Weeks after the San Francisco Police Department released new information in the “Doodler” murder case, a film production company in the United Kingdom announced it’s developing a television crime series called ‘We Are Your Children” based on the little-known serial killer.

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+ A rebate program the incentivizes movie-making by subsidizing costs for police and other necessary city services for film shoots will be extended for another nine years. NBC Bay Area

Stephen Buescher filed a lawsuit against the American Conservatory Theater alleging "systematic discrimination" and racism. The former actor and instructor, who is African American, claims he was asked to “police” people of color in his program. ACT’s leadership said they are working to improve conditions at the school.

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The rental car company Hertz Corp. and its partner American Traffic Solutions Inc. have reached a $3.65 million settlement with the Office of the City Attorney in the 2017 case against them for charging exorbitant service fees to tourists who crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. The fee made crossing the bridge total $32. The recovered funds will go toward consumer protection enforcement.

San Francisco Chronicle

Found to have violated open meeting laws in a November 2017 vote to provide the San Francisco Police Department with Tasers, the San Francisco Police Commission deadlocked in a decision to legitimately retake that vote. The dispute showed the divides between commissioners appointed by the mayor and those appointed by the Board of Supervisors.

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+ The San Francisco Police Commission voted unanimously to allow officers facing a 10-day suspension or termination for misconduct to appeal the commission’s own disciplinary decisions to the California Office of Administrative Hearings. In the past, the only recourse for officers to appeal was by taking a decision to San Francisco Superior Court. Mission Local

In response to rider frustration with subpar Muni subway service, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors requested that department staff provide regular reports detailing delays and mitigation plans. Special attention is being paid to congestion at the entrance of West Portal Station and train turnarounds at Embarcadero Station.

San Francisco Examiner

+ A state investigation into the death of signal technician Patrick Ricketts in Twin Peaks Tunnel last summer concluded that insufficient worker training led to the death. The two companies contracted to perform the tunnel improvements were fined $65,300. San Francisco Examiner

An investigation by Politico using data from Twitter and other platforms and interviews with data scientists and campaign strategists found a sustained and coordinated disinformation campaign designed to undermine Democratic presidential candidates such as Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

Harris, a former San Francisco District Attorney, has been the subject of viral racist and sexist tweets related to her relationship to former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. The attacks may be the work of foreign state actors.

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