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Social Policy

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    New Immigration Reforms Basically Cite Months-Old Training Memos

    The U.S. Immigration and Custom's Enforcement agency has taken much criticism for its "Secure Communities" initiative, where participating local police departments give immigration officials access to the fingerprints of people brought into its jails. In September, for instance, a Department of Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Mitt Romney Visits Bay Area to Get as Far Away from Obamacare Debate As He Can

    ​While the U.S. Supreme Court debates the constitutionality of Obamacare over in D.C., GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has made sure to keep his distance from the debate -- literally. The former Massachusetts governor, who has been criticized himself over "Romneycare," traveled some 3,000 mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Anthony John Makk, Bradford Wells, Gay Binational Couple, Win DOMA Visa Fight

    ​Anthony John Makk -- the gay Australian national who has been fighting separation from his San Francisco spouse after his marriage visa petition was denied, won't be deported after all. The news came today when Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi told Makk and his partner of 19 years, Bradford Wells, that ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Anthony John Makk -- the gay Australian national who has been fighting separation from his San Francisco spouse after his marriage visa petition was denied, won't be deported after all. The news came today when Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi told Makk and his partner of 19 years, Bradford Wells, that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    OccupySF to Protest Jeb Bush, Rupert Murdoch in San Francisco Today

    Unless, of course, that check has six zeros ​OccupySF is getting its first brush with national -- and very conservative --  figures; protesters are planning to make their way down to the Palace Hotel this afternoon where right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    LGBT Equality: Bay Area Hospitals Are Leading the Country

    Human Rights Commissioner Cecilia Chung stars in the video on LGBT healthcare equality. ​Here is some good news coming on the heels of Gay Pride: Hospitals in the Bay Area -- San Francisco in particular -- are way ahead of the curve when it comes to how they treat LGBT patients, according to a Hum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    ICE Softens Its Stance on DREAM Act Kids, but Still Hazy On Gays

    Can Anthony Makk, left, and Bradford Wells get a break? ​The DREAM Act kids seem to be getting a break, but what about gay couples? A memo sent on Friday from the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to tell immigration officers to have a little heart when it comes to enforcing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Nancy Pelosi Didn't Help S.F. Restaurants Get Health Care Reform Waivers

    Republicans are just paranoid​Washington Republicans say they're shocked --  shocked that San Francisco restaurants obtained healthcare reform waivers handed out last month by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. They've even spun a conspiracy theory that says Congresswoman Na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Federal Fingerprinting Program May Still ID Illegal Immigrant Teens Shielded By City

    Looking for the right fingerprints​This week Mayor Ed Lee announced the city would stop alerting federal immigration officials about illegal immigrant youth they book into juvenile hall on felony charges -- if the teens have family in the Bay Area.Even with this new policy, immigration authorities ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Tony Material? Play at SF State to Dramatize University Budget Cuts

    In which the cheer coach makes off with the club's money and goes to Vegas.​Any playwright or screenwriter searching for their next big idea should consider the bizarre case of the San Francisco State cheerleading coach who embezzled the team's money to go to Las Vegas. We're thinking Kirsten Duns ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    SF Barometer: Construction Spending Up, Muni Complaints Down

    Muni riders stopped grousing, and started adapting to shoddy service​Is the recession over in San Francisco? There are still some 40,000 people without jobs, business is slow, and yes, food stamps are increasing. But here's a ray of hope. In December, the value of construction projects in the city ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2011

    Government lets fraudulent drug companies deal with Medicare

    Muni riders stopped grousing, and started adapting to shoddy service​Is the recession over in San Francisco? There are still some 40,000 people without jobs, business is slow, and yes, food stamps are increasing. But here's a ray of hope. In December, the value of construction projects in the city ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 15, 2010

    Grub and Citizen's Band try to reinvent comfort food

    Muni riders stopped grousing, and started adapting to shoddy service​Is the recession over in San Francisco? There are still some 40,000 people without jobs, business is slow, and yes, food stamps are increasing. But here's a ray of hope. In December, the value of construction projects in the city ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Conservative Immigration Think Tank Wants To Kill San Francisco's Federal Dollars

    Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...​San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a  memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    City Analysts Want to Target Healthy SF, Overtime Pay, Golf in New Round of Audits

    How healthy is Healthy San Francisco?​Officials in the office of the Board of Supervisors' Budget and Legislative Analyst have suggested that San Francisco's universal health-care program -- along with such topics as excessive overtime pay and the future of the city's public golf courses -- receiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    So You *Can* Opt Out of Secure Communities Fingerprinting Program. Will S.F. Be Allowed?

    ​Local officials are awaiting a response to San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey's letter yesterday, which once again asked federal immigration officials to allow San Francisco to opt out of the fingerprint ID program that targets illegal immigrants booked into jail. The request comes afte ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • News

    August 18, 2010

    Held Captive

    Coyotes who smuggle immigrants torture and extort their victims, helped by out government's failure to enact immigration reform.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Arizona Immigration Law's Appeal Will Come Through San Francisco

    The immigration debate is coming our way...​In the wake of Arizona's passage of the draconian and controversial SB 1070, San Francisco kick-started the boycott bandwagon and Mayor Gavin Newsom forbade city officials to travel to the Grand Canyon State. Now that Arizona law will be traveling to San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Swindler Dresses As Clown On Kiddie Bike To Impersonate Immigration Official

    Oh look! Two immigration officials! ​The evidence is in: To immigrants, there is little difference between an immigration authority and a clown on a kiddie bike. That was the disguise Frank Salvador Solorza used when impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official and extorting ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Supreme Court Won't Hear Challege to Healthy San Francisco

    ​The U.S. Supreme Court this morning delivered a major victory for gun ownership rights -- and also denied to hear a challenge to San Francisco's universal health care plan. So if you're uninsured and shot within city limits, this is your lucky day.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Muni To Cease Fare Evasion Saturation Stings

    Ashley HarrellYou won't be seeing this anymore -- to the relief of fare-evaders and terrified immigrants​Transit riders who still haven't gotten their May Fast Pass can breathe easier. Due to complaints from the immigrant community, Muni is halting its saturation stings of buses for fare evaders, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    'Truth' Takes Back Seat in Health Care Debate

    Yes, Virginia, she's infected -- with socialism! ​Health care, undoubtedly, is the subject du jour. We are in the midst of a crescendo of health care coverage so overpowering and unrelenting -- well, it could make you sick. But are we learning anything via the nonstop written and televised coverag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Hardball: SEIU Sends Out Newsom-Emblazoned Mailers

    Of course you know, this means war​In anticipation over today's pending battle at the Board of Supervisors meeting over whether or not to spend $8 million to save 40, 100, or 500 SEIU jobs at the Department of Public Health, the union has sent out a glossy, campaign-style mailer. And Gavin Newsom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Right-Wing Institute Gearing Up 'To Take Down San Francisco' Over Sanctuary City Policy

    Challengers to the city's proposed new sanctuary policy are already circling​You may remember the furor over the memo Mayor Gavin Newsom leaked from the city attorney stating the city would face a "likely legal challenge" if it changed the hard-line policy towards reporting undocumented juveniles ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Gavin Goes Hollywood

    Challengers to the city's proposed new sanctuary policy are already circling​You may remember the furor over the memo Mayor Gavin Newsom leaked from the city attorney stating the city would face a "likely legal challenge" if it changed the hard-line policy towards reporting undocumented juveniles ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Challengers to the city's proposed new sanctuary policy are already circling​You may remember the furor over the memo Mayor Gavin Newsom leaked from the city attorney stating the city would face a "likely legal challenge" if it changed the hard-line policy towards reporting undocumented juveniles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Supreme Court Sends S.F. Restaurateurs' Order Back -- No Emergency Order For You!

    Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy today informed San Francisco restaurant owners that he found their legal petition to be cold, undercooked, and full of gristle -- before sending it back. Kennedy spurned the Golden Gate Restaurant Association's application for an emergency order that would have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Obama Gives Shout-Out to Newsom on Universal Health Care

    The president told Gavin Newsom that universal health care is a capital ideaIn our story about the city's plastic bag ban, this paper said it best: San Francisco is a city that likes to be scratched behind the ears by an adoring world.  The city got its adoration from high places today: Preside ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2009

    Be Green

    The president told Gavin Newsom that universal health care is a capital ideaIn our story about the city's plastic bag ban, this paper said it best: San Francisco is a city that likes to be scratched behind the ears by an adoring world.  The city got its adoration from high places today: Preside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    MarketWatch on Healthy SF: A Dollar Fee? You Gonna Eat That?

    The president told Gavin Newsom that universal health care is a capital ideaIn our story about the city's plastic bag ban, this paper said it best: San Francisco is a city that likes to be scratched behind the ears by an adoring world.  The city got its adoration from high places today: Preside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Supervisors play "You cut WHAT?" with the Mayor while city code gets tighter, and tighter. It's ...

    The president told Gavin Newsom that universal health care is a capital ideaIn our story about the city's plastic bag ban, this paper said it best: San Francisco is a city that likes to be scratched behind the ears by an adoring world.  The city got its adoration from high places today: Preside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    SF Health Care Facing Severe Budget Cuts

    The president told Gavin Newsom that universal health care is a capital ideaIn our story about the city's plastic bag ban, this paper said it best: San Francisco is a city that likes to be scratched behind the ears by an adoring world.  The city got its adoration from high places today: Preside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    Judge Orders ISP to Freeze WikiLeaks' Domain Name

    The president told Gavin Newsom that universal health care is a capital ideaIn our story about the city's plastic bag ban, this paper said it best: San Francisco is a city that likes to be scratched behind the ears by an adoring world.  The city got its adoration from high places today: Preside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2007

    Carbon offsets for all! Supes take 3 week vacation (and counting) while Newsom goes into productivity overdrive - either way we're screwed. It's ...

    The president told Gavin Newsom that universal health care is a capital ideaIn our story about the city's plastic bag ban, this paper said it best: San Francisco is a city that likes to be scratched behind the ears by an adoring world.  The city got its adoration from high places today: Preside ... More >>

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    Immigrant Song

    It's not just the national anthem being sung in Spanish that's got anti-immigration folks riled up. Which side of the fence are you on?

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    The Asylum Trap

    Unscrupulous attorneys prey on immigrants seeking green cards with an expensive and fruitless legal scheme. Now 29 Mexicans have joined the disbarment case against one such lawyer.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of June 11, 2003

  • News

    October 25, 2000

    Shelter from the Storm

    Should the U.S. give asylum to victims of domestic violence? A Mission District woman's case may help decide that question.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    See George Educate

    A Texas journalist gives George W. Bush his due

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Torture of a Transsexual

    In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Private Places

    Gay activists push for return of traditional bathhouses

  • Calendar

    January 14, 1998

    Night + Day

    Gay activists push for return of traditional bathhouses

  • News

    October 22, 1997

    Immigration Hide 'n' Seek

    INS on offensive; Hispanic activists play defense

  • Calendar

    January 15, 1997

    Unspun

    INS on offensive; Hispanic activists play defense

  • News

    July 10, 1996

    Give Me Your Healthy

    The immigration crackdown has Latinos fleeing mainstream medicine

  • News

    July 19, 1995

    Hep Help

    The immigration crackdown has Latinos fleeing mainstream medicine

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