Kim-Mai Cutler
Partner at @initialized. Contributor at @techcrunch. When life hands me lemons, I make tarte au citron.
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Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by F.T.C. Over Privacy Issues
Facebook and the F.T.C. have been in negotiations over a financial penalty for claims that the company violated a 2011 privacy consent decree with the agency.
Third measles case confirmed in Sacramento County as total hits 695 nationwide
A third measles case was confirmed in Sacramento County, as the Centers for Disease Control reported Wednesday a record-breaking 695 measles cases across 22 states this year.
The Gentle Side of Twitch
“Hi! I see you, but I’m focused on the reading right now. I can chat during the next break!” This message popped up on the stream from Ryan Blake Hall, better known as Storyteller Mars on Twitch.
SF supes OK finding spot for people living in cars and RVs to park, get help
The city will create a “triage center,” where people living in vehicles can park overnight and access showers, bathrooms and services to help them find other housing options.
SF Port Commission OKs homeless Navigation Center on Embarcadero
After scores of people spoke for and against the Embarcadero Navigation Center, San Francisco’s port commissioners said yes — but a legal challenge is almost certain.
Game of Thrones is about to air the longest battle sequence in TV history. I’m already bored.
Actually, long battle scenes suck.
Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State
In Ecuador, cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system’s origin: China.
California housing crisis podcast: Why it’s so hard to pass tenant legislation at the Capitol
Major bills affecting California’s tenants face an uncertain future in the Legislature. Previous efforts to add renter protections have met quick and decisive demises.
Peninsula Interfaith Action v. City of Menlo Park and Menlo Park City Council
Menlo Park Agrees to Welcome 1,000 Units of Affordable Housing In 2012, Public Advocates successfully negotiated with the Menlo Park City Council to meet the city’s share of the region’s affordable housing needs, extending the opportunities that...
Kim-Mai Cutler
Menlo Park mayor says "state would do better to work with local jurisdictions and help to address barriers we face in responding to the affordable housing crisis."
(Menlo Park broke state housing law for 20 years.) publicadvocates.org/our-work/housi…
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Menlo Park settles housing lawsuit
Identifying sites for affordable housing just jumped to the top of Menlo Park's priority list, according to a lawsuit settlement agreement released Thursday (May 17).
Kim-Mai Cutler
Menlo Park mayor says "state would do better to work with local jurisdictions and help to address barriers we face in responding to the affordable housing crisis."
(Menlo Park broke state housing law for 20 years.) publicadvocates.org/our-work/housi…
almanacnews.com/news/2012/05/1… pic.twitter.com/52RDSE5hGe
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NIMBYs, YIMBYs — meet the PIMBYs, the “Parents in my Backyard”
More California seniors are relocating to accessory dwelling units as a way to age closer to family and home.
Editorial: Keeping Foothills Park open only to Palo Altans is wrong
For decades, Palo Alto has kept non-residents out of a public park. It was wrong to restrict Foothills Park to residents in the 1960s, and it’s wrong now.
This 1981 prediction of elitist takeover of SF basically came true
A 1981 New York Times article about San Francisco's changing demographics was surprisingly prescient.
From homelessness to jail and back: King County tries to halt cycle
"We need to develop something that hasn’t been developed before," King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg said. "Because right now it looks like our only options are incarceration or nothing."
A national first: SF opens safe house for embattled transgender youths
Transgender homeless youths now have the nation's first transitional housing shelter program made specifically for them. It quietly opened in San Francisco, filling a need long described as acute and tragic by counselors.
[Letter from California] Lost at Sea, by Joe Kloc
A few miles north of San Francisco, off the coast of Sausalito, is Richardson Bay, a saltwater estuary where roughly one hundred people live out of sight from the world. Known as anchor-outs, they make their homes a quarter mile from the shore, on...
A Top Adviser To Beto O’Rourke Has Left His Presidential Campaign
Becky Bond has left O’Rourke’s fledgling presidential campaign, an O’Rourke spokesperson confirmed. Her deputy, Zack Malitz, has also departed.