#alameda-county

#alameda-county

The attorney for a former San Leandro police officer charged with manslaughter in a 2020 death of Steven Taylor wants a judge to toss the case, amid claims of unscrupulous behavior by a since-departed Alameda County prosecutor. The request on behalf of Jason Fletcher who has since retired from the San Leandro Police Department comes less than two months after the officer's attorney, Michael Rains, accused one Alameda County prosecutor of unethical behavior.

People who gather to watch sideshows garnered an unusual legal win, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just did donuts all over Alameda County's law saying that it's a crime to even watch a sideshow, and they struck that law down. City governments all over the Bay Area have been grasping at straws for ways they can discourage or prevent sideshows from happening nigh every weekend during the warm-weather months.

Since Measure W started collecting revenue in 2021, the general sales tax has accrued $810 million. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors decided to spend most of it on housing and homelessness services.

The city bulldozed homes and razed approximately 700 parcels, displacing an estimated 1,400 people from a once-thriving community for Black and Latino families.

Ava Community Energy is putting $10 million toward helping around 8,000 to 9,000 Alameda County residents pay for an e-bike purchased from a local shop.

"We're very grateful for the county's investment to date, but I think we all know $700,000 is not enough to set up an infrastructure that covers an entire county."

The latest settlement includes about $2.3 million for Monk's 22-year-old daughter, along with $250,000 for his 18-year-old son.

"The decision does not preclude the district attorney from seeking criminal charges against the company and its employees in the future, or pursuing a civil case against them."

Audits into Wellpath's services have routinely found that the company has continuously fallen short of standards, raising serious concerns about inmate care and safety.

"That all takes a bunch of time and it's very manual," Dupuis said. "You've opened up mail at your own home; imagine doing that 42,000 times."