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Theresa Sparks

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Hate Crime Allegations Dismissed in Attack on S.F. Transgender Woman

    This isn't exactly how the LGBT community imagined kicking off gay pride ​SF Weekly readers might recall the incident two months ago when two men were arrested after beating a transgender woman on the 16th Street BART plaza. Well, despite the public outcry over the incident -- which sparked a rall ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    Double Drain: Program Pays Cops Pensions While Still on the Force

    This isn't exactly how the LGBT community imagined kicking off gay pride ​SF Weekly readers might recall the incident two months ago when two men were arrested after beating a transgender woman on the 16th Street BART plaza. Well, despite the public outcry over the incident -- which sparked a rall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Theresa Sparks Honored For Election To Board of Supervisors. Problem: She Wasn't.

    Ms. Sparks, we've got some news for you...​Theresa Sparks will not be a San Francisco supervisor. Yet she has been named one of the year's top politicos for winning a seat on the Board of Supervisors. Say what? Along with Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski, Sparks is named as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Human Rights Campaign To Move Into Harvey Milk's Camera Store

    Harvey Milk has been enlisted by the HRC​In what some grassroots gay activists are calling an "insult," the Human Rights Campaign is about to move into the location of Harvey Milk's old camera store at 575 Castro Street. It will be the new San Francisco "action center" providing information on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Supes Races Too Close to Call

    Four supes-to-be will be 'crowned' on Friday, leading to a memorable weekend. Their identities are not so clear. ​It's going to be a hell of a weekend for a quartet of San Franciscans. While the vast majority of San Francisco votes have been counted, late absentees and others will keep the city fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    San Francisco Besieged by Tons of Political Junk Mail

    Crap​A colleague recently plopped his accumulated political mail of the last three-odd weeks down on our desk. Campaign fliers alone stacked more than an inch high and weighed around a pound. The voter information pamphlet for the city and state nearly tripled the poundage. That's a ton of politic ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2010

    The Identity Card

    Voting by race has made the city's political representation more Asian. It could be what puts 33-year-old Jane Kim on the board of supervisors.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Only In SF: Theresa Sparks, Transgender Former Sex Toy Exec, 'Conservative' Candidate

    ​​"Only in San Francisco" is a trite and overused phrase all too often employed to belittle our city's good intentions as it establishes bond financing to pave the road to hell. And yet, sometimes, you've just got to take a step back, look at what's going on here, and shake your head: Theresa Sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Theresa Sparks and Jane Kim, Sisters of Secrecy

    Photo of Jane Kim | Luke ThomasTheresa Sparks and Jane Kim would rather not receive your birthday greetings, it would seem​We weren't the only ones to notice something a bit odd in the most recent edition of the Central City Extra. In a two-page spread, a dozen would-be successors to District ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Target Targeted By Angry S.F. Supervisor Candidates

    Everyone loves the dog. Everyone hates his employer. ​When candidates running for the Board of Supervisors were asked what they thought about Target's plans to open a pair of San Francisco outlets, their opinions were like discount footwear at the big box store: plentiful, hard to miss -- and unco ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    Dispute over who gets to run city parking garages leads to allegations of a shakedown

    Everyone loves the dog. Everyone hates his employer. ​When candidates running for the Board of Supervisors were asked what they thought about Target's plans to open a pair of San Francisco outlets, their opinions were like discount footwear at the big box store: plentiful, hard to miss -- and unco ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    Why the police commission doesn't discipline bad cops

    Everyone loves the dog. Everyone hates his employer. ​When candidates running for the Board of Supervisors were asked what they thought about Target's plans to open a pair of San Francisco outlets, their opinions were like discount footwear at the big box store: plentiful, hard to miss -- and unco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    No, Chris Daly Won't Endorse Theresa Sparks. She Can Live With That.

    Theresa Sparks​You may recall that less than a week after the SF Weekly published a profile last fall on soon-to-be District 6 Supervisor candidate Theresa Sparks, current District 6 supervisor Chris Daly wrote his own 2,500 word diatribe railing against Sparks' "mainstream" politics and how the W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Chris Daly In No Hurry to Handpick His Successor

    Eenie Meanie Miney Mo...​Last week, SF Weekly grilled Supervisor Chris Daly's potential progressive successors in District 6 about whether they desired the mixed bag that is Daly's official blessing. Both Debra Walker and Jane Kim hemmed and hawed. "Chris' endorsement really helps and it can reall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Theresa Sparks' Campaign Manager: That Shit's Not Mine!

    That's a Snickers bar. We guarantee it. ​District 6 Supervisorial candidate Theresa Sparks may only have declared her official intention to run yesterday, but she's been publicly deliberating her run for quite some time. In fact, her unofficial -- but soon to be paid and official -- campaign manag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    What We Learned in 2009: Matier & Ross Read SF Weekly

    A little while ago, Michael Petrelis and another local blogger groused about Chronicle columnists Matier & Ross not giving them credit for stories they broke. I'm sure I speak for veteran alt-weekly scribes everywhere when I say, Welcome to our world! For decades, daily newspapers have re-w ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    A little while ago, Michael Petrelis and another local blogger groused about Chronicle columnists Matier & Ross not giving them credit for stories they broke. I'm sure I speak for veteran alt-weekly scribes everywhere when I say, Welcome to our world! For decades, daily newspapers have re-w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Chris Daly May Know a Lot about a Lot -- But He Doesn't Know Jack About SF Weekly

    Chris Daly​I want to thank Supervisor Chris Daly. I want to thank the man for forcing me to read through his turgid, 2,500-word polemic about supervisorial candidate Theresa Sparks and how "big money" has supposedly been showered upon this newspaper in return for a cover story. Now we know what it ... 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

    October 16, 2009

    Supe Candidate Who Earlier Proposed Kickoff/Withdrawal Event Now Says He's In It To Win It

    Police Chief George Gascon (left) dropped by District 6 Supe candidate David Villa-Lobos' campaign kickoff last night​District 6 Supervisorial candidate David Villa-Lobos thought we were giving him a hard time when we described him as "mercurial" last week. That wasn't our intention. But, really, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Transgender Activists Staying Home From Obama Protests, But Waiting for President to Back Up Trans-Friendly Words

    Code Pink on the left! Teabaggers on the right! Apparently, however, the transgender community still has President Obama's back.​While Michelle Obama marked an earlier San Francisco visit by getting her hands dirty volunteering at a Bayview playground, the O will be skipping a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Theresa Sparks Moving to District 6 This Weekend, 'Leaning Very Heavily' Toward Running for Supervisor

    Theresa Sparks​After weeks of speculation about whether Human Rights Commission director Theresa Sparks is about to move to District 6 and run for supervisor, Sparks tells us she signed a lease on an apartment at Turk and Van Ness last week. She says she is moving from her current ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Mercurial Supe Candidate Announces Date For Kickoff Event -- Or Will It Be His Withdrawal?

    David Villa-Lobos -- now you see him, now you don't?​If you send a mixed message -- but send it consistently -- are you really sending a mixed message? That's the koan followers of local politics can ponder when it comes to longshot District 6 Supervisorial candidate David Villa-Lobos. The Tenderl ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2009

    The Outsider

    George Gascon is S.F.'s first police chief in 30 years who wasn't homegrown — and he's promising big changes. Criminals and lazy cops, you have been warned.

  • News

    June 17, 2009

    SFPD's shadow disciplinary system wastes taxpayer money

    George Gascon is S.F.'s first police chief in 30 years who wasn't homegrown — and he's promising big changes. Criminals and lazy cops, you have been warned.

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Heads of Fire, Police Departments Frown On Proposed Budget Cuts

    Last night, the Board of Supervisors proposed cuts of about $82 million to the budgets of San Francisco police, fire and sheriff's departments. Today, those departments got together and called a press conference. Police Chief Heather Fong, Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, Police Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Police Commission Confirms Three Chief Hopefuls, Mayor Expected to Make Swift Choice

    Police Commission President Theresa Sparks announced Wednesday she had forwarded to the mayor the names of three finalists in the race to replace retiring police chief Heather Fong."My perception, and this is just a guess, that the process will now move very quickly," said Sparks, following a closed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    S.F. Ticketing Program Could Open Costly Pandora's Box For City

    Joe EskenaziFormer SPOT director Pat Tobin lectures a mover during a hearing. Contractors claim such hearings denied them their right to due process -- and members of the Police Commission worry this could be true.Wednesday night's hearing regarding a controversial police ticketing program was not n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Condi Rice for Next SFPD Chief! And Other Ideas From Last Night's Tenderloin Policing Forum

    Peter JamisonPolice Commission President Theresa Sparks (right) talks it outAhhhh, democracy. Try as we might, it never quite runs according to script, save in those enlightened, post-democratic nations -- such as Russia, Haiti or Uzbekistan -- that have figured out how to tame the snarling beast of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    SF's New Top Cop Won't Have Contract Protection

    By John Geluardi The San Francisco Police Commission will begin the New Year by kicking off a national search for new police chief who, unfortunately, will be denied a critical tool to make improvements on one of the most dysfunctional departments in the country. Chief Heather Fong, who will step ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    The Chief Is In (for Now)

    With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

  • News

    June 4, 2008

    To Serve & Collect

    Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

    Last Night: Margaret Cho Day at City Hall

    Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Halloween in Fallujah: Timeline to Castro Meltdown

    Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Castro Halloween: ‘100,000 People are Coming. Where Will They Urinate?’

    Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Cops Who SPY

    Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

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