Subject: Tax Policy

• Tom Ammiano Compares Capitol to "Alice in Wonderland" -- and He's Alice

  San Franciscans already know that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only Sacramento politician with a background in film. That was Assemblyman Tom Ammiano playing himself in Milk -- and while it wasn't a stretch for Ammiano to play Ammiano, his next project may call for a bit more range. When asked for his his impressions of Sacramento after a month and change as a legislator, the former supervisor immediately replied, "It's kind of like Alice in Wonderland and I guess I'm Alice right now." A

  January 16, 2009

• Dog Bites

  September 20, 1995

• SEIU: Mayor Agrees to Push 'Tax Hike' For November Ballot

  Following a marathon negotiating session with the mayor's office, the SEIU last week agreed to a series of concessions that could save the city scores of millions of dollars. The details of those concessions were not released to the public, but SF Weekly tracked down an inside SEIU source who explained what was going on. A series of "key provisions" posted today on the SEIU's Web site confirmed much of what our source told us -- with one intriguing addition: The city and county agreed to work wi

  April 7, 2009

• Gutted

  How the nursing home industry, organized labor, John Burton, and Arnold Schwarzenegger are cooperating to guarantee giant health care corporations huge profits -- using billions of your dollars

  August 25, 2004

• The Migden Chronicles

  October 29, 2003

• Sonic Dissidents

  Stop Bush! Stop the Republicans! Slackers unite: It's time, once again, to "Rock the Vote."

  October 8, 2003

• Unintended Consequences

  Right-wingers cooked up the Gray Davis recall only to see it hijacked by a political moderate named Arnold

  August 20, 2003

• Dollars Without Sense

  For 25 years, Harvey Ross has rooted out the waste and lies of politicians and bureaucrats. But some say he's too lost in the line items to see the big picture

  May 3, 1995

• California Voters Emulate Mel Brooks Song. Yes, Things Have Gotten Out of Hand.

  Let's put it this way: When the Howard Jarvis anti-tax zealots are crowing in victory and San Francisco voters roundly reject a series of ballot measures -- well, something was out of kilter in this election universe to begin with. The straightforward portrayal of this as an anti-tax voters' uprising -- already under way -- is simplistic. A wide variety of liberals, libertarians, and conservatives soundly defeated these measures -- because they were crap. Not that we're in for good times as a r

  May 20, 2009

• Chronic City: The 'Oaksterdam Model' For Legal Pot In California

  Oaksterdam UniversityWith Oakland broke and growing broker (like many other American cities), calls for the city to get into the growing and selling of medical marijuana are being taken more seriously.The idea seems a lot less crazy when you take a look at the potential revenue to be generated, especially in conjunction with the near-emergency condition of Oakland's municipal budget. Additionally, now that Attorney General Eric Holder has pledged that the Obama administration will stop federal r

  June 17, 2009