Articles Posted July 2010
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Turning to the other flashpoint of the day, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, acting in accordance with the mayor’s wishes, attempted to pull a rabbit out of his hat with a parliamentary trick in a transparent effort to upend efforts by progressives to place a foot patrol ballot measure, sponsored by District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, on the November ballot.
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Jane Kim Tops All District Signature Gathering Campaigns
Before the July 22 deadline for submitting signatures in lieu, Kim submitted 1,281 valid signatures. Candidates who submit a minimum of 1,000 valid signatures from registered District voters are exempted from paying a $500 filing fee.
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Auto Trips Generated:
The Standard that Ate the Bicycle NetworkUnder ATG, each auto trip would be considered an environmental impact and would be mitigated by a predetermined impact fee. A bike lane project would have zero ATG impact, while a luxury condo building with one-to-one parking would generate some positive number of auto trips based on parking spaces and any other applicable considerations. The calculated impact fees would go to the MTA. As of mid 2010, the ATG standard has yet to be completed. The development of a minimally complicated standard has taken longer than it took to do real rocket science, to conceive and execute the Apollo project in the 1960s.
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SFPD Respond to Clamor for Foot Patrols
What I saw causing the commotion were two San Francisco police officers standing upright on scooters cutting through the crowd ahead of me. The two appeared to be in perfect narcissistic bliss as they cruised along in slo-mo. For all the world they looked like victorious gladiators before admiring throngs, minus blades on hubs.
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Carly Fiorina: A Global Warming Denier
Fiorina even had the audacity to suggest the science of global warming needs to be examined. What’s to examine when the overwhelming scientific consensus has concluded that global warming is happening and that it is induced by human activity?
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Gonzalez and Leigh Request Release
of Fatal Night Club Shooting Police ReportsIn a letter dated July 23 to SFPD Chief George Gascón, Gonzalez and Leigh attorney Whitney Leigh requests the release of the reports to correct “serious and false allegations that have appeared in recent media reports.” At issue is whether the incident began inside or outside Jelly’s.
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As has been customary for Mayor Gavin Newsom, he failed to attend the meeting, flouting the will of the electorate which passed a 2006 advisory measure requiring the mayor to held accountable for his policies.
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