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"Gay Marriage: State of the Heart" Film Screening and Panel Discussion at the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Public Library at 100 Larkin Street from 2-3:30 pm. Film screening of "One Wedding and a... Revolution" plus some $$$ events...

Kudos to Supervisor Bevan Dufty for introducing enabling legislation that allows San Francisco to "opt-in" to newly effective state law which permits pharmacies to sell needles without a prescription. Unfortunately, the ordinance has had to sit through a 30 day rule waiting period, is just now scheduled under a new committee structure for a hearing, must go through a first and second reading at the full Board of Supervisors and then must wait for 30 more days lest it sustain a refer...

Valentine's Day is a time to show those we love how special they are to us. If there's someone special in your life who you're planning to give a gift as a way of sharing your true feelings, you can express your affection for them and your love for animals by making a donation to IDA in that person's name. This will give us the vital resources we need to continue helping animals all year long. There are many other ways that you can help animals this Valentine's Day and beyond. Perhaps the bes...

Workers and seniors protest against privatization of social security. Eleven-minute QT movie from Jan. 18, 2005. 34MB....

Michael Burns began a full-court press yesterday to get his proposed MUNI budget passed, meeting with several members of the Board of Supervisors to request their support. MUNI representative Stuart Sunshine told the Chronicle they’re “looking at a balanced way to share the solution” to their current budget crisis. Yet Burns’ proposal balances the budget squarely on the backs of the working class, raising the yearly cost of a Fast Pass $109 and only upping the yearly cost of a residential par...

**Organizing Meeting THIS SATURDAY** Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, SF Saturday, February 12, 2005 10:30am, Centro del Pueblo 474 Valencia Street, at 16th Street San Francisco, CA...

The Board of Supervisors has appointed liberal activist Eileen Hansen to the Ethics Commission, which is responsible for enforcing the city's government conduct and campaign finance laws....

Religious leaders, Houseless folks and Advocates meet to tell the truth of the racist, classist legislation, Care Not Cash...

It was 25 years ago this week that the Tenderloin Housing Clinic opened its all-volunteer office. Nine months later Ronald Reagan was elected President, ushering in over two decades of federal backtracking from greater social and economic fairness. But today, Tenderloin residents, residential hotel tenants citywide, and low-income and working-class tenants across San Francisco enjoy far greater legal protections and better conditions than in 1980, countering the nationwide trend. This is the ...