Email Author Benjamin Wachs

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "The Worst Run Big City in the U.S."

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published October 20, 2010

  "Let It Bleed"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 14, 2010

  "The Muni Death Spiral"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 20, 2010

  "Let It Bleed"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 16, 2009

  "The Worst-Run Big City"

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2008 Stories by Benjamin Wachs

• Scenes from a Light Brown Apple Moth Fashion Show

  published Jun 02, 2008

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• The District's Plan to Help Minority Kids Excel in School is Groundbreaking. . .to the Extent it Exists

  published May 29, 2008

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• Prop. C never defines 'moral turpitude'

  published May 28, 2008

  The June ballot has a lot of controversial measures — a new school tax, the proposed Hunters Point development — but it's hard to... More >>

• Our Prostitutes and Johns are Better than Your Prostitutes and Johnsr Are we Bragging about that Nowr

  published May 23, 2008

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• City Fee Increase for Street Artists Takes a Giant Leap Forward for Bureaucracy

  published May 21, 2008

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• Oh those Wacky Sailors! Seriously, though, the Marina Yacht Harbor Can't Handle Money

  published May 20, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs From a budgeting perspective, the Marina Yacht Harbor is just a drop in the ocean. San Francisco has a $6 billion budget, while the Marina Yacht Harbor has under $2.5 million. ... More >>

• They did it! Supes override Newsom's veto of open government law!

  published May 13, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs Just moments ago the Board of Supervisors overrode Mayor Gavin Newsom's veto of Ross Mirkarimi's bill requiring any city meeting that can be recorded and broadcast to be recorded a... More >>

• Animal Welfare Commission Wants to Outlaw Cruel Art

  published May 14, 2008

  Still fuming over the San Francisco Art Institute's recent exhibition of videos showing six different animals being bludgeoned to death, the... More >>

• How San Francisco got might be getting its groove back to fight summer homicides

  published May 13, 2008

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• Homicide Update: 2008 Bigger Than 2007 So Far

  published May 12, 2008

  According to the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, on this date in 2007 there were 35 homicides. On this date (today) in 2008, there have been 39. Victims are also trending younger. Accordi... More >>

• The Most Pointless Light Brown Apple Moth Hearing is also the Most Deliciously Ironic

  published May 09, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs Last night the San Francisco Animal Welfare Commission held a public hearing on the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) because they wanted to find out what kind of impact a spraying pr... More >>

• Gay Marriage now legal in New York state...for at least a month

  published May 07, 2008

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• Mayor to SF: Governmentr You don't need to see that

  published May 06, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs This just in: According to a communication provided to today's Board of Supervisors meeting, Mayor Gavin Newsom has vetoed the proposal to require all government meetings that can... More >>

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• Mirkarimi drops a bomb: Maybe the police should work for the Supes

  published May 01, 2008

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• Dear God: If you can't stop Mark Morford, please teach him to use the internet

  published Apr 30, 2008

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• Senate aides ignore leader, don't help Migden

  published April 30, 2008

  Yet another sign that state Senator Carole Migden's re-election campaign resembles a ship wrecked by a train: Several Democratic legislative... More >>

• Last Night: Charge of the Light Brown Apple Moth at Town School for Boys

  published Apr 25, 2008

  San Franciscans meet to Stop the Spraying by Benjamin Wachs Town School for Boys 2750 Jackson Street, San Francisco 6:00 p.m. Thursday April 24, 2008 Public meeting on the proposed aerial spraying o... More >>

• DA takes the blame, but feds mismanaged the money

  published April 23, 2008

  The feds have been pointing a lot of fingers at San Francisco since an audit determined that the D.A.'s office accepted $5.4 million in U.S.... More >>

• The Magical MUNI tour kicks off!

  published Apr 22, 2008

  IF YOU GO: Snacks will be served, with shouting to follow. By Benjamin Wachs Julie, a manager with the Transit Effectiveness Project, points to a cluster of red lines on a white background and her... More >>

• Even more TV no one watches! Every San Francisco government meeting is on deck

  published Apr 17, 2008

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