Gun violence is a result of the wrong people owning guns or of people without proper training and regard for weapons owning them. Making it a requirement of gun ownership to belong to a well regulated militia, as mentioned in the Second Amendment, would provide a means to ensure that neither of the above conditions occur.

Because it is time to remind people: Education is a right, corporate subsidies are not.

My children have been affected by older children, too old to be in a baby pool, being splashed, pushed, and scared to enter the water due to older children running into the baby pool section, without regard for the younger children and babies. This has not just happened to me, but to many other parents' children, and no lifeguards have seemed to care to do anything about any of these issues.

I would like the city to limit the Tree Ordinance to public property until a vote/more debate can be had about private property trees. There is concern that this ordinance was misrepresented and/or misunderstood.

It's a natural (bad pun, I know)!

I'm an adult adoptee who took the DNA test with 23andMe last year in hopes to find more information about my family tree and possibly locate my birth family. But every time I get a new match (like a 2nd or 3rd cousin, or even 4th cousins), it's like I hit a brick wall! Most of the time, they have their settings set on private just because they never bothered to adjust them, so most of my DNA cousins remain anonymous or have their box not to accept sharing genome info clicked by default. So unless someone goes into their account settings and change the settings, their profiles remain invisible to ALL the members of 23andMe by default. That is really frustrating for a lot of adoptees and even a huge number of non-adoptees who are interested in filling those gaps in their family history. 23andMe already has the blocking feature for unwanted contacts! My petition is to make public match the default feature! Off course we can always change our settings to private at will. That will not change and should not change!

I love gardening and I don't want my garden to be a source of danger to these crucially important pollinators.

On December 30, 1994, a man walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Massachusetts, shouted "This is what you get! You should pray the rosary!" and shot the receptionist to death. So with the support of local law enforcement, Massachusetts passed a law prohibiting protests within 35 feet of abortion clinics. Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court struck that law down. Today, women in Massachusetts are wondering whether, at their next medical appointment, they'll end up face to face with people who shout, spit, and threaten -- all while calling themselves "pro-life Christians." Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley has the power to set a very different example. Yes, he's well-known for his opposition to abortion -- but also for his thoughtful and pastoral approach to church leadership. Cardinal O'Malley should immediately call on Massachusetts Catholics to voluntarily refrain from holding protests outside abortion clinics -- and remind the nation that, no matter what you think about abortion, there's nothing Christian about harassment and intimidation.

The design district in San Francisco is fighting to save our community and industry. Big tech has infiltrated our neighborhood and increased commercial rent by over 300%. The SFDC building owners want to push us out and displace an entire network of thriving businesses in order to capitalize on higher rents. We will lose good paying blue collar PDR jobs in San Francisco. The landmark status change will displace an entire ecosystem of women-owned and LGBT friendly businesses.

As you know the Clinton River is a very busy place, full of families and constant people traveling by foot, so its clear to me that Clinton River road that runs along this river should have finished paved sidewalks that connect to the others. I walk daily from the house to the neighboring subdivisions and I feel in great danger doing so with my 8 month old in her stroller, you should fund this immediately.

This is yet another instance of racial profiling and police brutality. The Arizona State University Police department should drop all charges and issue an unqualified apology.

TO REDUCE VIOLENCE One Path is a consciousness raising initiative intended to remind US of Our power to reduce violence and suffering as we are able to transcend boundaries, distortions, blocks and Be more Present with One another at home, school, neighborhood, work. ( formerly 1% a peace army) " Not until we look into the face of every man and every woman and see Our brother and sister....only then have we seen the light; All else is still darkness!" an Old Hasidic Tale. For every instance of cruelty, neglect, intimidation, terror, war mongering there is a life force able to thwart each and every distortion with Our simple presence ( whether it be a bully, a cruel employer, an abusive partner, parent or deranged leader, etc.) "There are mostly good, decent folks in the world and away down deep in the depths of Our consciousness each One of us is hearing the same small voice: I want an earth that is healthy, a home, neighborhood, school, world at peace, a heart filled with love and safe happy children