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The Vigil: Mayor London Breed’s Ethic Violations Reflect the Pure Irony of Our Justice System

August 25, 2021September 12, 2021 The Guardsman 0 Comments sfpd, city hall, mayor, Jerry Brown, opinion, London Breed, Chesa Boudin, Ava Cohen, Mohammed Nuru, ethics violations, misuse of title, Napoleon Brown, policing, carceral system, police budget, Dream Keeper Initiative

Mayor London Breed was fined a total of $22,792 for ethics violation on several counts of misusing her title for personal gain; including accepting money for car repairs by the former head of public works department Mohammed Nuru, buying herself two floats in the city’s 2015 Pride parade, and sending a letter to former governor Jerry Brown requesting her brother be released from prison early.

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Administration’s Plans to Reopen Campus Receives Backlash

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Guardsman board of trustees, faculty, CCSF, American Federation of Teachers, class cuts, Disabled Students Programs and Services, funding, pink slips, staff, administration, AFT2121, Thea Selby, Jennifer Hsu, remote learning, Aliya Chisti, Malaika Finkelstein, Ava Cohen, Mary Bravewoman, in person learning, Richard Baum, board meeting, City Mayor’s Office, Philippine Studies, Women and Gender’s Studies

Administration recently proposed a plan to reopen campuses to in person learning, but there have been discussions about delaying it due to frustration with the lack of consideration and planning.

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Fear Mongering Tactics of Supposed Increase in Crime Rates Boosts Anxiety

April 27, 2021April 28, 2021 The Guardsman san francisco, Chesa Boudin, COVID-19, pandemic, 2020, Ava Cohen, Crime rates, 60 Minutes

In the past year, some San Francisco residents have conjured up the idea that crime rates have increased in the pandemic, and Chesa Boudin is receiving a lot of the blame.

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Vaccine Eligibility and How Able-Bodied People are Cheating it

April 14, 2021 The Guardsman san francisco, california, Gavin Newsom, Vaccines, coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, Joe Biden, Daina Medveder Koziot, Ava Cohen, vaccinations, vaccine eligibility, One Medical

Gov. Gavin Newsom has made the claim that everyone in California will be vaccinated by the end of April, but some residents are cheating the lines and already receiving their doses before they are eligible.

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Author and Survivor Chanel Miller Speaks about the Importance of Community Support

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 The Guardsman bay area, sexual assault, journalists, San Francisco Public Library, Authors, SFPL, Ava Cohen, Chanel Miller, One City One Book, book readings, memoirs, Bay Area native, advocates for survivors, sexual violence survivors, Stanford University, Zoom interviews, justice system, Robynn Takayama, Dulce Garcia, Brock Turner, Mariah Tiffany

Author Chanel Miller spoke to two different journalists and read from her memoir, Know My Name, through the San Francisco Public Library’s program, One City One Book.

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Amazon’s Worker Abuse Hits a High, Employees Vote on Union

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Guardsman capitalism, union, labor, Biden, Amazon, Erin Blackwell, Ava Cohen, Jeff Bezos, labor organizing, exploitation, warehouse industry

An Amazon warehouse in Alabama is undergoing a vote on unionizing which makes it the first Amazon warehouse to do so if the vote passes.

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Board of Trustees Back Bill to End Deadnaming

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 The Guardsman board of trustees, nonbinary, City College of San Franicsco, Ava Cohen, genderqueer, LGBTQIA, Bill 245, deadname

The City College Board of Trustees recently backed a bill that asked state legislature to terminate the deadnaming of nonbinary and transgender students on official school documents.

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Benjamin Bac Sierra on the Reality of Fiction

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 The Guardsman mission district, san francisco, Benjamin Bac Sierra, interviews, book reviews, poetry, Melvin Wong, Ava Cohen, Pura Neta

Benjamin Bac Sierra gives insight into the people, ideas, and experiences behind his book Pura Neta and how the work of fiction is in some ways more honest than reality. He speaks about his relationship with the characters and how they mirror him in some aspects, and what really inspires him to write.