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PUBLIC NOTICE

City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections Notice about arguments about the elections Arguments can be presented for or against local law initiatives that will be put to the vote in the Consolidated Municipal Elections to be held on November 5, 2019 in the City and County of San Francisco. The arguments will be published in the San Francisco Voter Information Brochure.

 

For the local law initiatives of the City and County, the school district and the community college district, the deadlines for presenting the arguments are as follows:

 

Arguments of the proponent or opponent – 12 noon on Thursday, August 15 Arguments of refutation of the proposer or opponent – 12 noon on Monday, August 19

 

Paid arguments (City and County law initiatives only) – 12 noon Monday, August 19

 

For more information, visit the sfelections.org website or contact the Elections Department at City Hall, room 48, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102. Phone: (415) 554-4366.

 

John Arntz Director of Elections City and County of San Francisco August 7, 2019

 

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NOTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF OFFICIAL ON THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE CONSOLIDATED ELECTION ON MUNICIPAL OFFICES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR WHICH QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE ELECTED

THROUGH THIS NOTICE, a Consolidated Election of Municipalities, School and Special Districts will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019.

 

THROUGH THIS NOTICE ALL QUALIFIED PERSONS are notified that elections will be held for the following school and special districts of San Mateo County, State of California, for the purpose of electing members to the governing boards and board of directors of the Districts listed below:

 

School Districts Burlingame Elementary School District: Two 3-year periods Portola Valley Elementary School District: Two 3-year periods San Carlos School District: Two 5-year periods San Mateo-Foster City School District: Two periods 3 years old

 

The requirements for the positions of members of the Governing Board, as established by the Education Code, are that any registered voter is a resident of the school district and is not incapacitated in accordance with the Constitution or state laws to hold a civil office.

 

Special Districts Highlands Recreation District: Three periods of 3 years

 

The requirements for the positions of Member of the Board of Directors, as established by the main law of the district, provide that the candidate is a registered voter of the District, who is not disqualified according to the Constitution or the laws of the state to hold a position civil and all other specifications included in the main district law.

 

Candidate statements and nomination documents for qualified candidates who wish to run for any of the elective positions can be obtained from the Registry and Elections Division, 40 Tower Road, San Mateo, 650.312.5222, as of 15 July 2019, and must be submitted before 5:00 pm from August 9, 2019. If a qualified position holder does not present nomination documents before the established date and time, voters may nominate candidates who do not hold such office until 5:00 p.m. from August 14, 2019.

 

The supervisory authority shall make the appointments to each elective office in accordance with the provisions of sections 5326 and 5328 of the Education Code and section 10515 of the Election Code in the event that there are no candidates or that there is an insufficient number of candidates for such charge, and that a request for election has not been filed within the period prescribed by law, which ends at 5:00 pm from August 14, 2019.

 

I ALSO PROMISE that in such election the constitutional amendments, questions, proposals and proposed legal initiatives that the Constitution and the laws of this State require to be submitted shall be submitted to the vote of the electors.

 

Also, it is NOTIFIED that in such election the voting places will be open between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Election Day

 

Also, it is NOTIFIED that the Voting Ballots by Mail and the Provisional Voting Ballots already voted in the Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, will be counted in the place indicated below:

 

San Mateo County Records and Elections Division 40 Tower Road San Mateo, CA 94402

 

Dated: July 12, 2019

 

/ f / Mark Church Chief Election Officer and County Assessor-Secretary-Registrar

 

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PUBLIC NOTICE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS

Source: Reformation (sp).

 

Notice on Municipal Elections

 

By this means, it is communicated that next Tuesday, November 5, 2019, the Consolidated Municipal Elections will be held in the City and County of San Francisco to elect the following local officials, each for a four-year term, except as specified. :

 

Mayor Attorney for the District Attorney’s Office Public Defender – for the remaining unexpired term of a four-year term Sheriff Treasurer Member of the Board of Supervisors, District 5 – for the remaining unexpired period of a four-year term

 

Voting locations will be open from 7 a.m. at 8 p.m.

 

For more information, including the requirements and qualifications of candidates, visit sfelections.org or contact the Elections Department at City Hall, room 48, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone: ( 415) 554-4366.

 

Notice of District Elections

 

By this means, it is reported that next Tuesday, November 5, 2019, the Consolidated Municipal Elections will be held in the City and County of San Francisco to elect the following district officials, each for the remaining unexpired term of a term. four years:

 

A member of the San Francisco Board of Education A member of the San Francisco Community College Council

 

Candidates must meet the following requirements:

 

Board of Education: Candidates must be registered to vote and be residents of the City and County of San Francisco at the time of issuing nomination documents (Constitutional Letter of SF § 13.106). No member of this Council may be elected as a member of the Governing Council of the Community College District. Unified School District employees may not be sworn in as elected or appointed members of the Board of Education, unless and until they renounce their status as employees (Constitutional Letter of SF § 8.100; Education Code § 35107).

 

Community College Council: Candidates must be registered to vote and be residents of the City and County of San Francisco at the time of issuing nomination documents (Constitutional Letter of SF § 13.106). No member of this Council may be elected as a member of the Board of Education. Employees of a community college district may not be sworn in as elected or appointed members of the governing board of that community college district, unless and until they resign from their status as employees.

 

This restriction does not apply to a person habitually employed in a profession other than teaching and who is also employed part-time of the community college district to teach a maximum one class per semester or quarter in the area of ​​knowledge linked to the profession of said profession. person (Constitutional Letter of SF § 8.101; Education Code § 72103).

 

The documents for the nomination of those who meet the requirements and who wish to declare a candidacy for the popular election positions of the district can be obtained from the Department of Elections, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, room 48, San Francisco, (415) 554-4366. These forms will be available from July 15 and must be completed by August 9 at 5 p.m. If there is a holder of the position that meets the requirements to be elected and does not present the documents for his nomination before 5 p.m. From August 9, anyone other than the holder will have to present the documents for the nomination to the office of popular election no later than August 14 at 5 p.m.

 

In the event that there is no candidate or there is not a sufficient number of candidates for that position, and that, for the purpose of holding elections, no petition is filed before the deadline established by law is closed, period that is expires on August 14 at 5 pm, appointments for each position of popular election will be made by the supervisory authority under the Education Code, sections 5326 and 5328, and the Electoral Code, section 10515.

 

For more information, including the requirements and qualifications of candidates, visit sfelections.org or contact the Elections Department at City Hall, room 48, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone: ( 415) 554-4366.

 

John Arntz Director of Elections City and County of San Francisco July 8, 2019

 

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NOTICE OF ELECTION IN BURLINGAME

THIS NOTICE IS TO NOTIFIED that a General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Burlingame on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, for two (2) Councilor positions that will serve for five-year terms.

The deadline for submission begins on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. and ends on Friday, August 9, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. If a charge holder does not present his nomination documents before the end of the term (Friday, August 9, 2019 at 5:00 pm), the submission period will be extended five (5) days, ending on Wednesday, August 14 from 2019 at 5:00 pm

All interested candidates must be registered voters of the City of Burlingame at the time the nomination documents are published.

The City of Burlingame charges a $ 25 application fee. Likewise, candidates who wish to submit a candidate statement in the Voter Information Booklet will be charged a fee based on the cost of printing their statement.

Nomination documents for the elective office of City Council of Burlingame must be obtained from the Municipal Secretariat, 501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, California.

For more information, contact the City Clerk, Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, at (650) 558-7203 or mhasselshearer@burlingame.org.

Likewise, it is NOTIFIED that the Voting by Mail and Provisional Ballots for the Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 already voted, will be counted in the place indicated below:

County of San Mateo
Registration & Elections Division
40 Tower Road
San Mateo, CA 94402

Also, it is NOTIFIED that in this election the voting places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. of that day.

Dated: July 2, 2019
/ f / Meaghan Hassel-Shearer
Municipal Secretary of the City of Burlingame
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THE REPORTER

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS

Notice on Municipal Elections

By this means, it is communicated that next Tuesday, November 5, 2019, the Consolidated Municipal Elections will be held in the City and County of San Francisco to elect the following local officials, each for a four-year term, except as specified. :

Mayor Attorney for the District Attorney’s Office Public Defender – for the remaining unexpired term of a four-year term Sheriff Treasurer Member of the Board of Supervisors, District 5 – for the remaining unexpired period of a four-year term

Voting locations will be open from 7 a.m. at 8 p.m.

For more information, including the requirements and qualifications of candidates, visit sfelections.org or contact the Elections Department at City Hall, room 48, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone: ( 415) 554-4366.

Notice of District Elections

By this means, it is reported that next Tuesday, November 5, 2019, the Consolidated Municipal Elections will be held in the City and County of San Francisco to elect the following district officials, each for the remaining unexpired term of a term. four years:

A member of the San Francisco Board of Education A member of the San Francisco Community College Council

Candidates must meet the following requirements:

Board of Education: Candidates must be registered to vote and be residents of the City and County of San Francisco at the time of issuing nomination documents (Constitutional Letter of SF § 13.106). No member of this Council may be elected as a member of the Governing Council of the Community College District. Unified School District employees may not be sworn in as elected or appointed members of the Board of Education, unless and until they renounce their status as employees (Constitutional Letter of SF § 8.100; Education Code § 35107).

Community College Council: Candidates must be registered to vote and be residents of the City and County of San Francisco at the time of issuing nomination documents (Constitutional Letter of SF § 13.106). No member of this Council may be elected as a member of the Board of Education. Employees of a community college district may not be sworn in as elected or appointed members of the governing board of that community college district, unless and until they resign from their status as employees.

This restriction does not apply to a person habitually employed in a profession other than teaching and who is also employed part-time of the community college district to teach a maximum one class per semester or quarter in the area of ​​knowledge linked to the profession of said profession. person (Constitutional Letter of SF § 8.101; Education Code § 72103).

The documents for the nomination of those who meet the requirements and who wish to declare a candidacy for the popular election positions of the district can be obtained from the Department of Elections, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, room 48, San Francisco, (415) 554-4366. These forms will be available from July 15 and must be completed by August 9 at 5 p.m. If there is a holder of the position that meets the requirements to be elected and does not present the documents for his nomination before 5 p.m. From August 9, anyone other than the holder will have to present the documents for the nomination to the office of popular election no later than August 14 at 5 p.m.

In the event that there is no candidate or there is not a sufficient number of candidates for that position, and that, for the purpose of holding elections, no petition is filed before the deadline established by law is closed, period that is expires on August 14 at 5 pm, appointments for each position of popular election will be made by the supervisory authority under the Education Code, sections 5326 and 5328, and the Electoral Code, section 10515.

For more information, including the requirements and qualifications of candidates, visit sfelections.org or contact the Elections Department at City Hall, room 48, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone: ( 415) 554-4366.

John Arntz Director of Elections City and County of San Francisco July 8, 2019

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NOTIFICATION OF THE OFFICIAL HEAD ON THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE CONSOLIDATED ELECTION ON MUNICIPAL OFFICES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR WHICH QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE ELECTED

THROUGH THIS NOTICE, a Consolidated Election of Municipalities, School and Special Districts will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019.

 

THROUGH THIS NOTICE ALL QUALIFIED PERSONS are notified that elections will be held for the following school and special districts of San Mateo County, State of California, for the purpose of electing members to the governing boards and board of directors of the Districts listed below:

 

School Districts Burlingame Elementary School District: Two 3-year periods Portola Valley Elementary School District: Two 3-year periods San Carlos School District: Two 5-year periods San Mateo-Foster City School District: Two periods 3 years old

 

The requirements for the positions of members of the Governing Board, as established by the Education Code, are that any registered voter is a resident of the school district and is not incapacitated in accordance with the Constitution or state laws to hold a civil office.

 

Special Districts Highlands Recreation District: Three periods of 3 years

 

The requirements for the positions of Member of the Board of Directors, as established by the main law of the district, provide that the candidate is a registered voter of the District, who is not disqualified according to the Constitution or the laws of the state to hold a position civil and all other specifications included in the main district law.

 

Candidate statements and nomination documents for qualified candidates who wish to run for any of the elective positions can be obtained from the Registry and Elections Division, 40 Tower Road, San Mateo, 650.312.5222, as of 15 July 2019, and must be submitted before 5:00 pm from August 9, 2019. If a qualified position holder does not present nomination documents before the established date and time, voters may nominate candidates who do not hold such office until 5:00 p.m. from August 14, 2019.

 

The supervisory authority shall make the appointments to each elective office in accordance with the provisions of sections 5326 and 5328 of the Education Code and section 10515 of the Election Code in the event that there are no candidates or that there is an insufficient number of candidates for such charge, and that a request for election has not been filed within the period prescribed by law, which ends at 5:00 pm from August 14, 2019.

 

I ALSO PROMISE that in such election the constitutional amendments, questions, proposals and proposed legal initiatives that the Constitution and the laws of this State require to be submitted shall be submitted to the vote of the electors.

 

Also, it is NOTIFIED that in such election the voting places will be open between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Election Day

 

Also, it is NOTIFIED that the Voting Ballots by Mail and the Provisional Voting Ballots already voted in the Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, will be counted in the place indicated below:

 

San Mateo County Records and Elections Division 40 Tower Road San Mateo, CA 94402

 

Dated: July 12, 2019

 

/F/

 

Mark Church Chief Election Officer and Appraiser-Clerk-County Recorder

 

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Special salsa event Tribute to the 70’s!

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff

 

Freight & Salvage and Edgardo Cambon (Candela) are producing this special show presenting two sets of very danceable Mambo, Guaracha, Cha-Cha, Son, Bolero, SALSA DURA, in tribute to the Latin music of 70s, featuring a 10-piece Salsa Orchestra, plus special guests!

The repertoire will consist of re-known songs of artist like: Héctor Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto, Los Van Van (Cuba), Johnny Pacheco and others, as well as some original compositions of Edgardo, inspired on the 70s-style Salsa.

As a special feature, two very unique “Candombe” songs (music from Uruguay) played with the traditional drums and full orchestration will be also presented.

At Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, on Thursday, Aug. 29, doors open 7 p.m. / Show: 8 p.m. Cover charge $20 ADV / $24 DOOR (plus fees).

 

Check out Films at The Freight: Buena Vista Social Club

Come celebrate a new screen and projector while enjoying our superb sound system composed of speakers and amplifiers exclusively designed and installed by Meyer Sound Labs of Berkeley with the Films at The Freight!

Buena Vista Social Club

This documentary by lauded German filmmaker Wim Wenders follows renowned guitarist Ry Cooder and his son, Joachim, as they travel to Cuba and assemble a group of the country’s finest musicians to record an album. Among the artists included in the project are singer Ibrahim Ferrer and pianist Rubén González, who are both interviewed and featured in studio footage. Eventually the ensemble travels to the United States to perform in front of rapt audiences.

 

Folk dancing Nicaraguan street kids in the Bay to highlight genocide in Nicaragua

Street kids from Nicaragua, as a part of talent development group “The Nicavangelists,” are currently in San Francisco and performing over the next couple of weeks! The Nicavangelists are at-risk youths from the streets of Managua, and through their talent-development program, receive food, housing, clothing, an education and the chance to develop skills in performance arts such as Miskito Folkdance.

The Nicavangelists seek a bright future and to share their hope, talents and culture with the world. They will be performing in the BAY AREA a street theatre production based on the current socio-political crisis in Nicaragua. The production incorporates culturally unique traditional Miskito Folkdances, Tricking (Afro-Caribbean) and Breakdance, which are prevalent dance forms amongst Nicaragua’s youth culture.

The youths (from 9 years old) come from gangs, are orphans, have been prostituted, trafficked, started working before they were 10 years old, haven’t finished school, etc.

The Nicavangelists will be performing at the following time/location:

6-10 p.m., Thursday to Saturday, Aug. 29 – 31 of at Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto; 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1100 Shasta Ave, San Jose.

Contact for further information: (510) 309-6826 Office@Nicavangelists.com.

Learn to improvise with different styles of music!

 

Salsa in the Mission with Emilio Pérez and Tito Thumas and group New Caní

Come and celebrate summer time a great and hot salsa and Latin jazz band with salsa, and tropical music for the soul – on the dance floor with Grupo New Caní.

Featuring in congas Emilio Pérez, timbales Tito Tumas, singer (Cuban) Fidel Hernández González, vibraphone Dan Neville, bass Edilson Martínez, trombone Lizeth Martinez, saxophone Steve Marshall, plus other unexpected guest musicians.

At Cavas-22 Restaurant. Full bar and Mexican and International food, at 22nd Street @ Bartlett – across the street from Café Revolution. Fridays and Saturdays, from 8 to 11:30 p.m.

 

Détente – Oakland Premiere

Détente investigates displacement, the words meaning, and impact. Through dance, video, and story, performers experiment with the act or process of displacing, and what it means to be removed from home.

The Oakland premiere includes a special film screening of the documentary, Alice Street, and a post-show discussion on gentrification and housing rights with organization Causa Justa: Just Cause.

Dance Show Alert!! Premiere in Oakland! Choreography by Cherie Hill. Featuring Rose Rothfeder and Andreina Maldonado.

On Thursday, Aug. 22 & Saturday Aug. 24, 8 p.m., at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Oakland. Cover $10-20 Sliding Scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Tickets: https://detente-oakland.brownpapertickets.com/ More info: http://www.iriedance.com/deacutetente.html

 El Puma, Joan Báez, Omara Portuondo to receive Latin Recording Academy awards

by the El Reportero’s news services

 

Eva Ayllón, Joan Baez, José Cid, Lupita D’Alessio, Hugo Fattoruso, Pimpinela, Omara Portuondo, and José Luis Rodríguez “El Puma” will receive the Latin Recording Academy’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Awards, the academy has announced.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards “presented to performers who have made contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music” according to a vote by the Latin Academy’s board of trustees, nods to the careers of notable, and diverse, women artists this year.

“Father of rock en español” Mario Kaminsky will receive the Academy’s Trustees Award. A ceremony to honor the awardees is to be held Nov. 13 — the day before the Latin Grammys — at a private lunch event at the Waldorf Astoria in Las Vegas.

Baez, whose father was born in Puebla, Mexico, is being honored for having “bravely embraced her Latin roots” by performing and making recordings in Spanish, including those on her 1974 album Gracias a la Vida, and supporting Latin American social causes.

Eva Allyón is known for keeping the traditions of Afro-Peruvian music alive, performing at Carnegie Hall among myriad other international venues.

 

Triggering coming of age short “Me 3.769”

A child victim of sexual abuse is at the center of award-winning filmmaker Elaine Del Valle’s Poignant Storyline

 

Me 3.769, a short by award-winning filmmaker Elaine Del Valle exclusively premiered on Aug. 1. The critically acclaimed film came about in a time when child sexual abuse is at the forefront of the news, and the #MeToo movement is in full throws.

Inspired, in part, by true events, the numerically titled film, Me 3.769, tells the story of a pubescent girl from Miami that endured sexual abuse by a trusted male figure. The searing script was adapted from Del Valle’s celebrated one-woman play Brownsville Bred, an off-Broadway show that debuted in New York City in 2011.

The triggering nine-minute short, starring Rodolfo Salas (‘Betty en New York‘) and debuting actress, Samantha López, screens at the HBO Latino-sponsored New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF), one of the nation’s premier Urban Latino film events, Saturday, Aug. 17 at AMC Theatre in Manhattan. Tickets: https://nylatinofilmfestival.com/2019/movies/me-3-769.

The HBO acquisition Me 3.769 comes on the heels of a successful film festival circuit tour, with stops at the Miami Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival, The Maryland International Film Festival, and The Borrego Springs Film Festival, to the forthcoming Harlem Hip-Hop Film Festival and the Oscar-qualifying Holly Shorts.

Elaine Del Valle has worked as a casting director for nearly a decade. In recent years, she’s manifested her passion for storytelling through directing and producing. In 2017 the short film Victor & Isolina, which she produced, screened at Sundance.

In 2015, Del Valle became the first person ever to license an interstitial series to HBO when the network acquired thirty episodes of the web series she produced, “Gran’pa Knows Best.” Since then, Elaine has licensed several films to the network, but Me 3.769 marks her first as writer and director on the channel.

 

Sabino exposes Mexican #SabHop movement and explores love and feelings

The new rapper and main exponent of the Mexican #SabHop movement, Sabino, presented the official video for his latest single “Tú”, a track that explores love and describes feelings towards an idyllic character, confirming the existence of intense and pure love.

 

The endearing video for “Tú”, follows a couple and their simple acts of love being with one another that from the outside look like every day commonalities but root from a deep sense of comfortability with each other. With “Tú”, the Tapatío (Guadalajara native) rapper and musician continues to demonstrate his quickly increasing capacity as an artist, reaching already over a million views and streams on digital platforms in only three weeks since its release. This new video was directed by previous collaborator Jos, for the production house “El Chiste es Hacer” in his home city of Guadalajara.

 

“Tú” continues to distinguish Sabino as a chameleon-like artist: being able to be as diverse as he pleases and by creating his own pathway with his #SabHop subgenre. In parallel to working on the second part of “Yin”, appropriately named “Yang” due next year, Sabino is currently touring Mexico and will be soon making his way to the U.S.

 

 

Advocates vow to block Trump attack on millions of families and American democracy

Congress must reject “public charge” regulation, advocates urge

 

by the National Immigration Law Center

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Advocates for immigrant families and economic opportunity spoke out against a new Trump administration regulation that aims to prevent millions of families from accessing health care and other programs or risk denial of lawful permanent status in the United States. This “public charge” regulation received a record number of comments, the vast majority opposed to Trump’s move. Now that the rule has been finalized, advocates are mobilizing in courts and in Congress to block its implementation.

“This policy denies a permanent, secure future in this country to anyone who isn’t white and wealthy,” said Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center. “We will not stand for it. The National Immigration Law Center is preparing to sue to fight back against this regulation and protect immigrant families.”

The “public charge” regulation was proposed last fall by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Independent estimates indicated it would threaten about 26 million people nationwide, directly or indirectly. In addition to targeting immigrants of color, with disabilities, and who have incomes below $62,000, that proposal would have put applications for admission to the U.S. or applications for a “green card” at risk if an immigrant uses certain public benefits.

“The rapid publication of this rule despite more than a quarter of a million comments filed during the 60-day comment period indicates that the Administration has deliberately chosen to ignore the perspectives, experiences, and research provided by a broad cross-section of Americans.” said Olivia Golden, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy.

“These commenters included Members of Congress, Mayors, advocates for women and communities of color, faith leaders, the medical community, educators, immigrants and so many other Americans. These were people from all walks of life in our country who sent a message that this regulation threatens the economic strength of our country, and the future of our children. The decision to ignore them is shameful and lawless!”

The proposal drew more than 266,000 public comments, overwhelmingly in opposition. In addition, it was opposed by leading health care advocacy and provider groups, nutrition advocates, housing advocates, corporate CEOs, and advocates for economic opportunity, children, and working families.

“As a pediatrician, this public charge regulation is an assault on my professional role—I am unsure how to guide families when I know that enrollment in bread and butter services that keep them healthy could jeopardize the family unity. This final rule serves to further intimidate and frighten families who seek needed services to keep them healthy and productive. Taken together with other looming harmful proposals, these actions will have detrimental consequences on immigrant health and well-being,” said Julie Linton, MD, FAAP, Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health.

The DHS regulation is one of several recent and planned attacks on immigrant families of color. Trump’s United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has drafted a companion regulation that would expand deportations based on immigrant families’ use of public programs. Advocates expect that the DOJ regulation will have an even greater “chilling effect,” because of the family separation consequences of deportation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development also proposed regulations denying housing assistance to mixed-status families that include an undocumented person—a move that could reportedly make 55,000 U.S.-born children homeless. The Commerce Department also attempted to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, prompting ultimately successful litigation arguing that the policy would disenfranchise voters of color. Like these policies, the public charge regulation finalized today is expected to have a disproportionate impact on children and families of color.

“This inhumane rule with racist roots is a shameful ploy by the Trump Administration to rig the immigration system for the wealthy,” said Cynthia Buiza, Executive Director, California Immigrant Policy Center. “Our message to our state’s strong, diverse immigrant community is simple: California has your back. A courageous network of advocates and community groups is fighting for you. We will not allow this harmful regulation to undo the powerful work we have done in California to protect all who call our state home.”

“To be clear, Trump’s final public charge regulation is still racist, classist and part of his administration’s white supremacist agenda to whiten the composition of this country,” said Jonathan Jayes-Green, Co-Founder and Director, UndocuBlack Network. “It is immoral, cruel and forces people to choose between their basic needs and the people they love. Across the country, out of fear, people are pulling out of public benefits that they qualify for. We reject these fear-based tactics and we will fight back as we always have.”

Congress also has the power to block the regulation’s implementation, and the House of Representatives is already taking action to protect families. The No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act, sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu (D-California), has more than 40 cosponsors and is endorsed by key advocates. As its name suggests, the bill would block funding of the regulation’s implementation. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) intends to introduce companion legislation after the congressional recess.

A recording of advocates’ comments during a press call today is available at https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PublicCharge-2019-08-12.mp3.

WATCH: Police commissioner arrested for questioning city’s use of facial recognition

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:

 

Dear readers:

 

As technology continues to advance us in ways never seen, affecting our freedoms and way of life, one item what will be a knockout to our Bill of Rights and which is just right at our doorsteps, is ‘facial recognition’ technology. The Free Thought Project brings this interesting article on a particular case on the subject, which, even though it happened in another state of the Union, it shows how the strong arm of the police can get away with its use in our districts. – Marvin Ramírez.

by Jack Burns

 

Imagine a day whereby police can randomly, actively, and at lightning speeds search databases for active search warrants using only a camera and facial recognition technology. That day is here. And despite the objections of high-ranking members in policing circles, the very real threat of loss of 4th and 14th amendment rights is upon us. And, as the following case illustrates, those who speak out against it — even from within the system — are subject to being silenced.

A Detroit police commissioner was arrested this week for disorderly conduct during a commissioner’s meeting in which several dozen protesters were present to voice their opposition to police using facial recognition technology.

”Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me! Get your hands off me!” Cried Commisioner Willie Burton as police officers removed him from the Durfee Information Center. Burton was taken out of the meeting, placed into a squad car, and taken to jail.

Burton was taken into custody after repeatedly questioning board chairwoman Lisa Carter as to what she would do differently in her new term as board chairperson. Carter found Burton to be “out of order” and asked police to remove him.

On Wednesday, Detroit Police Chief James Craig defended his officers’ arrest of Burton saying:

The arrest was legal, and I’m not criticizing my officers…But after weighing the totality of the circumstances, I thought it best to drop the charges, in order to maintain a harmonious relationship with the board and the people who elected (Burton).

Carter also weighed in on Burton’s arrest, denying she knew he had been arrested and encouraging decorum in future meetings. She said:

The board did not want him arrested in the first place…Hopefully in the future, we can all understand there’s a time when people can talk during meetings, and that we need decorum, so that we can have orderly meetings. That’s my only goal.

According to the Detroit News, “tensions are running high” as the police commissioner board is seeking to approve or ban the controversial use of facial recognition technology which allows for any citizen’s facial imagery to be used to solve crimes. The information is accessed without a warrant and without consent from the citizens, prompting many constitutional activists to cry foul.

While police insist the facial recognition technology will only be used in major crimes, many disagree and say there’s absolutely no guarantee police will not abuse the power at their disposal.

Already, several cities have banned the facial recognition technology but unless the bans are implemented on a state by state basis many fear the growing power of the police state will be further expanded to continue to violate citizens’ rights to privacy — if there are actually any rights left at this point.

As TFTP has reported, police are already connected directly into citizens’ homes by way of technology such as Alexa, Amazon’s automated assistant. Alexa has reportedly already called police when the software believed domestic violence was taking place in a New Mexico home. Now, imagine Alexa with a camera, scanning every individual’s face attempting to match those images with those of suspects caught on camera.

Add the idea of that technology being carried out again and again as citizens pass by digital cameras at intersections while driving their cars, strolling over sidewalks, and entering public buildings, banks and parks. Now imagine those searches being done with supercomputers and the public has a very real possibility of 911 being called by machines much more than by humans. Talk about Big Brother!

Mix that technology with proactive policing techniques which try to predict who, what, where and when a crime will take place and we are ultimately living in the age and era of the Minority Report, a Hollywood film starring Tom Cruise featuring a policing supercomputer powered and run by artificial intelligence.

That’s precisely why anti-facial recognition technology protesters were present at the commissioner’s meeting on Monday in support of Burton. Welcome to the dystopian, Orwellian, police state where even a police commissioner cannot express his objection to what the police want to do without being arrested for using his freedom of speech.

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