San Diego hit with $533 million pension payment, an unprecedented sum in a painful budget year
The half-billion-dollar payment, which comes with the city facing a large budget deficit of roughly $250 million, is $44 ...
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California hotel chains can’t duck sex trafficking complicity claims
A woman claims hotel employees looked the other way as she displayed obvious signs of being sex trafficked and abused in ...
Landmark lawsuit alleges California canned tuna giant benefits from human trafficking
California-headquartered tuna brand Bumble Bee Foods has knowingly profited from forced labor on its suppliers’ fishing vessels for years, alleges a lawsuit filed in San Diego County federal court on ...
Indonesian fishermen sue Bumble Bee and say the canned tuna giant knew of abuse in its supply chain
Lawyers representing four Indonesian fishermen say they were beaten and trapped on vessels that were part of the global ...
Assembly Bill 379 proposes to boost trafficking survivor support
"Survivor Support and Demand Reduction Act" looks to crack down on sex trafficking and help support survivors.
Indonesian Fishermen Sue U.S. Canned Tuna Giant Over Claims of Forced Labor
In a lawsuit filed in California, the plaintiffs said that Bumble Bee Foods was aware of and benefited from abuse by ...
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LGBTQ+ trafficking on the rise
According to the San Diego District Attorney’s office, in San Diego, sex trafficking alone is an $810 million a year industry and was identified by the FBI as one of the top 13 areas in the country ...
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First-of-its-kind lawsuit alleges human trafficking by California’s Bumble Bee Seafoods
according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Diego federal court that’s believed to be the first ever to allege human trafficking against a U.S. seafood company. The plaintiffs, four men from ...
San Diego County moves closer to a crackdown on camp fires and homeless encampments
San Diego County has taken another step toward a more sweeping ban against homeless encampments after the nation’s top court ...