Email Author Chris Roberts

2010 Stories by Chris Roberts

• Immigration: Defending juvie probation chief proves expensive

  published April 7, 2010

  No public officials want to go to jail simply for doing their jobs, and William Sifferman, San Francisco's chief juvenile probation officer, is... More >>

• Drug policy: Pot-club paranoia

  published March 24, 2010

  Marijuana is alive and well in the Sunset District — just not the legal kind. San Francisco police bust illegal grow houses on the city's... More >>

• Homeless Campers Exploit City's Jurisdictional Red Tape

  published Mar 10, 2010

  It's easy to forget you're in San Francisco when hiking Lands End. Located at the city's far northwestern edge, the pristine locale features stunning views, shocking precipices, and nary a reminder th... More >>

• San Jose's Cannabis Gold Rush: Throwing L.A.'s Cautionary Tale to the Wind

  published Feb 25, 2010

  If nothing else, Los Angeles' protracted struggle with cannabis clinic regulation should serve as a warning to other cities in which medicinal marijuana dispensaries wish to operate -- Better to lay d... More >>

• Hope You Enjoyed CMCR Report, Because That's All, Folks

  published Feb 23, 2010

  It's not news that marijuana may have healing qualities: after all, medicinal cannabis has been (sort of) the law of the land since 1996, when California voters passed Proposition 215 . Still, it was ... More >>

• Surfers think city's exposed sewage tunnel warning is a bunch of crap

  published February 3, 2010

  Though less famous than its San Diego–area namesake, San Francisco's Ocean Beach is anything but unknown to surfers: Its three miles of... More >>

• Cabbies cry foul over plan to sell medallions

  published January 27, 2010

  Forget what Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro told you — a cab driver's life is full of long hours, low pay, and little else. In fact,... More >>

• A Big Fat Bowl of Nothing: What the Pot Limit Strike Down Really Means

  published Jan 22, 2010

  What exactly did the California Supreme Court do Thursday, when it struck down a 2003 law limiting the amount of pot a medical marijuana patient can possess to eight ouncesr A big fat bowl of nothing,... More >>

• Side Effects of Marijuana: Does Pot Mean No Payday for Tim Lincecumr

  published Jan 20, 2010

  The fact the San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession following a traffic stop near his Washington State hometown barely raised eyebrows among local Giants ... More >>

• Lame Fuck: Chris Daly prepares for his final year as a supervisor

  published January 20, 2010

  In the twilight of their careers, most elder statesmen hope to enjoy a state of sage grace: Think Ted Kennedy's colleagues urging passage of... More >>

• How Much Pot Is Enough (To Get Your Kids Taken Away From You)r

  published Jan 13, 2010

  Miraloma Park couple Jon and Yan Ling Rahoi lost more than their freedom and their (sizeable) marijuana stash when the SFPD busted an illegal grow operation at their Cresta Vista Drive home earlier th... More >>