Subject:

Mark Leno

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Cops Fight Clarity of Medical Marijuana Sales

    Police in California have long expressed displeasure with the state's medical marijuana laws. And with good reason: Cops just might have the legal right to haul into court medical marijuana merchants who exchange cash for cannabis. But then again, they might not. Much police behavior depends on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Gov. Brown Decriminalizes Sangria and Infused Vodka

    Obscure InternetAs of today, this is no longer illegal in California​Gov. Jerry Brown today ended tension on the part of bartenders by signing Senate Bill 32, which makes it legal for bars to infuse vodkas and other liquors. And the best news? The bill has an "urgency clause," which means it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    LGBT Contributions Could Soon Be Read in Textbooks

    Making Milk proud ​Students, please open your textbooks to the chapter on Harvey Milk and cue the Powerpoint on Heklina: Senator Mark Leno's bill to include gay history in mandatory education requirements passed the state Senate today. And if the Assembly signs off on the bill, it too could eventu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Users: How Much Longer Until Your Boss Can't Fire You?

    Does this mean you could be governor AND smoke pot?​Just like the industrious Walmart worker in Michigan, YOU, too, can get fired from your job for using medical marijuana -- even if you are employee of the month. Which clearly makes no sense, considering medical marijuana is legal. That's why Sen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Only In S.F.: Gay, Rabbinical School Dropout Deemed Too Conservative

    ​In recent weeks, we've pointed out that people are largely free to fornicate on the streets of San Francisco -- but dogs cannot. Prosecutors struggle to convict vandals -- as juries state that graffiti is not vandalism, but "art." So, along those lines, only in San Francisco could a gay, rabbinic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    California Has a Budget -- Only 100 Days Late

    The lady and the bear have been waiting a long time...​Following an all-night session of wheeling and dealing -- and a record 100-day impasse -- the state senate moments ago approved a budget for California. Details on the budget -- and the most recent impasse -- are forthcoming; it closes a $19 b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    California's Marijuana Laws Now Nation's Most Liberal

    Your governor, in action​After Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger affixed his signature on a Sen. Mark Leno-authored bill yesterday, California's marijuana policy became the nation's most progressive, pot activists tell SF Weekly. While existing law calls for anyone busted with an ounce or less of pot to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Despite the Fog, Fort Mason Farmers' Market Off to a Warm Start

    Jun Belen​The city warmly welcomed its newest farmers' market yesterday ― above, State Senator Mark Leno and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown were present to cut the ceremonial vine to officially launch the Sunday Fort Mason Center market.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    So, 4/20 Is Pot Day -- But Why?

    Lay off! He's got a good reason today! ​Today, specifically at 4:20 p.m. (and a.m. for the hardcore), large segments of the nation become open-air hotboxes as hordes of stoners toke up. We get it: 420 on 4/20. Like "Catch-22," "23-skidoo" and "Deep-Six," "420" has entered the lexicon as a euphemis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2010

    Sparking Interest: The Year in Marijuana Reporting

    In San Francisco, marijuana is always a topic of interest. This past year saw the city dealing with the ins and outs of medical marijuana and grappling with a debate over decriminalization. Here are some of our most read posts on the issues.Get Up, Stand Up: Ammiano Introduces Marijuana Legalization ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Transblazer

    She just became the city's first transgender department head, but Theresa Sparks is already setting her sights on becoming the city's first transgender supervisor.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    BayView Newspaper Tells Mark Leno Where He Can Put His Op-Ed

    Newspaper to Leno: Buzz off! ​Earlier this week, Sen. Mark Leno's press office sent several community newspapers including the San Francisco BayView an op-ed on senate bill 792, the legislation that will give 23 acres of Candlestick Point State Recreation Center to Lennar Corporation for developme ... More >>

  • News

    September 2, 2009

    S.F. doesn't abide by its own translation requirements

    Newspaper to Leno: Buzz off! ​Earlier this week, Sen. Mark Leno's press office sent several community newspapers including the San Francisco BayView an op-ed on senate bill 792, the legislation that will give 23 acres of Candlestick Point State Recreation Center to Lennar Corporation for developme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chronic City: Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' Succeeds; California Senate Urges Change in Federal Medical Marijuana Rules

    ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Mark Leno's Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' In Support of Medical Pot Passes Senate Committee

    Last month, we reported on a Mark Leno bill introduced simultaneously in the Assembly and Senate -- a "joint resolution." The moniker was especially fitting, however, because the resolution supported medical marijuana users, and called for an end to the federal crackdown on dispensaries. Well, when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Pride Rides: Leno, Mirkarimi Give Shout-Out to City Car Share, Daly Gives Us The Finger

    There's no legal argument Dennis Herrera can make to convince us this car ain't a beaut...Yesterday we began answering the eternal question: If a tree fell in the forest and no one was there to hear it -- what kind of cars would your elected representatives ride in Sunday's Pride Parade? Our persona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Mark Leno Introduces 'Joint Resolution' Urging End to Crackdowns On Medical Pot. We Are Not Making This Up.

    Sen. Mark Leno today announced he has introduced a "joint resolution" to end the federal crackdown on medical marijuana use in California. While this is a matter of serious legislation, one can't help but notice the howler of a marijuana-related "joint" resolution. Leno's spokeswoman, Ali Bay, confi ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    Outdated rules threaten the life of local all-ages clubs

    Sen. Mark Leno today announced he has introduced a "joint resolution" to end the federal crackdown on medical marijuana use in California. While this is a matter of serious legislation, one can't help but notice the howler of a marijuana-related "joint" resolution. Leno's spokeswoman, Ali Bay, confi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Mark Leno Says Lobbyist Intentionally Snubbed Him When Circulating Letter Regarding Hunters Point Pollution -- And Boy Is He Angry

    State Senator Mark Leno is not amusedMark Leno's signature was conspicuously absent from a letter signed by the rest of San Francisco's Sacramento contingent regarding pollution from Lennar's cleanup of Hunter's Point Shipyard -- and the State Senator says that's no accident. Leno angrily accused th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    All-Ages Clubs Could Catch a Break from the ABC

    Arturo J. PaniaguaOver the weekend, the Chron reported that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) was allegedly going after all-ages clubs like Slim's, Bottom of the Hill, Cafe du Nord, and Great American Music Hall for reasons the clubs are calling unreasonable (i.e. totally unrelated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Mark Leno: End Illegal Amnesty (for Billboards)

    Perhaps it's time to go, palDid you know that it's currently against the law for a California city to remove an illegal billboard -- provided said billboard has been in place (again, illegally) for five years without showing up on law-enforcement's radar? Who knew that, in a state where so many folk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Cantankerous Comic Book Store Guy Faces Closure, Gets By With a Little Help From His Super Friends

    Al Kizziah of the eponymous Al's Comics on Market Street is facing the BIFF! SOCK! POW! of the current economy, suffering from a bad bout of Kryptonite, or any other comics cliche you can toss his way. A longstanding problem with some bad debt has formed a tag team alliance with the new (non-) econo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Leno Says He'll Have Measure on Ballot to Kill 2/3 Threshold for State Budget Votes By 2010

    Sen. Mark LenoMark Leno just told SF Weekly he's slept two hours out of the past 48 and he may or may not be hallucinating. He's tired, he's angry, and he's about to cash in some of his political connections and kick start a fund-raising drive to ensure it never happens again. The San Francisco Stat ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2009

    The New Kid

    Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    Stealth Bloggers

    Posing as journalists, bloggers got paid to write positively about Mark Leno.

  • News

    June 25, 2008

    Gay Weddings We’d Really Like to See

    Posing as journalists, bloggers got paid to write positively about Mark Leno.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    And the Primary Results are In

    Posing as journalists, bloggers got paid to write positively about Mark Leno.

  • News

    May 14, 2008

    For Whom the Bridge Tolls

    Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    Mark Leno is First to Get Senate Campaign Ad On the Air

    Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    Bill Protects Employment Rights of Medical Marijuana Users

    Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

  • News

    December 19, 2007

    Embattled Harvey Milk Democratic Club prez Brian Basinger starts another Democratic Club

    Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

  • News

    September 12, 2007

    Leno's Hemp Screen

    Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    Leno, Migden, the Courts and Money: WTF?

    Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2007

    Matt Smith: Leno Accuses Migden of Wrongly Using $1 million

    Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

  • News

    March 7, 2007

    Fight Club

    Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

  • News

    July 12, 2006

    I Wish I'd Written That

    Deceased journalist Joe Dignan led coverage of California's movement toward gay equal rights

  • News

    April 20, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, April 20, 2005

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    Dumb as a Potted Plant

    Why is someone as smart as Mark Leno sponsoring genuinely stupid legislation to legalize hemp cultivation?

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    The New California Adventure

    Schwarzenegger budget policies are turning small cities and rural counties into post-apocalypse theme parks

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 22, 2002

  • News

    January 8, 2003

    High Quality

    If the city starts growing and selling its own dope, will it be any, uh, good?

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    The Horror

    Darkness descends at City Hall as supervisors argue ceaselessly over dogs and apartment size

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of March 27, 2002

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    Mark of Effectiveness

    Why Mark Leno ought to serve in the Assembly, and Harry Britt should go back to New College

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Power Politics

    Two major S.F. energy projects are in the works. Do we need both? The question isn't really being discussed.

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Et Tu, Mom?

    A new theme is already beginning to take shape this young campaign season: politicians betraying their heirs

  • News

    June 6, 2001

    Warning: Deconstruction Ahead

    The Village Voice thinks postmodern deconstructionism explains the S.F. Board of Supervisors; but why invoke Derrida, where ignorance will serve?

  • Calendar

    April 14, 1999

    Cothran

    The Village Voice thinks postmodern deconstructionism explains the S.F. Board of Supervisors; but why invoke Derrida, where ignorance will serve?

  • Calendar

    April 7, 1999

    Cothran

    The Village Voice thinks postmodern deconstructionism explains the S.F. Board of Supervisors; but why invoke Derrida, where ignorance will serve?

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