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Economic Issues

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    California Is "Deadbeat Parent" to Foster Kids

    The California Alliance of Child and Family Services is accusing the Department of Social Services of violating the Child Welfare Act by not providing sufficient funds for foster family agencies. The group filed a lawsuit last week in San Francisco, following a previous court decision that allotted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    San Francisco's Minimum Wage Is Now the Nation's Highest

    ​As of January 1, 2011, San Francisco's minimum wage went up from $9.92 to $10.24, which now makes it the nation's highest. California state's federal minimum wage is $8 -- that means San Franciscans are paid 28 percent more than minimum-wage workers in other Bay Area cities -- and the federal mi ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2011

    Miracle Faker: Rick Perry's Texas Teaches America the Wrong Lessons

    ​As of January 1, 2011, San Francisco's minimum wage went up from $9.92 to $10.24, which now makes it the nation's highest. California state's federal minimum wage is $8 -- that means San Franciscans are paid 28 percent more than minimum-wage workers in other Bay Area cities -- and the federal mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Does Money Have Flavor? Find out at Taste of Microfinance

    ​Taste of MicrofinanceWhen: Sept. 27, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.Where: Yerba Buena Center for the ArtsCost: $40 in advance, $50 at the door Some people call money "bread" or "cheddar," but you can do better than a cheese sandwich at the Taste of Microfinance. Opportunity Fund claims be the largest microl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Barfing in Dolores Park: Protesters to Stage Puke-In

    This makes me want to barf​So you think you can't stomach what happens at San Francisco's Dore Alley fair, but how about a massive puke fest in Dolores Park? Keep reading. To show the city how they really feel about commercializing S.F. parks, a group of San Franciscans is planning a puke-in at Do ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2011

    An Unnerving Look Back at the Meltdown

    This makes me want to barf​So you think you can't stomach what happens at San Francisco's Dore Alley fair, but how about a massive puke fest in Dolores Park? Keep reading. To show the city how they really feel about commercializing S.F. parks, a group of San Franciscans is planning a puke-in at Do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Mayor Ed Lee's Rush Job: $70 Million Borrowing Plan for Redevelopment Spending

    Pulling a fast one?​Mayor Ed Lee is pushing through last-minute legislation today that would let the city borrow $70 million for redevelopment spending. And that's one way to end-run Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to strip cities of  redevelopment agencies.The money would be used to help build out t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2011

    An Unnerving Look Back at the Meltdown

    Pulling a fast one?​Mayor Ed Lee is pushing through last-minute legislation today that would let the city borrow $70 million for redevelopment spending. And that's one way to end-run Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to strip cities of  redevelopment agencies.The money would be used to help build out t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Pension Tension: New Contribution Rate Will Be $433 Million a Year

    ​Remember all that hard stuff Mayor Ed Lee has to do? Deal with unraveling labor agreements, balance a creaking budget, and scrub hair gel stains off of low-hanging lighting fixtures and the tops of chairs? Well, he'll have to do it with upwards of $26 million less than he thought he would. On Tue ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    Blue Plate Special

    ​Remember all that hard stuff Mayor Ed Lee has to do? Deal with unraveling labor agreements, balance a creaking budget, and scrub hair gel stains off of low-hanging lighting fixtures and the tops of chairs? Well, he'll have to do it with upwards of $26 million less than he thought he would. On Tue ... More >>

  • Film

    October 20, 2010

    "Inside Job": Charles Ferguson's meltdown doc will make you seethe

    ​Remember all that hard stuff Mayor Ed Lee has to do? Deal with unraveling labor agreements, balance a creaking budget, and scrub hair gel stains off of low-hanging lighting fixtures and the tops of chairs? Well, he'll have to do it with upwards of $26 million less than he thought he would. On Tue ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2010

    Permanent Government

    ​Remember all that hard stuff Mayor Ed Lee has to do? Deal with unraveling labor agreements, balance a creaking budget, and scrub hair gel stains off of low-hanging lighting fixtures and the tops of chairs? Well, he'll have to do it with upwards of $26 million less than he thought he would. On Tue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Fillmore MC DaVinci on the Mixed Bag of Gentrification, and Why His Music Isn't Throwback Rap

    Ken TaylorDaVinci​Easily the most surprising and refreshing hip-hop record to come out of the Bay Area this year is the first album from DaVinci, The Day the Turf Stood Still. Not only did that record revitalize this writer's faith in local hip-hop, but praise for the massive debut has come f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    What To Do? Monday's Pick: Nils Gilman at Fort Mason

    ​Nils Gilman @ Fort Mason In the 2008 Italian film Gomorrah, tiresome members of a Neapolitan crime syndicate shuffle around in bad shorts, trying to make their business ventures run smoothly between hits. The unglamorous, stomach-churning revelation of Gomorrah, and the book on which it is based, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Who's in Control Here?

    ​Nils Gilman @ Fort Mason In the 2008 Italian film Gomorrah, tiresome members of a Neapolitan crime syndicate shuffle around in bad shorts, trying to make their business ventures run smoothly between hits. The unglamorous, stomach-churning revelation of Gomorrah, and the book on which it is based, ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    Fillmore Rapper DaVinci's thoughtful 'hood parables

    ​Nils Gilman @ Fort Mason In the 2008 Italian film Gomorrah, tiresome members of a Neapolitan crime syndicate shuffle around in bad shorts, trying to make their business ventures run smoothly between hits. The unglamorous, stomach-churning revelation of Gomorrah, and the book on which it is based, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    I'll Surrender My Snark If the Guardian Loses its Condescension: One More Look at the Numbers

    ​Tim Redmond thinks our debate on Forum tomorrow should be "fun." But I'm bored with his line of argument already. Because the truth is that we're reached a point in the "how much does San Francisco spend per capita?" debate where reasonable people can disagree. And at that point, debating th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ladies in hairnets aren't the scariest thing in the caf: Here's a familiar-sounding idea for fixing the sad-ass mess of corporate-branded processed commodity foods we serve public school kids under the guise of school lunch: privatization. Grist editor Tom ... More >>

  • Film

    September 30, 2009

    Michael Moore sells the same old schtick in Capitalism: A Love Story

    ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ladies in hairnets aren't the scariest thing in the caf: Here's a familiar-sounding idea for fixing the sad-ass mess of corporate-branded processed commodity foods we serve public school kids under the guise of school lunch: privatization. Grist editor Tom ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2009

    Speaking in Tongues

    ​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ladies in hairnets aren't the scariest thing in the caf: Here's a familiar-sounding idea for fixing the sad-ass mess of corporate-branded processed commodity foods we serve public school kids under the guise of school lunch: privatization. Grist editor Tom ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2009

    Bonfire of the Profanities

    An investigator who exposed dishonest savings and loan regulators in the '80s re-encounters an old rival in the latest banking crisis.

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Dogs also losing their homes in foreclosure

    An investigator who exposed dishonest savings and loan regulators in the '80s re-encounters an old rival in the latest banking crisis.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Bay Area Profs Speak Out Against Stimulus

    Did stimulus really help them?Washington's elected officials and punditocracy have of late been consumed in hashing out the shape of an economic stimulus package. While no love has been lost between Republicans and Democrats in the pit fight over the bill's final shape, both sides say they recognize ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2008

    Eminently Logical

    Don't be too concerned with the originators of Proposition 98. instead, look at what they might deliver.

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    City Hall's War Against City Hall: It's ...

    Don't be too concerned with the originators of Proposition 98. instead, look at what they might deliver.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    The Guardian Gets a Reality Check from The New York Times

    Don't be too concerned with the originators of Proposition 98. instead, look at what they might deliver.

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Power grid in critical condition at SF General Hospital; city's first-ever Economic Plan padded like an undergraduate's book report. It's ...

    Don't be too concerned with the originators of Proposition 98. instead, look at what they might deliver.

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Imagination Is Funny

    Don't be too concerned with the originators of Proposition 98. instead, look at what they might deliver.

  • Culture

    January 23, 2008

    "Gentrification Bad," Says Myopic Play Taking Over at Berkeley Rep

    Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Imagination Is Funny

    Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Google and S.F. Gentrification: Joel Kotkin Predicts 'Adult Disneyland' by the Bay

    Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    San Francisco Taxi Rates To Rise Pending Health Care Plan: SFGovernmentInAction

    Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

  • Calendar

    August 22, 2007

    San Francisco Stand Up! Defending Our Right To The City

    Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

  • Film

    May 30, 2007

    The People's Court

    Bamako puts globalization on trial

  • News

    July 19, 2006

    Our Foreign Correspondent

    Bamako puts globalization on trial

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Not for Sale by Owner

    Visitacion Valley might have its dream transit village in a few years, if only Ingersoll-Rand will get out of the way

  • Film

    January 4, 2006

    Shafted

    Waging a Living puts faces to America's working poor

  • News

    August 10, 2005

    Noir You See It, Noir You Don't

    Naming one of the masterminds of the SFO Enterprises scandal as a "watchdog" over billions in public investment: city government or pulp fiction?

  • News

    May 28, 2003

    Making Scents at SFO

    Bad stuff's hitting the fan out at the airport. Can mayoral confidante Eleanor Johns help keep the smell down?

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    A Dog-Eat-Dog World

    A journalist frets about job security, then realizes things could be worse -- he could be a janitor at Yahoo!

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Irony in Urban Redevelopment

    Fillmore Street's "Walk of Fame"

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    The New Economy

    The road to Punta Abreojos is paved with hollow intentions

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    Call to Patriotism

    If fighting terrorism requires a stimulated economy, no move could be more welcome than the dismantling of Pac Bell

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    What's Green and Black and Blue All Over?

    Maybe Nader voters should be slapped around a bit; their leftist purity will likely bring us four very squalid years

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Dog Bites

    The Gentrification Acceleration Project, South Park, and Spot the Chronicle Book

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    Sutter's Empire Strikes Back

    Two lawsuits allege conflict of interest, sharp dealing

  • News

    September 3, 1997

    Classical Discord

    For three decades, Mariedi Anders has used Old World grace and negotiating acumen to create significant American careers for serious European musicians. Now, the doyenne of West Coast classical music agents faces a new challenge: the globalization of the

  • News

    May 21, 1997

    Queen of Sixth Street

    Antoinetta Stadlman, a 200-pound transsexual on public assistance, dreams of controlling the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Sixth Street. A misguided state law may just let her do it.

  • Calendar

    February 19, 1997

    The Grid

    Antoinetta Stadlman, a 200-pound transsexual on public assistance, dreams of controlling the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Sixth Street. A misguided state law may just let her do it.

  • Calendar

    January 29, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Antoinetta Stadlman, a 200-pound transsexual on public assistance, dreams of controlling the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Sixth Street. A misguided state law may just let her do it.

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