Alameda County taxpayers just paid $800,000 to settle an anti-Asian discrimination lawsuit against recalled DA Pamela Price—who is now running to reclaim the job. Meanwhile, Richmond's City Council voted to reinstate its Flock Safety license plate readers after car thefts jumped 33% following a politically motivated shutdown, though the cameras aren't back online yet. A federal court also spent months blocking Berkeley from clearing an encampment where rats tested positive for leptospirosis, a tropical disease spread through rat urine.
The former DA was recalled by 63% of voters and sued by four employees for racial discrimination. She's now running for DA again, while Alameda County taxpayers foot the bill.
Leptospirosis, common in underdeveloped countries, spread through Berkeley's Harrison encampment—and courts continued to prevent cleanup efforts.
Car thefts jumped 33% after Richmond killed its Flock cameras. The people begging to bring them back were immigrant shopkeepers.
The city disabled its license plate readers to virtue signal national issues. Immigrant shopkeepers are paying the price.