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Mayor Gavin Newsom King of B L I N G Mayor Gavin Newsom is also the King of B L I N G. His vision to bring the Summer Olympics in 2016, encourage San Francisco Redevelopment Agency to steal thousands of acres using Blight, Emminent Domain, High Density, and using the tool Tax Increment to the detriment of thousands of Bayview Hunters Point and Visitation Valley constituents. We have yet to see a sound Environmental Impact Report - we have yet to see a sound Socio-Economic Report that
addresses the critical factors and adversel...
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 7:52am PDT
Breaking Story- Oakland Public Housing Tenants Exonerated Former Oakland Housing Authority Employee Declares Tenants Facing Eviction At Lockwood Gardens Are Innocent!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 1:32pm PDT
Race, Class and the Battle for South Central Farm When the Los Angeles City Council sold the 14 acre plot called the South Central Farm to developer Ralph Horowitz, they sold land they didn't own....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:47am PDT
Broad Community Support Shown for Inclusionary Housing Changes Wednesday afternoon the Land Use and Economic Development Committee listened to the findings from official studies conducted by both the San Francisco Planning Department and the Office of the Controller on proposed amendments to the Inclusionary Housing Program in San Francisco. The legislation would increase the percentage of affordable housing required for all residential developments of 10 units or more. In addition, it would adjust the way that median income is calculated. And finally, o...
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:40am PDT
Trinity Plaza Apartments Moving Forward A proposal to build approximately 1,900 units of rental housing on the corner of 8th and Market will face its final hurdles in the coming weeks, as developers of Trinity Plaza Apartments seek final project approval at the Planning Commission on August 3. The project then heads to the Board of Supervisors. Seen as a key to the revitalization of the Mid-Market neighborhood, Trinity Plaza has moved forward while progress on other major developments in San Francisco has slowed. All eyes will like...
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:40am PDT
Cardiac glycosides in prevention of ischemic stroke Brazilian study confirm the findings of Duke University Medical Center researchers that cardiac glycosides provide neuroprotection in stroke occurrence. It was a study of 28 years that showed a low mortality for stroke in 1150 cardiac patients taking these drugs....
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:14am PDT
Haight Supermarket Fight Raises Bay Area-wide Issues The closing of the full-service, unionized Cala Foods in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury district has prompted a neighborhood battle over the future use of the site. Longtime neighborhood builder John Brennan purchased the property, and plans to construct between 50 and 60 condominiums above a new full-service supermarket. Opponents of the project believe the proposed 176 underground parking spaces will create a traffic nightmare, and many prefer affordable housing to condos (though Brennan re...
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:29am PDT
Health Care Ordinance to Undergo Further Scrutiny While this week’s meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee did provide one important answer, it raised several more questions. For weeks, residents, politicians, and supervisors alike have wondered with whom Mayor Gavin Newsom would side on the issue of health care. Once again, Newsom has found himself torn between the interests of the labor and business community. Tuesday morning, advocates from both sides voiced the competing interests, demands, and threats the mayor has entertained as o...
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:28am PDT
ALTERNATIVE SEXUAL HEALTH CONFERENCE the Women’s Choice Clinic
570 14th St b/t Jefferson and Clay near Downtown Oakland/12th St BART...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 8:08pm PDT
Diabetes and Depleted Uranium Italian Embassy Cover up Continues...
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 11:17am PDT
Berkeley Shows San Francisco How to Address Inclusionary Housing On Wednesday July 12, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee will consider long delayed reforms to the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance. The most recent hearing on May 10 was continued pending the completion of a Planning Department/Mayor’s Office of Housing study of the current law, a report whose production has delayed the passage of a stronger affordable housing law for several months. Two weeks ago, the city of Berkeley revised its inclusionary law---long more stri...
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 7:04am PDT
Mayor Allows Tenant "Common Space" Legislation to Become Law Tenants scored a victory last Friday night when Mayor Gavin Newsom allowed legislation preventing landlords from severing services from a rental unit to become law. The proposal, sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, did not receive the necessary eight votes at the Board of Supervisors to override a mayoral veto, but Newsom decided to allow the measure to take effect. As a result, landlords can no longer remove parking spaces, laundry facilities, and a variety of other amenities from tenant...
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 7:03am PDT
SCRP Endorses Mission St Apt. Project Local citizen planning group approves new housing proposal...
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 11:27pm PDT
The Front Line -- Methamphetamine Use Rises Among Bay Area Asians As experts and media around the country debate the impact of methamphetamine, counselors and law enforcement officials working on San Francisco frontlines agree that it's becoming the drug of choice among Bay Area Asians. Mike Konishita, director of intake for Asian American Recovery Services Inc. sees the stigma attached to drug use among Asians as a major reason for why the spike in meth is largely off the public radar....
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 10:16pm PDT
Booty Shakin' Shindig to Benefit the Doohickey Project Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck@Woolsey, 2 blocks from ashby BART...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 10:43am PDT
Serial Evictor Targets District 5 As a building full of families, seniors, and long-time tenants continue to fight for their homes at 1530 McAllister Street, Beyond Chron has discovered that the speculators working to displace these residents are also responsible for a series of evictions throughout District 5. San Francisco realtor Elba Borgen is leading the group responsible for purging five buildings of tenants in recent years, four of which are in District 5. Assisted in these evictions by real estate agents Mike Gallin a...
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 8:16am PDT
8/24-29: Katrina Survivors to Return to New Orleans On August 29, 2006, the anniversary of the Katrina Disaster,
Survivors will make their demands to return home heard
by the city council of New Orleans and camp
out on city hall...
Posted: Sun, Jul 9, 2006 2:40pm PDT
SENIORS AND DISABLED TAKE ON THE BANKS: Round One: Bank of America (video/quicktime 35.2MB) The Bank of America is asked to sign a pledge agreeing not to provide mortgages for buildings where senior and disabled tenants have been evicted. In two parts:
*Four-minute QT movie. 35MB.
*Six-minute QT movie. 44MB. (Part 2 is down below.)...
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 4:25pm PDT
Sexual Responsibility Through Lawsuits? George Harrison once called it the “sue me, sue you blues.”
He wrote the song after a lawsuit was brought against him for allegedly ripping off the melody of “He’s So Fine” for his early 70s hit, “My Sweet Lord.”...
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 8:40am PDT
India Could Learn From California Court's HIV Decision he California Supreme Court has ruled that people who don't reveal their sexual history to their partners can be liable for sexually transmitted diseases. India, which has the highest number of HIV-positive people in the world, should take note. Viji Sundaram is the health editor for New America Media....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 8:25am PDT
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