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Tax Policy

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    S.F. Workers Plan "Wisconsin-style" Takeover of City Hall Tonight

    Hundreds of local laborers are planning to storm City Hall tonight to "oppose further service cuts and call on the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors for business tax reform."And if the mayor and city supervisors don't listen, workers are planning to roll out their sleeping bags and stay the night, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Tea Party Warrior: Report Medical Marijuana Clubs to the IRS and Get Rich

    ​For Paul Chabot, the War on Drugs is personal indeed: Before he became a Navy man, a campus cop, and a former National Drug Control Policy staffer, he was in drug rehab for alcohol and marijuana addiction himself -- at the young age of 12, according to his online bio.In his latest tactical maneuv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Congressman Pete Stark Aims to Save Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Big Bucks

    You've got a friend in high places​As if raids from gun-toting Drug Enforcement Agency agents weren't enough to make stoners paranoid, California's medical marijuana clubs can also be shut down real fast by the IRS. That's because the Internal Revenue Service has declared that California's legal m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Obama Asks San Francisco "Are You In" for 2012?

    Are you FB friends with Obama?​After a short and public visit to Facebook in Silicon Valley, President Barack Obama headed up to San Francisco yesterday evening where he drove past the Golden Gate Bridge on his way to the Masonic Center in Nob Hill.  "One of the greatest views in the world," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    A Moderate Move: S.F. Supervisors Try to Lure Twitter with Tax Breaks

    Moderately progressive​Yesterday was the first real showing of how the political pendulum on the Board of Supervisors has swung the other way -- toward the moderates. Supervisor Jane Kim rolled out business-friendly legislation, which sparked criticism from progressives; even former Supervisor Chr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    The Examiner's Hilarious Political Endorsements

    ​God help me, but it's true: I love America's Funniest Home Videos. Thanks to YouTube, you can find more than enough old episodes. You turn the sound off -- be gone, Bob Saget! -- and bliss. It's so predictable, yet so hilarious. Men working on roofs are gonna fall. Skateboarders will not land whe ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​God help me, but it's true: I love America's Funniest Home Videos. Thanks to YouTube, you can find more than enough old episodes. You turn the sound off -- be gone, Bob Saget! -- and bliss. It's so predictable, yet so hilarious. Men working on roofs are gonna fall. Skateboarders will not land whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Hunters Point, Taxes Get Supes' Approval

    ​San Francisco's Board of Supervisors didn't need to wait until the wee hours of the morning this time to give the greenlight the massive Hunters Point Naval Shipyard redevelopment, as was the case earlier this month. Yesterday, the supes approved the Environmental Impact Report for the project at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Guardian Editor: How Dare You Call Me Anti-Tax?

    The San Francisco Bay Guardian's Tim Redmond today called us with some spirited criticism of an item we ran last week stating the paper's editors would personally benefit from Prop. 13 legislation they endorsed.In the item, we noted that the paper had endorsed Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's AB 2492, whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    New City Program Helps Homeowners Slash PG&E Bill

    Look! Green! Green!​But Some Consumers May Be Better Off Looking Elsewhere To Fund Green Home Improvements, Program's Architect AcknowledgesMayor Gavin Newsom this evening will hold an "Internet town hall" to tout a new program helping property owners pay for energy-saving improvements. Dubbed Gre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 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, espe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    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' uprisi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    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 explai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    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 ask ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    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

  • News

    October 29, 2003

    The Migden Chronicles

    One of the last standing Democrats writes the treatment for a flick in which a befuddled sci-fi hero helps California to a better future

  • Music

    October 8, 2003

    Sonic Dissidents

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

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    Unintended Consequences

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

  • News

    September 20, 1995

    Dog Bites

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

  • News

    May 3, 1995

    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

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