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According to its mission statement, SF SOS is a “non-partisan” coalition that seeks to “build an army of thousands of engaged citizens, and keep them well-informed.” The group claims to be dedicated to “the return of clean, safe neighborhoods, protecting the rights of the ignored, and moving toward a vibrant economy.” But in practice, these lofty sentiments have translated into major Republican donors spending tens of thousands of dollars on hit-pieces against Democrats. Politicians and busin...

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SACRAMENTO — When the final votes in California’s gubernatorial election are tallied on Nov. 7, countless man-hours and millions of dollars will be spent trying to win over people like Daniel Jiménez of Elk Grove. Through the traditional political lens, the 25-year-old South Sacramento native is a walking contradiction. He's a supervisor at a home-building company, a two-time Bush voter and a strong supporter of granting America's estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants amnesty, provi...

Please Get Involved and Help Elect Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council...

Congress has repeatedly failed to bump up the minimun wage, and since 1997 it has remained at $5.15/hr. Since then, 19 states and 3 cities, have raised base pay rates higher than the federal minimum, while scores more cities have enacted living wage laws for government contractors. This November, voters in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio will decide whether or not to raise their own hourly base pay. In Santa Cruz, CA the year's hottest election issue is Measure G, a cit...

As downtown business groups spend tens of thousands of dollars to promote his District 6 candidacy, Rob Black filed a complaint on Tuesday with the Ethics Commission that accused Chris Daly of spending $573.05 on "fluff campaign pieces" with taxpayer money. The complaint centers around seven letters that Supervisor Daly's Office sent to various constituents last August, describing his accomplishments at City Hall and the work that he is doing for the District. None of the letters mentioned th...

Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco 427 South Van Ness. between 15th and 16th...

Okay, Stockton is only a little over an hour from most Bay Area locations. Let's give the people of Stockton some support! Pombo is bad enough; but Bush **and** Pombo together?? Can anyone say, "Asses of Evil?" This is really easy to find and the traffic shouldn't be bad coming into Stockton in the morning....

Chain of Life, Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR) members represent pro and anti choice viewpoints on Park Presidio Blvd....

Last year, over 500 activists attended the Inaugural Convention of the San Francisco People’s Convention, a multi-issue umbrella organization of progressives designed to unify the city’s progressives together around a common agenda. It wasn’t a new idea. Ever since the left came together in 1999 behind Tom Ammiano’s historic write-in campaign for mayor, San Francisco progressives have talked about the need for a permanent political organization to help sustain and grow a grass-roots electoral...