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S.F. supervisors pass CAREN Act, outlawing harassing emergency calls

San Francisco supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday to ban racially motivated 911 calls. The Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act, also known as the CAREN Act, was authored by Supervisor Shamann Walton in July and aims to prevent false emergency calls made with the intent to discriminate against a person’s race, sexual orientation, nationality, […]

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