An “excessive” heatwave, expected later this week,
combined with smoke and air pollution from numerous wildfires,
prompted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today
to implement Phase II of California’s Contingency Plan.
Photo by Duncan McIntosh
From the Office of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
July 7, 2008
In response to anticipated forecasts by the National Weather Service of temperatures in the 90s and 100s in […]
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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 Central California […]
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By John Hoctor
June 28, 2008
A federal judge ruled Wednesday against two veterans organizations seeking injunctive relief against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti rejected the groups claims arguing his court lacked jurisdiction.
The veterans groups are asking for fast-track intervention to order expeditious development of a fair, systematic means to process veterans’ […]
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Photos by Luke Thomas and John Han
By John Han
June 20, 2008
As many as 2,000 protesters, including health care activists, union members, and elected officials, rallied in San Francisco Thursday to protest profit-driven health insurance and to advocate for publicly funded state and national single-payer health care systems.
While waving picket signs, protesters chanted slogans directed at […]
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation authored by Supervisor Tom Ammiano
in support of HR 676, a universal single-payer health care bill authored by Rep. John Conyers
that would expand Medicare coverage to all Americans.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Jesse Dungan
June 19, 2008
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signed a resolution this morning in support of legislation […]
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From Senior Action Network
June 16, 2008
Who: A Coalition of health care reform activists
What: Rally at the AHIP Convention
Where: 4th and Howard Street, Moscone West
When: Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 12:00PM
Why: The June 19 rally will be the first organized mass expression of popular demand for high-quality, affordable health care directed by patients and doctors, not […]
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By Bob Brigham
June 16, 2008
Thousands of Californians and concerned citizens are expected to take advantage of free regional public transit Thursday to protest America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) annual convention in San Francisco.
The convention, to be held at Moscone Convention Center, is expected to draw as many as 38,000 health insurance executives and lobbyists […]
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Former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe
By Bob Brigham
June 12, 2008
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) decided downtown San Francisco would be a good place for the health insurance company lobbyists and executives to hold their convention. Not surprisingly, thousands of people will take to the streets at noon, June 19th, at the Moscone center to protest getting […]
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By John Hoctor
June 11, 2008
History was again in the making for two veterans advocacy groups in San Francisco yesterday after a federal judge admitted into evidence an email exposing U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) alleged intent to deny care to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Federal Judge Samuel Conti accepted a March 20 email […]
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