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8/29 San Jose 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Commemoration...

8-7-07 A cyclist was run over and killed by a semi-truck turning right onto Bay towards campus from the westward lane of Mission Street. I was able to take these photos as I encountered this scene on my way to the UC Santa Cruz campus via bicycle, along the Bay Street bicycle lane. Bay street was blocked off and traffic was backed up on Mission. The body had already been removed, but the pool of blood is visible here. One can judge the configuration of the vehicles in the intersection h...

Monday, August 6, 2007 : Live from City Hall (July 31st), the day the Mission’s and Hunters Point’s future and ultimately the City’s future was being discussed, dis-respected, fought for and voted on. I’m currently in the room down stairs watching the community, the “experts” and the politicians debate about the health issues at the Lennar site....

Earlier today on August 3, 2007 the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) settled with 19 families in a case of wrongful evictions occurring at Oakland's Lockwood Gardens public housing units! During April 2006, 34 families were originally accused of being unlawful occupants (squatters) at Lockwood Gardens by the OHA, and faced eviction. Since then the OHA has backed off from the year long eviction process after Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith repeatedly ruled against the OHA's a...

Friday, August 3, 2007 : In a troubling ruling on tenants’ ability to sue landlords, the California Supreme Court ruled 5-2 on August 2 that landlords filing bad faith lawsuits against tenants are virtually immune from liability. The Court’s long awaited ruling in Action Apartment Association v. City of Santa Monica, S129448 did preserve a tenants’ right to sue over a bad faith eviction notice, a longstanding right that had been revoked by the Court of Appeal....

At the Grace Tabernacle Community Church many good folks gathered to share the best moments that happened on July 31, 2007. That day will go down in history as a day when throngs of decent people came to City Hall and won. The vote make have been 6 to 5 in favor of carrying on the project but for the people it exposed those scum bags that did not favor the will of the people. Time will tell....

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 : The Board of Supervisors voted 6-5 yesterday to deny the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition (MAC)'s appeal, and uphold the Planning Department’s approval of the Seven Hills Properties plan at 3400 Cesar Chavez Street. Supervisor Jake McGoldrick proved to be the deciding vote. Affordable housing advocates had been specifically targeting McGoldrick with a mass e-mail and phone call campaign, knowing the result of the vote may come down to his decision....

Susan Leal simply does not get - we the constituents of the Bayview Hunters Point do not want any Combustion Turbines affecting the health of constituents of Bayview Hunters Point. The Combustion Turbines (CTs) emit Particulates PM 2.5 and pathogens that will harm the constituents and further impact the already adversely impacted community of the Bayview Hunters Point that will have to deal with this Health and Safety issue for years to come....

What do you think Lennar Corporation's pushy Board of Directors is thinking? Well, as far as California is concerned all their Managers have gone wacko. There is not one single project that has not come to bite Lennar in the butt. Now, imagine these Board of Directors - sitting down and reading this article that is especially written for these scum bags. Imagine scum bags that kill babies and harm innocent children and think nothing about it? Love their muffins and sip good coffee but really ...

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE / AHIMSA 4 MAYOR / THURS 7-26...