The Transgender Respect, Agency and Dignity Act allows incarcerated transgender, gender-nonconforming and intersex individuals to be housed and searched according to their gender identity.
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San Francisco’s state senator seeks to end the war on drugs, help the underserved, and make real inroads against the housing crisis.
SF Chronicle covers tracking of COVID in LGBTQ community.
Scott Wiener Bill to cut jail time for nonviolent drug crimes in California.
Sacramento - Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced legislation, Senate Bill 57, to legalize overdose prevention programs, also known as safe consumption sites or safe injection sites, as a pilot program in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles Counties. Each of the pilot areas will decide locally whether to participate, and SB 57 simply removes the state prohibition that currently makes such programs illegal.
"State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said Tuesday that he plans to introduce a bill when the Legislature returns decriminalizing possession of psychedlics..."
California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has announced a plan to introduce legislation “to decriminalize psychedelic drugs” when the legislature reconvenes in early 2021.
"QAnon isn’t simply a misinformation problem. It’s an outgrowth of our troubled times, when people who have survived decades of extreme income inequality are now suffering through a horrific pandemic..."