I had an exciting front row seat to the sexual scandal that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998. The 2016 presidential campaign reminds me of the Clinton/Lewinsky affair and my long days and late nights at my Capitol Hill office. Just before the sordid sexual scandal broke, a female colleague at…
SACRAMENTO—Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday signed AB 2568, a bill authored by Assembly Speaker Emeritus Toni G. Atkins that authorizes the County of San Diego to be designated as an integrated Health and Human Services Agency. San Diego County has been running an integrated agency overseeing all health and human-services departments since 1998. It has worked…
Ted Cruz finally announced his endorsement of Donald Trump late Friday in a Facebook post writing, “After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.” “I am greatly honored by the endorsement of Senator Cruz,”…
WASHINGTON – Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation joined with Francisco Robledo of Alianza por la Diversidad e Inclusión Laboral (ADIL) and Fernando Velazquez of FVConsulting – Consultores en Diversidad e Inclusion, S.C to officially launch HRC Equidad MX: Global Workplace Equality Program, a groundbreaking new program that will work to promote LGBTQ workplace…
SAN DIEGO – Mara Elliott’s campaign for City Attorney announced Thursday the endorsement of United States Sen. Barbara Boxer. Sen. Boxer said: “Mara Elliott has dedicated her career to standing up for working people, protecting our environment, and strengthening neighborhood services. I’m proud to endorse Mara Elliott for San Diego City Attorney.” Boxer’s support further consolidates Democrats…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data show a 15 percent increase in the number of syphilis infections from 2013 to 2014 alone. Two new studies presented at the 2016 STD Prevention Conference suggest that syphilis is taking a particularly severe toll on gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM),…
Thursday afternoon, Stephen Whitburn, San Diego LGBT Pride’s former executive director reached out to the community through San Diego LGBT Weekly with a special message. Titled a note to the community from Stephen Whitburn the message read: I want to say how deeply grateful I am for your expressions of how meaningful you’ve found the…
SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty-five years ago a small group of San Francisco residents representing a community devastated by the AIDS epidemic gathered in a dilapidated grove in Golden Gate Park to restore it and create a serene place where people seeking healing could gather to express their collective grief through a living memorial, an AIDS memorial….
SAN DIEGO – Mara Elliott, Chief Deputy City Attorney of San Diego and the Democratic candidate for San Diego City Attorney Wednesday called on the City of San Diego to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits collected by law enforcement in the City of San Diego. In the last ten years, nearly 2,000 rape kits have…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, Latino Victory Foundation and the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) announced an effort to identify and nominate Hispanic candidates for incoming political appointments and positions in other sectors through the Latino Talent Initiative. Building upon the groundwork of NHLA’s Latino Appointments Program, the new partnership will proactively work to streamline the…
