The financial crisis has helped Tom Ammiano craft one of his best one-liners yetReached in his Sacramento office during a rare down moment, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano told SF Weekly he's hopeful the "Financial Armageddon" Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned about (apparently lifting liberally from his old scripts) may well be averted -- today. The San Francisco assemblyman said there is a light at the end of the long tunnel, though it may be a train. "And the conductor of that train is [Abel] Maldona
In exchange for his vote, Sen. Abel Maldonado required the political equivalent of a date with this manWhen we last spoke with Assemblyman Tom Ammiano on Monday, he predicted a budget by that day or Wednesday at the latest. So, he was off by seven hours -- legislators obtained the Republican vote they needed at around 6:55 this morning. Ammiano was also on the mark that the "conductor of the train" for the deal in the State Senate was Sen. Abel Maldonado, who provided the vote today that put the
Dorothea Lange, San Francisco, 1933 -- from the SFMOMA collectionBack to the future?In a case of debating whether the glass is half full or half empty -- but, upon further analysis, realizing the glass contains something nasty -- the state's Employment Development Department this morning released the latest job statistics for San Francisco and the rest of the state. Woof. Not pretty. With the numbers gathered for last month in hand, the EDD reports California has a whopping 10.9 percent unemploy
CSU-San Luis Obispo Public AffairsRoberta AchtenbergYou can't bar the disabled from federal housing. Ditto that for racial or religious minorities, the aged, or nearly any other group -- but homosexuals. Amazingly, in 2009, one can still be barred from a place in federally funded housing based upon his or her sexual orientation. In fact, San Francisco's Roberta Achtenberg was nearly prevented from being the federal official overseeing fair housing because of her sexual orientation; Sen. Jesse He
William Randolph Hearst's heirs want to build hotels and a golf course on his seaside estate, below his fabled castle. Ranchers and environmentalists are raising Kane.
James Duncan DavidsonA sign of the times...The State Employment Development Department today released its monthly accounting of where the state's employment handbasket is in its journey toward hell. And it's a good news-bad news situation akin to: "We've got fresh vegetables -- but we're serving them for dessert." So, the unemployment totals are down from last month and, as always, significantly better than the state at large. That's the good news. The lousy news is that the numbers are still ug
Do ask, do tell: San Franciscans on Obama's promise to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." [Mission Loc@l]Crescent City man accused of threatening Obama via email. [SFist]Missed your stop? Blame Obama. [Richmond Blog]An interview with the woman who intervened in last week's Muni fight. [Muni Diaries]Picture this: new local photoblog showcases awesome shots. [Caliber]Epic Roasthouse and Waterbar pay up for not having enough patio seating. [Curbed]Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo yanks Michael Pollan talk
Jim HerdThere is grandeur in this view of life...Text by Joe Eskenazi. Gorgeous photos by Jim Herd. In the many months between when we first reported the inception of the San Francisco-based United Football League up to the moment we wandered into a largely abandoned AT&T Park for the Saturday night home debut of the California Redwoods, we never did figure out the league's "mission statement." The UFL, it reads, "was developed to fulfill the unmet needs of football fans in major markets
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