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    Queer activists escorted out of Pete Buttigieg event in San Francisco – video

    Queer activists were met with chants of ‘Boot-Edge-Edge’ after they disrupted a private fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg in San Francisco on Friday evening. The activists, escorted out of the event, reflected unease among the LBGTQ+ community over the Buttigieg campaign Queer activists disrupt Pete Buttigieg event in San Francisco: ‘We deserve better’ Continue reading… More

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    California lawmakers fail to pass a bill that would combat the housing crisis

    SB50 would have overridden zoning laws to allow small apartment buildings in single-family-home neighborhoods California lawmakers have voted down a bill that would have eased the state’s growing housing crisis. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press California lawmakers have failed to pass the most ambitious proposal yet to combat a growing housing crisis, voting down legislation on […] More

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    Kamala Harris kicks off 2020 US presidential campaign – video

    Play Video 1:50 Kamala Harris drew a bigger crowd at her presidential campaign launch in Oakland than Barack Obama did when he launched his run for president in Illinois in 2007. At least 20,000 people turned up to hear the California senator outline her plan for winning the White House in 2020, according to an estimate […] More

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    'Nobody works harder': insiders recall Kamala Harris's meteoric rise

    ‘Nobody works harder’: insiders recall Kamala Harris’s meteoric rise Kamala Harris listens to the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford in Washington. Photograph: Pool/Reuters Longtime California colleagues, friends, and political rivals tell of an unmatched ambition that could take her to the White House by Vivian Ho in San Francisco Main image: Kamala Harris listens to […] More