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Civil Rights Department scores a historic settlement + Wiener questions SF district attorney

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Capitol Alert ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  The Sacramento Bee Advertisement y EDISON INTERNATIONAL EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO SHAPE THEIR OWN IR Capitol Alert Civil Rights Department scores a historic settlement + Wiener questions SF district attorney Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! CA CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT SECURES HISTORIC SETTLEMENT WITH RIOT GAMES Riot Games, maker of the game “League of Legends,” will pay $100 million to settle a case alleging systemic sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation, the California Department of Civil Rights announced Tuesday. Under the consent decree, the company will be ordered to take a range of corrective actions to prevent future civil rights violations. The money will go into a fund to remedy violations against approximately 1,600 female employees, according to the statement. It’s the largest settlement of its kind in department history. “The court’s final approval of this consent decree ensures that women workers who suffered serious and pervasive violations of their right to a workplace free from discrimination will be entitled to relief,” said Civil Rights Director Kevin Kish. The department first notified Riot Games about the complaint against it in October 2018. The agreement calls for the company to spend a total of $18 million over three years to fund diversity, equity and inclusion programs. It must fill 40 full-time engineer, quality assurance or art design positions with class members who worked as temporary contractors in a competitive process, and will also pay a third party expert for three years to conduct gender-equity analysis of employee pay, job assignments and promotions. WIENER SAYS CHARGES SHOULD BE FILED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF BANKO BROWN State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Tuesday voiced his unhappiness with the decision of San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins not to prosecute the Walgreens security guard who fatally shot an unhoused man last month. Surveillance video of the shooting, shared with the media this week, shows security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony shooting Banko Brown one time as Brown was stepping backward onto the sidewalk. “I’ve repeatedly watched the video and reviewed the other released evidence, and I honestly cannot see a justification for this shooting,” Wiener said in a statement. “While shoplifting is a problem in San Francisco that needs to be addressed, shooting someone for shoplifting is truly horrific and must never be tolerated... I respect the District Attorney and the difficult choices she has to make every day. But a lack of any criminal responsibility for this shooting makes no sense to me.” The state senator added that the shooting was particularly tragic because Brown, who was transgender, was at greater risk of involvement with the criminal justice system. “Nearly half of homeless youth are LGBTQ, and LGBTQ young people are also over-represented in the criminal justice system. Trans young people are even more disproportionately impacted. The horrific political attacks on trans young people around the country only make the problem worse,” Wiener said. QUOTE OF THE DAY “The Governor @GavinNewsom did not invite the legislators representing that area (Republicans). When @Schwarzenegger was Governor, he would invite folks to events in their districts whether he liked them or not. #Leadership” - Assemblyman Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, responding to Newsom’s announcement regarding the Yuba River, via Twitter. Best of The Bee: * Millions of seniors across the country “would see their Social Security benefits halted” if the government defaults, California Sen. Alex Padilla warned at a press conference last week. He’s probably right, via David Lightman. * The only port-a-potty for hundreds of people was full and unusable. The day’s meal was a granola bar and a bottle of water. The lucky got mylar blankets for the rain and chill at night in the open-air corridor that serves as an entry point into California. This is what migrants encountered when they stepped on United States soil and were held between two barriers on the California-Mexico border near San Ysidro, according to a May 13 complaint to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security filed by immigration advocates, via Gillian Brassil. * Confused about when your food is going bad? A proposed California law aims to make things clearer, via Andrew Sheeler. * A new study released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a national science advocacy organization, linked emissions from the world’s major fossil fuel producers to 37% of acres burned by wildfire in the North American west between 1986 and 2021. Those emissions, researchers say, are also responsible for nearly half the atmospheric conditions drying out California forests. They hope these findings translate into corporate accountability for damages wrought by past and future disasters, via Ari Plachta. Advertisement y EDISON INTERNATIONAL* EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO SHAPE THEIR OWN LEARN MORE UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS Essential. Dependable. Local. Never miss the scoop again: View the rest of our newsletters Advertisement y EDISON INTERNATIONAL* EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO SHAPE THEIR OWN LEARN MORE
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