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Monday, June 4, 2007 :ACLU Applauds State Senate Vote to Restore Public Oversight of Police...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 7:56pm PDT
If we are to have a serious pro-rent control, pro affordable housing candidate for mayor of SF, they need to circulate their petitions in lieu of payment of filing fee now. We have a Democrat in the mayor's office who is refusing to carry out the legal mandate of the elected supervisors to pay for affordable housing. That illegal action should be sufficient to move either Green Supervisor Ross Mirkiarmi or Green former Supervisor Matt Gonzalez to run for mayor now, and we need either one of...
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 9:47pm PDT
The Progressive Convention on June 2nd ended with no serious candidate declaring that they will run against Gavin Newsom. Much to the chagrin of many attendees, Ross Mirkarimi adamantly stated that this year is “not my time,” and he will focus on the Board of Supervisors. But Chris Daly never said that he was not running, as he told me right after his speech: “I promised a candidate from this Convention.” Daly added that he can't take out papers until 9:00 a.m. today, and that he will discuss...
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 8:01am PDT
Mirkarimi Emerges As Clear Choice To Represent Progressives In November
A Letter from Charles Kalish
June 2, 2007...
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 7:42am PDT
California...
Event Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 3:06pm PDT
All politics are local and the fact that the pro-rent control community, the workingclass, who are 2/3 of the residents, still has no candidate for mayor of San Francisco, is insulting and makes a mockery of all the marching around town that goes on for all kinds of causes, mostly very far away. We are not of very much use to ourselves or the rest of the world if we do not have a strong political base and that can only be achieved by using every opportunity including elections to rally and i...
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 8:55am PDT
A Rancho Cordova fundraising event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was delayed three hours Thursday evening while the Sacramento County bomb squad investigated a coffin brought to the area by antiwar protester Stephen Pearcy....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 9:04am PDT
That’s what Chris Daly said when we talked about tomorrow’s convention that he called to launch a progressive challenge to Mayor Newsom. As currently scheduled, the Convention will have two hours of Workshops in the morning, a lunch with cultural performances, and a very long list of speakers. It will probably be the largest gathering of progressive elected officials in San Francisco history, with over 15 speakers confirmed to address the crowd....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 8:08am PDT
A fund raising party for Clinton was held in the Sacramento home of Eleni Tsakopoulos-Koualakis, but the event was derailed by a bomb investigation.
An empty coffin, frequently carried at local protests, was considered dangerous enough for the bomb squad to be called. Consequently, protesters and guests were herded away from the entrance to the house, where the coffin was located, and corralled with yellow tape. After two hours, the guests who remained on the street were led through a neigh...
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 3:08am PDT
Medi-Cal policy is imposing a share of cost that is unrealistic. Many Medi-Cal recipients are not on welfare but are offered assistance from the government because they make too much money to qualify for welfare but not enough to pay for health care costs. As a result, they must contribute to their healthcare by paying for a portion of the cost of the services they receive. The calculated amounts of share of costs for a family or individual do not consider the monthly housing costs in Calif...
Posted: Tue, May 29, 2007 11:01pm PDT
Matt Gonzalez’ revealing interview in our pages last week eliminated much of the speculation surrounding San Francisco’s 2007 Mayor’s race. Gonzalez strongly hinted he was looking to run, but would not be prepared to begin his candidacy on June 2, the date Supervisor Chris Daly picked for a “progressive convention” to select a mayoral candidate. Some onetime Gonzalez supporters believe that his stand has undermined the convention, since the progressive with the best chance of seriously contes...
Posted: Tue, May 29, 2007 9:27am PDT
450 golden gate at the federal courthouse floor 19 protesters
will gather earlier 7am infront of state bldg across the street...
Event Date: Tue, May 29, 2007 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, May 26, 2007 3:24pm PDT
As a June 2 convention looms for progressives to select a candidate to oppose Mayor Newsom in November, Matt Gonzalez was interviewed about the Mayor’s race this week by David Sloane, a Green Party member originally from Australia....
Posted: Fri, May 25, 2007 7:40am PDT
It’s only May, but key endorsements for the Mayor’s race are already picking up. Last night, the various locals that make up SEIU had a question-and-answer meeting with Gavin Newsom, as he seeks the powerful union’s early endorsement for re-election. While the group made no public recommendation before the State Council votes on June 4th, members gathered to ask the Mayor about issues with their contracts – proving that an early endorsement from SEIU cannot be taken for granted. For Local 102...
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 6:23am PDT
Studies Show Toxic Fire Retardants are Passed through Breast Milk to Babies;
Firefighters are Contracting Cancer at Disproportionate Rates...
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 4:15pm PDT
Supervisor Chris Daly’s call for a June 2 convention to select a challenger to Mayor Newsom has three potential outcomes. The most likely is a mass outpouring for Matt Gonzalez to run for Mayor. If Gonzalez refuses to run (and ignore the Chronicle’s report that he has already made this decision), then the second most likely scenario is that Chris Daly will take up the task. Neither Gonzalez nor Daly has anything to lose by making the race, which is why their candidacies make sense. In the unl...
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 8:01am PDT
Representatives Miller and Rahall, on the same day that the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance went to court to force the Schwarzenegger administration to protect the Delta smelt, launched an inquiry into a newly-disclosed conflict of interest by a Bush administration appointee over another imperiled Delta fish, the Sacramento Splittail....
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 6:10pm PDT
The Ellis Act is being abused by Real-estate speculators.......
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 10:48am PDT
Dear Friends,
See below for an update on the state budget. If you are interested in joining CIPC
at its annual Immigrant Day (lobby day in Sacramento on Monday, May 21), it may not
be too late! In San Jose/South Bay, you may contact Gloria Nieto
(gloria.siren@gmail.com) or in the Bay Area, you may contact Cary Sanders
(csanders@caimmigrant.org). Buses will be leaving from San Jose, San Francisco and
Oakland....
Posted: Thu, May 17, 2007 4:01pm PDT
by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor ‚ May. 15‚ 2007
(A longer version of this column first appeared in the Berkeley Daily Planet)...
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 9:03am PDT