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Arizona

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Kamala Harris Says Arizona Can't Boot Illegal Immigrants from Country

    ​California has the largest number of illegal immigrants and undocumented laborers in the country. So it should be no surprise that California Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined the fight against Arizona's unfriendly immigration law.Yesterday, Harris filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the ... More >>

  • News

    October 26, 2011

    Obama's War on Weed: President Attacks Medical Marijuana

    ​California has the largest number of illegal immigrants and undocumented laborers in the country. So it should be no surprise that California Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined the fight against Arizona's unfriendly immigration law.Yesterday, Harris filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 7, 2011

    Fall Arts: Nato Green Brings S.F. Truth to Red-State America

    ​California has the largest number of illegal immigrants and undocumented laborers in the country. So it should be no surprise that California Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined the fight against Arizona's unfriendly immigration law.Yesterday, Harris filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Republicans Propose New State: Southern California

    It's like Arizona and San Francisco in one​One Southern California pol is sick and tired of the Democrats up in Sacramento -- tired of the "pillaging" of local governments and worse, the left-wing policies that dominate the blue state. That's why he's dusted off that tired proposal to let Southern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Will Arizona Boycott Keep Tasers Out of San Francisco?

    This Will Stun You​In Police Chief George Gascon's rush to arm cops with Tasers, he seems to have forgotten one important thing: The company that manufactures Taser weapons is squarely located in Arizona. And the Grand Canyon State is a place San Francisco is ostensibly boycotting.Arizona last yea ... More >>

  • Articles

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    This Will Stun You​In Police Chief George Gascon's rush to arm cops with Tasers, he seems to have forgotten one important thing: The company that manufactures Taser weapons is squarely located in Arizona. And the Grand Canyon State is a place San Francisco is ostensibly boycotting.Arizona last yea ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

    This Will Stun You​In Police Chief George Gascon's rush to arm cops with Tasers, he seems to have forgotten one important thing: The company that manufactures Taser weapons is squarely located in Arizona. And the Grand Canyon State is a place San Francisco is ostensibly boycotting.Arizona last yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Arizona More Progressive Than California? When it Comes to Marijuana, Yes.

    In Arizona, what he does on his own time is his business. Not so in the Golden State.​Arizona's taken quite the beating from Californians recently, what with the red state's anti-immigrant, anti-civilization stance creating both headlines and policy. But Arizona's not all bad -- in fact, it ca ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    In Arizona, what he does on his own time is his business. Not so in the Golden State.​Arizona's taken quite the beating from Californians recently, what with the red state's anti-immigrant, anti-civilization stance creating both headlines and policy. But Arizona's not all bad -- in fact, it ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Arizona Immigration Law Has Sucked $141 Million From State Economy, Report Says

    ​Remember the Board of Supervisors' tepid boycott of Arizona to revolt against that state's strict "papers please" immigration law? Many lambasted our city's boycott as yet another symbolic, feckless meddling in affairs far afield of San Francisco's issues.  But San Francisco was not alone in ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Remember the Board of Supervisors' tepid boycott of Arizona to revolt against that state's strict "papers please" immigration law? Many lambasted our city's boycott as yet another symbolic, feckless meddling in affairs far afield of San Francisco's issues.  But San Francisco was not alone in ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2010

    Held Captive

    Coyotes who smuggle immigrants torture and extort their victims, helped by out government's failure to enact immigration reform.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Arizona Immigration Law's Appeal Will Come Through San Francisco

    The immigration debate is coming our way...​In the wake of Arizona's passage of the draconian and controversial SB 1070, San Francisco kick-started the boycott bandwagon and Mayor Gavin Newsom forbade city officials to travel to the Grand Canyon State. Now that Arizona law will be traveling to San ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio in Rushing to Inquire: Are Your Papers in Order?

    The immigration debate is coming our way...​In the wake of Arizona's passage of the draconian and controversial SB 1070, San Francisco kick-started the boycott bandwagon and Mayor Gavin Newsom forbade city officials to travel to the Grand Canyon State. Now that Arizona law will be traveling to San ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Immigration Activists Set to Rally Downtown Tomorrow

    Jerry, we have a complaint! ​Buoyed by a federal judge's decision to block the "papers please" components of the Arizona immigration law that goes into effect tomorrow, San Francisco activists and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano are now turning their wrath on California Attorney General Jerry Brown. At a ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 21, 2010

    Mika Rottenberg's Squeeze uses real people to imagine unreal worlds

    Jerry, we have a complaint! ​Buoyed by a federal judge's decision to block the "papers please" components of the Arizona immigration law that goes into effect tomorrow, San Francisco activists and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano are now turning their wrath on California Attorney General Jerry Brown. At a ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Welcome to Mi Pueblito, Washington

    The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved — thanks to Mexican immigrants.

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    List: How the toll to the Bay Bridge is now calculated

    The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved — thanks to Mexican immigrants.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Police Chief George Gascon Says Arizona Immigration Law Lets Thugs Run Wild

    ...Gascon says Arizona law will lead to lawlessness​San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon -- known for locking horns with anti-immigrant demagogue Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County while Gascon served as chief of police in Mesa, Arizona -- said the Grand Canyon State's much-maligned immigra ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2010

    Alto Means "Cut It Out?"

    ...Gascon says Arizona law will lead to lawlessness​San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon -- known for locking horns with anti-immigrant demagogue Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County while Gascon served as chief of police in Mesa, Arizona -- said the Grand Canyon State's much-maligned immigra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    City Councilwoman Claims Arizona Does Not Border Mexico

    Look! A map!​San Francisco garnered a lot of attention when it was early to the bandwagon to boycott Arizona over that state's draconian immigration policies (but not the first; Oakland beat San Francisco to the punch while the City By The Bay dawdled). Say what you will about the city's eventual ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher

    Look! A map!​San Francisco garnered a lot of attention when it was early to the bandwagon to boycott Arizona over that state's draconian immigration policies (but not the first; Oakland beat San Francisco to the punch while the City By The Bay dawdled). Say what you will about the city's eventual ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

    Look! A map!​San Francisco garnered a lot of attention when it was early to the bandwagon to boycott Arizona over that state's draconian immigration policies (but not the first; Oakland beat San Francisco to the punch while the City By The Bay dawdled). Say what you will about the city's eventual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Gay Realtors Say They've Nixed S.F Conference Due to Arizona Boycott

    The purported head of a gay Realtors' group said he'd much rather hold his conference in Arizona than the City by the Bay​A man claiming to be the executive director of a consortium of gay Realtors has told the city he is canceling a planned conference in San Francisco in protest of the city's boy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Gavin Newsom: I'll Sign Arizona Boycott

    Vis-a-vis the boycott resolution, he'll sign it. Vis-a-vis methods of signing it, he prefers a pen...​Mayor Gavin Newsom, a Giants cap festooned upon his mane, has just told KTVU television he will sign the boycott resolution of the state of Arizona passed by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Dear San Francisco: 'I Don't Want My Family to See Your Gays'

    Right-wingers will punish San Francisco by skipping the city on their vacations and heading to Arizona instead. In the heart of summer. Good luck with that. ​The best of enraged right-wingers' letters to San Francisco, canceling their vacations here because of the city's Arizona boycottWe reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    San Francisco to Boycott Arizona

    ​The Board of Supervisors today approved a resolution calling for a boycott of the state of Arizona -- but how sharp the teeth are of said boycott remains to be seen. The resolution that passed today does a lot of "urging." It encourages -- but does not mandate -- cutting ties with Arizona "to the ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​The Board of Supervisors today approved a resolution calling for a boycott of the state of Arizona -- but how sharp the teeth are of said boycott remains to be seen. The resolution that passed today does a lot of "urging." It encourages -- but does not mandate -- cutting ties with Arizona "to the ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    List: How will the Arizona boycott work?

    ​The Board of Supervisors today approved a resolution calling for a boycott of the state of Arizona -- but how sharp the teeth are of said boycott remains to be seen. The resolution that passed today does a lot of "urging." It encourages -- but does not mandate -- cutting ties with Arizona "to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Oakland Beats S.F. to the Punch on Arizona Boycott

    They'll be boycotting cacti across the bay in Oakland. But not here in San Francisco. Yet.​San Francisco's proposed boycott of the state of Arizona drew a national spotlight. But the distinction -- be it positive or negative -- of actually enacting a boycott goes to Oakland, which can add that lau ... More >>

  • Articles

    May 5, 2010

    A Report from Juarez, the Bleeding Front Line of the War on Drugs

    They'll be boycotting cacti across the bay in Oakland. But not here in San Francisco. Yet.​San Francisco's proposed boycott of the state of Arizona drew a national spotlight. But the distinction -- be it positive or negative -- of actually enacting a boycott goes to Oakland, which can add that lau ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    They'll be boycotting cacti across the bay in Oakland. But not here in San Francisco. Yet.​San Francisco's proposed boycott of the state of Arizona drew a national spotlight. But the distinction -- be it positive or negative -- of actually enacting a boycott goes to Oakland, which can add that lau ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    Amongst Us

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes Arizona policy, thanks to state Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    SF Weekly Parent Company to Underwrite Legal Challenge to Arizona Immigration Bill

    ​Last week, there were some murmurs among local bloggers about whether SF Weekly would suffer as a result of a proposed city boycott of Arizona businesses because of the Grand Canyon State's harsh new immigration law. Editors at SF Appeal and SFist raised the prospect of city officials refusing to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    San Francisco Paid Arizona Companies $16M in Fiscal 2010 -- So Far

    ​The results are in: According to documents requested by SF Weekly and sent by city purchaser Naomi Kelly, San Francisco has paid $16 million so far to Arizona-based companies in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. This is relevant because Supervisor David Campos last week introduced a re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    The Week in Gay: Anti-Immigration Laws Bad, Anti-Gay Laws Good

    Your future drinking accomodations. ​ I'm just going to say this once - up front - and then I'm going to move on: The furor raised over the Arizona illegal immigrant law is interesting to watch from my queer perch. I understand the outrage. The nerve of one state threatening to restrict the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Bookie Site Lays Odds on Controversial Arizona Immigration Law

    Can I get some action here? ​If the 9-11 tragedy didn't prove Americans' indomitable will and heroic ability -- to make a buck off anything, this will. The bookmaking site youwager.com has commenced laying odds and taking bets related to the controversial Arizona immigration law that inspired San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Calling for Arizona Boycott Now the Politically Hip Thing to Do

    Back on Monday morning, SF Weekly was the first to confirm that David Campos would introduce an Arizona boycott measure at the Board of Supervisors meeting due to that state's draconian new immigration policy. Since that time, however, Campos has been trampled by a cavalcade of other city and state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Here it Is: San Francisco's Arizona Boycott Resolution

    H.I. McDunnough and the rest of Arizona can look forward to a boycott from the city of San Francisco. Unless, you know, it's costly and a pain in the ass. ​Supervisor David Campos' resolution to boycott the state of Arizona due to its harsh new immigration law, SB 1070, keeps it short and sweet. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Supes to Vote on Arizona Boycott Today. But That's Not All...

    Doug DoldeSan Francisco to Arizona: Stick it in your Grand Canyon...​As we reported yesterday, Supervisor David Campos will today introduce emergency legislation calling for a citywide boycott of Arizona due to that state's recently enacted, draconian immigration policy. Text of Campos' resolution ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Stars Boycotting Arizona

    ​Looks like San Francisco citizens are not the only budding boycotters of Arizona's new immigration law. Montreal band Stars has publicly voiced their disapproval on Twitter saying: "We love AZ but until its racist new immigration law is repealed, stars (and many others) will boycott this state... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    City Attorney Defends Potential Challenge To Arizona Immigration Law

    ​ San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera committed this morning to suss out and terminate city contracts with Arizona companies in protest of the state's harsh new immigration law.  Herrera also said he would offer his staff's assistance in any legal challenges to the law. While no progre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    San Francisco to Vote on Boycott of State of Arizona

    If Supervisor David Campos has his way, Arizona and San Francisco won't be on speaking terms​Supervisor David Campos this morning confirmed that he will tomorrow introduce emergency legislation calling for a San Francisco boycott of Arizona in response to that state's controversial new immigration ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2009

    Feed the World

    If Supervisor David Campos has his way, Arizona and San Francisco won't be on speaking terms​Supervisor David Campos this morning confirmed that he will tomorrow introduce emergency legislation calling for a San Francisco boycott of Arizona in response to that state's controversial new immigration ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    San Francisco's Cease-and-Desist Queen: Trannyshack's Heklina Defends Her Trademarked Drag Show Name Across the Realm

    Heklina as Liza​Heklina, one of the top queens of San Francisco's drag scene, doesn't take well to people imitating her. She says she stopped her weekly Trannyshack drag show last year partly because the punk-flavored underground cabaret she started in the 1990s had morphed into the city's top dr ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

    Heklina as Liza​Heklina, one of the top queens of San Francisco's drag scene, doesn't take well to people imitating her. She says she stopped her weekly Trannyshack drag show last year partly because the punk-flavored underground cabaret she started in the 1990s had morphed into the city's top dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2007

    RaidersSuckNinersSuck -- Week 12 -- The Bay's Shitcloud Gets A Silver Lining

    Heklina as Liza​Heklina, one of the top queens of San Francisco's drag scene, doesn't take well to people imitating her. She says she stopped her weekly Trannyshack drag show last year partly because the punk-flavored underground cabaret she started in the 1990s had morphed into the city's top dr ... More >>

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