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  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Meet the California Lawmakers Who Are Enabling the Marijuana War

    Losing efforts sometimes score wins. Medical marijuana scored such a moral victory late Wednesday, when 163 members of Congress voted in favor of not allowing federal dollars to be spent on busting pot growers, distributors, and dispensaries in states with medical cannabis laws.The brainchild o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    City's Incredible Shrinking Budget Deficit Also Shrinks Leverage with Labor

    ​The news that another $60 million has been whittled off the city's projected budget deficit could be considered cause for revelry. But don't break out the pointy hats just yet. For one thing, the city is still $170 million in the hole based on the current calculations -- much less than before but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    California Colleges Are Not Medical Marijuana Friendly

    ​For some, cannabis and college may go together like ... well, beer and college, or massive debt and college (and if you manage to show up to 8 a.m. lectures reeking more of Cypress Hill than frat row, points for diversity, anyway).  This is not the case in California, at least not when talki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Officials Allegedly Bought Massages with Funds from Agency that Helped the Poor Spend Wisely

    ​Two former officials at the now-defunct Associated Community Action Program (ACAP) -- an Alameda County agency tasked with helping the poor manage their money wisely -- have been charged with illicitly using the agency's money to pay for construction work on a personal home, buy massages, and pur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Naomi Kelly: SF Weekly's Toilet Paper Warrior

    ​In a city where, even late last year, perhaps 40 percent of voters still thought Gavin Newsom was mayor, it may be hard to get people worked up about the position of city administrator. But bear with us -- and you'll be rewarded with references to the lavatory. In any event, Ed Lee is now mayor - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Republicans Threaten San Francisco Pedestrian and Bike Projects

    ​It's not news that America has a lot of problems, foremost among them cyclists and pedestrians being coddled too much by the government.Or at least that seems to be the view of our Tea Partying lawmakers who are trying to gut federal spending for road improvements for pedestrians and cyclists-- e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Q&A: Chef Karl Wilder Talks About Living on Food Stamps

    ​Karl Wilder is not your typical chef. He doesn't spend his days cooking up fantastic gourmet food -- he has taken the food stamps challenge, which means for the past month and a half, Wilder has limited himself to a budget of $1.33 per meal and struggles daily to balance nutrition and calorie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Thanksgiving in August: Cook-a-thon to Raise Funds for Food Bank

    Karl Wilder​Thanksgiving in August When: August 27, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Where: St. Luke's Church Cost: As much canned/preserved food as you can afford. It's Thanksgiving...in August! At least that's what chef Karl Wilder is planning. In a 12-hour cook-a-thon, Wilder hopes to raise money for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Amazon to Cut Out California Associates over Sales Tax Dispute

    Nice little business you've got going there. It would be a shame if anything happened to it​Internet retail giant Amazon.com informed California-based Web sites, which make money via referring buyers, that they'll soon be cut out if the state forces the Amazon to pay sales tax, as proposed in the ... More >>

  • News

    June 8, 2011

    Clean Energy Stimulus Cash Is Slow to Be Spent

    Nice little business you've got going there. It would be a shame if anything happened to it​Internet retail giant Amazon.com informed California-based Web sites, which make money via referring buyers, that they'll soon be cut out if the state forces the Amazon to pay sales tax, as proposed in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Muni Workers File Federal Challenge to Proposition G

    Things were working fine before!​The union representing Muni operators is seeking to buck the will of San Francisco voters, filing a federal challenge to Proposition G, the 2010 ballot initiative that overhauled labor negotiations for the city's troubled public-transit agency.Lawyers for Transport ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    Pension Costs to Skyrocket for Key S.F. City Unions

    Things were working fine before!​The union representing Muni operators is seeking to buck the will of San Francisco voters, filing a federal challenge to Proposition G, the 2010 ballot initiative that overhauled labor negotiations for the city's troubled public-transit agency.Lawyers for Transport ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2011

    List: How S.F. Residents Want to Fix the City Budget

    Things were working fine before!​The union representing Muni operators is seeking to buck the will of San Francisco voters, filing a federal challenge to Proposition G, the 2010 ballot initiative that overhauled labor negotiations for the city's troubled public-transit agency.Lawyers for Transport ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Help Craft Federal Policy on LGBT Housing Discrimination

    Grant WoodWill you need to look like this to live in federal housing?​In federally funded housing programs, it's illegal for landlords to discriminate based on race, ethnicity -- or even against the guy who says his pit bull keeps him from having panic attacks.But against homosexuals or the transg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Gov. Jerry Brown Stops in SF to Get Buy-In on Budget

    What kind of salesman is he?​Update: The Bay Area Council voted to endorse Brown's budget proposal. Members called the talk with Brown "tough but refreshing."As a governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger had the star power that could set off a media frenzy every time he blew his nose. And while Gov.Jerry B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Newsom Tweets His Support for Planned Parenthood; Asks Followers to Sign Petition

    A message from Gavin Newsom​With the U.S. Congress on the precipice of stripping away federal funds for Planned Parenthood, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Californians to sign an open letter opposing the controversial legislation. True to form, the former San Francisco mayor tweeted out a message ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Pelosi's Waning Power Felt with Republican $15 Million Cut for The Presidio

    Thanks, Republicans.​House Republicans delivered a gut-punch to their nemesis Nancy Pelosi Thursday with a proposed $15 million cut in funding for the Presidio, a national park that's long been Pelosi's pet project.In order to wean itself off federal funding, the former U.S. Army base has become a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Obama Budget Proposes $200 Million for S.F. Central Subway

    Nat "Pro Shop" Ford​Muni boss Nat Ford on Monday praised Barack Obama for including $200 million in spending for the controversial Central Subway rail project as part of the president's federal budget proposal."The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency applauds President Barack Obama's pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Gavin Newsom -- You Can Still Watch Him on Demand

    Technologically active again​When former Mayor Gavin Newsom left City Hall, his staid YouTube addresses that people had grown accustomed to went right with him. But Newsom's hiatus from YouTube was short-lived. Just barely a month as the state Lieutenant Governor, Newsom sent out his first video a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Doyle Drive's Goofy Privatization Deal Stalled By Judge

    Will Jerry Brown stop the fiscal insanity? ​A judge Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order halting Caltrans from signing a finance deal that would let a foreign consortium take over construction and maintenance of part of the Doyle Drive project in the Presidio.This marks the second time i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Federal Legislation to Reform Crime Labs Proposed

    Sen. Patrick Leahy would probably poll well here in Northern California​U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says he will introduce legislation next year to reform the field of forensic science nationwide, a move that could potentially have implications for the San Franci ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

    Sen. Patrick Leahy would probably poll well here in Northern California​U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says he will introduce legislation next year to reform the field of forensic science nationwide, a move that could potentially have implications for the San Franci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Cost-Saving America's Cup Proposal Not Shipshape Yet

    Don't fire up the boats yet...​The new-and-improved groundwork for hosting the America's Cup in San Francisco appears to take much less of a bite of city finances than the fabulously expensive, nonbinding "term sheet" the city approved in October. Fred Brousseau, a principal at the city's Budget A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Senate To Vote On DREAM Act Tuesday. Local Activists To Picket Feinstein's Office.

    ​You may recall our July cover feature on young undocumented immigrants waiting for the DREAM Act, a bill that would give illegal immigrants who go to college or serve in the military a path to citizenship. At the time the story came out, many advocates predicted that Democrats would lack the ball ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    Vegan activist protests sale of live chickens at UN Plaza farmers' market

    ​You may recall our July cover feature on young undocumented immigrants waiting for the DREAM Act, a bill that would give illegal immigrants who go to college or serve in the military a path to citizenship. At the time the story came out, many advocates predicted that Democrats would lack the ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    City Has $2.6 Million Stimulus Surplus Burning Hole in its Pocket

    Program's implosion leaves San Francisco with millions to spend and nothing to buy.That was fast...​As City Hall struggles to close a $483 million budget gap, bureaucrats a block away at the San Francisco Department of the Environment are faced with the opposite quandary: They must figure out how ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2010

    Muni Fail

    Federal scrutiny could threaten funding for the Central Subway boondoggle.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Feds Imperil Central Subway Funding, Demand Proof it's No Boondoggle

    Jim HerdWoosh -- gone?​Mayor Gavin Newsom and his public transit chief Nat Ford had the chance to hold an elaborate groundbreaking earlier this month for the $1.6 billion Central Subway light rail project. But a letter from a  top federal transportation bureaucrat suggests the festivities may ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Board Members Predict Even Feds' Threats Can't Derail Oakland Airport Connector

    ​What will it take to derail BART's half-billion dillar planned extension to Oakland Airport? How about the price quadrupling while the anticipated ridership dropped by two-thirds? Nope. How about the predicted commute time actually being slower than the existing shuttle system? Nope. Well, how ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Oakland Airport Connector Lives to Be Controversial For Another Day

    ​The regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission moments ago voted to stay the course, applying $70 million in endangered federal funds not to the Bay Area's moribund transit agencies but a controversial, half-billion dollar proposed BART extension to Oakland Airport. "Closer than I thought, b ... 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 16, 2009

    Obama's stimulus money will increase traffic, but not bridge safety

    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.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    General Motors is Bankrupt. Is Your Marriage Healthy?

    They didn't have to worry about car manufacturersCalifornia has been called a place where dreams come true. Perhaps it's more accurate to say that our state is a land where grotesque fantasies become reality without causing anyone to blink. The elected leader of California's 37 million residents is ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2009

    Transit Spotting

    A transportation activist points to inefficient and costly projects like the Central Subway.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Tenderloin Man on Trial for Possession/Sale of Marijuana Could Get 3 Years in State Prison

    Nobody's saying David Rhodman is perfect. He used to be a cocaine addict, says his public defender, Carmen Aguirre, and he's got a few crack and cocaine-related charges from the early 90's on his record. There was also a felony robbery in 1995, which resulted in a strike on Rhodman's recor ... More >>

  • 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

    February 13, 2008

    New College Out of Money: Teachers Unpaid, Not Teaching

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    UCSF Transgender Research Drama Puts Future of Academic Program in Question

    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

    July 4, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    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

    January 3, 2007

    Porkmistress Pelosi

    Madam Speaker says she wants to tame pork-barrel spenders. Takes one to know one.

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Vicious Cycle

    Federal investigators clear AIDS prevention programs of wrongdoing -- and then reinvestigate them

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Grungy Art Factory

    Artists' Television Access

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    How to Kill a Nonprofit

    A federal audit reveals the waste and mismanagement that ruined a once-promising minority aid program

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Shaky Ground

    Environmental activists adopt a new strategy -- playing the race card

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Crime and Patronage

    For more than a decade, three different mayors have let one man dole out government jobs to alleged murderers, crack dealers, and other serious felons. The question, obviously, is why.

  • News

    August 12, 1998

    Healthy Investment

    Ignore Davis, Fang, O'Donoghue, and Roselli; here's how renovating Laguna Honda could save taxpayers $500 million

  • News

    July 9, 1997

    Seven Steps to Nowhere

    Ignore Davis, Fang, O'Donoghue, and Roselli; here's how renovating Laguna Honda could save taxpayers $500 million

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1997

    The Grid

    Ignore Davis, Fang, O'Donoghue, and Roselli; here's how renovating Laguna Honda could save taxpayers $500 million

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1997

    Unspun

    Ignore Davis, Fang, O'Donoghue, and Roselli; here's how renovating Laguna Honda could save taxpayers $500 million

  • News

    November 29, 1995

    Clockers

    Residents of a downtown loft tell you where to get off

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