Christopher Jay Hoofnagle quoted by The Washington Post, Feb. 1, 2016
“Google could use information it gleans from the messages for its own purposes – purposes it does not have to disclose to us,” Hoofnagle said. “In effect, Google could act as an intelligence agency, deeply mining relationships and ideas among groups of people,” such as new inventions students and staff at Berkeley are developing.
Franklin Zimring interviewed by KQED.org, Feb. 1, 2016
“COPS is going to be helping out the Police Department in two ways: It takes them off the hook from doing something — a lot better than either firing the chief or putting out bold new guidelines,” Zimring said.
Ethan Elkind writes for Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1, 2016
If transit leaders want to improve ridership, they need to find ways to reduce fares and make them more equitable, such as by accounting for distance traveled and providing universal passes for students.
Peter Menell paper cited in Patently-O, Jan. 31, 2016
“The same routine non-disclosure agreements that are essential to safeguarding trade secrets can be and are used to chill those in the best position to reveal illegal activity.”
Christopher Hoofnagle quoted in The Daily Californian, Jan. 31, 2016
“(The data mining) would allow Google to understand the meaning of all of our communications: the identities of the people with whom we collaborate, the compounds of drugs we are testing, the next big thing we are inventing,” Hoofnagle wrote. “Imagine the creative product of all of Berkeley combined, scanned by a single company’s ‘free’ email system.”
Megan McCracken quoted by San Francisco Chronicle Jan. 29, 2016
“There are certainly secrecy laws in other states, and some of them create extraordinary secrecy, but nothing reaches the level of Georgia,” said Megan McCracken.
Alan Auerbach quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 29, 2016
“If you’re in an industry where being in California isn’t important, then California probably isn’t a good place to operate,” said Alan Auerbach. … “One reason the state’s economy does well is because of the strong (geographic) advantages some industries have.”
Ian Haney López and Heather McGhee write for The Nation, Jan. 28, 2016
By exposing how the political manipulation of racial anxiety has hollowed out of the middle class, Sanders can elevate a simple message: When racism wins, everyone loses.
Franklin Zimring interviewed by The Washington Post, Jan. 27, 2016
Nonetheless, last year’s interruption in the decline in homicides has experts concerned. They say it’s too early to know what caused the change, or whether it will endure. … “There’s no national pattern,” said Franklin Zimring.
Steven Davidoff Solomon quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 27, 2016
“The arbitration claim is really the key to the Uber case,” said Steven Davidoff Solomon, a law professor at UC Berkeley. “If the arbitration agreement is upheld, the case is just a multimillion-dollar case. If it is not upheld, you‘re talking hundreds of millions, if not more.”