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The description of events below is mainly for a legal analysis of the police action at the Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Sacramento. The facts are entertaining....

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :On May 22nd, Gavin Newsom told members of SEIU Local 1021 (i.e., City workers and non-profits who contract with the City) that they will be pleased with the upcoming budget. He also said that the City will avoid outsourcing jobs, even if its going to cost us more money....

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...

Mirkarimi Emerges As Clear Choice To Represent Progressives In November A Letter from Charles Kalish June 2, 2007...

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...

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....

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...

450 golden gate at the federal courthouse floor 19 protesters will gather earlier 7am infront of state bldg across the street...

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...

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...