s also split with other groups on issues of taxes and the distribution of marijuana. And it’s taken a neutral position on \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative,_Proposition_64_(2016)\">Proposition 64\u003c/a>, which would legalize recreational pot in the state for people over 21. The Cannabis Industry Association has endorsed the ballot measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the industry has taken on issues beyond whether it’s allowed to simply exist, the Cannabis Association's Bradley says the lawmakers he’s reaching out to have changed as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, if I think I’m being over-regulated, the liberal from San Francisco isn’t going to be the one to go to,\" he says. \"It’s going to be a business-moderate Democrat or some (Republicans).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And marijuana-related businesses are also spending more in Sacramento. The company Weedmaps, which helps people find medical marijuana services, is listed as a major donor by the Secretary of State’s Office. Its backers have \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1376077&view=contributions\">contributed $750,000\u003c/a> to Prop. 64. And they give money to both \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1376825&view=contributions\">Democrats and Republicans\u003c/a>, including campaigns for Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes. Board of Equalization Chair Fiona Ma has also received contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see it as another industry that wants to participate. I support the medicinal cannabis industry, and I have coming from San Francisco. So I don’t see it as anything bad,\" Ma says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a view the marijuana industry likely hopes others will share as it finds its political feet and looks to become a more powerful force in the state Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The San Francisco Police Department and labor union representing its officers have agreed on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/document/320680712/SFPD-Final-Draft-Social-Media-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">policy\u003c/a> governing social media use by city police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed department general order comes following a sexual exploitation scandal involving several Bay Area law enforcement agencies and dozens of law enforcement officers alleged to have had sex with a woman who works in the sex trade and was trafficked as a child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/277742139\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many interactions between \"Celeste Guap\" and officers originated on social media, including ones with more than two-dozen current and retired SFPD officers uncovered by a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/07/14/at-least-2-dozen-sfpd-officers-tied-to-teen-at-center-of-sexual-exploitation/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED investigation\u003c/a>. Guap said via text message that she had sex with three current SFPD officers and \"planned to sleep with a few more.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Examiner \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-police-investigating-second-officer-link-oakland-sex-trafficking-scandal/\" target=\"_blank\">identified\u003c/a> one of those officers as Rodger Ponce De Leon. Guap later \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/new-allegations-surface-sfpd-officer-investigated-link-sex-worker/\" target=\"_blank\">told the newspaper\u003c/a> she had sex and shared cocaine with Ponce De Leon before she turned 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Police Department's new policy was in the works since sometime last year -- after a series of racist and homophobic text messages swapped by SFPD officers came to light, and long before the scandal that precipitated resignations of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/17/a-department-in-crisis-yet-another-oakland-police-chief-removed/\" target=\"_blank\">three Oakland police chiefs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the sexual exploitation scandal centered in Oakland accelerated San Francisco's effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’ve seen the situation in Oakland, we saw the situation in our own department through some of the hideous text messages that were being sent back and forth,\" said Gary Delagnes, former president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association. He's currently a political consultant for the union, and he was part of negotiations over the social media policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody was kind of on the same page on this one,\" Delagnes said. \"You can’t give the appearance to the public that this is the way we act or the way we think.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delagnes and a Police Department spokesman said the sexual exploitation scandal played no role in development of the policy. Several provisions, however, appear to address it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Members are prohibited from any use of personal social media to contact or communicate (e.g., “friending”, “following”, messaging, etc.) with witnesses, crime victims, or any person under the age of 18 who members interact with through the course of their official duties with the Department. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated 7:21 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal jury found PG&E guilty Tuesday on six of 12 criminal charges, including obstruction of justice, for its role in the deadly pipeline blast almost six years ago that\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/08/five-years-after-deadly-san-bruno-explosion-are-we-safer/\" target=\"_blank\"> killed eight people\u003c/a>, injured dozens more and destroyed 38 homes in San Bruno. The company now faces a maximum fine of $3 million, a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/02/prosecutors-dramatically-slash-potential-fines-in-pge-case/\" target=\"_blank\">tiny fraction\u003c/a> of the $562 million federal prosecutors originally sought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal investigation resoundingly blamed PG&E for the blast, citing “baffling” mistakes, sloppy oversight and a “litany of failures.\" In 2011, the National Transportation Safety Board found more than 100 violations by the company, some of them decades old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/277586209\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane, reacting to the verdict, said: \"It's obviously positive. The jury came to the same conclusion we did for years. That this is not a tragic accident. It's something that could have been prevented. PG&E put profits ahead of safety.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E faced 12 criminal counts: 11 charges of violating pipeline safety regulations and one charge of obstructing the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation. PG&E could have received a fine of $562 million before prosecutors, in a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/02/prosecutors-dramatically-slash-potential-fines-in-pge-case/\" target=\"_blank\">surprise move\u003c/a> on Aug. 2, said they would request only $6 million in penalties. The utility pleaded not guilty on all charges. No company executives were specifically named.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The part that’s most troubling with this is the individuals who were responsible for those short cuts that they took, the diversion of all of those funds, the $500 million that was diverted from safety, those people that made that conscious decision, nothing’s going to happen to them,\" state Sen. Jerry Hill said Tuesday, after the verdict. \"And there’s nothing to really deter or detract from this occurring in the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said in a statement that it is working hard to regain its customers' trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we are very much focused on the future, we will never forget the lessons of the past,\" the statement says. \"We have made unprecedented progress in the nearly six years since the tragic San Bruno accident and we are committed to maintaining our focus on safety. We want our customers and their families to know that we are committed to re-earning their trust by acting with integrity and working around the clock to provide them with energy that is safe, reliable, affordable and clean.”\u003cbr>\n[SBsidebar]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility's lawyers said Tuesday in a short written statement that they would \"file our motion for acquittal\" next week. The motion will seek to have federal judge Thelton Henderson overturn the jury's verdict, according to legal experts. It's a fairly common, and rarely successful, legal maneuver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Hill, it shows the utility isn't accepting responsibility for the San Bruno explosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first thing you do when you want to re-earn your customers trust: You admit that you have a problem. You admit that something went wrong,\" he said. \"So they're still not getting it. They're still not admitting that there was a problem, that they acted criminally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/08/five-years-after-deadly-san-bruno-explosion-are-we-safer/\" target=\"_blank\">pipeline segment\u003c/a> that failed in San Bruno was poorly built when it was pieced together in 1956, with a poorly welded joint containing a visible crack that PG&E’s quality control failed to detect, according to the NTSB investigation. But it’s hard to see when a pipeline buried underground is deteriorating and becoming prone to failure. One way to know is through hydrostatic testing -- a process in which pipeline sections are filled with water at high pressure to detect cracks and other flaws. But when federal regulations went into effect, thousands of miles of transmission pipeline -- including Line 132 under San Bruno -- were grandfathered into operation without testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility also didn't know about the weld. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/19/10-emails-detail-pges-cozy-relationship-with-its-regulators/\" target=\"_blank\">Emails released\u003c/a> during civil suits show a PG&E executive telling state regulators two days after the blast that \"God knows what is underground.” In the months following the blast, PG&E began tracking down pipeline records from decades past. PG&E staff collected documents from more than 46 offices. It took about 1,500 employees five days to sort through 100,000 boxes at the Cow Palace in Daly City. State regulators say that much more is known about PG&E's system today, but that the utility is still pinning down all its data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bad weld was only exacerbated when the utility increased the gas pressure on that pipeline to its maximum allowable limit. PG&E officials later told federal investigators that they thought periodically \"spiking\" the pressure was necessary to show that the lines were sound. But the utility offered a series of contradictory explanations for the increase in pressure. Prosecutors argue that the utility purposefully provided the NTSB with different versions of the company's policy on spiking pressure on pipelines, obstructing justice. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30171912/attorneys-sum-up-cases-pg-e-trial-linked\" target=\"_blank\">defense argued\u003c/a> that personnel were acting in \"good faith.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial largely centered around PG&E's pipeline maintenance, record keeping and operations. Federal prosecutors argued that PG&E officials and engineers knew that they were violating federal safety rules when they deliberately increased the pressure on older, more fragile pipelines, including the one that exploded in San Bruno. The company also did not undertake expensive water pressure tests to determine the safety of older pipes. PG&E is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/08/five-years-after-deadly-san-bruno-explosion-are-we-safer/\" target=\"_blank\">still in the process\u003c/a> of testing such pipelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense contended that PG&E employees and executives didn't intend to break safety laws. They argued that PG&E engineers face a confusing morass of federal rules about what tests to apply to which pipelines. Defense attorney Steven Bauer hammered home that the prosecution failed to show a pattern of criminal negligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson imposed strict limits on questions and evidence about the blast itself. At the beginning of the trial \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30119589/jury-can-hear-about-san-bruno-explosion-pg\" target=\"_blank\">jurors heard\u003c/a> about numerous leaks and pressure spiking, but were not told that those problems were on the same gas pipeline that exploded in San Bruno. In mid-July, though, the judge allowed witnesses, in response to questions, to discuss the actual blast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testimony concluded July 27.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the company is also facing a \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29606461/san-bruno-explosion-grand-jury-investigating-new-obstruction\" target=\"_blank\">new federal grand jury investigation\u003c/a> into an obstruction of justice charge, according to documents filed by PG&E attorneys in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's rare, but not unprecedented, for a utility company to face criminal charges for violating safety laws. In 1999, a ruptured pipeline killed three people and spilled more than 225,000 gallons of gasoline into creeks running through a public park in Bellingham, Washington. Federal prosecutors investigated Olympic Pipe Line Co., resulting in prison or probation for three company officials and $112 million in penalties and safety improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, the California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/14/bill-would-block-pge-from-deducting-115-million-of-san-bruno-fine/\" target=\"_blank\">fined PG&E $1.6 billion\u003c/a> for its role in the deadly blast. That money went into safety improvements, to reimburse ratepayers for money not spent on safety improvements and as a penalty paid into California's general fund. However, the utility saved millions on the penalty in tax breaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility has already settled claims amounting to nearly $500 million with San Bruno victims and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Rebecca Bowe and Beth Willon contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This report was updated to include statements from Sen. Jerry Hill and information about the defense's plan to ask the trial judge to overturn the jury's verdict.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Jerry Hill said Tuesday, after the verdict. \"And there’s nothing to really deter or detract from this occurring in the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said in a statement that it is working hard to regain its customers' trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we are very much focused on the future, we will never forget the lessons of the past,\" the statement says. \"We have made unprecedented progress in the nearly six years since the tragic San Bruno accident and we are committed to maintaining our focus on safety. We want our customers and their families to know that we are committed to re-earning their trust by acting with integrity and working around the clock to provide them with energy that is safe, reliable, affordable and clean.”\u003cbr>\n[SBsidebar]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility's lawyers said Tuesday in a short written statement that they would \"file our motion for acquittal\" next week. The motion will seek to have federal judge Thelton Henderson overturn the jury's verdict, according to legal experts. It's a fairly common, and rarely successful, legal maneuver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Hill, it shows the utility isn't accepting responsibility for the San Bruno explosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first thing you do when you want to re-earn your customers trust: You admit that you have a problem. You admit that something went wrong,\" he said. \"So they're still not getting it. They're still not admitting that there was a problem, that they acted criminally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/08/five-years-after-deadly-san-bruno-explosion-are-we-safer/\" target=\"_blank\">pipeline segment\u003c/a> that failed in San Bruno was poorly built when it was pieced together in 1956, with a poorly welded joint containing a visible crack that PG&E’s quality control failed to detect, according to the NTSB investigation. But it’s hard to see when a pipeline buried underground is deteriorating and becoming prone to failure. One way to know is through hydrostatic testing -- a process in which pipeline sections are filled with water at high pressure to detect cracks and other flaws. But when federal regulations went into effect, thousands of miles of transmission pipeline -- including Line 132 under San Bruno -- were grandfathered into operation without testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility also didn't know about the weld. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/19/10-emails-detail-pges-cozy-relationship-with-its-regulators/\" target=\"_blank\">Emails released\u003c/a> during civil suits show a PG&E executive telling state regulators two days after the blast that \"God knows what is underground.” In the months following the blast, PG&E began tracking down pipeline records from decades past. PG&E staff collected documents from more than 46 offices. It took about 1,500 employees five days to sort through 100,000 boxes at the Cow Palace in Daly City. State regulators say that much more is known about PG&E's system today, but that the utility is still pinning down all its data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bad weld was only exacerbated when the utility increased the gas pressure on that pipeline to its maximum allowable limit. PG&E officials later told federal investigators that they thought periodically \"spiking\" the pressure was necessary to show that the lines were sound. But the utility offered a series of contradictory explanations for the increase in pressure. Prosecutors argue that the utility purposefully provided the NTSB with different versions of the company's policy on spiking pressure on pipelines, obstructing justice. 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They argued that PG&E engineers face a confusing morass of federal rules about what tests to apply to which pipelines. Defense attorney Steven Bauer hammered home that the prosecution failed to show a pattern of criminal negligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson imposed strict limits on questions and evidence about the blast itself. At the beginning of the trial \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30119589/jury-can-hear-about-san-bruno-explosion-pg\" target=\"_blank\">jurors heard\u003c/a> about numerous leaks and pressure spiking, but were not told that those problems were on the same gas pipeline that exploded in San Bruno. In mid-July, though, the judge allowed witnesses, in response to questions, to discuss the actual blast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testimony concluded July 27.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the company is also facing a \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29606461/san-bruno-explosion-grand-jury-investigating-new-obstruction\" target=\"_blank\">new federal grand jury investigation\u003c/a> into an obstruction of justice charge, according to documents filed by PG&E attorneys in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's rare, but not unprecedented, for a utility company to face criminal charges for violating safety laws. In 1999, a ruptured pipeline killed three people and spilled more than 225,000 gallons of gasoline into creeks running through a public park in Bellingham, Washington. Federal prosecutors investigated Olympic Pipe Line Co., resulting in prison or probation for three company officials and $112 million in penalties and safety improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, the California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/14/bill-would-block-pge-from-deducting-115-million-of-san-bruno-fine/\" target=\"_blank\">fined PG&E $1.6 billion\u003c/a> for its role in the deadly blast. That money went into safety improvements, to reimburse ratepayers for money not spent on safety improvements and as a penalty paid into California's general fund. However, the utility saved millions on the penalty in tax breaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility has already settled claims amounting to nearly $500 million with San Bruno victims and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Rebecca Bowe and Beth Willon contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It didn't take Long Beach high school student Vanessa Hernandez long to realize that girls in her own school could be victims of sex trafficking. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez recently took part in a daylong program in Southern California by \u003ca href=\"http://iempathize.org/\">iEmpathize\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that's teaching kids how to care and to speak up when they see any signs of someone being exploited. Hernandez was one of about 100 high school-age kids who packed a large room at a college campus one recent Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I didn't know these things happen daily. 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I don't need to buy some meth, process it, sell it, buy some meth, process it, sell it. Eighteen different ways I can get busted there,\" Carson said. \"Oree, I just use her and use her and use her, and I have the internet and I'm removed from everything.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carson said part of the problem is people either don't notice or don't say anything, leaving girls trapped in what he calls \"the life.\" Freeman’s pimp branded her when she was 12, tattooing his name in dark letters on her neck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Nobody said a thing to a 12-year-old, and she's out there 6 in the morning turning tricks, and there's 100 people walking by her, giving her dirty looks,\" Carson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's where iEmpathize comes in. Many sex trafficking victims come from schools, but other kids -- like student Vanessa Hernandez -- don't know what's going on or what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musician-turned-social activist Brad Riley founded iEmpathize in 2009. The program began in Denver and has expanded to Los Angeles and other parts of the country. Recently, the San Bernardino Unified School District brought the program to its classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Think about why crimes happen. If you were going through a hard time,\" Riley said. \"If no one helps you or notices you, then you never get help. If you're in a situation where you can't help yourself, you need someone to notice that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the iEmpathize \u003ca href=\"http://iempathize.org/empower/teens/\">\"Empower Youth\" program\u003c/a>, that means helping kids understand what it's like to be in a victim's shoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program's Guido Hajenius hands out index cards to the group and asks them to write down four of the most valuable things in their lives. It could be their family or even their dog. One by one, Hajenius tells them to cross off items from their list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But let's say something else happens to you and you are forced to remove even the last item on your list. Go ahead and cross that out,\" Hajenius tells the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can almost hear the room deflate. You're a teen. And you have nothing left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is what happens to victims of human trafficking, Hajenius said. The kids learn to respond, such as calling the National Human Trafficking Hotline if they see something. And they have a Q-and-A session with survivor Oree Freeman, who talks candidly with them about what it was like for her to get sucked into \"the life,\" a life she struggled to escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freeman, who is now an advocate for sex trafficking victims, drives home the importance of speaking out, whether you are the one struggling or you are the one who sees something going on with a classmate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s not that easy to talk to somebody,\" the 21-year-old tells the kids. \"But if you can start now, I can’t tell you how amazing of a person or young woman or young man that you will be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Anderson, of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/LongBeachHumanTraffickingTaskforce/\">Long Beach Human Trafficking Task Force,\u003c/a> helped organize the iEmpathize event. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva said Friday that he's innocent of charges he faces in connection with a game of strip poker that happened last summer at a camp he runs for underprivileged children. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">He faces charges of child endangerment, providing alcohol to minors, secretly making an audio recording without consent and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\"First of all, everyone there was 18 years old,\" Silva said at a news conference on Friday. \"I never, ever endangered a child. Never. I never provided alcohol to anyone. 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