Honoring the Fallen by Fighting for the Future

May 25, 2009 | 5 Comments

Tenth Congressional District candidate Adriel Hampton with his first son, aged 4, at the Lafayette Hillside Memorial on Memorial Day. Photo by Jeremy Maurer By Adriel Hampton May 25, 2009 Remarks for the Memorial Day…

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Stay Tuned: MUNI & Me

Stay Tuned: MUNI & Me

May 22, 2009 | 5 Comments

Mind the MTA budget gap: Swing vote Supervisor Sophie Maxwell took a bold step Tuesday when she joined her Progressive colleagues and voted for a continuance of the MTA budget. Photos by Luke Thomas By…

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California Supreme Court to Announce Prop 8 Ruling

California Supreme Court to Announce Prop 8 Ruling

May 22, 2009 | No Comments

From Judicial Council of California Editor’s Note: For an analysis of how the Supreme Court might rule, check out Melissa Griffin’s excellent summary. May 22, 2009 San Francisco—The California Supreme Court today announced that it…

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Nichols: Unified Approach Needed to Address Climate Change

Nichols: Unified Approach Needed
to Address Climate Change

May 22, 2009 | No Comments

By John Han May 22, 2009 The California Air Resources board shed some light Thursday on the “challenges, lessons, and opportunities” for creating California’s clean energy future. The event in San Francisco came just days…

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Internet Threatened by Censorship,
Secret Surveillance, and Cybersecurity Laws

May 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

  By Stephen Lendman May 22, 2009 At a time of corporate dominated media, a free and open Internet is democracy’s last chance to preserve our First Amendment rights without which all others are threatened.…

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Shared Sacrifice Budget Proposal Would Save All City Jobs and Services

Shared Sacrifice Budget Proposal
Would Save All City Jobs and Services

May 21, 2009 | 9 Comments

By Luke Thomas May 21, 2009 While the City and County of San Francisco faces an unprecedented $438 million budget deficit in the next fiscal year that begins July 1, a new “shared sacrifice” budget…

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Hampton and Garamendi Shine in CA-10 Candidates Forum

Hampton and Garamendi Shine
in CA-10 Candidates Forum

May 19, 2009 | 13 Comments

CA-10 Democratic Party candidates Adriel Hampton, Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (represented by her son), Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, Anthony Woods, Anthony Bothwell and Lt. Governor John Garamendi, attended a candidates forum yesterday seeking the endorsement of the…

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