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From Mission Local, Joe Eskenazi reviews recent reporting on the SFPDs efforts to slow reform: https://missionlocal.org/2022/10/london-breed-police-commission-resignation-letter-police-chief-bill-scott-max-carter-oberstone/

From the Vallejo Sun, city officials reportedly warned CalTrans that there was not sufficient shelter available before CalTrans began encampment sweeps: https://www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-warned-caltrans-no-shelter-space-was-available-prior-to-homeless-sweeps/

Scalawag with first person reporting on the use of technology for surveillance in prisons:
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2022/09/free-tablets-north-carolina-prisons/

Via Mission Local, San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness files a lawsuit against the city: https://missionlocal.org/2022/09/coh-aclu-san-francisco-lawsuit-homeless-constitution-amendment-violation/

San Jose Spotlight on the state of transit integration in the bay area: https://sanjosespotlight.com/report-raises-questions-about-integrating-bay-area-public-transit/

ProPublica's Eric Umansky interviewing political scientist Barbara Walter about threats to democracy: https://www.propublica.org/article/democracy-demagogues-fascism-elections-barbara-walter

Scalawag with a first person account of running a bookmobile in Texas:
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2022/09/texas-mobile-library-bookmobiles/

Capital B on water problems in Black communities nationwide: https://capitalbnews.org/jackson-water-crisis-national-activism/

The Oaklandside on Oakland's progress (or lack thereof) in providing shelter and services to the unhoused: https://oaklandside.org/2022/09/20/audit-oakland-homeless-shelters-services-falling-short/

The Markup on further pressure on Facebook for collecting medical data: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/09/19/meta-faces-mounting-questions-from-congress-on-health-data-privacy-as-hospitals-remove-facebook-tracker

Mission Local on the uncertain future for San Francisco's innocence commission under DA Jenkins: https://missionlocal.org/2022/09/future-funding-uncertain-sf-da-innocence-commission/

San Jose Spotlight on legislation that could improve wages for fast food workers and industry push back: https://sanjosespotlight.com/silver-taube-the-restaurant-industry-wants-to-halt-a-law-giving-fast-food-workers-a-seat-at-the-table/

Bolts Magazine on the success of safe injection sites in the Netherlands: https://boltsmag.org/safe-injection-sites-netherlands/

Capital B interviews Andre Banks, the activist working to combat climate misinformation in Black communities: https://capitalbnews.org/black-fahrenheit-voices-of-change/

Bolts Magazine on a bill to completely change voter registration in Washington D.C.: https://boltsmag.org/washington-dc-bill-voter-registration/

The Oaklandside on mayoral candidate Seneca Scott's calls for increased policing and arrest for brandishing a firearm: https://oaklandside.org/2022/09/09/oakland-mayoral-candidate-seneca-scott-arrested-brandishing-firearm-gun/

Meduza on what to look for in the Russian elections starting today: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/09/09/as-the-war-against-ukraine-rages-on-russians-head-to-the-polls

Bolts Magazine interviews a candidate for Secretary of State in Vermont on expanding ballot access: https://boltsmag.org/vermont-secretary-of-state/

The Oaklandside on a mayoral candidate sending out anti-Semitic emails: https://oaklandside.org/2022/09/06/oakland-mayor-candidate-threatens-jewish-community-email-peter-liu-seneca-scott/

Rest of World on the challenges faced by Russian Wikipedia editors: https://restofworld.org/2022/russias-6-month-war-on-wikipedia/