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He says he thinks a marijuana crop could be worth investing in if it becomes legal. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But small farmers already growing legal medical marijuana say they don’t want big ag to push out smaller existing farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t really see any clear benefit,” says Hezekiah Allen with the California Growers Association, representing over 500 members. “Certainly our hope is that we kind of avoid consolidation and we don’t really move in that direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen does think there is one role big farms can play: growing hemp, which has lower THC levels and can be used to make paper, cloth and soap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if marijuana cultivation becomes legal across the state, a big question still looms. Will law enforcement crack down on these new growers if cannabis remains illegal under federal law?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal raids on medical marijuana are still happening in California. Some local sheriffs are going after pot farms, too. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims, for example, has waged an all-out war on marijuana, raiding grows not only in cities but in the Sierra Nevada and on farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10866936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10866936\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"Around 20,000 mature cannabis plants were found at this marijuana grow in 2013 in Fresno County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-400x277.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-1440x998.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-960x666.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Around 20,000 mature cannabis plants were found at this marijuana grow in 2013 in Fresno County. \u003ccite>(Fresno County Sheriff's Dept. )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“For me it really started out as the violence issue: the home invasion robberies, the homicides, the assaults, the assaults with a deadly weapon,” Mims says. “All of that started increasing in these large marijuana grows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her officers have encountered gangs, booby traps and military-grade weapons at grow sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”6B88LtARV1fGr3T8j6cly3lq6OESyxI5”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we again start allowing people to have these large grows, the violence will go up again,” says Mims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She hopes whatever initiative passes includes some sort of control by local law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as that happens, we’re all going to come out ahead because then cities and counties can make up their own minds about what they want to do with their own land-use ordinances,” says Mims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also doesn’t think farmers used to growing peaches or tomatoes will want to pay taxes and fees that could come with legalizing the marijuana crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10867032\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10867032\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-800x687.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims hopes any pot legalization initiative that passes includes some sort of control by local law enforcement.\" width=\"800\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-800x687.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-400x344.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-768x660.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-1440x1237.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-1180x1013.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-960x825.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims hopes any pot legalization initiative that passes includes some sort of control by local law enforcement. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But companies that sell supplies for growing medical marijuana say they’re getting ready for a boom if big ag gets in on the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Current Culture H20, a hydroponics company in Fresno, Christian Long sells water-based systems to help people grow all sorts of plants and vegetables. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know, I guess if I thought if I put in a 200-acre planting of marijuana, would the market sustain that?” says Michael.\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/247357820″&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/247357820″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cannabis becoming a major player in big agriculture depends on whether Californians vote to legalize pot. If a legalization measure passes, the state would still have to develop regulations on how marijuana can be grown — and farmers would have to figure out which crops grow best. Even still, becoming a big grower early on makes sense for farmers like Cannon Michael, who have land and resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me it’s just another potential option for something that could be a benefit to the farm, and then also make some money hopefully,” Michael says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10867024\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10867024\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1-800x703.jpg\" alt=\"Cannon Michael farms over 11,000 acres in Merced County. He says he thinks a marijuana crop could be worth investing in if it becomes legal. \" width=\"800\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1-800x703.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1-400x351.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1-768x674.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1-1440x1265.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1-1180x1036.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/CannonMichael-1-960x843.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cannon Michael farms over 11,000 acres in Merced County. He says he thinks a marijuana crop could be worth investing in if it becomes legal. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But small farmers already growing legal medical marijuana say they don’t want big ag to push out smaller existing farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t really see any clear benefit,” says Hezekiah Allen with the California Growers Association, representing over 500 members. “Certainly our hope is that we kind of avoid consolidation and we don’t really move in that direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen does think there is one role big farms can play: growing hemp, which has lower THC levels and can be used to make paper, cloth and soap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if marijuana cultivation becomes legal across the state, a big question still looms. Will law enforcement crack down on these new growers if cannabis remains illegal under federal law?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal raids on medical marijuana are still happening in California. Some local sheriffs are going after pot farms, too. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims, for example, has waged an all-out war on marijuana, raiding grows not only in cities but in the Sierra Nevada and on farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10866936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10866936\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"Around 20,000 mature cannabis plants were found at this marijuana grow in 2013 in Fresno County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-400x277.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-1440x998.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/PotFieldss-960x666.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Around 20,000 mature cannabis plants were found at this marijuana grow in 2013 in Fresno County. \u003ccite>(Fresno County Sheriff's Dept. )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“For me it really started out as the violence issue: the home invasion robberies, the homicides, the assaults, the assaults with a deadly weapon,” Mims says. “All of that started increasing in these large marijuana grows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her officers have encountered gangs, booby traps and military-grade weapons at grow sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we again start allowing people to have these large grows, the violence will go up again,” says Mims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She hopes whatever initiative passes includes some sort of control by local law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as that happens, we’re all going to come out ahead because then cities and counties can make up their own minds about what they want to do with their own land-use ordinances,” says Mims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also doesn’t think farmers used to growing peaches or tomatoes will want to pay taxes and fees that could come with legalizing the marijuana crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10867032\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10867032\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-800x687.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims hopes any pot legalization initiative that passes includes some sort of control by local law enforcement.\" width=\"800\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-800x687.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-400x344.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-768x660.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-1440x1237.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-1180x1013.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Mims-960x825.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims hopes any pot legalization initiative that passes includes some sort of control by local law enforcement. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But companies that sell supplies for growing medical marijuana say they’re getting ready for a boom if big ag gets in on the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Current Culture H20, a hydroponics company in Fresno, Christian Long sells water-based systems to help people grow all sorts of plants and vegetables. 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"content": "\u003cp>A San Francisco Superior Court judge has brought to a close, at least for now, a murder case that remained a mystery for 17 years and has taken 13 more to make its way through the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10848006\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/martz.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10848006\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10848006\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/martz-400x450.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Martz in a photograph included in a retrospective of her work. \" width=\"400\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Martz in a photograph included in a retrospective of her work.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Judge Jeffrey Ross on Tuesday sentenced John Davis, 48, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the Dec. 4, 1985, murder of Barbara Martz in her Potrero Hill home. The sentence was not a surprise: It’s the mandatory penalty required after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/28/guilty-verdict-in-s-f-retrial-of-1985-cold-hit-murder-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Davis’ conviction last month\u003c/a> of first-degree murder with two special circumstances — burglary and rape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martz, who was 28 when she was stabbed and slashed to death, was an art and commercial photographer who shared a studio on Sixth Street with two partners. Earlier in 1985, she had traveled to Nepal and documented a trek there she planned to make the subject of a documentary film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/247450538″ 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>Two of those closest to Martz — her boyfriend, Bobby Adams, and roommate, Melinda Lowe — spoke during the brief hearing at the Hall of Justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowe recalled Martz as energetic, “a body in motion — hiking, gardening, cross-country skiing” — and someone whose photography reflected a deep sympathy with other people and their condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowe testified during Davis’ trial that she had been home briefly early the evening of the murder, but left again before Martz returned home from work. Evidence suggests Davis surprised Martz while she was unloading groceries, raped her and stabbed her with a large kitchen knife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reflecting on her roommate’s death, Lowe said, “I have been thinking of a different scenario, one in which Barb wasn’t left alone in her hour of greatest need.” Lowe called it “bargaining with a higher power for a different outcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis was not identified as the suspect in the case until 2002, when the San Francisco Police Department’s new crime lab developed a DNA profile from semen recovered from Martz’s body. That profile matched a DNA sample that Davis had been required to submit as a state prison inmate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was subsequently charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances. Davis’ public defender, Gabriel Bassan, waged an unsuccessful four-year fight to bar the DNA findings that led to the murder charge — the only material evidence in the district attorney’s case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis was tried and convicted in 2007 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:24 p.m. on Feb. 17:\u003c/strong> Pedro Figueroa was released on bail from an ICE detention center on Feb. 3. Also, the San Francisco Police Department initially denied that it had cooperated with federal immigration agents. But an internal ICE document shows that the police and sheriff were in direct communication with ICE about Figueroa.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedro Figueroa recently reported to San Francisco police that his car had been stolen. When it was recovered, the police summoned Figueroa to a neighborhood station, where they asked for proof that he owned the car. They also ran his name to check for warrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And they come up with a hit on a warrant in the criminal justice system,\" San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police had called her agency for help to check for what's known as a failure-to-appear warrant issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It turned out that Figueroa, 31, was in this country illegally. So a sheriff's clerk called the feds. But Hennessy said no one seemed to know what the warrant was for. Since the police didn't have enough information to hold Figueroa, they decided to release him. And that's when Figueroa's story really got complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And then my understanding is, there was an agent outside the police station that then picked him up,\" Hennessy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.npr.org/player/embed/465278302/466898745\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This situation has brought San Francisco's sanctuary city law under scrutiny again. Local law enforcement officials are forbidden from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, except in the cases of violent felons. The law \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/06/kate-steinle-shooting-opens-can-of-worms-on-san-francisco-immigration-policy\">came under fire\u003c/a> from critics after the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/kate-steinle\" target=\"_blank\">shooting death of Kate Steinle\u003c/a> last July at the hands of a man who was in this country illegally and had been deported multiple times. In the curious case of Figueroa, supporters of the law say the police may have undermined it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local law enforcement wasn't supposed to contact the feds about Figueroa, says his attorney, Zachary Nightingale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that Pedro went into the police station honestly believing he had nothing to worry about, that he would collect his stolen car as a crime victim,\" Nightingale says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the San Francisco Police Department was adamant that his agency did not cooperate with federal immigration agents. In a statement released by ICE, the agency said Figueroa was arrested based on his conviction for a misdemeanor DUI and an outstanding deportation order dating back to 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'He expected a notice. They didn't have a notice to send him. But they ordered him deported anyways, even though they knew they had never sent him a notice.'\u003ccite>Attorney Zachary Nightingale\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But when Figueroa's lawyers looked into why he was ordered deported, they found an odd and complex story. In 2005, Figueroa came to the United States seeking asylum after being threatened by gangs in his native El Salvador. Immigration authorities released him from custody pending a hearing. But his case fell through the cracks. Figueroa never knew that ICE tried to deport him because the government never called him to a hearing. And apparently he didn't ask why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nightingale says the immigration system is riddled with due process problems. \"He expected a notice. They didn't have a notice to send him. 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San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos worried that the Figueroa case could dissuade unauthorized immigrants from ever talking with the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And we know that if a person who is an immigrant, undocumented, is a witness or victim of a crime, if he or she feels that by talking to law enforcement they'll get caught up in the justice system, they're going to be silent,\" Avalos says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Pedro Figueroa sits in an ICE detention center just east of San Francisco. The immigration court considers his case to be such a priority that it has scheduled a hearing, based on his original asylum claim, for November 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) and Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert are asking state Attorney General Kamala Harris to hold off on issuing a title and summary to the criminal sentencing reform ballot measure Gov. Jerry Brown announced recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYZA6ZKS3hQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a filing with Superior Court in Sacramento, the CDAA claims Brown “cut in line” ahead of five other initiatives by taking a ballot measure filed Dec. 22, 2015 and basically doing a “gut-and-amend” with a “complete rewrite.” That, they say, circumvented the public input process, leaving the legislative analyst and the attorney general inadequate time to review and assess the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[scribd id=299116134 key=key-6PbOevRnieYA1KJ7wDdy mode=scroll]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement from his office, Brown said, “It’s perplexing why these DA’s would deny the people of California their right to vote on this important public safety measure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court is closed until Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This measure gives Brown an opportunity few politicians ever get: To reach back and fix the unintended consequences of a law he signed nearly 40 years earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/246737775″ 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>When Brown signed the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2012/01/23/the-law-that-help-pack-californias-prisons/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uniform Determinate Sentencing Law \u003c/a>in 1976, he \u003cem>thought\u003c/em> he was correcting a bias in the parole board, with some inmates being kept in prison a lot longer than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were alleging racial disparities,” Brown said in an interview Thursday. “I tried to put more certainty into the process. I thought clarity and certainty of prison time would operate as a deterrent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown calls the law he signed “relatively modest,” but that was just the beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next four governors added longer sentences for specific crimes and circumstances, Brown said. “There are now 400 separate enhancements that can add up to 25 years, each one of them, and now you have over 5,000 separate criminal provisions. This is unheard of, when you compare (it with) the Ten Commandments, which have stayed at 10 for 2,700 years!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of it resulted in an explosion of California’s prison population, with the burden falling disproportionately on the poor, African-Americans and Latinos, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is kind of a one-note system now,” Brown said. “Time in the cell, time in the cell. What we need is a more sophisticated system … with restorative justice, drug treatment” and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor called the handiwork of legislators, past governors and the voters a “motorized legislative rampage,” culminating with the passage of Proposition 21 in 2000, which Brown says, was sold by Gov. Pete Wilson and prosecutors as an “anti-gang” measure. It gave prosecutors the power to charge juveniles accused of committing murder and other serious felonies the ability to try them as adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown is now promoting a fall ballot measure — \u003ca href=\"http://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0121%20%28Prison%20Sentence%20Reform%29_0.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Justice and Rehabilitation Act \u003c/a>— to put that power back in the hands of judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because the job of a prosecutor is to prosecute, not judge,” said the governor. “The job of a judge is to judge and whether someone 14, 15, 16, 17 should be tried in the juvenile court system or transferred to the adult court is primarily a judicial question. Let the judges decide. If you keep that separation of powers, you keep faith with the American tradition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s ballot measure also lets nonviolent inmates earn credit for good behavior. It would relax mandatory sentencing laws and give prisoners who “better themselves” behind bars the chance to get parole after they’ve served their primary sentence. Drawing on his Jesuit training, Brown promotes the idea of forgiveness and redemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Nobody knows what the hell is going on except a few deputy DA’s.’\u003ccite>Governor Jerry Brown\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Brown called the current penal code “a giant phone book, an overreach with very minute prescriptions, and sections and subsections and subsections of subsections referring back to other subsections.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And nobody knows what the hell is going on,” he said, “except a few deputy DA’s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Brown collects the 585,000 signatures needed to place this measure on the ballot, and voters approve, it would be the latest and perhaps most sweeping U-turn in criminal justice policy under this governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, law enforcement groups, led by the California District Attorneys Association, are signaling their opposition to Brown’s measure. “It still has to qualify,” said Sean Hoffman, who lobbies on behalf of the association. “So at this point, the extent of our opposition remains to be seen. There are a lot of unknowns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DA’s may have other targets to focus on this fall. A measure to \u003ca href=\"http://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0066%20%28Death%20Penalty%29.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban capital punishment \u003c/a>and another to \u003ca href=\"http://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0096%20%28Death%20Penalty%29_0.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expedite executions \u003c/a>could also draw their interest, along with one to legalize marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever ultimately happens with Brown’s ballot measure, California is well on its way to reversing many of the harshest anti-crime provisions of the past four decades.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) is outraged that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has not explained its own employees' role in a massive nationwide recall that hurt ranchers in his district in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've really gotten nothing out of USDA,\" Huffman said in an interview. \"This all happened on their watch. And frankly, had they done their job, none of this would have happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman's remarks come as the four men who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges tied to the recall start to face jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal judge Wednesday \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/09/defendant-in-petaluma-slaughterhouse-fraud-faces-sentencing\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced 78-year-old Jesse Amaral\u003c/a>, the president of the now-defunct Rancho Feeding Corp., to one year in prison. The other three defendants face sentencing next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman applauds federal prosecutors for going after Rancho's owners and workers, but says meat inspectors at the Petaluma plant should be held accountable as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was gross negligence and malfeasance at best, maybe even complicity involving USDA personnel,\" Huffman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the aftermath of the recall, reports surfaced of improper relationships involving USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspectors and employees at the slaughterhouse. But any role the inspectors played in contributing to the recall was not revealed in the criminal case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Here we are two years later without any information on the internal investigation that should have happened, should have been concluded by now,\" Huffman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall prompted an investigation by the USDA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which helped the U.S Attorney's Office in its prosecutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman says the agency's inspector general has \"provided us with no information about that and we've continued to press.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"USDA did a sweeping recall that captured headlines and sort of diverted public attention away from the misconduct and the failures of its own personnel,\" Huffman said. \"This is part of the story that has to be told.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A USDA OIG official did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the USDA itself emphasizes that it's not to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The criminals who are solely responsible for the events at Rancho are appropriately facing justice,\" said Adam Tarr, chief of staff at the USDA's Office of Food Safety, in an emailed statement. \"The U.S. Attorney's Office conducted a thorough investigation and found no criminal wrongdoing on the part of USDA's inspectors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is dangerous and contrary to the facts of the case to suggest otherwise,\" Tarr said. \"The defendants in this case knowingly and willingly took steps to avert USDA inspection.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A food safety advocate who has tracked the federal government's response to the recall wants to know what the agency has done to improve its inspections since 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm still concerned on the USDA side that not enough has been done to fill in the loopholes of the inspection process,\" said Tony Corbo, a senior lobbyist at Food & Water Watch. \"What's the USDA done on its end to prevent similar circumstances from happening in the future?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last July, federal officials \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/22/feds-toughen-meat-inspections-in-wake-of-petaluma-slaughterhouse-case\" target=\"_blank\">revealed the measures they intend to take to improve meat safety inspections\u003c/a> because of the recall. The USDA's top food safety official then said the agency was hiring 32 full-time inspectors at \"high-risk\" meat processing plants around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the union that represents meat inspectors filed an unfair labor practice charge, blocking the hiring over concerns the new workers would not be protected from severe temperatures in holding pens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, the agency and the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals resolved their differences on the extra hires. The USDA expects to have all 32 spots filled by spring, according to an agency official.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Only one came from the front, and that was to his abdomen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pointer said that single shot in front of Woods was likely fired by an officer seen on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/07/video-evidence-appears-to-contradict-sfpd-account-of-mario-woods-killing\" target=\"_blank\">cellphone video\u003c/a> stepping into Woods' path moments before five officers fired a barrage of bullets. In all, 27 shell casings were recovered from the scene, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dec. 2 shooting spurred massive changes within San Francisco law enforcement, including a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/01/department-of-justice-to-conduct-review-of-san-francisco-police-department\" target=\"_blank\">federal review\u003c/a> of the Police Department, a use-of-force \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/11/talk-of-tasers-overwhelms-debate-over-s-f-police-use-of-force\" target=\"_blank\">policy overhaul and a renewed call\u003c/a> for police to be equipped with electronic stun guns commonly known as Tasers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco also filed its \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/299032167/Defendant-s-Answer-Gwendolyn-Woods-v-San-Francisco-et-al\" target=\"_blank\">response\u003c/a> to Gwendolyn Woods' lawsuit Thursday, making the city's strongest statements yet that the shooting was a legal use of deadly force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a surprisingly detailed introduction, the city's answer recounts pieces of the incident that have trickled out in the months since the shooting. It says Woods was armed with a knife and had stabbed someone shortly before he was confronted by police. The stabbing victim's DNA matched blood found on a 4-inch steak knife Woods was carrying, the filing says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also says Woods didn't comply with officers' multiple pleas to drop the knife as they escalated use of \"less-lethal\" force:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As the officers tried to contain Woods, back-up officers arrived with the less than lethal weapons. The officers fired bean bags at Woods and ordered him to drop the knife. Woods refused. Officers deployed pepper spray and ordered Woods to drop the knife. Woods refused. None of the alternative forms of force had any effect on Woods. The officers and bystanders told Woods to drop the knife, but he continued to refuse and would not submit to arrest.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The medical examiner's report catalogs five bruises and scrapes attributed to those less-than-lethal rounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer concludes that officers \"have no duty to retreat\" and \"may block the path of a fleeing suspect,\" despite changes that are coming to SFPD policies following the shooting that emphasize slowing down and creating distance in response to suspects who aren't armed with guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The officers' actions were well within the settled parameters regarding the use of lethal force by police officers as spelled out by the United States Supreme Court,\" the city's answer says. \"When a suspect refuses to disarm and refuses to surrender peacefully, officers may use such force as is necessary to protect the public and themselves and to effect the arrest.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pointer said neither Woods' alleged criminal history, nor blood work showing an intoxicating level of methamphetamine, could have factored into the officers' decision to use lethal force the moment they began firing at Woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What does inform that decision, which is something they don't want to deal with, is the video,\" Pointer said. \"If you review the video, this man's arms were at his side, and at no time was he lunging at officers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pointer said Woods was \"exhibiting signs of being in some sort of mental distress, whether that be organic or caused by narcotic,\" and police should be able to effect a response, absent a deadly threat \"without needlessly spilling blood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative from the San Francisco Police Officers Association, which strongly criticized a unanimous resolution from city legislators declaring July 22 \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/resolutions16/r0026-16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Woods Remembrance Day\u003c/a>,\" said the union had received the medical examiner's report but had no comment at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>POA President Martin Halloran described Woods as a \"convicted felon, validated gang member, indiscriminate predator, who allegedly attempted to murder an innocent victim in the Bayview,\" in a Feb. 1 written critique of the day of remembrance.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"report\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead the medical examiner's report below. Read San Francisco's answer to Gwendolyn Woods' civil rights complaint \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/299032167/Defendant-s-Answer-Gwendolyn-Woods-v-San-Francisco-et-al\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[scribd id=299028240 key=key-6NsdbzzPkYqoXSoOtv3c mode=scroll]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown enlisted a platoon of law enforcement leaders -- including San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis -- to join him when he \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/27/Brown-Rolls-Out-Sentencing-Reform-Ballot-Measure\" target=\"_blank\">rolled out a ballot measure last month that could let thousands of state prisoners serve shorter sentences\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those individual voices apparently did not portend a ringing endorsement from other prosecutors across the state: On Thursday, the California District Attorneys Association's \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdaa.org/about-us/board-of-directors\" target=\"_blank\">17-member board of directors\u003c/a> voted to oppose the initiative, with just one member abstaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDAA represents the state's 58 district attorneys and is a political force in Sacramento. 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There are a lot of unknowns.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor hit back at the vote, saying in an interview with KQED News that prosecutors are essentially arguing they know what will be best for public safety decades in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s2\">The proposition of the DA’s is, 'We know on the day we charge or on the day a judge sentences – we know everything that can occur, we know all we need to know for the next 10, 20 50 years,' \" Brown said. \"I’m saying, 'You might have had some good ideas back then, but over time men and women change.' \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s2\">\"Those changes should be accommodated so we can open the cells for new people who are even more dangerous. And the idea that we’re going to build more prisons to accommodate this mindless appetite for endless incarceration -- isn’t going to happen.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through a spokesman, Brown also charged that the district attorneys' group has a \"\u003cspan class=\"s1\">long record of opposing sensible criminal justice reforms, and their opposition here is no exception.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown wants voters to approve some major changes to both California's juvenile justice system and to the way people sentenced to state prison for nonviolent crimes are treated. The proposals are largely aimed at cutting California's prison population, which the state has been under federal court order to reduce since 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, many offenders receive both an underlying sentence for the crime they are being charged with and have additional years tacked on by \"enhancements\" -- for example, if there are multiple victims, if they had previously served time in prison or if they were in possession of a gun when the crime was committed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the governor's initiative, the state's parole board would be able to consider adult offenders for parole after they serve their entire initial sentences but before they serve time tacked on by sentencing enhancements. The head of the state prison system would also have more power to award prisoners credits that could shorten their prison terms if they behave well and participate in rehabilitation programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the proposed ballot measure would make a major change to the state’s juvenile justice system by allowing judges instead of prosecutors to decide whether a minor should be charged as an adult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoffman said the prosecutors have several objections to the governor's proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, they are unhappy that Brown took an existing ballot measure solely aimed at making changes to the juvenile system -- a proposal that had already been through a public comment period -- and amended it to include the more sweeping sentencing reforms. That meant there was not an opportunity for prosecutors and others to weigh in, Hoffman said, and potentially convince the governor to make some tweaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is more of a process issue, but they feel like the governor, by amending an initiative that had already been through 30-day public comment period, cut the lines (of communication),\" Hoffman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDAA board members are also worried that the measure gives the head of the prison system too much control over issuing \"good-time\" credits, trumping past laws passed by both the Legislature and voters that mandated when criminals had to serve a certain percentage of their sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And perhaps most important, Hoffman said, the parole eligibility changes undercut \"40 years' worth of sentencing law,\" handing enormous power to a body he said prosecutors do not trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoffman used the example of two people in prison for human trafficking. Both might have a 12-year underlying sentence, but the person convicted of trafficking one person might have four years added on as an enhancement, while the person convicted of trafficking six people would have 24 years added on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The sentence isn't going to reflect the gravity of the offense,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoffman said the district attorneys also have questions about who will be considered a \"nonviolent\" offender under the ballot measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of criminal justice reform had \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/05/is-sentencing-reform-on-horizon\" target=\"_blank\">hoped the governor would wade into the fray this year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\"> \u003cem>KQED California Politics and Government Desk Senior Editor Scott Shafter contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The latest revival of an old San Francisco debate over Tasers dominated a Wednesday night meeting of the city's Police Commission, where the public got its first look at a proposed set of changes to how and when officers are allowed to use force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police Chief Greg Suhr presented four draft policies to commissioners at the meeting. Three revise and expand existing department general orders on use of force. 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The department's \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298964994/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Draft-Use-of-Force-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">proposed use-of-force general order\u003c/a> emphasizes the preservation of human life and verbal de-escalation. It also introduces a principle that any force officers use should be proportional to the threat they're facing, especially if that threat involves a weapon other than a firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police say Woods was armed with a knife and had stabbed someone less than an hour before he was confronted by a large group of officers. Bystander \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/07/video-evidence-appears-to-contradict-sfpd-account-of-mario-woods-killing\" target=\"_blank\">cellphone video\u003c/a> shows Woods begin to stagger away from the main group of officers, but toward one who stepped into his path. Five officers fired a barrage of shots, hitting Woods some 20 times, according to attorneys representing his family in a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/11/mario-woods-mother-suing-san-francisco-amid-calls-for-police-chiefs-resignation\" target=\"_blank\">civil rights lawsuit\u003c/a> against the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s really kind of astonishing what a horrible time it is for this to even be on your agenda, how disingenuous it is to look at the killing of Mario Woods as being somehow related to the lack of Tasers,\" said Andrea Prichett, head of a Berkeley-based police watchdog organization. \"What killed that man was an incredible lack of sensitivity to the value of black life. That’s what killed him, and it is a deeply rooted culture in San Francisco.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The head of the San Francisco Police Officers Association has repeatedly said that having Tasers as an option would likely have prevented Woods' death. The police officers union submitted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298977400/S-F-POA-Draft-Taser-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">separate, broader Taser proposal\u003c/a> to the Police Commission Wednesday that would equip officers specially trained for responses to people in psychiatric crisis -- members of the department's crisis intervention team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"17tO8dQa9689x1eoA9qA67UMxIPRukKp\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>POA President Martin Halloran said the department should train every officer in crisis intervention -- a move already implemented for all new recruits -- and then immediately train and equip them with Tasers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are optimistic that, this time, this lifesaving tool will not be stalled by unreasonable opposition,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police commissioners didn't discuss the POA's proposal, but all the new draft policies are heading to a working group that will include police officers and heavy representation from the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commission President Suzy Loftus said the U.S. Department of Justice would also weigh in as part of a recently announced \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/01/department-of-justice-to-conduct-review-of-san-francisco-police-department\" target=\"_blank\">federal review of the Police Department\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioners Petra DeJesus and Victor Hwang unsuccessfully attempted to remove any discussion of Tasers from the broader use-of-force policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is such a big and controversial issue, it's going to overwhelm our other discussion around the good stuff happening around use of force,\" Hwang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeJesus said that including the request for Tasers in use-of-force reforms is a \"backdoor way\" to push the weapons through approval when the public has said over and over again that it doesn't want them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The real question is who's asking for the Tasers, and it comes down to the department and the mayor,\" she said. \"That is concerning that we're not even listening to the community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10861198\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10861194\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10861198 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Prohibited uses of a conducted energy device (Taser) in SFPD's proposed policy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-800x563.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-400x281.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-768x540.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-1180x830.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-960x675.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prohibited uses of a conducted energy device (Taser) in SFPD's proposed policy.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Suhr said the department's proposal is limited and would allow for only about 5 percent of officers -- members of the SWAT Team and others with specialized tactical training -- to carry Tasers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They would only be allowed to use the Tasers or the conducted energy device when the suspect is armed with a weapon short of a firearm,\" he said. \"They would be prohibited from using that [Taser] on an unarmed suspect or a person who is only a danger to themselves and a variety of other situations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commission President Loftus said the process would go forward as planned, denying Hwang's request to split Tasers from use-of-force discussions and DeJesus' suggestion that the commission vote on whether the SFPD should pursue the devices before crafting policy for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process, including the Justice Department and working group reviews, should take about two months, Loftus said, at which point the policies will come back before the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is fundamentally about re-engineering use of force,\" Loftus said. \"Tasers are a part of it that have been requested by the department, but the opportunity is so much bigger for San Francisco to fundamentally lead and actually analyze how we train and equip officers to use force.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The latest revival of an old San Francisco debate over Tasers dominated a Wednesday night meeting of the city's Police Commission, where the public got its first look at a proposed set of changes to how and when officers are allowed to use force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police Chief Greg Suhr presented four draft policies to commissioners at the meeting. Three revise and expand existing department general orders on use of force. The fourth would arm approximately 100 specially trained officers with electronic stun guns commonly known by the name of their dominant manufacturer -- Taser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suhr and Mayor Ed Lee \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/07/mayor-lee-chief-suhr-for-study-of-new-nonlethal-weapons-including-tasers\" target=\"_blank\">said shortly after\u003c/a> the fatal Dec. 2 police shooting of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/mario-woods\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Woods\u003c/a> that the department would again seek approval for the devices. Suhr and three chiefs before him have tried to get approval for using the \"less lethal\" weapons, but public concern that Tasers can be fatal and could be misused derailed each request.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4>San Francisco Police Draft Use-of-Force Policy Changes\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298964994/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Draft-Use-of-Force-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">Use of Force\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298965562/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Draft-Use-of-Force-Reporting-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">Reporting\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298965450/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Draft-Firearm-Lethal-Force-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">Firearms and Deadly Force\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298965307/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Draft-Taser-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">CEDs (Tasers)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The limited pilot program Suhr introduced Wednesday met familiar opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s unfathomable to me to think that adding another weapon to an arsenal of a Police Department that is out of control is going to solve our problems; it's not,\" San Francisco resident Nancy Reiko Kato told commissioners. \"The problem is with the policies that allow police to draw their weapons on unarmed people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broad changes to those policies are also on the table. The department's \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298964994/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Draft-Use-of-Force-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">proposed use-of-force general order\u003c/a> emphasizes the preservation of human life and verbal de-escalation. It also introduces a principle that any force officers use should be proportional to the threat they're facing, especially if that threat involves a weapon other than a firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police say Woods was armed with a knife and had stabbed someone less than an hour before he was confronted by a large group of officers. Bystander \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/07/video-evidence-appears-to-contradict-sfpd-account-of-mario-woods-killing\" target=\"_blank\">cellphone video\u003c/a> shows Woods begin to stagger away from the main group of officers, but toward one who stepped into his path. Five officers fired a barrage of shots, hitting Woods some 20 times, according to attorneys representing his family in a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/11/mario-woods-mother-suing-san-francisco-amid-calls-for-police-chiefs-resignation\" target=\"_blank\">civil rights lawsuit\u003c/a> against the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s really kind of astonishing what a horrible time it is for this to even be on your agenda, how disingenuous it is to look at the killing of Mario Woods as being somehow related to the lack of Tasers,\" said Andrea Prichett, head of a Berkeley-based police watchdog organization. \"What killed that man was an incredible lack of sensitivity to the value of black life. That’s what killed him, and it is a deeply rooted culture in San Francisco.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The head of the San Francisco Police Officers Association has repeatedly said that having Tasers as an option would likely have prevented Woods' death. The police officers union submitted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/298977400/S-F-POA-Draft-Taser-Policy\" target=\"_blank\">separate, broader Taser proposal\u003c/a> to the Police Commission Wednesday that would equip officers specially trained for responses to people in psychiatric crisis -- members of the department's crisis intervention team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>POA President Martin Halloran said the department should train every officer in crisis intervention -- a move already implemented for all new recruits -- and then immediately train and equip them with Tasers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are optimistic that, this time, this lifesaving tool will not be stalled by unreasonable opposition,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police commissioners didn't discuss the POA's proposal, but all the new draft policies are heading to a working group that will include police officers and heavy representation from the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commission President Suzy Loftus said the U.S. Department of Justice would also weigh in as part of a recently announced \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/01/department-of-justice-to-conduct-review-of-san-francisco-police-department\" target=\"_blank\">federal review of the Police Department\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioners Petra DeJesus and Victor Hwang unsuccessfully attempted to remove any discussion of Tasers from the broader use-of-force policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is such a big and controversial issue, it's going to overwhelm our other discussion around the good stuff happening around use of force,\" Hwang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeJesus said that including the request for Tasers in use-of-force reforms is a \"backdoor way\" to push the weapons through approval when the public has said over and over again that it doesn't want them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The real question is who's asking for the Tasers, and it comes down to the department and the mayor,\" she said. \"That is concerning that we're not even listening to the community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10861198\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10861194\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10861198 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Prohibited uses of a conducted energy device (Taser) in SFPD's proposed policy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-800x563.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-400x281.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-768x540.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-1180x830.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1-960x675.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/Prohibited-1.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prohibited uses of a conducted energy device (Taser) in SFPD's proposed policy.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Suhr said the department's proposal is limited and would allow for only about 5 percent of officers -- members of the SWAT Team and others with specialized tactical training -- to carry Tasers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They would only be allowed to use the Tasers or the conducted energy device when the suspect is armed with a weapon short of a firearm,\" he said. \"They would be prohibited from using that [Taser] on an unarmed suspect or a person who is only a danger to themselves and a variety of other situations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commission President Loftus said the process would go forward as planned, denying Hwang's request to split Tasers from use-of-force discussions and DeJesus' suggestion that the commission vote on whether the SFPD should pursue the devices before crafting policy for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process, including the Justice Department and working group reviews, should take about two months, Loftus said, at which point the policies will come back before the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is fundamentally about re-engineering use of force,\" Loftus said. \"Tasers are a part of it that have been requested by the department, but the opportunity is so much bigger for San Francisco to fundamentally lead and actually analyze how we train and equip officers to use force.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:35 p.m.: \u003c/strong>A federal judge has sentenced the owner of Petaluma's defunct Rancho Feeding Corp. to one year and one day in prison in a tainted-beef case that led to a nationwide meat recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jesse Amaral, 78, will also be subject to two years of supervised release, with the first year served in a residential re-entry facility. He's due to begin serving his sentence on March 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer declined to require Amaral to provide restitution to slaughterhouse customers who suffered losses when meat processed at the facility was condemned. Prosecutors had recommended that Amaral pay nearly $7 million to those impacted by the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of five years in prison for the owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse who admitted deceiving meat inspectors and processing cattle that were unfit for human consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jesse Amaral, 78, the owner and president of the now-defunct Rancho Feeding Corp., also may be required to pay nearly $7 million in restitution to ranchers who suffered losses in a nationwide recall of 8.7 million pounds of beef and veal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaral, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to distribute adulterated, misbranded and uninspected meat, is the first of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/18/one-final-guilty-plea-expected-in-petaluma-slaughterhouse-case\" target=\"_blank\">four Rancho workers\u003c/a> to be sentenced. The other three pleaded guilty as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Amaral's serious crimes demand a serious sentence,\" wrote Assistant U.S Attorney Hartley West in a memo filed in federal court earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say they agreed to a plea deal with Amaral in part because of his age and poor health. He has suffered multiple heart attacks, melanoma and a number of other ailments, the sentencing document says. With sentencing enhancements for organizing the scheme, his could have faced nine to 11 years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaral's lawyer, Michael Dias, did not return a call for comment. His sentencing memo on behalf of Amaral, which includes information about his client's finances, was filed under seal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legal experts and food safety advocates say the case could have lasting effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Prosecution of someone like this certainly sends a message that you're not going to get away with it scot-free,\" said Rory Little, a UC Hastings law professor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the sentencing recommendation is pretty severe,\" said Tony Corbo, a lobbyist for the food-safety advocacy group \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Water Watch\u003c/a>. \"I think this is well within reason for what Mr. Amaral did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a pattern that's developing, at least with this administration, that they are going to go after food processors who knowingly violate the law and put contaminated or unsafe product into the food supply,\" Corbo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the ranchers who suffered losses because of the meat recall were \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/18/bill-niman-ranch-rancho-feeding-recall/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill and Nicolette Niman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am really looking forward to getting closure,\" said Bill Niman, whose BN Ranch raised grass-fed beef that was processed at Rancho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has been a struggle recovering from the recall which should never have included our beef,\" he said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Niman employees oversaw the slaughter of their animals at the Petaluma plant, the company's beef was condemned as \"adulterated by virtue of being processed at the same facility,\" the U.S. Attorney's Office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nimans say their business suffered about $6.3 million in direct and indirect losses because of the recalls -- an amount prosecutors want Amaral to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company had a tough time getting bank loans after the recall, according to Nicolette Niman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It had quite a significant impact on our ability to get credit,\" she said in an interview. \"It changed our relationship with lending institutions, it really shifted our own ability to get money and to do business. This was really a matter of people simply doing things out of greed, and it had dramatic effects. When people do bad things, they have to suffer the consequences.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaral, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to distribute adulterated, misbranded and uninspected meat, is the first of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/02/18/one-final-guilty-plea-expected-in-petaluma-slaughterhouse-case\" target=\"_blank\">four Rancho workers\u003c/a> to be sentenced. The other three pleaded guilty as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Amaral's serious crimes demand a serious sentence,\" wrote Assistant U.S Attorney Hartley West in a memo filed in federal court earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say they agreed to a plea deal with Amaral in part because of his age and poor health. He has suffered multiple heart attacks, melanoma and a number of other ailments, the sentencing document says. With sentencing enhancements for organizing the scheme, his could have faced nine to 11 years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaral's lawyer, Michael Dias, did not return a call for comment. His sentencing memo on behalf of Amaral, which includes information about his client's finances, was filed under seal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legal experts and food safety advocates say the case could have lasting effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Prosecution of someone like this certainly sends a message that you're not going to get away with it scot-free,\" said Rory Little, a UC Hastings law professor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the sentencing recommendation is pretty severe,\" said Tony Corbo, a lobbyist for the food-safety advocacy group \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Water Watch\u003c/a>. \"I think this is well within reason for what Mr. Amaral did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a pattern that's developing, at least with this administration, that they are going to go after food processors who knowingly violate the law and put contaminated or unsafe product into the food supply,\" Corbo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the ranchers who suffered losses because of the meat recall were \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/18/bill-niman-ranch-rancho-feeding-recall/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill and Nicolette Niman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am really looking forward to getting closure,\" said Bill Niman, whose BN Ranch raised grass-fed beef that was processed at Rancho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has been a struggle recovering from the recall which should never have included our beef,\" he said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Niman employees oversaw the slaughter of their animals at the Petaluma plant, the company's beef was condemned as \"adulterated by virtue of being processed at the same facility,\" the U.S. Attorney's Office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nimans say their business suffered about $6.3 million in direct and indirect losses because of the recalls -- an amount prosecutors want Amaral to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company had a tough time getting bank loans after the recall, according to Nicolette Niman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It had quite a significant impact on our ability to get credit,\" she said in an interview. \"It changed our relationship with lending institutions, it really shifted our own ability to get money and to do business. This was really a matter of people simply doing things out of greed, and it had dramatic effects. When people do bad things, they have to suffer the consequences.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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