The initiative, which includes $15 thousand to fund the design, purchase and installation of historic building plaques, is aimed at revitalizing and restoring the Tenderloin’s historic identity. The program funds will be used to create an historic museum as well as neighborhood banners and brochures with guides to historic buildings and restaurants in the area.
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Swiss-born artiste Mona Caron was honored Saturday
during an official unveiling of her mural entitled “Windows into the Tenderloin.”
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
March 8, 2010
A recently completed mural in the Tenderloin by acclaimed artiste Mona Caron was officially unveiled Saturday with much fanfare, enthusiasm and celebration.
Located on the corner of Golden Gate Ave and Jones […]
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In a world threatened by Peak Oil, Transit Oriented Development is a development concept
aimed at encouraging the development of housing and commercial centers around mass-transit systems.
By Marc Salomon
March 4, 2010
Over the past ten years, the San Francisco Department of City Planning has rezoned much of the east side of San Francisco [0] for greater […]
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Former State Senator Carole Migden (AB117), CleanPowerSF founder Paul Fenn, San Francisco Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and David Campos, Sierra Club’s John Rizzo, and others, will speak and answer questions about this groundbreaking new project; and about recent attacks launched by Pacific Gas and Electric corporation to undermine both CleanPowerSF and other community based clean energy efforts throughout California.
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The physical altercation ensued following opening remarks by Mayor Bates when Mark Toney, Executive Director of The Utility Reform Network (TURN), interrupted the meeting to make a statement of protest against Proposition 16, a PG&E-sponsored measure on the June, California ballot, intended to protect PG&E’s monopoly against energy competition from municipalities and community choice aggregators.
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California High Speed Trains: Business Plan.
By Matt Drake, guest editorial
January 18, 2010
In November of 2008, Californians voted yes on Proposition 1A, a bond measure raising $10 billion to construct a high speed rail line linking San Francisco and southern California. When it is completed, we will be able to travel from downtown San Francisco to […]
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Markese Bryant raps about the legacy of Dr. King, President Obama, and how a growing movementis creating opportunities for communities of color through the green economy.
By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
January 18, 2010
America is struggling.
Families strive to make ends meet while facing an uncertain economic future. The deterioration of our environment - rather than slowing - continues to […]
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Supervisor Chris Daly
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Chris Daly, special to FogCityJournal.com
January 11, 2010
For 2010, I vow to use the word “fuck” in each of my remaining Board of Supervisors meetings.
A funny little status update on Facebook - 15 seconds to compose and share with my group of on-line friends. A minute more to link to […]
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“Obama wants to do George Bush one better by continuing the worst of his policies,
enact more of his own, and destroy the middle class to turn America
into Guatamala with ruling elites governing a nation of serfs.”
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Stephen Lendman
Author’s Note: Part II concludes an account of Obama’s betrayal, not promised change.
December 23, 2009
Obamacare […]
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