San Francisco Chronicle Panders to Newsom Ketchup Lie

Mayor Gavin Newsom and First Lady Jennifer Siebel glad hand Pride celebrants Sunday following a die-in protest, sans Ketchup. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June 30, 2009 The San Francisco Chronicle is up to its usual tricks of inventing propaganda and pandering to the political establishment. According to an article posted today by [...]

 

Newsom Budget Protests Continue

A candlelight vigil was held yesterday outside City Hall to protest Mayor Gavin Newsom’s budget which includes over $125 million in cuts to health and human services. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June 30, 2009 Protests against Mayor Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal continued Monday with a candlelight vigil and die-in outside City Hall. [...]

 

Brown to Officially Announce Candidacy for Governor

California Attorney General Jerry Brown at the annual Alice B. Toklas Pride Breakfast yesterday. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June 29, 2009 Juicy news in the 2010 race for California governor; Attorney General Jerry Brown will officially declare his candidacy in “a few months,” Fog City Journal has learned. “Now that Antonio Villaraigosa’s [...]

 

A Tribute to Thomas Berry 1914-2009:
Prophet of the Ecozoic Era

Thomas Berry, 1914-2009 By Steven Chapman June 29, 2009 Earlier this month, on June 1, the Earth became a little bit darker.  Father Thomas Berry, cultural historian, visionary cosmologist, “geologian,” and mentor to many, passed away in his hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina. Berry was one of the most original and creative thinkers of the [...]

 

LGBT Activists Protest Newsom’s Budget,
Stage Pride Die-In

Public health and human service activists staged a die-in protest during Pride 2009 today to draw attention to Mayor Gavin Newsom’s budget that includes over $121 million in cuts to health and human services. Photos by Luke Thomas From Direct Action to Stop the Cuts, Coalition for Budget Justice, Coalition to Save Public Health June [...]

 

Is the Community Justice Court
Meeting its Intended Purpose?

Judi Iranyi By Judi Iranyi, guest editorial June 28, 2009 According to an “Analysis of the Outcomes of the San Francisco Community Justice Court” by Milissa Sills (June 17, 2009), a majority of the cases heard by San Francisco’s Community Justice Court (CJC) were discharged as were over 90 percent of the following types of [...]

 

Pride Marchers Find Shame in Mayor’s Budget

From Coalition to Save Public Health June 27, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – While celebrating at their floats this year, many of the marchers at Sunday’s Gay Pride Parade will also be protesting inequities in Mayor Newsom’s 2009-2010 budget, released earlier this month. LGBT organizations such as the Harvey Milk Democratic Club and Pride-at-Work will be [...]