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Gov. Brown Won't Let Reporters Have Easy Access to Prison Inmates

Assembly Bill 1270, passed by both chambers of the state legislature, would have allowed journalists to set up interviews with specific inmates in state prisons. Eight times over the past two decades a similar bill had passed through to the governor's desk, and all eight times it was vetoed.The stre ... More >>

Chinatown Group Fights to Put Shark Fin Soup Back on the Menu

San Francisco's Chinatown Neighborhood Association has filed a lawsuit against the state, saying the new ban on shark fin soup is flat-out discrimination. Bloomberg News reports that the group filed its claim on Wednesday, saying that the shark fin is a huge part of the Chinese culture. Shark fin so ... More >>

List: How Will S.F. Cope with State Spending Cuts?

The good ol' days are gone ​Gov. Jerry Brown recently announced another $1 billion in state spending cuts. How will S.F. cope? We'll have to cut back 15 percent on jokes about Ed Lee's mustache. Homeless people will have to put up with bupkis instead of crapola. The Recreation and Parks d ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown Signs Slew of Illegal Immigrant-Friendly Bills

​While the federal government stagnates on any immigration reform, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bevy of illegal immigrant-friendly bills that will make their under-the-radar way of life less of a headache starting January 1, 2012. Opponents have already started filing in. Perhaps th ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown Outlaws Open Carry for Guns

​Whether you believe the Second Amendment is essential or outdated, the law in California used to allow anyone to carry a gun in public or in vehicles -- as long as it was openly displayed and unloaded.California became the fifth state to make it illegal to openly carry guns after Governor Jerry B ... More >>

Shark Fin Soup Is Banned in California

​Governor Jerry Brown today criminalized the sale and distribution of shark fins in California. And you know what that means  ... no more shark fin soup for you!Brown signed the controversial ban today, saying it will help curb the dwindling shark population. "The practice of cutting the fins ... More >>

Shark's Fin Soup: Banned, Done, Kaput in California

​Today Gov. Jerry Brown at last made it official: Starting Jan, 1, 2012, the importation of shark fins into California is banned.Shark fins already here can be sold until July 1, 2013, but after that anyone hoping to enjoy a piping bowl of endangered-animal soup will have to go elsewhere. Over o ... More >>

S.F. Bartenders to Gov. Jerry Brown: Let Us Infuse Our Booze

Bon Vivants: Will Guv Brown have what they're having?​Josh Harris and Scott Baird -- two San Francisco bartenders, dandies, and "cocktail consultants" known as the Bon Vivants -- are trying to save one of the 600 bills sitting on the governor's desk from being vetoed. The two are shilling for ... More >>

Marijuana Advocates Unsure if New State Law Is Good or Bad

Who's he helping?brokencountry.com​Earlier this summer, medical marijuana advocates sounded the legislative alarm over a bill penned by a Southern California assemblyman that gives local governments the right to ban medical cannabis dispensaries, as many a Bay Area burgh from Danville to Daly City ... More >>

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 >>

Newsom Says San Francisco Will Be Just Fine

Going to spring training​In a brief interview this morning on KGO, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom first bragged about going to spring training and then responded to Jerry Brown's "austere" budget proposals that as of late calls for a hiring freeze.Brown's executive order bars state agencies form hiring new ... More >>

Former SF Photographer's Weird Jerry Brown Photo Book Might Be Reissued

​Remember the early 1990s? For some of us, it meant the advent of gourmet coffee, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the first and last legitimate appearance of fashionable flannel. For more mature and/or serious minds, it also meant Jerry Brown's 1992 presidential campaign.The spoils of the De ... More >>

Jerry Brown's Budget Solution Is To Starve Senior Citizens, Excluding Himself

Not On Our Dime​Most everyone would expect Governor Jerry Brown to take sharp measures to ensure that the state's books are balanced in the coming year.But cutting back on food for the elderly? That seems draconian. According to the Sacramento Bee, Brown wants to seriously trim grants for the low- ... More >>

Jerry Brown Should Get Rid of Schwarzenegger's Debt Deals

Not On Our Dime​Most everyone would expect Governor Jerry Brown to take sharp measures to ensure that the state's books are balanced in the coming year.But cutting back on food for the elderly? That seems draconian. According to the Sacramento Bee, Brown wants to seriously trim grants for the low- ... More >>

Jerry Brown Inauguration -- Top-10 Signs of 'Austerity'

Gov. Jerry Brown served up some cold words to go along with the hot dogs​Gov. Jerry Brown was yesterday inaugurated in a brief ceremony described as no-frills, Spartan, and, an iteration of the Merriam-Webster word of the past year, "austere." What were some signs of austerity at Brown's swearing- ... More >>

Doyle Drive Privatization Deal Approved by Judge

http://woodrowwilson.xanga.comIs this Caltrans' next big expenditure? ​Caltrans today rushed to sign a contract to fund a section of a new Golden Gate Bridge off-ramp in the Presidio with the help of foreign investors. The move came immediately after a judge lifted a restraining order blocking the ... More >>

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 >>

Inspector General's Office Nixed By Jerry Brown. What Did Inspector General Do?

​Move Will Save State Not Quite Three-Thousandths Of One Percent Of Looming DeficitThe office of Gov.-elect Jerry Brown yesterday announced it would be curtailing the office of inspector general in January as a cost-cutting move. This, of course, prompts the question "what does the inspector gener ... More >>

Attention, Guardianistas: Here are your endorsements.

​Move Will Save State Not Quite Three-Thousandths Of One Percent Of Looming DeficitThe office of Gov.-elect Jerry Brown yesterday announced it would be curtailing the office of inspector general in January as a cost-cutting move. This, of course, prompts the question "what does the inspector gener ... More >>

'Whore' Comment Doesn't Cost Jerry Brown National Organization for Women Endorsement

Be careful whom you call a whore...​The day after Jerry Brown's campaign landed in hot water for describing Meg Whitman as a "whore," Brown received the gubernatorial endorsement from the state's largest women's organization. Patty Bellasalma, the president of the California chapter of the Nationa ... More >>

Jerry Brown's Muscle Man Revealed -- It's Jerry!

What the hell? ​The other day, we commented on the oddity of Jerry Brown tweeting his thanks to a donor who'd ponied up the princely sum of $10. More eye-catching, however, was a steroidal freak of a muscle man in the background of Brown's Twitter page. The owner of that testosterone-saturated bod ... More >>

Jerry Brown Tweets Thanks For $10 Donation

Jerry thanks you!​What's it take to get a little online TLC from Jerry Brown? Not so much. The once (and future?) governor fired off a tweet just a few minutes back thanking a donor for her generous gift of 10 bucks. Every little bit helps, it seems. Whether this conjures up images of an ant movin ... More >>

Top 10 Reasons Bill Clinton Endorsed Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown's official gubernatorial portrait. Yes, really.​One day after Jerry Brown felt the need to apologize for making light of President Bill Clinton's past as a lying philanderer, the latter endorsed the former for governor of the great state of California. What gives? 10. Bill just doesn't ... More >>

Baylinks: Jerry Brown, Caltrain, Bocce Ball

http://glenparknews.wordpress.com​Jerry Brown saves the children from cookies n' cream one cigarette at a time [SF Citizen]Caltrain looking to make more room for bicyclists [Streetsblog SF]Feds take a whiff of Oakland's new pot ordinance [Bay Citizen]

Jerry Brown Wants You -- To Put Him on a T-Shirt

Put that man on a T-shirt. Now! ​California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown is no spring chicken. And he needs your fashion advice. Brown has enough elections under his belt to know the value of lookin' sharp. That's why the man of many hours is calling on his supporters to "help Je ... More >>

Tom Ammiano Mangles Profane Spanish at Unique Immigration Rally (PICS)

Tom, what are you saying?​As promised, San Franciscans came out against Arizona's controversial SB 1070 immigration law today, in a protest also aimed at the federal identification program known as Secure Communities ("S-COMM for short"). A picturesque group positioned in front of the Federal Buil ... More >>

Jerry Brown's Word of the Day: Procrustean

Jerry Brown, flashing the vocabulary...​Badger Jerry Brown enough and he'll admit he's learned something through a lifetime in politics. But it appears he hasn't yet learned how to speak in the Phil Hartman-as-Frankenstein-FIRE BAD! language that has propelled Meg Whitman to the top. Countering a ... More >>

List: The best democracy money can buy

Jerry Brown, flashing the vocabulary...​Badger Jerry Brown enough and he'll admit he's learned something through a lifetime in politics. But it appears he hasn't yet learned how to speak in the Phil Hartman-as-Frankenstein-FIRE BAD! language that has propelled Meg Whitman to the top. Countering a ... More >>

Election 2010 Results: Demon Sheep, Gavin Newsom, Open Primaries Triumph

Meg Whitman never liked voting, but plenty of Californians voted for her​Results are starting to roll in from today's voting on ballot initiatives and primaries for statewide office. Wanna know the latest, greatest bad decisions California's electorate has chosen to impose upon itself? SF Weekly h ... More >>

Wiped-Clean Slate: The Bay Guardian's (fake) election endorsements

Meg Whitman never liked voting, but plenty of Californians voted for her​Results are starting to roll in from today's voting on ballot initiatives and primaries for statewide office. Wanna know the latest, greatest bad decisions California's electorate has chosen to impose upon itself? SF Weekly h ... More >>

Will Tea Partiers Kill Pro-Marijuana Measure?

Fibonacci BlueSo paranoid. So uptight. So stiff. What could cure this? Hmmm...​On today of all days, marijuana is on everyone's mind. But that goes doubly for politicians: Just last week, state Democratic Party chairman John Burton told media that he and fellow Dems (like that Jerry Brown guy) ... More >>

Holding Out on Jerry Brown -- Until He's More Like Gavin

Jer's not getting any from Uppity Fag until he puts out ... some real action​Over the weekend I joined (yet one more) Facebook group - The LGBT Community for Jerry Brown.  I joined so I could keep an eye on him and on the LGBT community.The gays have a tendency to fawn for any politician with ... More >>

DiFi: Not Running For Gov. Zsa-Zsa Gabor's Flamboyant Hubby: Yes.

Dianne Feinstein has decided not to ruin Jerry Brown's shot at the statehouse​Curtailing long months of speculation stoked by precious little substance, Sen. Dianne Feinstein yesterday told Orange County crowds she's not running for governor -- and, purportedly, let ostensible front-runner Jerry B ... More >>

Gavin By the Numbers: He Didn't Lose As Much Dough As You Thought!

​The Twitterati are dissecting the just-published campaign finance numbers from the carcass of Mayor Gavin Newsom's failed bid for governor. Here's the skinny, per KQED's Capital Notes:  CAGov wannabe Gavin Newsom's campaign raised $2.35 million in 2009, spent almost $3.1 million.While this i ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 o ... More >>

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 t ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 you ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Jerry Brown Not the Man for "Independent" Police Probe

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 ... More >>

Another Job for Jerry Brown: Teaching the Examiner to Count

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 ... More >>

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