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Berkeley Housing Authority Crisis Deepens
Berkeley Housing Authority Forced To Cancel Meeting On January 30, As Affordable Housing Crisis Only Gets Worse!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2007 7:18pm PST
Poor Neighborhoods Lack Access to Fresh Produce
Some neighborhoods have a slew of fast food restaurants and liquor stores but no outlet for fresh fruits and vegetables. Neighborhood activists in the San Francisco Bay Area are trying to change that. Viji Sundaram is an editor at New America Media....
Posted: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 8:35am PST
MUNI 3rd Street Light Rail along 3rd Street Corridor
MUNI 3rd Street Light Rail the " White Rail " will bring the destruction of people of color and affordable homes that now are found in the Bayview Hunters Point. Mayor Gavin Newsom favors grand plans like the 49ers gone bust. Sophie Maxwell favors SF Redevelopment Agency and the exploitation of poor working class people. Today, the coldest day of the year you can ride free on 3rd Street and feel the cold as you pass by....
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 9:56am PST
Call SF Supes: Open Metro Stations 24 Hrs to Homeless
In this bitter cold weather, the homeless are still sleeping outside because unlike the rest of the Bay Area cities, San Francisco is doing nothing extra to help the 15,000 homeless survive. This must change today. Please call all 11 members of the Board of Supervisors listed below and in your phone book to demand that the Muni Metro Stations remain open 24 hours and that all media be used to notify the homeless to go to the Muni Metro stations to stay warm until the temperature is above 55...
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 8:13am PST
Santa Cruz Regional Transporation Commission Votes To Widen Hwy 1, Others Vow To Fight It
Photo: As good as it gets. The view from a highway isn't the best, but this view of Highway 1 from the Capitola Road Bridge captures the beautiful tree line that has defined the community for decades.
Despite a large public outcry against the move, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission voted to pursue funding for three local Highway 1 expansion projects. The three projects were brought to the new SCCRTC on their first meeting, January 11th, 2007....
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 2:49am PST
1/18 SF Labor TV On "The Healthcare Crisis, The Democrats, CA Governor Schwarzenegger and
The TV show Labor On The Job will focus on the new healthcare proposals by California governor
Schwartzenneger...
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 12:34pm PST
Compulsory Patronage of Private Insurance Business
Massachusetts and now California will require patronage of private, for-profit insurance firms that have motive and corporate duty to provide as few services as possible for as much money as possible.
That is just one dark side....
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 4:02pm PST
The King of G Street
This week the staff at the Rescue Mission destroyed a Christmas display put up by the homeless. With friends like this. . ....
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2007 10:18pm PST
Don’t the Fresno Police have Something Better to Do?
Tonight as I was driving by the corner of Shaw and Palm in Fresno I saw a police car with its lights flashing. Two officers were talking to a man who I had seen on the median soliciting money earlier in the day. By the time I got back to “the scene of the crime” the officers were gone. The story below is what David Hamilton, the homeless man who was ordered to leave, told me....
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2007 8:18pm PST
Muni-BART Adult Fast Pass Contract - Do the Disabled Cause Fare Cheating?
Recently, another round of pressure by disability advocates has caused BART and Muni to say they are seriously exploring and bargaining on an issue long swept under the rug--the inequity of allowing ONLY those with Adult Fast Passes to ride BART free within SF. Those with Senior, Youth, or Disabled Fast Passes have never been included....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:55am PST
Homeless in Fresno Ordered off “The Island”
Caltrans, backed up by the California Highway Patrol forced people to leave a strip of State land near highway 99 today. Joanna Garcia says the CHP arrived carrying shotguns and told everyone to leave immediately....
Posted: Tue, Jan 2, 2007 10:04pm PST
Demonstration set for January 11
Demonstration in front of Redlands Courthouse set for 8:30 a.m., January 11....
Posted: Tue, Jan 2, 2007 2:19pm PST
New Katrina Survivor Documentary "Down but not Out" FREE SCREENING (1/6)
New Katrina Survivor Documentary "Down but not Out" Saturday January 6, 2007
7:30pm-9:00pm...
Posted: Sun, Dec 31, 2006 8:35pm PST
Fresno Mayor Wants to Build Nuclear Power Plant in My Backyard
There is a proposal to build a nuclear power plant in Fresno. The mayor of Fresno suggested that my backyard might be a good location to build this 1,600 megawatt reactor. Read more below....
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2006 7:48pm PST
California Heritage Tourism 2007 ~ Golden Legacy of Black Sacramento
California Heritage Tourism Symposium 2007 sould include the authentic contributions of Golden Legacy of Black Sacramento (1840-1865.) Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. built Leidesdorff Ranch as a major cattle and wheat agricultural enterprise in 1844 California. His steam vessel adorns our California State Seal and he was the President of the First Public School Board in California and part Black Sacramento contributions to the forward flow of humanity...
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2006 12:04pm PST
Which California Health Care Bill Will Make It to the Finish Line?
As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets ready to unveil his health care plan Jan. 9, about a dozen state lawmakers have promised to broaden the safety net of insurance under Californians. Viji Sundaram is health care editor at New America Media....
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2006 9:44am PST
Get Well Soon Governor!
Sorry to hear about your skiing accident during the Christmas holidays. Hopefully you will recover soon and return to your active schedule. Not doubt you will have the finest care that money and influence can provide. Perhaps it is hard for you to imagine the medical care that disabled persons, seniors, and low income families usually receive. Governor will you now show more kindness, compassion and respect toward those with special needs? Or will it be business as usual with this year’s...
Posted: Wed, Dec 27, 2006 1:50pm PST
Tenants rebel against slumlike conditions at nonprofit's Hotel
Slumlike conditions at nonprofit's Hotel, spur tenant's lawsuit in San Francisco!...
Posted: Sun, Dec 24, 2006 6:50pm PST
Lucky you're NOT homeless...
[ a long slow shuffle thru The City ]...
Posted: Sat, Dec 23, 2006 4:08pm PST
Chicago Billionaire Causes Misery for Central Valley Renters
Analysis of rent struggles going on in Stanislaus County right now....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 4:26pm PST