"San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman is proposing a revision to Proposition E, a 2022 law implemented to prevent corruption within the city government. The revision would allow supervisors to publicly request a waiver from the rest of the Board in order to solicit funds from people or organizations that have existing city contracts. [Mission Local] Surfers from far and wide enjoyed 40-foot waves on opening day of the season in the acclaimed Mavericks, California near Half Moon Bay Thursday. [Chronicle]"
"National: When someone fainted on stage during a press conference at the Oval Office Thursday, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared to abruptly leave the scene as Dr. Oz, and others, assisted the man. A source later claimed RFK Jr. was fetching a chair for the man, which is reportedly what someone else said they were doing. [People] The Trump administration is reversing part of a bill that Trump signed into law during his first term that required manufacturers to reduce the use of harmful greenhouse gases in refrigerators and air conditioners. [Associated Press]"
About 100 firefighters responded to a top-floor apartment fire on Montgomery Street near Vallejo Street in San Francisco's North Beach, which also damaged two neighboring buildings but caused no injuries. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman proposed revising Proposition E to allow supervisors to publicly request Board waivers to solicit funds from people or organizations holding city contracts. Surfers rode 40-foot waves at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay on opening day. The Oakland Zoo's Glowfari lantern festival opens and runs through January 25. The Sierra Club has been weakened by financial turmoil, internal conflict, and declining support amid federal environmental rollbacks. A fainting incident at an Oval Office press conference involved HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. briefly leaving the scene, and the administration moved to reverse a greenhouse-gas reduction rule for refrigerators and air conditioners.
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