Subject: Jerry Brown

• Up in Smoke, For Real: State Bums Out Millions of Stoners

  November 15, 2007

• Marketers, Law Enforcement Fulfill SF Weekly Prediction; Energy Beer Declared Stupid

  July 24, 2008

• Another Job for Jerry Brown: Teaching the Examiner to Count

  July 31, 2008

• Jerry Brown Not the Man for "Independent" Police Probe

  October 31, 2008

• Diminished Expectations

  April 5, 1995

• Gavin's Father's Advice For Son's Gubernatorial Aspirations: Don't Do It

  There appear to be no in-betweens for Gavin's hairstyles, as revealed by this photo from the Newsom scrapbookThe photo of Mayor Newsom on the front of the Chron this week as a snot-nosed tyke in a sailor suit certainly livened up the Monday BART commute. The fun continued in learning that Newsom had sat in the lap -- as a CHILD, the Chron emphasizes, to get your mind out of the gutter -- of fellow gubernatorial hopeful Attorney General Jerry Brown. We can 

  February 12, 2009

• Chatterbox

  December 27, 1995

• Club Owner Claims OPD Shakedown of Black Nightlife

  Too Short performing at Geoffrey's Inner Circle Last week, Geoffrey Pete--long a well-respected figure in Oakland's African-American community, and the owner of Geoffrey's Inner Circle nightclub--held a press conference outside Oakland City Hall to announce he's considering filing a complaint against the OPD for unlawful harassment. Pete has previously raised allegations that OPD and former mayor Jerry Brown instituted a crackdown on Oakland's African-American clubs in the downtown area--whic

  March 23, 2009

• FINALLY. Gavin Gets Some Media Love on Gay Marriage.

  Don't count him out just yetA common platitude in local politics these days is that Mayor Gavin Newsom has spoiled his chances at statewide office with a series of missteps in California's battle over gay marriage.The mayor's office must have been thrilled when a refreshingly contrarian view appeared in this week's edition of The Economist: Gay marriage may actually be what saves Newsom's run for governor.The eminent newsweekly concedes that San Francisco's mayor has served as "a stimulus packag

  March 27, 2009

• Jello Biafra With the Melvins

  Sieg Howdy!

  October 26, 2005

• A Bay Bi-

  An international exhibition for the Bay Area's isolated, disparate artists

  July 20, 2005

• See Jerry Not Run

  If he'd just revert to type, Jerry Brown could help California avoid a Davis vs. Simon truck wreck

  July 31, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of July 10, 2002

  July 10, 2002

• Longitudes and latitudes

  Asian directions in sound; heavenly lawlessness.

  March 6, 2002

• Dirty Money

  President Bush says he's serious about cracking down on money laundering by terrorists. San Francisco's experience suggests otherwise.

  October 31, 2001

• Night Crawler

  December 9, 1998

• Riff Raff

  December 2, 1998

• Dog Bites

  September 23, 1998

• Dog Bites

  July 1, 1998

• Mecklin

  June 10, 1998

• Dog Bites

  May 27, 1998

• Dream Candidate

  Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

  April 29, 1998

• Dog Bites

  December 31, 1997

• The House of Tudor

  September 3, 1997

• Night+Day

  October 30, 1996

• Night Crawler

  January 17, 1996

• The Last Tycoon (Part II)

  Walter Shorenstein's skyscrapers shaped San Francisco. His cash configured City Hall. Publicly, he's pristine. But there's more than meets the eye to the man behind the megaliths.

  May 10, 1995

• What the Confederacy and San Francisco Bay Guardian Have in Common

  Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid out the reason for its desire to split from the union: In a free and fair election, the people of the U.S. had chosen as their president a man opposed to the odious practice of slavery, which was cher

  June 4, 2009

• Should Gay Marriage Supporters Go to The Ballot In 2010 or 2012?

  At this point it seems like a given that California voters will consider the issue of same-sex marriage in the near future. The strategic question being asked by leaders in the gay community is whether an initiative undoing Prop. 8 would have a better chance of passing next year or in three years. Equality California posted an interesting memo on its Web site today listing the pros and cons of going to the ballot next year versus waiting until 2012: 

  May 26, 2009

• SF Gov InAction: Mandatory Composting Gets Some New Sponsors. Which Bin Do We Put 'Futility' In?

  I hope you'll forgive me if I keep this week's Gov InAction curt: I told WAY too many David Chiu jokes over the weekend, and now I'm worn out. I've got to remember to pace myself. However, in case you're wondering, here's how many David Chius it takes to change a light bulb: • None: Aaron Peskin already changed it. • One: and he will change it, assuming no one else can agree on a consensus candidate for the job. • Two: it takes two David Chius to gloat about a major accomplishm

  June 8, 2009

• Find an Expired Item at Longs, Get a $2 Coupon

  He wants his two dollars! Perhaps he should look for rotten stuff at Longs. Time to start scouring the shelves at your local Longs Drugstore for expired goods: Thanks to an investigation and resulting lawsuit in Southern California, Attorney General Jerry Brown is now forcing all California CVS and Longs stores to provide customers with a $2 coupon if they find products on the shelves that are past their sell-by date. "The program will go into place 150 days from now," says Brown's representativ

  June 11, 2009

• Supes' Resolution Links Arrest of Alleged Cop-Killers to Iraq Torture Scandals

  Sgt. John V. YoungIf leftist supervisors sought to show the world that their sympathy for a group of alleged cop-killers in San Francisco was more than a zany political stunt, they have done themselves no favors with a new resolution that links the men's arrest to the Bush Administration, Guantanamo, and Abu Ghraib.The resolution, which will be reviewed this afternoon by the supes' Government Audit and Oversight Committee, urges California Attorney General (and presumed 2010 gubernatorial

  June 11, 2009

• Chronic City: Let's Vote On It -- Marijuana Legalization May Be On 2010 Ballot

  Photobucket.comTo put a new twist on an old saw, desperation is often the mother of invention. When a person, or a state, is in dire straits, it's often an opportunity for the kind of epochal change that, at other times, might not be considered.That's where we are right now with marijuana law reform in California, thanks to the state budget crisis and its attendant desperate search for tax revenue. Backers of the Control, Regulate and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, the first major statewide initiativ

  June 12, 2009

• And Then There Were Two: Villaraigosa Opts Out of Gov Race

  Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa isn't going anywhere...In a move that ostensibly benefits erstwhile San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today announced he will not run for governor. Vallaraigosa cited his city's utter fiscal mess (you can start shaking your head here, San Franciscans), the fact he was just recently elected to a second term by a landslide (keep shaking) and others were kind enough to point out his popularity has been compromised by a we

  June 22, 2009

• Chronic City: Oh, Noes! Fewer Narcs! Budget Crisis Could Mean Fewer Drug Busts.

  Is it game over for the state's narcotics officers? California's budget crunch could cut almost a third of the agents from the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, according to Attorney General Jerry Brown.Budget negotiators, facing the financial meltdown of the state treasury, have proposed lopping $20 million from the bureau, on top of $12 million in previous cuts. Brown called it a "terrible budgetary decision" that would lead to layoffs for nearly a third of the BNE's agents.The agency, part of

  June 29, 2009

• Jerry Brown Carbo-Loads In S.F. for Race Against Young, Rich Rivals

  Believe it or not, this is Jerry Brown's official gubernatorial portrait. It was strange back then, too. Lean, jittery, white-haired Jerry Brown took large bites of a turkey sandwich Thursday evening at Crossroads Cafe and Bookstore, the low-price SoMa eatery the Delancey Street Foundation set up to train ex-skid-row denizens in the culinary arts. The attorney general and all-but-certain gubernatorial candidate raised a finger to excuse himself from his middle-aged male dinin

  July 7, 2009

• Because Somebody Had To: Your Gubernatorial Look-Alikes Article

  While perusing the New York Times Magazine's 26.3 billion-word article on the (wo)men who would rule California -- which may well spur the rest of us to consider the merits of Nevada, Oregon, or Arizona -- a thought hit us. Not an important thought, but a thought nevertheless.For reasons unknown, septuagenarian Attorney General Jerry Brown consented to be photographed next to a gnarled, old tree that only emphasized his own gnarliness. That's when it struck us: Brown is a dead ringer for Walter,

  July 14, 2009

• Jerry Brown Reveals His Fund-Raising Numbers -- Amassed With a Contribution Limit One Quarter of Gavin Newsom's

  Jerry Brown says he's socking away 95 percent of the money he's fund-raised -- which is a lot​Tomorrow is the day state political junkies have circled on their calendars -- Form 460 Day! Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown, and other candidates for higher office are mandated to turn in the forms detailing their fund-raising and expenditures. In short, we get to see how much each candidate has in the tank. Brown, however, is filing today. SF Weekly's phone call to his contribution committee was picked up

  July 30, 2009

• Chronic City: Marijuana Moratorium -- How To Ignore The Voters And The Law

  Dispensary moratorium: Latest political fad?​One by one, across California, the lights are winking out.In city after city, town after town, patients who had dared hope they would at last have safe access to the medicine recommended by their physicians are having those hopes dashed  by political cowardice, inertia, and the status quo.In case you haven't noticed, medical marijuana is yet another front in the culture wars. Conservative hamlets which aren't yet ready for the 21st Century noti

  August 4, 2009

• Cops Threaten to Jail Dad Picking Up Kids From Day Care

  I am the law!​San Francisco, the city famous for having more dogs than children, is not the most kid-friendly city (just ask Chris Daly!). Consider this little tidbit from Ed Sidawi. While recently picking up his 1- and 3-year-old sons from day care, the Mission resident threatened with arrest by a cranky man wielding a badge and sitting in an unmarked car. His crime? Asking him to move his car. It all started a couple of weeks ago when Sidawi -- full disclosure: he's a friend of mine --

  August 7, 2009

• Would Gay Marriage Not Being on the 2010 Ballot Help or Hurt Gavin Newsom? The Answer: Yes.

  Being emotionally charged up can certainly affect how demonstratively one waves his or her placard in a street protest, but it's of less use in the voting booth. No matter how emphatically you punch your ballot, it still only counts for one vote. This appears to be the crux of Equality California's decision not to push for same-sex marriage on the 2010 ballot -- activists didn't think they had as good a shot of winning now as in 2012, and they're astute enough to realize that moral victories are

  August 12, 2009

• It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

  I'm not the answer to Nos. 2 or 3 -- but put me in, coach!​Sinking boats, burning cars, Muni ... doing whatever it normally does. Was it Armageddon? Nope. Just another lovely week in San Francisco. Here's your quiz -- no looking at your neighbors'. 1. Police at San Francisco's Central Station responded to a ladies-only street brawl over the weekend that had spilled out of a nightclub on Broadway. One woman hospitalized another by striking her on the head with a stiletto-heeled shoe in a disput

  August 21, 2009

• Newsom's Money Disparity Will Get Worse -- Whenever Jerry Brown Wants It To

  Jerry Brown's poll numbers are solid -- and he's got one more big trick up his sleeve​Those are pretty damning poll numbers revealed today for Gavin Newsom -- he'd be governor of the Marina, but nowhere else, even in San Francisco, favors him over Jerry Brown. Also, it seems to take the wind out of the sails of these earlier, not-as-bad poll numbers for Newsom. Huh -- how's your Monday going?  Whatever Newsom's rationale for his position -- and the argument Attorney General Brown has bett

  August 24, 2009

• Jerry Brown No Longer Answers His Own Phone. Does That Mean He's a Big-Shot Candidate?

  Grass roots no more? ​On July 30 The Snitch shared with readers that California Attorney General Jerry Brown picked up the phone assigned to his campaign contribution committee when called by SF Weekly's Joe Eskenazi."We're a grass-roots campaign, man," the item quoted the AG as saying.Ever the watchdog, SF Weekly ran a check of the Brown campaign's grass-roots status, and called the same number again earlier this week.

  September 3, 2009

• The Wrong Stuff

  September 9, 2009

• Bill Clinton Throws Weight Behind Gavin Newsom. 'This Doesn't Suck,' Quips Political Analyst.

  The big political news of the day is that President Bill Clinton will officially endorse Mayor Gavin Newsom's campaign for governor of this state. You don't have to be a conspiracist to see the politics in these politics: Newsom was an unabashed Hillary Clinton loyalist and Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown didn't exactly tee it off during their 1992 competition in the Democratic Presidential Primary (see above -- and wince). But, still, this is President Clinton here -- it's a big deal. We called a

  September 15, 2009

• Bay Links: Bike Locks, Advertising, & Meg Whitman

  ​"Please no bike locks this time, my arm hurts like a bitch." [Craigslist]NYT: I'm in yer BART stashun, pimping mah blahg. [Mission Mission]Speaking of advertising... [SF Citizen]Just in time for the Holiday Season! Buy your loved one a Muni farebox. [N-Judah]Ruh-roh: City's homebuyer loan program short on funds. [Curbed]Newsom talks Jerry Brown, breast pumps. [City Insider]Calbuzz tries to score a dinner date with Meg Whitman. [Calbuzz]

  October 27, 2009

• Did Chron Overcook Jerry Brown Interview-Taping Story?

  The diminishing ranks of loyal San Francisco Chronicle subscribers were greeted this morning with an above-the-fold, A-1 story that promised a juicy scoop: "Phone calls taped secretly; Brown's office recorded talks with reporters." Ooooh. Is Attorney General Jerry Brown, the current favorite in the 2010 gubernatorial race, stealing moves from the Nixon playbook? Can't wait to read on and find out.​Turns out that a flak in Brown's press office recorded a telephone conversation he had this week

  October 30, 2009

• Brown Spokesman Placed on Leave Over Interview-Taping Incident

  California Attorney General Jerry Brown's spokesman has been placed on leave following revelations that he secretly tape-recorded conversations with reporters, the attorney general's office said today.In a statement sent to SF Weekly in response to questions about the incident, Brown staffer Christine Gasparac said the spokesman, Scott Gerber, "has been put on administrative leave and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken." The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that Gerber had recor

  October 30, 2009

• It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

  Need someone to help you figure out how many grams are in an ounce? Here's your ace.​Gavin! Timmy! Tyson Beckford! Grizzly Bear! Immunity to cereal! What a week. But were you paying attention? 1. Putting the bizarre cherry atop a surreal sundae, an expert witness gave what rationale for 21-year-old homeless man Kenneth Herron entering the San Francisco Zoo's Grizzly Bear Grotto? A. The defendant believed he was a spiritual cousin of the bears, and wished to free them from their metaphysical bo

  November 6, 2009