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Domestic violence victims in San Mateo County will receive $1,000 to leave their abuser

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2024.12.11

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Domestic violence victims in San Mateo County will receive $1,000 to leave their abuser

Victims of domestic violence in San Mateo — Las víctimas de violencia doméstica en San Mateo, podrán recibir $1000 dólares como un apoyo, la Junta aprobó 348 mil dólares para el Programa de Ingresos Garantizados para Sobrevivientes de Violencia Doméstica: de ellos, 240 mil dólares serán para pagos mensuales a 20 personas elegibles y el resto para administrarlo y evaluarlo.

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La Junta de Supervisores del condado de San Mateo estableció este martes un nuevo programa piloto de un año de duración para ayudar a los sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica con al menos un hijo menor a aliviar la carga financiera de dejar a su abusador.

La Junta aprobó 348 mil dólares para el Programa de Ingresos Garantizados para Sobrevivientes de Violencia Doméstica: de ellos, 240 mil dólares serán para pagos mensuales exclusivos de mil dólares a 20 personas elegibles y el resto para administrarlo y evaluarlo.

Será la organización Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA), que operará el programa hasta el 30 de junio de 2026, la cual también está contribuyendo con 10 mil dólares en fondos privados para los pagos.

“El abuso financiero, la falta de servicios bancarios y de crédito, la necesidad de cuidado infantil, el alto costo de la vivienda y los costos legales son algunas de las muchas y complejas barreras que impiden que los sobrevivientes abandonen una situación de abuso”, dijo la supervisora Noelia Corzo, quien, junto con el supervisor David Canepa, formó parte de un comité ad hoc encargado de estudiar proyectos de ingresos garantizados.

“Cuando los sobrevivientes logran salir, sabemos que corren un riesgo aún mayor de peligro y cuando más necesitan apoyo. Esperamos que este programa piloto sea el salvavidas de la violencia hacia la seguridad y la libertad”, destacó.

Canepa dijo que el dinero no debería ser el factor determinante para decidir si alguien debe quedarse o irse.

“Ninguna persona debería sentirse atrapada en una relación abusiva por no tener la capacidad económica para alejarse de ella”, dijo Canepa. “Si estos fondos ayudan a determinar la decisión de alguien de protegerse a sí mismo y a sus hijos sin temor a no tener los medios para vivir, es dinero bien gastado”.

En 2024, un adulto con un bebé en California necesitará un salario mensual de 12 mil 254 dólares, o 69.93 dólares por hora, para ser considerado autosuficiente, según el Centro para el Bienestar de la Mujer de la Universidad de Washington.

The funds have no spending restrictions, allowing recipients to use the aid as they wish to cover necessities such as transportation, food and lodging. The first payments are expected to begin in January 2025.

El comité recomendó los pagos mensuales incondicionales y sin restricciones para ayudar a quienes abandonan situaciones de violencia doméstica a sortear obstáculos comunes como el cuidado de los niños, una nueva vivienda y los costos legales.

Y es que, sin independencia financiera y la capacidad de cubrir los gastos, algunas personas pueden permanecer en relaciones abusivas porque son económicamente dependientes.

To be eligible for the program, participants must be registered customers of CORA; ser adultos con al menos un niño menor de edad que resida con ellos; tener un nivel de inclusión igual o inferior al 30 por ciento del ingreso medio del área; y estar en transición o vivir independientemente de su abusador.

Además de los fondos, los participantes también tendrán acceso a otros servicios de apoyo de CORA.

Para medir el impacto del programa piloto, el condado contratará a un tercero para realizar una evaluación formal, según el ejecutivo adjunto del condado, Justin Mates, quien dijo que este es el primer programa de ingresos garantizados patrocinado por el condado enfocado específicamente en sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica.

Karen Ferguson, directora ejecutiva de CORA, señaló que el objetivo al diseñar el programa piloto era determinar cómo la financiación dedicada y sin condiciones podría marcar una diferencia.

“La pregunta que les hacemos a los padres que se enfrentan a decisiones complejas en relación con el abuso de su pareja es si reciben un apoyo financiero constante durante un año, ¿esto les permite tomar decisiones que de otra manera les daría miedo tomar?”, refirió Ferguson.

“Si descubrimos que la respuesta es sí, esto podría cambiar las reglas del juego para entender cómo abordamos los recursos necesarios para que una persona deje atrás el abuso”, agregó.

En julio de 2023, la Junta aprobó de manera similar un programa piloto de ingresos garantizados para jóvenes en edad de transición en hogares de acogida. Eso llevó al subcomité a explorar otros posibles programas de ingresos, como el aprobado hoy para sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica.

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Redwood City makes history by electing youngest mayor, Elmer Martinez Saballos

Emma Garcia

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2024.12.11

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*Councilman Aguirre retires after 19 years of service

Elmer Martinez is the new mayor of Redwood City — Former Mayor Jeff Gee has passed the torch to Elmer Martinez Saballos to be the new and youngest mayor of Redwood City. Photo: P360P

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There have been many changes in the council of Redwood City with the addition of two new members and a change in city leadership that has made history as former Mayor Jeff Gee has passed the torch to Elmer Martinez Saballos to be Redwood City's newest and youngest mayor.

Martinez Saballos is originally from Redwood City and is excited about this new role.

On Monday, when Martinez was sworn in as the new mayor of Redwood City, he gave a speech to the crowd, where he spoke about his origins in an immigrant home and the struggles they went through, as well as sharing his firsthand experiences of seeing friends leave the city due to the housing crisis, and how he lost friends to gun violence.

“Nowadays, families are leaving Redwood City because they can’t afford the rising rents. And I remember walking to Sequoia High School and seeing fewer and fewer classmates who could join us. And I’ve lost friends to gun violence,” she said.

In light of this, Martínez Saballos is so passionate and considers improving housing, public safety and reinvesting in youth to be his main priorities, because he knows that it is essential to continue seeing the city prosper.

The City Hall chambers were filled with memories, laughter and tears when Alicia Aguirre retired from the council after 19 years of service.

Neighbors, friends, colleagues, and even his children came by to say a few words of appreciation for the incredible work he has done for the community.

Her children took the stand to praise her for being a fantastic community leader, grandmother and mother.

In an interview with Peninsula 360 Press, Aguirre said that the reason for her retirement is the limitation of mandates, but that she is delighted to retire. Her greatest achievement in the last 19 years has been “listening to our constituents and our community to see what they want and need and to be able to build the housing that we have. For me that is very, very important.”

Despite her retirement, Aguirre will remain busy teaching at Cañada College and working with young women to move into leadership positions.

On the other hand, and after a close race between Lissette Espinoza-Garnica and Isabella Chu that was reduced to 15 votes, Chu said she was very grateful to all those who helped her in the campaign.

“I am extremely grateful and appreciative of my opponent. She ran a very honorable and clean campaign. She knows that we agree on many things and I plan to work with her,” said the current councilwoman for District 3.

Chu's priorities will be related to the community's public health, improving infrastructure and building more affordable housing.

Chu also took the stand during public comment to express his gratitude to Lissette Espinoza-Garnica and all the work she has done for the community, in addition to the clean electoral contest.

The new representative chosen to fill the seat of former Councilwoman Alicia Aguirre for District 7 will be Marcella Padilla, who said she is excited and knows she has “very big shoes to fill” now that she occupies Aguirre’s seat.

There have been many changes to the Redwood City Council with the addition of two new members and a change in city leadership. Photo: P360P

“She is not a very big woman, but her shoes are very big. I hope Alicia continues to be a resource. She has been a great mentor to me and I look up to her and look forward to her guidance, and I really value and respect her,” he said.

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Join the Peninsula 360 Press initiative to confront hatred against immigrant communities

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2024.12.11

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Join the Peninsula 360 Press initiative to confront hatred against immigrant communities

Peninsula 360 Press Initiative — Iniciativa de Península 360 Press invita a jóvenes y adultos a sumarse a un grupo de comunicación que promueva el cambio de la narrativa que se tiene dentro de Estados Unidos sobre México y los inmigrantes.

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Peninsula 360 Press se ha sumado a las iniciativas que se llevan a cabo para cambiar la narrativa que se tiene dentro de Estados Unidos sobre México y los inmigrantes, y hace un llamado a jóvenes y adultos a formar parte de un grupo de voluntarios que hacen frente a la desinformación que genera una mala percepción de este grupo poblacional.

Así lo expresó el periodista Manuel Ortiz durante el programa de radio Península 360 Press con Marcos Gutiérrez de Hecho en California, quien precisó que se busca gente que quiera ser parte de una red de comunicación que genere información para hacer frente al odio en contra de las comunidades inmigrantes.

“Buscamos el empoderamiento de las comunidades migrantes a través del arte y la comunicación, con jóvenes que quieran trabajar con nosotros de manera voluntaria“, precisó.

Además, dijo, se requiere de personas que hablen inglés y español, bilingües, preferentemente, y que conozcan el área de comunicación, y que desee sumarse a este gran proyecto de manera voluntaria.

“Se podrá reportar todo aquello que aportamos y sumamos los migrantes: en la cultura, gastronomía, literatura, artes: en general lo mucho que aportamos”, agregó el también fotógrafo.

La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, comentó este martes, durante su rueda de prensa matutina, que habrá una sección especial para los paisanos en la “mañanera del pueblo” sobre la importancia del trabajo que realizan los paisanos, ya que existen organizaciones en Estados Unidos de migrantes con las que se están poniendo en contacto.

“Vamos a tener una sección especial; yo creo que a partir de la próxima semana para hablar del trabajo que hacen nuestros hermanos y hermanas migrantes en Estados Unidos y la importancia que tienen para México y para Estados Unidos. Y ellos mismos van a grabar cápsulas para hablar de la importancia”, dijo Sheinbaum.

Además, comentó que fue “importante” que el presidente electo de EE. UU., Donald Trump, reconociera a los “dreamers” que emigraron cuando eran niños, durante una entrevista el domingo con NBC, en la que afirmó que quiere que los “dreamers”, que en su mayoría son latinos beneficiados del programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA) a Estados Unidos, puedan quedarse en el país.

Así, Manuel Ortiz comentó que es importante esta iniciativa que le dará espacio a los mexicanos para hablar de las comunidades migrantes.

“La percepción sobre los mexicanos en los Estados Unidos ha ido empeorando, mucho de esto se basa en información falsa, en datos falsos que en campaña se han estado difundiendo que la población en general adopta y difunde, así se van haciendo ideas de información falsa“, comentó.

Esta iniciativa no debe verse como un asunto gubernamental únicamente, se debe tomar como una oportunidad de participación y unión para todos, agregó Ortiz, al tiempo que destacó que existe información sólida que comprueba que la comunidad migrante en Estados Unidos es muy importante, ya que apoya en todos los ámbitos, desde culturales hasta económicos.

Por ejemplo, dijo, de entrar en vigor los aranceles de 10 por ciento a todas las importaciones estadunidenses, los economistas McKibbin, Hogan y Nolan del Peterson Institute for International Economics, analizaron qué pasaría en el caso de que se aplicará, pues el PIB de Estados Unidos, México y Canadá se vería afectado a corto, mediano y largo plazo; en el caso de México caería entre 0.6 por ciento y 1.2 por ciento, mientras que el de Estados Unidos disminuiría entre -0.4 por ciento y -0.9 por ciento de aquí a 2027, afectando a ambas partes.

En el caso de las deportaciones masivas, los autores del reporte estimaron la deportación de 1.3 millones de trabajadores y otro con 8.3 millones, y en cualquiera de los casos se ve afectado Estados Unidos, pues el impacto más notorio es en la producción manufacturera de bienes durables como en la minería y en la agricultura, dejando una pérdida del PIB de hasta siete por ciento por año y en el efecto estimado de estas deportaciones para el PIB de México sería prácticamente nulo.

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US budget cuts will put health care at risk

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2024.12.11

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The US health care system will be subject to some cuts. Several federal health programs could face budget cuts as the new administration seeks to reduce inflation and debt. The reduction in funding will impact the entire health system in the country, especially children, seniors, rural areas and low-income families.

Medicare programs, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIPS) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could be the hardest hit, impacting communities as these programs serve more than 85 million people in the United States, experts said during a briefing by Ethnic Media Services.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides medical services and supports medical expenses for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers general benefits that Medicare does not cover, such as nursing home care services and personal care.

Nearly half of children in the United States are covered by Medicaid. As for births, 40 to 50 percent, depending on the location, are covered by the program. In rural areas, this medical service is essential because they practically depend on it, said Joan Alker, executive director of the center for children and families.

“If major budget cuts are made, this will impact the entire health system in the country.“, said Joan Alker, also a research professor at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy.

Alker explained that if the budget cuts were to be applied, states would have some flexibility to adjust. These flexibility measures refer to some obstacles to providing services to people, more complex procedures to have fewer subscribers, benefits may be limited, and there will be fewer providers for rural or low-income areas.

“This adjustment will impact older people, disabled people, low-income people, rural areas, all of these will be the most affected.“, Alker added.

Mayra Álvarez, president of Children's Partnership, said that all children have the right to a healthy life, a strong family and a dignified life, so health services are essential for families.

In the United States, more than 5 million children live with at least one undocumented parent. In California alone, there are 9 million children, 3 out of 4 of whom are black and half of whom have at least one immigrant parent, Alvarez explained.

In this regard, she added that there is also concern about support for families in the area of nutrition, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is a great support for families, since it is expected that they will have difficulties in enrolling or continuing, which would be a great blow to the family economy now that food prices have increased by 24 percent.

“The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is very necessary for people without access to food, since 78 percent of families are living paycheck to paycheck. In the case of children, we have seen that children with access to food have better academic performance,” said Alvarez.

Richard Kogan, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, explained that no president has ever had the authority to seize funds enacted by Congress.

“The U.S. Constitution does not allow the president to seize funds, instead Congress decides what to spend the money on and how much, so the president's job is to make sure the laws are faithfully followed.”“, he expressed Kogan.

Experts agreed that medical services should be a priority for the government, since having healthy families allows for a healthier and more productive country, so it is hoped that budget cuts will not end medical services for those vulnerable families who depend on them.

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Strengthening Mexican consulates is a “historical demand”: Claudia Sheinbaum

Pamela Cruz

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2024.12.11

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Strengthening Mexican consulates is a “historical demand”: Claudia Sheinbaum

Strengthening of Mexican Consulates — Strengthening the Mexican consulates in the United States is essential to support Mexicans living in that country, promoting, above all, the legal area of each of them.

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The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that as a “historical demand,” all Mexican consulates in the United States will be strengthened, with the aim of supporting all Mexicans living in that country, promoting, above all, the legal area of each one of them.

“Let our brothers and sisters in the United States know that we are strengthening the consulates, it is a historic demand,” said Sheinbaum.

The president stated this during her morning press conference, where she also recognized the important role played by all Mexicans in the American union, who with their work enrich that nation, in addition to recalling her time as a student in the Bay Area, especially in the city of Redwood City.

“I had the opportunity, the privilege of going abroad to study, and I was in Northern California, where I made many friends. Near where I lived with my family there is a place, which I send my regards to, called Redwood City. I believe there are more inhabitants of Aguililla, Michoacán there, who in Aguililla, Michoacán, eat the best carnitas they have ever tasted.”

It was in the early 90s that, she said, she had a friend and colleague, Alma González, from Aguililla, Michoacán, who has a degree in Economics from the Michoacana University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo, better known as La Nicolaita, and who went to the United States with her entire family, and began cleaning houses, to currently work at Stanford Hospital and do social work and, like other Mexicans, her work is crucial to the growth of this country.

“Like Alma, we get along with many Mexican men and women there who represent us with dignity, who go to work, who support their families who suffer hardships there and then get ahead and, on top of everything, they never abandon their families in Mexico, because there are always the remittances they send and which support the country a lot, but they also support their families a lot,” the president said.

He said he made this known to the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, in a telephone call.

“I even told President Trump on the call that Mexicans take care of each other, we love each other, we protect each other, we have family values,” she explained.

“We love you very much,” said the president, while recalling that efforts in the consulates will be greater and that she will meet with the consuls at the beginning of 2025.

“The first message we send them is that we are going to strengthen the consulates. I am going to meet with the consuls personally at the beginning of the year to tell them what we want. We are strengthening all the procedures they carry out in order to simplify them, so that they do not have to wait in these lines that they normally do, and also, strengthening the legal part so that we can support them in case they have problems with the justice system and that have to do with deportations,” he clarified.

In the case of pensions, and so that compatriots in the United States can receive them, he explained that the issue is being reviewed, since it is very difficult to comply with due to budget issues and the number of Mexicans in this country.

Finally, he announced that something special has been prepared for December 18, International Migrants Day, and he called on all his fellow citizens in the United States to watch the “people's morning shows” on Fridays, as there will be a special section for all of them.

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No more birthright citizenship in the US: Trump seeks executive action to revoke right

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Pamela Cruz

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2024.12.09

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President-elect Donald Trump has no intention of backing down on his campaign promises and has said that from day one in office he will seek to end birthright citizenship through an executive order that nullifies the right.

In a wide-ranging interview for NBC News' "Meet the Press with Kristen Welker," Trump again said that the United States is the only country that grants birthright citizenship, a fact that is completely false, as more than 30 nations grant such a right.

“We’re going to have to get it changed, or maybe it would go back to the people, but we have to end it. We’re the only country that has it,” he said, noting that he would achieve that through executive action.

“If we can do it, through executive action. I was going to do it through executive action, but then we had to fix Covid-19 first, to be honest with you,” Trump stressed.

The president-elect explained that he does not want to “break up” families through deportations, hence his decision.

“I don’t want to be breaking up families, so the only way to not break up the family is to keep them together, and you have to send them all back,” he said.

He also said that his administration's mass deportation efforts would focus on people with criminal records, but made it clear that it could go beyond deporting criminals, without specifying who the "other people besides criminals" would be.

“I think it should be done,” Trump said when asked by host Kristen Welker if he plans to deport all people who have entered the country illegally. “It’s a very difficult thing to do,” he said. “You know, you have rules, regulations, laws. They came in illegally.”

The next president, who will take office as President of the United States on January 20, 2025, also said he was willing to work with Democrats to develop a plan to protect "dreamers," immigrants who were brought to the United States when they were children.

“We have to do something about the ‘dreamers,’ because these are people who were brought here at a very young age, and many of them are now middle-aged. They don’t even speak the language of their country. And yes, we are going to do something about it,” he said.

“I will work with the Democrats on a plan, and if we can come up with a plan, but the Democrats have made it very, very difficult to get anything done. The Republicans are very open to the Dreamers,” he added.

With information from CNN.

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Santa Clara County seeks to challenge Trump policies against vulnerable communities with bill

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Pamela Cruz

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2024.12.09

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Officials of the Santa Clara County strongly support a new state bill introduced last week that aims to bolster funding available to local jurisdictions to legally shield residents from policies instituted by the incoming Trump administration.

Senate Bill X1-1, authored by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Scott Wiener, would provide $10 million in grants to county and city attorneys across the state to support the filing of civil actions against the federal government.

Among the things that are sought to be protected are reproductive health, environmental justice, LGBTQ+ civil rights, and the rights of immigrants and other vulnerable communities.

Santa Clara County General Counsel Tony LoPresti said the grants, if approved, would scale and align with internal county actions, such as the $5 million in additional immigrant advocacy funding approved by the Board of Supervisors last week.

The county is also conducting an intensive review of other measures that can be taken before the new president is inaugurated on January 20.

“What is happening at the state legislative level encourages us to prepare for the multitude of threats that are being fostered within the incoming administration,” LoPresti said.

“Local governments play a vital role in advocating for their residents, and that includes challenging policies through legal action; Senator Wiener’s proposal is a welcome aid in achieving those ends,” he added.

In addition to $10 million for local law firms, the bill would provide $25 million in grants to legal aid organizations that defend residents from issues such as deportation.

California Governor Gavin Newsom also proposed allocating $25 million to state agencies and the California Department of Justice as a defense fund against Trump's policies.

Notably, during Trump's first term, Santa Clara County fought against several Trump measures. Together with San Francisco, they challenged Trump's executive order to withhold funding from cities and counties that do not help him deport immigrants, and obtained the first injunction nationwide.

Santa Clara County and San Francisco also filed the first lawsuits to challenge Trump’s public charge rule, winning an injunction blocking the administration from requiring a wealth test for immigrants entering the country or seeking to adjust their immigration status.

Santa Clara County also joined Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City in supporting a lawsuit challenging a travel restriction targeting Muslim-majority nations.

Outside of the courts, during Trump’s first term, the county funded immigration legal services and programs to educate the community about their rights, launched the “One County, One Future” campaign, and implemented the Rapid Response Network, a community-based advocacy project developed to protect immigrant families from threats of deportation.

County Executive James R. Williams applauded the state’s efforts to secure funding and reaffirmed the county’s commitment to resist unjust federal actions.

“We are prepared to protect our community and we know this fight will require considerable resources,” Williams said. “It is encouraging to know that we have representatives at the state level who are equally committed to standing up to the attacks on our values that we know are coming.”

The state Senate is expected to consider Bill X1-1 in January 2025.

The funding would support the litigation activities of local civil prosecutors, including members of the Civil Prosecutors Coalition, which is comprised of many of California's largest city and county attorneys' offices, representing more than 40 percent of California's population and millions of residents across those jurisdictions.

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San Mateo County citizens will vote on whether to give supervisors the power to remove an elected sheriff

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2024.12.07

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San Mateo County citizens will vote on whether to give supervisors the power to remove an elected sheriff

remove a sheriff — Voting on whether or not to give supervisors the power to remove an elected sheriff, San Mateo County voters will be asked to determine whether or not they favor amending the county charter to grant the Board of Supervisors authority through Dec. 31, 2028.

A Special Election will be held on March 4, 2025, at which San Mateo County voters will be asked to determine whether or not they are in favor of amending the county charter to grant the Board of Supervisors authority until December 31, 2028, to remove an elected sheriff for cause.

Persons interested in presenting an argument in the primary for or against this measure have until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 10 to submit their arguments to the Division of Registration and Elections, 40 Tower Road, San Mateo.

Those who are for or against the measure will be required to provide a list of their supporters or opponents for printing on the official ballot to the Elections Officer when presenting primary arguments for or against the measure, said Mark Church, chief elections officer and county assessor, councilman and recorder.

He also stressed that the list of supporters or opponents should be taken from the signatory or from the text of the argument for or against the measure.

Following the closing of the period for the submission of primary arguments, a 10-calendar-day public review period for primary arguments will open until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 20.

“During the 10-calendar-day public review period, the public has the opportunity to read and challenge the language of the primary arguments before they are published on the sample ballot and the county’s official voter information pamphlet. The primary arguments will be available for review in our office and on our website,” Church said.

This review period is the first of three separate public review periods in connection with the March 4, 2025 Special Elections.

Documents filed with the Registration and Elections Division will also be available for review at www.smcacre.gov/elections, in the Current Elections section.

It is worth noting that the public review period ends on December 16 at 5:00 p.m., and December 10-20 will be the period for the main arguments for and against the electoral measures.

Thus, from December 17 to 27, rebuttals to the main arguments for and against the electoral measures will take place, and the public review period ends on December 27 at 5:00 p.m.

During each 10-day public review period, the election official or any registered voter in the jurisdiction in which the election is being held may seek a writ of mandamus or preliminary injunction requiring that any or all materials be amended or removed if they are found to be false, misleading, or inconsistent with the Election Code.

Please note that the Registration and Elections Division will be closed from December 25 to 27.

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San Mateo County Sheriff Offered $1 Million in Exchange for Resignation

Pamela Cruz

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2024.12.07

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San Mateo County Sheriff Offered $1 Million in Exchange for Resignation

Sheriff offered $1 million — Sheriff Christina Corpus offered $1 million after high-profile fight between San Mateo County and the sheriff.

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Luego de una mediática lucha entre el condado de San Mateo y la sheriff del mismo, Christina Corpus, por una investigación independiente que la acusa de abuso de poder, represalias, intimidación, homofobia y racismo en su oficina, el ayuntamiento ha ofrecido a Corpus 1 millón de dólares y cuatro años de cobertura médica a cambio de su renuncia.

This according to the media ABC 7 News, quien precisó que fuentes cercanas a la negociación entre el condado y Corpus le dijeron al reportero Dan Noyes del I-Team que, tras el rechazo de la alguacil y su abogado a esta oferta, el Ayuntamiento ofrecería más dinero.

El fiscal del condado de San Mateo, John Nibbelin, dijo que no confirmaría lo que se supone que son conversaciones confidenciales entre abogados.

Sin embargo, la cadena de noticias precisó que cuando se contactó el viernes por la noche con la sheriff Corpus, esta no quiso hacer comentarios sobre el informe, pero anteriormente la alguacil ya había dicho al medio que estaba “disgustada” por la campaña en su contra y que no renunciaría a su cargo como sheriff del condado de San Mateo.

Apenas este martes pasado, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de San Mateo disparó otra salva en su batalla en curso contra la sheriff Christina Corpus cuando votaron para seguir adelante con una enmienda a la carta que les permitiría destituirla de su cargo.

The board voted 4-0, with Supervisor David Canepa absent, to approve the second reading of an ordinance placing the amendment on the March 4 ballot so voters can decide whether supervisors should be allowed to expand their authority to fire Corpus.

A Corpus se le acusa de tomar represalias contra los empleados de la Oficina del Sheriff, usar insultos racistas y homofóbicos y darle demasiado poder a su jefe de personal civil, Victor Aenlle, a quien la investigadora independiente y jueza jubilada LaDoris Cordell encontró en su informe de 400 páginas que tenía una relación personal inapropiada con la alguacil, una acusación que Corpus niega.

Corpus has repeatedly rejected calls for his resignation that have come from the board and from local, state and federal leaders such as U.S. Reps. Kevin Mullin and Anna Eshoo, state Sen. Josh Becker and Assemblymembers Marc Berman and Diane Papan.

Since Corpus took office in 2023, more than 100 sworn employees have left the Sheriff's Office and she has been the subject of votes of no confidence by unions representing her department's deputies, sergeants and lieutenants.

Si bien los supervisores votaron a favor de seguir adelante con la medida, también acordaron extender una invitación formal a Corpus para que se explique bajo juramento frente a la junta en su reunión del 10 de diciembre.

Si es aprobada por una mayoría simple de votantes en el condado, la enmienda permitiría a los supervisores destituir al sheriff con un voto de cuatro quintos “por causa justificada, incluyendo la violación de la ley relacionada con los deberes de un sheriff, negligencia flagrante o reiterada de los deberes, malversación de fondos públicos, falsificación intencional de documentos u obstrucción de una investigación”.

It would also require supervisors to give written reasons for their dismissal and hold a hearing before the vote.

The charter amendment would expire on Dec. 31, 2028, ending the board's ability to fire the sheriff.

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There have been 193 aftershocks from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake recorded this Thursday in Cape Mendocino, California

Pamela Cruz

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There have been 193 aftershocks from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake recorded this Thursday in Cape Mendocino, California

aftershocks of the California earthquake — There have been 193 aftershocks since the California earthquake, since the strongest quake occurred on Thursday morning, with aftershocks ranging from 2.1 to 4.7 magnitude.

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Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake recorded Thursday morning in Cape Mendocino, California, 193 aftershocks of lesser intensity have been recorded in the area, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Since the strongest tremor struck Thursday morning, aftershocks have ranged from magnitude 2.1 to magnitude 4.7.

The December 5 magnitude 7.0 Cape Mendocino earthquake occurred approximately 100 km southwest of Ferndale, California, off the coast of Northern California, in the vicinity of the Mendocino Fracture Zone.

According to the USGS, this earthquake occurred near the Mendocino triple junction, the region where the Pacific, North American and Juan de Fuca/Gorda plates meet.

The quake occurred at 10:44 a.m. off Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County and the National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning that was later canceled shortly before noon.

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said in an update Thursday night that damage assessments are ongoing throughout the county, but no major earthquake-related damage has been reported so far.

Earlier in the day, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties that authorizes state agencies to enter into contracts to quickly assist with any emergency response in the counties and allows fairgrounds and state property to be used for shelters and other efforts.

According to the USGS, there is a 53 percent chance of one or more aftershocks greater than magnitude 5 occurring during the next week.

"The number of aftershocks will decrease over time, but a large earthquake may temporarily increase the number of aftershocks," the agency said.

The focal mechanism solutions, he said, indicate that the rupture occurred as a result of a tear fault on a steeply inclined fault that trends east-southeast or north-northeast.

The location, depth and fault mechanism indicate that this event likely occurred at or near the Mendocino Fracture Zone, an east-southeast-trending fault zone that forms the boundary between the Pacific Plate to the south and the subducting Gorda Plate to the north, he added.

The agency noted that earthquakes are common in the region around the Mendocino triple junction because oblique motion between the southern Juan de Fuca/Gorda plate and the Pacific plate causes north-south compression within the Gorda plate and right-lateral translation along the plate boundary.

In the past century, there have been at least 40 other earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater, including five earthquakes of magnitude 7 or greater, within 250 km of the December 5, 2024, earthquake. These previous earthquakes occurred primarily along the Mendocino transform fault, in the Cascadia subduction zone, or within the Juan de Fuca/Gorda plate.

With information from Bay City News.

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