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SF Pride hosts 1st annual Human Rights Summit in fight for LGBTQ+ equality
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In response to mounting attacks on LGBTQ+ rights San Francisco Pride is hosting its first annual “Human Rights Summit” Thursday.
“In years past there might have been one state trying to pass a controversial anti-trans bill and now it’s so many, many states,” said Suzanne Ford, Executive Director of San Francisco Pride, referring to the nearly 500 bills currently being tracked by the ACLU taking aim at LGBTQ+ rights. “My phone was ringing off the hook about all this anti-queer legislation, especially anti-trans legislation and people wanted to know what we’re going to do about it.”
SF Pride is answering by bringing lawmakers and activists from across the country together at the Commonwealth Club of California.
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“We wanted to concentrate the media attention on the issue in these red states, (and) mostly red states, and the problem they’re facing in the community with hate,” Ford said.
Montana’s first transgender lawmaker, Zooey Zephyr, will be joining the conversation. She made national headlines earlier this year after being censured by the state’s House of Representatives.
“We want everyone to get together in one room and hear what you need from us. You know we don’t want to assume we know what they need in those states, so we want to get everyone together in one room and learn what we can do to help them,” Ford said.
“The homophobia and transphobia we’re seeing in government and community — including in California — is absolutely terrifying, and it really reminds us that we need to be organized and fight back,” said California State Senator Scott Wiener.
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Just this past weekend, protestors gathered outside a Drag Story Hour in Petaluma, and in LA there were protests outside Dodgers Stadium while the team honored the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In San Francisco a nonprofit serving LGTBQ+ youth for decades is also under threat.
“For the past 15 months, we’ve actually experienced three direct bomb threats,” said Laura Lala-Chavez, executive director and president of LYRIC.
And, Ford says that’s exactly why the summit is as important as ever.
“Human rights in the Bay Area — you can’t just take that for granted. We have issues here too, and we need to talk about those also,” Ford said.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s $27 million mansion is a ‘lemon’ with a leaky pool, lawsuit alleges
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Sam Altman’s $27 million San Francisco luxury abode is apparently plagued with issues, ranging from a leaky infinity pool to faulty piping that dumped raw sewage on the property. That’s according to a lawsuit that The San Francisco Standard linked to the OpenAI CEO’s residence, which claims Altman purchased a “lemon” with “pervasive shoddy workmanship and corner-cutting.”
The 9,500-square-foot estate is situated on San Francisco’s iconic Lombard Street, where it overlooks the city and the bay. As you can see in this walkthrough of the home, some of its key features include a four-sided infinity pool that hangs off the edge of the house, a “Batcave” leading into a garage, as well as a system that uses recycled rainwater to irrigate an expansive garden and flush toilets inside the house.
But the $27 million mansion might not be all it’s cracked up to be. In a lawsuit filed last week in a San Francisco court, Altman’s legal team claims the real estate developer Troon Pacific “misrepresented the condition of the Property as of the highest quality” to sell it “as quickly as possible.” The plaintiff also accuses the developer of failing to hire qualified contractors, some of whom allegedly “retaliated” by “filling drainage and sewer pipes with contractor bags and debris” over claims they weren’t paid on time.
That “shoddy” workmanship has led to the pool leaking a “flood of water” into the home’s lower level last August, causing “the gypsum ceiling in that area to fail” and “the widespread presence of mold,” as claimed in the lawsuit. Altman’s legal team estimates the cost to repair the pool would be upwards of $4 million, and that’s not counting the “unconnected bathroom sewer line that dumped raw sewage on the ground,” “numerous leaking irrigation lines,” the “water intrusion at skylights,” among other issues.
For now, Altman might be stuck dealing with some inconveniences around the house while the lawsuit runs its course. But maybe he can ask ChatGPT for help fixing some of its issues — or, better yet, give him suggestions on how to find a new place.
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San Francisco Skate Week kicks off with pop-up venue in the Presidio
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed on why she's seeking another term
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Building a Better Bay Area means giving you the information you need to vote. And what happens in the San Francisco mayor’s race will impact not only the city, but the entire Bay Area.
On Tuesday, the incumbent San Francisco Mayor, London Breed joined ABC7 News at 3 p.m. to talk about why she’s seeking another term, and on topics including crime.
San Francisco is a frequent target of republicans and the city got bashed Monday night at the convention.
Tech billionaire David Sacks – who is a resident – was the latest to go after the city.
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“In my home town of San Francisco, Democrat rule has turned the streets of our beautiful city into a cesspool of crime, homeless encampments and open drug use,” Sacks said.
Breed responded to Sacks’ comments.
“It’s easy to bash San Francisco and to use San Francisco as an example – it’s another thing to actually roll up your sleeves and do the work,” Breed said. “And in fact many of these people who continue to bash our city, who are not folks out on the streets every single day seeing it visibly for themselves. Are there problems? Yes. But to use San Francisco consistently as an example when this is happening and far worse in other cities is just wrong.
The mayor also pointed to data that she says shows crime on the decline.
Watch the full interview in the media player above.
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