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California State Legislature

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    "Emperor Norton Bridge" Turns 75

    The man, the bridge, the resolution...​Other than partially collapsing, falling apart, and swelling into a costly boondoggle, San Franciscans don't think much about the Bay Bridge. For 75 years now it's been an ugly duckling and an afterthought. So most of us probably don't remember that our Board ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Dianne Feinstein Tells Francisco to Go Smoke a Fat One

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it, San Francisco.​Wait, not all of your tax dollars are wasted in San Francisco. Your local bureaucrats make it part of their job to send a letter every February to state and federal politicians restating the city's desire that the government legalize marijuana. No ... More >>

  • News

    April 20, 2011

    A Timeline of Fishing in the San Francisco Bay

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it, San Francisco.​Wait, not all of your tax dollars are wasted in San Francisco. Your local bureaucrats make it part of their job to send a letter every February to state and federal politicians restating the city's desire that the government legalize marijuana. No ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Don't worry, America. San Francisco knows what's best for you

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it, San Francisco.​Wait, not all of your tax dollars are wasted in San Francisco. Your local bureaucrats make it part of their job to send a letter every February to state and federal politicians restating the city's desire that the government legalize marijuana. No ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    The High Road

    Growers who cashed in on illegal pot now welcome legalization and taxation.

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Pot Paraphernalia Still 'For Tobacco Use Only,' Says State Assembly

    ​For the serious cannabis consumer, only the Volcano Vaporizer will do: The popular $500-plus combustion machine burns only the THC in cannabis -- while leaving the gummy plant matter behind -- resulting in a cleaner, dare we say healthier smoke.No one in their right mind would breathe vaporizer b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    What Are Californians Thinking?

    If this chart were a slide, it might be too steep for small children...​The big takeaway from this week's comprehensive Public Policy Institute of California Statewide Survey was that Meg Whitman's stock has gone down as badly as, well, all stocks. Also, Jerry Brown is poised to knock off either W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    East Bay Assembly Candidate Abram Wilson Says He's No Birther

    San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson​San Ramon Mayor and California Assembly candidate Abram Wilson has taken what amounts to a progressive and independent-minded stand in today's Republican Party: He has directly acknowledged that President Barack Obama was born in the United States.A Los Angeles Times a ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Apartment dweller saves lives after a silent, odorless killer seeps into her building

    San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson​San Ramon Mayor and California Assembly candidate Abram Wilson has taken what amounts to a progressive and independent-minded stand in today's Republican Party: He has directly acknowledged that President Barack Obama was born in the United States.A Los Angeles Times a ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2009

    Stimulus Wreckage

    Despite having been accused of deceptive business practices by the attorney general, former students, and ex-employees, Corinthian Colleges are getting millions in federal stimulus dollars.

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    The Wrong Stuff

    Candidate Newsom is “narcissistic,” “thin-skinned,” “disloyal,” and “friendless.” And that’s from his former supporters.

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chronic City: Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' Succeeds; California Senate Urges Change in Federal Medical Marijuana Rules

    ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    Let the Sun Shine, You Hypocrites

    Journalism is under attack from lefties who promote public access to information.

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Journalism is under attack from lefties who promote public access to information.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Raw Milk: Playing Russian Roulette With Your Health, With Sylvester Stallone?

    Journalism is under attack from lefties who promote public access to information.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Raw Milk: Playing Russian Roulette With Your Health, With Sylvester Stallone?

    Journalism is under attack from lefties who promote public access to information.

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2007

    Matt Smith: Leno Accuses Migden of Wrongly Using $1 million

    Journalism is under attack from lefties who promote public access to information.

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Echoes of the Revolution

    The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years

  • News

    August 24, 2005

    Discount Dynasty

    After scoring big with "Two Buck Chuck," renegade vintner Fred Franzia once again has Napa Valley's wine burghers in an uproar

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    The Identity Makers

    In the age of terror, are the people who make fake identification documents for the Hispanic community noble public servants -- or national security risks?

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    Dumb as a Potted Plant

    Why is someone as smart as Mark Leno sponsoring genuinely stupid legislation to legalize hemp cultivation?

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Gimme Shelters

    After mortgaging our future in an orgy of budget-related borrowing, the Legislature hatches new orgiastic plans: sleazy tax shelters

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Hey, Man, Got Any ID?

    Why the Legislature shouldn't extend the city's medical marijuana identification system statewide

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    Image Is Everything

    The economy's in a slump, and so are a lot of S.F. politicians. At least for the pols, Brow Set seems to be part of the answer.

  • Music

    July 3, 2002

    The War on Raves

    Forget terrorists; let's fight the dancers

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Children's Hospital

    UCSF Children's Hospital

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    A Matter of Trusts

    A four-year fight between the YWCA and a church group over who owns a Japantown building is now heading to court

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Et Tu, Mom?

    A new theme is already beginning to take shape this young campaign season: politicians betraying their heirs

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    Getting the Treatment

    Proposition 36 is based on a noble idea: substituting drug treatment for prison sentences. But the measure needs practical help.

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Got It; Got It; Didn't Get It; Female Cracker Morons Who Maim; Ounce of Prevention; Our Apologies, John; The Oddest Clarification We've Published This Year

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Baby With the Bath Water

    Legalizing baby dumping might feel good, but is it smart?

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    Laissez Ferret

    State allows ferret underground to weasel way around law

  • Calendar

    February 3, 1999

    Cothran

    State allows ferret underground to weasel way around law

  • News

    September 30, 1998

    It's a Conspiracy, I Tell You

    And Stanford's Dr. Peter Sturrock wants something done about it

  • Calendar

    September 17, 1997

    Unspun

    And Stanford's Dr. Peter Sturrock wants something done about it

  • News

    September 10, 1997

    The Merger's Tangled Web

    And Stanford's Dr. Peter Sturrock wants something done about it

  • News

    May 28, 1997

    Falling for the Gap

    San Francisco gave away the store to help The Gap Inc. and its politically connected chairman build an upscale headquarters with a bay view. But more than $18 million in subsidies apparently won't bring the city anything it couldn't have had free.

  • News

    March 5, 1997

    Duck!

    Sculptor Brian Goggin throws art out the window

  • Calendar

    January 15, 1997

    The Grid

    Sculptor Brian Goggin throws art out the window

  • News

    January 1, 1997

    La Nueva Fuerza

    With attacks on immigration and affirmative action, the GOP has fueled a new Latino political apparatus. But can the Democrats master the machinery?

  • News

    November 27, 1996

    The Trance Factory

    The hypnosis industry is burgeoning, but its mavens are bitterly divided over what direction they should now take on the road to legitimacy.

  • Calendar

    November 6, 1996

    The Grid

    The hypnosis industry is burgeoning, but its mavens are bitterly divided over what direction they should now take on the road to legitimacy.

  • News

    May 22, 1996

    Against All Odds

    Fundamentalists want to ban same-sex marriage. All across California, people are mad as hell. So how come nobody's doing anything about it?

  • News

    May 15, 1996

    Dead Heat

    Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

  • News

    December 13, 1995

    Money for Something

    Willie Brown's A-list donors and what they may want

  • News

    October 18, 1995

    The Last Seduction (Part II)

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

  • News

    October 4, 1995

    Letters

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

  • News

    August 23, 1995

    Chatterbox

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    Ship Happens

    "Traffic," Bar Pilot Donald Hughes barks. "I need some help." The tanker Mundogas Europe has just lost her steering beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and if the anhydrous ammonia she's carrying hits the water a toxic cloud could cloak San Francisco. A di

  • News

    June 7, 1995

    The Making of the Mayor 1995

    In which Jack Davis repents, Clint Reilly froths, Roberta Achtenberg has a vision, Angela Alioto has an attitude, and the voters are the pigeons

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