The election results, Jon Stewart heads to HBO, and more amazing news items from the past week.
Prop F Loses in San Francisco, SF Gate
San Francisco voters handed a victory Tuesday to Airbnb and city residents who want to turn their homes into vacation rentals. Proposition F, a measure that would have drastically curbed short-term rentals, lost by 55 percent to 45 percent, with all precincts reporting and most mail ballots counted. Prop. F was one of the most contentious issues on the ballot and centered on whether vacation rentals divert scarce housing to lucrative illegal year-round hotels, as its backers claimed, or help middle-class people make ends meet, as Airbnb and other opponents of the measure said. Airbnb spent millions to defeat the measure, running the most expensive campaign in this city election.
Jon Stewart Signs with HBO, Gothamist
Stewart has signed a four-year production deal, with his first project the creation of topical short-form digital content to be showcased on HBO Now, HBO Go and other platforms. "Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me. I’m pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of content every now and again," Stewart noted in the press release. Stewart left the Daily Show this past August after over a decade on Comedy Central. "Jon Stewart led a revolution that changed the face of TV comedy on the Daily Show," HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said in the release. "He graced our network nearly 20 years ago, so we’re thrilled to welcome back his immense talents in this next chapter of his career."
Donald Trump Tweets Photoshopped Jeb Bush Pics, NBC News
Donald Trump posted a tweet Tuesday featuring a Nazi swastika next to a picture of GOP rival Jeb Bush. The tweet from Trump appeared to be quoting from — or a partial retweet of — a supporter's message with a photo collage of anti-Bush imagery. In addition to the Nazi swastika, the montage featured an image of Bush in a sombrero next to a cactus. Bush, whose wife is Mexican, has slammed Trump's statements on immigration. Social-media users were quick to zero in on the controversial imagery."Tweeting out swastikas and racial stereotypes to attack Jeb Bush. Very grown up," one Twitter user wrote.
Taco Bell Aggressor Faces Civil Suit, ABC News
A former Taco Bell executive is facing a civil suit from an Uber driver he allegedly attacked, ABC News has exclusively learned. The incident was captured on camera. Benjamin Golden, 32, can be seen in the video walloping his driver, Edward Caban, several times in the head and trying to bash Caban's head against the car door and window. Caban, who has since quit working for the ride-sharing service, is seeking unspecified compensation. His lawyer said he "continues to suffer from emotional injury and distress.” After Caban posted video of the alleged attack on YouTube, Taco Bell immediately fired Golden. In the video, Golden can be seen fleeing the car after being sprayed. Golden is currently out of custody, the DA's office said, adding that prosecutors will request he be held on $20,000 bail at his arraignment on Nov. 17.
Obama Bans Crime Checkbox, Upworthy
On Monday, President Obama issued an executive order "banning the box" for federal government employees. What does this mean? Well, you know how on job applications, there's sometimes a little box that asks whether or not you've been convicted of a crime? With the wave of a pen, Obama just ordered that box to be removed from applications for jobs within the federal government, saying, "We can't dismiss people out of hand simply because of a mistake they made in the past." The president's move follows a 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recommendation as to how arrests and convictions should be treated under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
