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Newsom’s Double Standard Tuesday, July 24, 2007 : Despite strong evidence against Supervisor Ed Jew, with most of his colleagues either urging him to resign or calling on the Mayor to take action, Gavin Newsom has remained aloof. In fact, the Mayor announced on Friday that the laws regarding a Supervisor’s residency and taking cash payments “need to be strengthened,” and asked the City Attorney to draft legislation to clarify the law....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 8:32am PDT
Republicans Sabotage California Budget … Again Monday, July 23, 2007 : While the local budget fight is now behind us, Republicans in Sacramento are literally holding our state government hostage. Despite a budget proposal that has no tax increases and horrific cuts in public transportation, substance abuse treatment and disability payments, the 15 Republicans in the State Senate have refused to support what passed in the State Assembly (and is supported by Governor Schwarzenegger) – because it doesn’t go far enough....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 6:37am PDT
7/21 Welcoming For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Speaker and SF Democrat Nancy Pelosi is inviting the people of San Francisco
to let her know how they feel about her work in Congress. Give her the San Francisco
greeting that she deserves....
Posted: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 9:56am PDT
Time to Recall Sophie Maxwell as she has with intent harmed our children Time to recall the District 10 Supervisor Sophie Maxwell as she has with INTENT harmed our children in the Bayview Hunters Point. Article 31 of the San Francisco Health Code among others - clear defines the process and the elements that should be put in place to prevent and address harm that could result from adverse impacts linked to Parcel A. Sophie Maxwell has been cognizant of the fact but looked the others way and embraced greed and money to fill her private coffers....
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 6:53am PDT
California Judge Tentatively 'Nullifies' Election Result Friday, July 13, 2007 : Oakland, Calif. - On Friday, July 13, at 9:30 a.m., a California judge will rule on sanctions against Alameda County for botching its response to a contested race conducted on Diebold electronic voting machines. In a tentative ruling issued Thursday, Judge Winifred Y. Smith said that the election results in the race were "nullified" and ordered a revote....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:39am PDT
Carole Migden Comes Clean on Billboards Thursday, July 12, 2007 : Several weeks ago, I reported that Clear Channel had put up massive billboards throughout the City to promote State Senator Carole Migden, who is facing a tough re-election fight against Mark Leno. The billboards did not disclose who paid for them, and I speculated that Michael Colbruno - Migden's former chief of staff and Clear Channel's V.P. of Government Affairs - was behind this....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 7:38am PDT
RNs Call on Legislature to Reject Insurance-Based Reform - Nurses Urge Democrats to Stand Up to Insurers Wednesday, July 11, 2007 : The California Nurses Association today announced its opposition to a merged healthcare bill that combines previous legislation by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Senate President pro Tem Don Perata, and urged California legislators to take a strong stance against the health insurance industry. A CNA representative spoke in opposition to the merged bill, AB 8, at a hearing today of the Senate Health Committee....
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 6:57pm PDT
Senator, You Used to Be a Pot Head -- Now You're Talking Like a Narc Wednesday, July 11, 2007 : The following is a letter addressed to Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman -- a strong advocate of the brutal federal drug laws on the books -- reminding him that he used to be a happy, safe, fun-loving pot smoker....
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 6:56pm PDT
Housing Charter Amendment Should Wait Until February Wednesday, July 11, 2007 : At yesterday’s Rules Committee, Supervisor Chris Daly submitted a Charter Amendment for the November ballot that would annually dedicate two-and-a-half cents for every $100 in property tax revenue to affordable housing. This would come out to about $33 million a year – i.e., what the Supervisors had appropriated for affordable housing this year, only to have the Mayor simply refuse to spend the money....
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 7:25am PDT
Muni Charter Amendments Offer Different Solutions Monday, July 9, 2007 : Everyone agrees that Muni is struggling, but not everyone has the same solution. In 2005, voters rejected Proposition D to reform the Municipal Transit Authority (MTA) – despite the unelected body having just passed a fare hike and service cuts that adversely affected low-income riders. Now two Supervisors who both supported Prop D have each submitted a Charter Amendment for November, with widely divergent solutions....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 6:26am PDT
Cindy Sheehan v. Nancy Pelosi for Congress in 2008? Cindy Sheehan has threatened to run for Congress against Nancy Pelosi if Pelosi does not promote impeachment of Bush (and Cheney too, please). San Francisco voted 58% (133,042 votes) to impeach Bush and Cheney, Prop J, in November 2006. This would be a fun race as shaking up the worthless Democratic Party machine is needed....
Posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 7:02pm PDT
World Can't Wait Youth & Student Conference in SF July 12-16!!! Register Now! 
2008 is too late! What harm can Bush do before his term is up? He can . . . . . . bomb Iran. Appoint another Supreme Court justice. More war, more lies, more torture....
Posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 5:59pm PDT
Save Money, Save Lives! Support AB 1634, the CA Healthy Pets Act. 
AB 1634 Healthy Pets Act Senate Hearing When: Wednesday, July 11, hearing begins at 8am. Where: State Capitol Building (our State Capitol is located at 10th St & "L" St., Sacramento). FREE transportation is being provided by the Healthy Pets Coalition. A bus will be leaving very early in the morning from the Santa Cruz SPCA. E-mail for more information....
Posted: Fri, Jul 6, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Nunez Sacrifices Labor Rights for Careerism Tuesday, July 3, 2007 : Fabian Nunez’s ascension to Speaker of the California Assembly was seen as a landmark achievement for the state’s Latino-labor alliance, and for progressive interests. But with his three-terms in the Assembly ending in 2008, Nunez has apparently decided to sacrifice his longstanding commitment to progressive principles in order to help passage of a February 2008 ballot initiative that would give him three additional terms....
Posted: Tue, Jul 3, 2007 8:12am PDT
Newsom Camp Split Over Approach to Board Monday, July 2, 2007 : The recent debate over Mayor Newsom’s proposed “community court” revealed an ongoing split between the mayor’s political and policy camps. After Board President Aaron Peskin wisely reduced the proposed court’s budget from $750,000 to $500,000, and joined his Budget Committee colleagues in putting the money on reserve, Newsom re-election campaign manager Eric Jaye publicly attacked the move....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 7:08am PDT
Budget Fight Was About Politics – Not Policy Monday, July 2, 2007 : When Chris Daly tried to take $37 million out of the Mayor’s Budget, Gavin Newsom reacted as if Daly had attacked his manhood. He brought his entire re-election campaign to the steps of City Hall , accusing the District 6 Supervisor of cutting vital services....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 7:08am PDT
Gavin Newsom's Legacy Monday, July 2, 2007 : I smiled at published statements from the Mayor's Office that he wants to eliminate bus stops to speed up Muni. What a legacy Gavin Newsom is creating! First he suggested getting rid of public trash cans, now elimination of already underserved bus stops. In my seven decades of living in San Francisco, I can't remember any elected official ever accomplishing less that our current Mayor, running unopposed at this time, and issuing a barrage of press releases announcing mo...
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 7:08am PDT
Public Records, even just one? Only if you agree to pay! 
The Saga Continues... we are told that public records will be held hostage unless we pay up....
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 2007 2:19pm PDT
Mayor's Budget Cuts Proposal Hearing and People's Rally 6/21/07 "We can't keep relying on them (San Francisco Board of Supervisors) to come and save or help us. This is OUR money and not theirs! Every year, it seems like these kinds of things just keep happening, over and over. It all comes down to all of us coming together and taking care of ourselves, we can't rely on anyone else to do it!"...
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 3:22pm PDT
Chinese Protesters Support Embattled S.F. Supervisor Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :SAN FRANCISCO -- Nearly 200 people took to the streets of the predominantly Chinese Sunset neighborhood on June 24 in support of embattled City Supervisor Ed Jew, reports the Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:16am PDT
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