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Scott Wiener
Scott Wiener (born May 11, 1970) is an American politician and a member of the California State Senate. A Democrat, he represents the 11th Senate District, encompassing San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County. Prior to his election to the State Senate in 2016, Wiener served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 8. He also served as Chair of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, represented San Francisco as a commissioner on the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and represented San Francisco as a director on the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board.
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1970-05-11
Birth Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality
American
Residence
San_Francisco
Education
Harvard_Law_School
Political Ideology
Democratic_Party_(United_States)
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Bomb threat prompts search of State Sen. Scott Wiener's home

SAN FRANCISCO – State Sen. Scott Wiener vowed he would continue to fight for the LGBTQ community despite receiving a death threat that prompted authorities to search his San Francisco home for potential bombs over the weekend."Been getting lots of check-ins about the death threat we received yesterday. I truly appreciate it," Wiener said on his Twitter account Monday. "I receive lots of death threats & have for years. They're mostly about our civil rights work for LGBTQ people & people with HIV."According to the San Francisco Chronicle, officers with bomb-sniffing dogs searched Wiener's home Sunday after his staff received...
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California Senate Green-Lights Scott Wiener's Bill To Stop Cities From Banning Medical Marijuana, Here's What's Next

California Senate Committee gave the green light to a bill that restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis via delivery. According to a press release, Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 1186 passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee...
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Q&A: Sen. Scott Wiener talks about behavioral health treatment, health plan accountability, and other policy priorities for 2022 session

Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco) has represented California’s 11th Senate district since 2016. He currently chairs the Senate Housing Committee and sits on the Senate Health and Public Safety Committees, as well as the Senate Select Committee on Mental Health. In this Q&A, Wiener discusses his health policy...
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State Sen. Scott Wiener wants to make it easier to open a bar in California

State Sen. Scott Wiener wants to make it easier to open a bar in California. Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced legislation Friday to loosen liquor license application requirements, an effort to help an industry that has been hard-hit by the pandemic. Some bar owners have struggled with multi-year approval processes and neighbor opposition, and Wiener said the current requirements are outdated.
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California bill would create safe consumption sites for drug use. (The Center Square) – To confront an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths in California, one state legislator is working to advance a bill that would provide access to safe drug consumption sites in multiple cities across the state.
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California bill would keep courts from exposing immigration status. (The Center Square) – Hoping to expand protections for undocumented immigrants in court, a California legislator introduced a bill this week that would permanently protect a person’s immigration status in public court records.
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Sen. Scott Wiener's, D-San Francisco, density legislation passes Assembly

A bill touted as a way to aid the housing crisis by streamlining the upzoning of infill and transit-rich neighborhoods for small multiunit buildings yet lambasted by opponents who said it would turn homeownership into a competitive sport for pension funds, rental giants and other deep pockets passed the Assembly Monday.
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