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A Bay Area developer has agreed to lower rent for several tenants and pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and penalties as part of California's first settlement under the Tenant Protection Act, the state attorney general announced Friday.The settlement was reached with San Jose-based Green Valley Corp., also known as Swenson Builders, a Silicon Valley landlord, which raised rent for 20 of its employees more than 150% on average and evicted six of them during the pandemic in 2021.

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A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was caught on a jail surveillance camera slamming a handcuffed inmate's head into a concrete wall at the Men's Central Jail with no apparent provocation.The newly released 15-second video was obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Depending on how the Fifth Circuit rules, this case could ultimately end up before the Supreme Court.YakubovAlim / iStock / Getty Images Plus Most health insurance plans must for now continue to cover preventive services, including the HIV prevention pill, with no out-of-pocket costs for consumers, under a deal reached between the Department of Justice and a group of employers in Texas.

As sustainable technologies develop alongside people's desires to live more sustainably, people have begun turning to their homes to reduce their carbon footprints , But have you ever wondered if you could build a home that wasn't just 'less bad', but instead actually restored the environment around it?

I've sat through countless meetings where someone has a kernel of an idea for the marketing team, and within a few minutes, it's a full-blown campaign.Everyone is ready to make things happen.But with all this buzz and excitement, a key component is almost always missed - a measurement plan.Measurement tends to be an afterthought.

First-time investors in cryptoassets should be offered a 24-hour cooling-off period by those marketing them, according to the City regulator, which is introducing an advertising crackdown.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s new advertising rules will mean firms marketing cryptoassets to UK consumers will need to introduce a cooling-off period for first-time investors from October 8 2023.

"To foster and expand a 'vibrant and inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem supported by intellectual property across the United States,' the USPTO is asking stakeholders to weigh in on 16 total questions in its RFC."The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices.

On a recent Friday night, a few dozen 20-somethings piled into Sidecar, a well-known concert venue in downtown Barcelona.The small space, with a low vaulted ceiling, was only half-full, but onstage, the singer Inigo Merino and his band were determined to show their audience a good time.The crowd sang along to Merino's catchy pop songs, which he interspersed with anecdotes, jokes and personal stories.

"Work requirements are ineffective at best, and deadly at worst," she said.Rep. Cori Bush speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on January 26, 2023.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Ahead of Wednesday's House vote on the debt ceiling deal, progressive lawmakers have introduced a pair of amendments to remove provisions that would hurt the nation's most economically vulnerable populations.

President Joe Biden signed into law Saturday a bill to suspend the nation's debt limit through January 1, 2025, to avert a first-ever US default.I just signed into law a bipartisan budget agreement that prevents a first-ever default while reducing the deficit, safeguarding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and fulfilling our scared obligation to our veterans, Biden said in a tweet, which was accompanied by a short video of him signing the bill.

Even as Joe Biden appears to have pushed off reaching the next debt limit until 2025, top Democrats on Capitol Hill say what he really needs to do is what he should have done last fall: Come out in favor of a drastic change to strip Congress of this power forever.Given the current math in the chamber, every senator in the Democratic Caucus would need to support such a change.

People waste time and gasoline cruising for free on-street parking.Some put chairs or traffic cones out to mark spots that they claim as their own.Fights over spots have ended in homicide.Delivery vans double-park because there's no room on the curb.Garbage bags fill sidewalks because, again, there's no room on the curb.

1. England is facing a major funding cut for vital hedges as a result of Brexit, which could have significant consequences for the country's farming industry.
2. Financial support for farmers is being reduced due to the UK's decision to leave the European Union, which could cause a significant decrease in crop

Parents who care for disabled young people will be better supported to access vital savings, including child trust funds (CTFs), due to a new guide, according to the Government.The toolkit marks the first step in the Government's pledge to raise awareness of the law to support families, providing the information they need in an easily accessible format so they can access funds quicker.

Nearly three decades ago, Princess Diana famously said, "There were three of us in the marriage," and the world has never forgotten.But in the US (and other places, too), there are three entities in every marriage - the two spouses and the government.What's the government doing there?In her just-published book, Moving Past Marriage: Why We Should Ditch Marital Privilege, Eschew Relationship-Status Discrimination, and Embrace Non-marital History, literature professor Jaclyn Geller of Central Connecticut State University makes a compelling case for getting the government out of the marriage business.

1. Organizations are increasingly looking to consolidate their customer identity solutions by leveraging multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwordless authentication.
2. Organizations are investing in customer identity solutions that provide a secure and convenient user experiences.
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Friday, June 9, 2023 by Nina Hernandez
City Council voted this week to start the process of increasing minimum fire safety standards at pet boarding facilities.Item 42 on Thursday's agenda initiates a set of amendments to the Land Development Code to "provide minimum fire safety standards for facilities housing or holding animals on a 24-hour basis," the resolution reads.