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Sutter Delta RNs Vote to Strike: Safe Staffing, Health Plan Reductions At Issue In 10 Northern California Sutter Hospitals Thursday, August 2, 2007 : Registered nurses at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to authorize the RN negotiating team to call a strike if an agreement with the giant Sutter Health chain is not reached, the California Nurses Association/ National Nurses Organizing Committee announced today. The vote comes after hospital officials walked out of negotiations after presenting a "last, best and final" proposal that is inferior to Northern California sta...
Posted: Fri, Aug 3, 2007 7:21am PDT
Supreme Court Preserves Tenant Wrongful Eviction Claims 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Monica, S129448 did preserve a tenants’ right to sue over a bad faith eviction notice, a longstanding right that had been revoked by the Court of Appeal....
Posted: Fri, Aug 3, 2007 7:20am PDT
Supes to Vote on Legislation Expanding SRO Voting Rights Friday, August 3, 2007 : Landmark legislation to expand SRO voting rights passed the Rules Committee yesterday by a 2-1 vote, with Supervisor Sean Elsbernd dissenting. The full Board of Supervisors will vote on the ordinance August 14. Supervisor Ross Mirkirimi’s legislation requires that individuals “engaged in ‘get out the vote’ activities be provided access to Residential Hotels as visitors of guests and occupants, on the same basis as any other visitor.” The legislation was put together ...
Posted: Fri, Aug 3, 2007 7:19am PDT
The people are moving to a better place taking on Lennar BVHP LLC on Parcel A 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....
Posted: Fri, Aug 3, 2007 6:34am PDT
In Memory of Chauncey Bailey: We'll Miss You Chauncey! The cold blooded murder of Chauncey Bailey in downtown Oakland is shocking beyond belief! Chauncey was a beautiful soul!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 2, 2007 8:23pm PDT
McGoldrick Casts Deciding Vote Against Mission Housing Activists 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....
Posted: Wed, Aug 1, 2007 7:18am PDT
Supes Put Muni Reform on the Ballot, But Will Newsom Lead? Wednesday, August 1, 2007 : Supervisor Aaron Peskin should be strongly commended – he hammered out a Charter Amendment to revamp our troubled transit agency that, while nobody’s perfectly satisfied with it, everyone can agree it’s a step in the right direction. Yesterday, the Board voted 7-4 to place it on the November ballot with wide support from labor unions, the MTA, and bus rider groups – and environmental groups should soon get on board too....
Posted: Wed, Aug 1, 2007 7:17am PDT
We do not want any Combustion Turbines affecting the Bayview Hunters Point and beyond. 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....
Posted: Sun, Jul 29, 2007 8:09am PDT
Will Newsom Sink Muni Reform to Please Don Fisher? Friday, July 27, 2007 : After extensive negotiations with Mayor Gavin Newsom, Muni and affected labor unions, Supervisor Aaron Peskin extensively re-wrote his Charter Amendment to revamp the City’s transit agency. But in a July 25th press release, Newsom – who had always supported the Muni reform measure from the start – threatened to withdraw his active support because of a provision that would effectively trump the Downtown Parking Initiative....
Posted: Fri, Jul 27, 2007 8:13am PDT
What do you think Lennar Corporation's pushy Board of Directors is thinking? 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 ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 26, 2007 11:19pm PDT
Lennar BVHP LLC making plans to transfer project linked to Parcel A at Hunters Point. Koffi Bonner will be asked to leave Lennar BVHP LLC and seek fresher pastures. I hope he does so and moves far away from the Bay Area. Koffi with intent harmed thousands of our constituents in the Bayview Hunters Point and knows this to be a fact. Land Banking is bad - bad, for the Nation and bad for everyone - the only ones that profit from " Land Banking " are cartels and the Mafia. In San Francisco we will not tolerate such nonsense....
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2007 6:24am PDT
For Immediate Release / Ahimsa 4 Mayor / Thurs 7-26 For IMMEDIATE RELEASE / AHIMSA 4 MAYOR / THURS 7-26...
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2007 3:54am PDT
Tell Your California Legislator to Support SB840 for Single Payer Healthcare The outstanding movie, Sicko, on the crisis in the US medical system, raises the issue once again this year in California, as with last year, does the state legislature have enough votes to pass SB840 for singlepayer healthcare and override Nazi Schwarzenegger's veto? It will if you tell your California assemblyperson and senator to co-sponsor SB840....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 7:19pm PDT
San Francisco’s Planning Gridlock Tuesday, July 24, 2007 : According to a recently issued report from Mayor Newsom’s “SF Stat” project, in the last six months of 2006 it took 287 days for an application for a construction project in San Francisco to even be assigned to a planner. It took over 500 days for initial environmental studies to be completed, a period that precedes the often lengthy public hearing process....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 8:32am PDT
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
Why doesn't Rep. Pelosi co-sponsor HR 676 for single payer health care? The obvious question after viewing the outstanding movie exposing the bankrupt US healthcare system, Sicko, is what is Congress doing about this? The answer is there is HR 676, a bill for single payer healthcare. Believe it or not, Rep. Pelosi is not listed as a sponsor, and neither is most of the California delegation. If you cannot find your representative on the following sponsor list, call them and demand they sponsor HR 676 now....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 9:38pm PDT
Trash, and solidarity, grow Friday, July 20, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif. — As Waste Management of Alameda County’s lockout of nearly 500 union drivers entered its third week, mountains of garbage continued to grow in many parts of Oakland and neighboring communities. Solidarity with the members of Teamsters Local 70 continued to grow as well, as government, communications, transit, health care, and service workers, along with members of ACORN, joined the drivers, machinists, landfill, clerical and recycling workers on the pi...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2007 5:21pm PDT
Who will lead the SF Redevelopment Agency now that Marcia Rosen is history? Marcia Rosen the former Director of SF Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) is history and the sooner she moves far away the better. Now that she is gone and good riddance of very bad rubbish - who do you think will lead the SF Redevelopment Agency (SFRA)? Who ever this person is - he or she will still have to deal with the blatant disregard for any rules and regulations initiated by Lennar BVHP LLC. Could it be Olsen Lee? Time will tell....
Posted: Sat, Jul 21, 2007 8:38pm PDT
SF City Government dodging Environmental Review for Wi-Fi 
San Francisco neighborhood group files appeal of Planning Department ruling that no environmental review is needed to install citywide Google-Earthlink wireless network.
Hearing at SF City Hall, Tuesday, July 31st (re-scheduled), at 4:30pm....
Posted: Sat, Jul 21, 2007 12:38pm PDT
Marcia Rosen is gone, now we want Dr. Mitch Katz the clown to step down and disappear The San Francisco Health Department is one of the worst departments in the City and County of San Francisco. It has over $1 billion budget and with Dr. Mitch Katz at the hub of events - the clown runs the Health Department like a circus. Dr. Mitch Katz has with intent done great damage and in the bargain made many suffer at Lagunda Honda. He has also made thousands suffer at SF General Hospital. We now know that Marcia Rosen the Director of SF Redevelopment Agency is gone and we look forward ...
Posted: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 8:19pm PDT
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