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Jane Kim

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Ouija Board: Let's Go To the Video on John Avalos' "Joke"

    Yesterday, John Avalos became the poster boy du jour for everyone who feels San Francisco is, actually "the Land of Oz" (his words). Websites hither and yon reported the San Francisco supervisor consulted an Ouija board in determining whether it'd be proper to name a Navy ship after Harvey Milk. Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Sixty Ways to Celebrate Mayor Ed Lee's 60th Birthday

    Tomorrow is Mayor Ed Lee's 60th birthday. And, in lieu of a politician's traditional birthday celebration -- a cake, served discreetly in an envelope left beneath the table -- Lee's staff has come up with a novel concept. They have created a website listing 60 things you and I can do to help Lee hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Chris Daly Goes to Work for SEIU

    ​Critics and supporters alike of Chris Daly can smile and state the former supe now works for Big Labor -- officially. An article in the Guardian feted Daly's recent appointment as the SEIU Local 1021 interim political director as a modern-day return from Elba. Not surprisingly Daly's new gig was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Supervisor David Chiu Scores High with SF Chamber of Commerce

    ​The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has released its annual scorecard, ranking how it feels members of the Board of Supervisors have been doing when it comes to bolstering our economy. And, like every year, the results are as predictable as San Francisco fog: The moderates outscore the progress ... More >>

  • News

    November 23, 2011

    Progressively Worse: The Tumultuous Rise and Acrimonious Fall of the City's Left

    ​The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has released its annual scorecard, ranking how it feels members of the Board of Supervisors have been doing when it comes to bolstering our economy. And, like every year, the results are as predictable as San Francisco fog: The moderates outscore the progress ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Mayor Ed Lee Tries to Appease Occupy SF Protesters, Cops

    Ellen Huet​After five people were arrested Sunday at Justin Herman Plaza, Occupy SF protesters gathered at City Hall Tuesday afternoon to tell Mayor Ed Lee and the Board of Supervisors to just leave them alone. Tuesday's affair was nothing quite like what Rome experienced over the weekend, rather ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Grass Roots Is First S.F. Medical Cannabis Dispensary to Join Union

    Look for the union label​San Francisco is known as a union town and a city rich with medical cannabis dispensaries. It was only a matter of time before the two intersected. A year after United Food and Commercial Workers began organizing medical cannabis operations in Oakland and Marin County, Gra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Unemployed Porn Photographer Now Films S.F. Trash Thieves

    Rikki Ercoli was laid-off from his position as photo director at Falcon Studios gay porn company in SOMA three years ago. Now unemployed, unoccupied, and hunkered down in his apartment like James Stewart in Rear Window, he's become a one-man vigilante against ridding his neighborhood of the notoriou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Guardian Loves it a Carpetbagger

    Ready to take on Pelosi, sir? ​In serving as the self-anointed standard bearer for progressivism, The San Francisco Bay Guardian does well to never exactly explain what progressivism is. In this way, progressivism merely becomes whatever the Guardian deems it to be. If progressivism is whatever th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Twitter Confirms It Will Stay in San Francisco

    Done deal ​Much to nobody's surprise, Twitter officials signed a lease to keep the multibillion-dollar company in San Francisco -- tax break and all. And although progressives balked at the idea of cutting the microblogging giant a six-year tax break to keep its headquarters in San Francisco, they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Mayor Ed Lee, Candidates Use Cesar Chavez Day as a Chance to Schmooze

    We wish we were flies buzzing around them.​Politicos rolled out of bed early Thursday morning to make an appearance at the  8 a.m. Cesar Chavez Day breakfast in the Mission. They munched on $60 plates of eggs, frijoles, and tortillas to benefit the upcoming Cesar Chavez Parade & Festival ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    S.F. Bedbugs: So Many Cases, So Few Inspectors

    cohabitation ​Like Supervisor Jane Kim, we want to know why there are only two health inspectors dedicated to dealing with the city's 560 SROs, home to most of the bedbug cases. To put that into context: that's one inspector for every 10,000 SRO units.But more than that, we want to know why the De ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    cohabitation ​Like Supervisor Jane Kim, we want to know why there are only two health inspectors dedicated to dealing with the city's 560 SROs, home to most of the bedbug cases. To put that into context: that's one inspector for every 10,000 SRO units.But more than that, we want to know why the De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Twitter Tax Breaks Would Bring Millions to San Francisco, Controller Says

    Follow Twitter ... to Market Street​The city's number-crunchers today released an analysis that spins the highly criticized Twitter deal as a win for San Francisco taxpayers. Businesses with an annual payroll expense of more than $250,000 now pay a 1.5 percent tax. Yet a break for Twitter would no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Hisashi Sugaya's Tenderloin Walk of Shame

    Put on your walking shoes​As promised, the shame-faced planning commissioner Hisashi Sugaya traversed the streets of the Tenderloin Friday afternoon to atone for an earlier remark suggesting a neighborhood grocery store peddle drugs.After making his comment publicly, Sugaya, who was reappointed to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Hisashi Sugaya Apologizes for Suggestion Grocery Store Sell Crack

    No joke in the Tenderloin​Last week, we reported about another instance in which Planning Commissioner Hisashi "Bill" Sugaya shoved his foot in his mouth in a desperate attempt to be funny. Instead of drawing chuckles, Sugaya was hissed after he made a remark, suggesting a Tenderloin market "shoul ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2011

    San Francisco's progressive Board of Supervisors now more moderate

    No joke in the Tenderloin​Last week, we reported about another instance in which Planning Commissioner Hisashi "Bill" Sugaya shoved his foot in his mouth in a desperate attempt to be funny. Instead of drawing chuckles, Sugaya was hissed after he made a remark, suggesting a Tenderloin market "shoul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    League of Pissed Off Voters Has Some Questions for Ed Lee

    We're Progressives and We're Pissed Off​You know it's never going to turn out well when politicians piss off the official League of Pissed Off Voters. The group, which comprises voters ranging from their late teens to early 30s, fired off a letter this morning to members of the Board of Supervisor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    David Chiu Won't Be District Attorney

    Supervisor David Chiu won't be prosecuting anyone anytime soon​These days, Supervisor David Chiu is just full of surprises. First, he stunned attendees of Chris Daly's farewell roast by showing up, less than 24 hours after Daly excoriated him as the anti-Christ of San Francisco progressive politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Gavin Newsom Could Delay Swearing-In. But Why?

    Should he stay or should he go? ​The Chron this morning summarized a legal memo that backs up Mayor Gavin Newsom's oft-repeated threat of delaying his exit as San Francisco mayor if he's not satisfied with the Board of Supervisors' choice for his successor. The "Will he or won't he?" makes for gre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Senate Votes Against Taking Up DREAM Act. Local Students Bummed.

    Nope. Not today. ​The U.S. Senate today voted against taking up the the defense budget bill -- curtailing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's last-minute plan to tack on an amendment to give illegal immigrants who go to college or into the military a chance at citizenship. The Wall Street Journal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Target Targeted By Angry S.F. Supervisor Candidates

    Everyone loves the dog. Everyone hates his employer. ​When candidates running for the Board of Supervisors were asked what they thought about Target's plans to open a pair of San Francisco outlets, their opinions were like discount footwear at the big box store: plentiful, hard to miss -- and unco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Pelosi's Visit: Speaker Speaks Softly, Plugs Children, Walks Out Fast

    Chris Roberts/The SnitchCares about kids!​Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi provided we miserable media wretches a small spark of excitement Monday morning when she visited San Francisco City Hall for a rare visit. Her focus: "Our children, our children, our children."In between ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    What Drinks Will Ace Barkeep Chris Daly Come Up With Next?

    A progressive pour​All kidding aside, we hear Supervisor Chris Daly is a hell of a bartender. So when he opens up his office on Friday as an alcohol-laden cash-generator for the Coalition on Homelessness (5 p.m. first drink) -- greatness may ensue. Daly is talented enough at slinging the booze tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    S.F. Democrats Play Game of Telephone Over Non-Existent JROTC Recall Effort

    Tonight's Democratic County Central Committee meeting features a resolution that seems to have expired in relevance not long after it was put to paper.DCCC Chairman Aaron Peskin put forth a resolution, to be voted on at tonight's session, over "threatened recall campaigns" against school board membe ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    JROTC under fire in S.F. schools

    Tonight's Democratic County Central Committee meeting features a resolution that seems to have expired in relevance not long after it was put to paper.DCCC Chairman Aaron Peskin put forth a resolution, to be voted on at tonight's session, over "threatened recall campaigns" against school board membe ... More >>

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