Subject:

Tom Ammiano

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Wait Until 2014: Marijuana Legalization All But Dead in California

    ​Union Pulls Plug on Medical Reform, Other Ballot Measures Starved For Cash; Legislature, Ammiano Last Hope for Reform NowNobody likes to celebrate with a loss, but for the medical marijuana movement, 2010 and the historic defeat of semi-legalization measure Proposition 19 already look like the go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    California's Year of the Nanny

    Tom Ammiano: Not an abuser of nannies. ​This has been the Year Of The Nanny in California politics. There was Meg Whitman's undocumented nanny who accused her of not paying her enough, which was perhaps the death knell to Whitman's gubernatorial campaign (Okay, technically, that was last year). Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Ammiano Wants Drug Overdosers To Call 911 -- And Have No Fear

    Overdosing doesn't have to be a crime​Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has introduced another drug-friendly bill this week. But this one would provide immunity from prosecution to anyone who calls 911 for a drug overdose.The bill applies to both the person overdosing or someone who reports the overdose, as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Chris Daly Won't Quit Tom Ammiano

    Chris Daly is still hoping to cast a vote for Tom Ammiano -- will Tom let him? ​Earlier today we reported that Supervisor Chris Daly has started an online petition to implore Assemblyman Tom Ammiano to be our next mayor. Ammiano, meanwhile, told SF Weekly in no uncertain terms he doesn't want the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Baylinks: Legalization, Barbie, & Death to Newspapers

    Celebrate! ​Is there any S.F. pol who wants to legalize the herb (not including Tom Ammiano)? [SFAppeal]San Francisco AIDS Foundation might not have your money. [New York Times]Celebrate Chris Daly. [BeyondChron]

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    New York Passes Nanny Rights Bill; California's Pending

    Now she can afford two spoonfuls of sugar...​New York beat out California, passing the nation's first law that extends workers' rights to the under-the-radar laborers who keep homes with two working parents going: The people who cook, clean, and care for kids. The New York bill, which passed yeste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Guardian Editors Would Benefit from Prop. 13 Legislation They Endorsed

    It's always nice to get in the game early and pull up the ladder after you...​On Nov. 3, 2003 the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Warren Buffett in which the Nebraska billionaire explained his negative view of California's Proposition 13, the 1978 law that limits property tax assessmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Will Tea Partiers Kill Pro-Marijuana Measure?

    Fibonacci BlueSo paranoid. So uptight. So stiff. What could cure this? Hmmm...​On today of all days, marijuana is on everyone's mind. But that goes doubly for politicians: Just last week, state Democratic Party chairman John Burton told media that he and fellow Dems (like that Jerry Brown guy) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Leno: Even if Maldonado Becomes Lt. Gov, Republican Voters Won't Back a Latino

    La respuesta del Senador Maldonado en español from CA Senate GOP on Vimeo. Sen. Mark Leno, the sole San Francisco legislator to vote in favor of installing Republican Abel Maldonado as the state's next Lieutenant Governor, said he has good reasons for casting his vote the way he did. But he said M ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

    Weed Takes Root

    Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2010

    Sparking Interest: The Year in Marijuana Reporting

    In San Francisco, marijuana is always a topic of interest. This past year saw the city dealing with the ins and outs of medical marijuana and grappling with a debate over decriminalization. Here are some of our most read posts on the issues.Get Up, Stand Up: Ammiano Introduces Marijuana Legalization ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Top Ten Most Read Snitch Posts of 2009

    It's almost the end of the year, and we're extremely grateful to the readers who visited our site in 2009. Here are the Snitch posts that garnered the highest readership, and reflect what is truly important to you: sex, crime, and weed. And serial killers.10. Lawsuit Alleges ER Doctor Let Man D ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    List: Do not open until Christmas

    It's almost the end of the year, and we're extremely grateful to the readers who visited our site in 2009. Here are the Snitch posts that garnered the highest readership, and reflect what is truly important to you: sex, crime, and weed. And serial killers.10. Lawsuit Alleges ER Doctor Let Man D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Marijuana Legalization TV Ads to Hit Airwaves Starting Today

    At a time when the governor and legislature have all but exchanged small arms fire over Arnold Schwarzenegger's insistence on a "no new taxes budget," a group of Californians today will begin airing ads pleading for the right to pay more taxes. Of course, a number of stations, including at least a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Mirkarimi Jumps on the Marijuana Express -- and Our Bowl Runneth Over

    Try San Francisco-brand medical marijuana!Coming on the heels of Tom Ammiano's marijuana legalization bill in the Assembly, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's Tuesday proposal that San Francisco jump into the medical pot dispensary game was a bonanza for media types and marijuana nay-sayers: Everyone got t ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2009

    Marketing Marijuana

    Suggestions for brand names in S.F.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Ammiano: Gavin Newsom has 'Tainted' Healthy San Francisco

    Assemblyman Tom AmmianoAssemblyman Tom Ammiano knows you're angry -- he's angry too! But as many members of the progressive community, his natural base, begin to gripe about the city's plan to plow ahead full-bore with Healthy San Francisco -- the city's universal health care plan -- while slashing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Ammiano Says There Was No 'Wink-Wink, Nod-Nod' Behind Ruling Giving Him 14 Years as Supe

    Tom Ammiano says neither winking, nodding, nor a combination of both benefitted his political careerEarlier this week, SF Weekly reported on how Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier is prepared to take the city to court if City Attorney Dennis Herrera doesn't reverse a 2008 ruling that deems her termed ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    SF Gov InAction Fire Sale: Supes Sell Their Legacies Off for Pennies on the Dollar

    By Benjamin Wachs Come on down to San Francisco, boys and girls, where the deals are hot, hot, HOT! That's right, I'm Crraaaaaaazy Gavin Newsom, and this week everything must go! We have an ENORMOUS deficit looming up after the holidays and our entire inventory must be cleared out! No deal t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    The Face That Launched A Thousand Quips: Tom Ammiano Bids Adieu to His Constituency

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    SF Gov InAction: Overtime Report Catches City Departments Working! Democracy will Save the Eastern Neighborhoods!

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Get Yer Yuk-Yuks Out: Comedy Day Returns Once Again to Golden Gate Park

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    News & Booze Friday Edition - Absentee Mayor Puts ID Program on Hold, is Gavin Newsom Breaking Up with Us?

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

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

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    MTA War Is Brewing on MLK Day as Archduke Gavin Newsom Inspects His Troops. It's ...

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Writer's Strikes Sends SF Government into Re-Runs: It's! ...

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2007

    SF Supes Propose Less Coke-Snorting, Higher Rents to Pay for Parks: It's SFGovernmentInAction!

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 26, 2007

    Is It Hot Out Here?

    Finally, a reason to visit Sacramento By Joe Eskenazi After eight years of racking up some of the world’s best off-color, gay-themed double-entendres – and, incidentally, governing San Francisco – Supervisor Tom Ammiano tossed a few last one-liners to his adoring public before opting to lea ... More >>

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    Making (Radio) Waves

    The mayor's Wi-Fi plan is about to have its signal blocked by a group of activists

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    Reeferzilla Meets NIMBY-Ra

    And unfortunately it's not science fiction. It's San Francisco politics, and the winner used some interesting jujitsu.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Unbalanced Budgeting

    The city's proposed parking-rate increases are a scandal. They aren't nearly large enough.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Of Asterisks and Small Pols

    When the city government tries to play satire police with the press, everyone with a sense of humor -- and a belief in the Constitution -- should be concerned

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Vapidity Fair

    Gavin Newsom's anti-homeless campaign is disgusting, but he's the only mayoral candidate talking substance

  • News

    October 16, 2002

    You Don't Own Me

    Touring the glamorous homes of the opponents of Prop. R, which would allow thousands of renters per year to buy their own apartments

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of September 25, 2002

  • News

    January 10, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Board of Supervisors; Population Growth; Dot-com Layoffs

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Nothing happened last week – and Laurel Wellman tells you all about it

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Runoff election; Fangxaminer Watch monitors amusing errors

  • News

    August 30, 2000

    The Revolution is Canceled

    How the grand plan for district elections could backfire

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Summer in the City; I See Dead People; Worker's Playtime

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    Interview with Tom Ammiano

    The full transcript of SF Weekly's interview with man who would be mayor

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    Dog Bites

    Who Needs to Think When Your Feet Just Go?

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    Breaking Ranks

    Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

  • News

    October 20, 1999

    Mecklin

    Ammiano's Surprise, and Promise

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Cut-and-Paste Pols

    Don't think any of the candidates for mayor measure up? Then build your own.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Dog Bites

    Don't think any of the candidates for mayor measure up? Then build your own.

  • Calendar

    October 14, 1998

    Cothran

    Don't think any of the candidates for mayor measure up? Then build your own.

  • Calendar

    October 15, 1997

    The Grid

    Don't think any of the candidates for mayor measure up? Then build your own.

  • Calendar

    June 4, 1997

    The Grid

    Don't think any of the candidates for mayor measure up? Then build your own.

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    Cops Watching Cops

    Police watchdog agency the Office of Citizen Complaints braces for its fifth lame director

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