Death Penalty System “Close to Collapse”

By Julia Cheever June 30, 2008 A commission created by the California Senate four years ago released a report today saying the state’s death penalty system is broken and “close to collapse.” The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice said the state’s death row of 670 inmates is the largest in the nation [...]

 

Moyers on Big Oil

June 30, 2008

 

Newsom: “We will fight back” against the NRA

June 30, 2008 Part 1 Part 2

 

Dancing With the One Who Brung Ya

” District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly Photos by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly June 30, 2008 Because of you, tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America. On the same evening that Barack Obama, a former community organizer, captured the [...]

 

Herrera Vows to Seek Sanctions Against NRA

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Photo by Luke Thomas From the Office of City Attorney Dennis Herrera June 30, 2008 Gun Advocates’ ‘Factually Slipshod’ Legal Challenge Improperly Names S.F., Asserts Facts Contradicted By Their Own Exhibits SAN-FRANCISCO – City Attorney Dennis Herrera today vowed to seek sanctions in Federal Court for a “factually slipshod” [...]

 

Open Letter to Supervisor Jake McGoldrick

By Pat Monk June 30, 2008 Dear Jake, Good morning. I have to confess that sometimes the positions you take leave me totally bewitched, bothered and bewildered. You are frequently a strong voice for humane, progressive principles and policies, but then you unaccountably fall prey to the darker forces that lurk within us all, much [...]

 

A Legacy of Pain

By Mike Lynberg June 30, 2008 After they made hundreds of people sick on the Central Coast, and nearly killed at least two children, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Secretary A. G. Kawamura of the CDFA are changing tactics and no longer aerial spraying highly populated cities with untested pesticides. For that, residents of Northern and [...]