DCCC Immigration Resolution Demands Newsom Support Sanctuary City Ordinance

DCCC Immigration Resolution Demands Newsom Support Sanctuary City Ordinance

March 26, 2009 | 14 Comments

A resolution requiring Mayor Gavin Newsom to redirect SFPD law enforcement efforts away from criminalizing law-abiding immigrants, was passed yesterday during a meeting of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. File photo by Luke…

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Controversial Foie Gras Resolution Sets Up Food Fight

March 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

A resolution passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday commends restaurants that voluntarily remove foie gras from their menus ahead of California statewide ban in 2012. By Fanny Dassie March 26, 2009 While…

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Hampton Urges Congress to Pass Interest Rate Reform Legislation

Hampton Urges Congress
to Pass Interest Rate Reform Legislation

March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments

Adriel Hampton Photo by Luke Thomas From the Campaign to Elect Adriel Hampton to Congress March 25, 2009 California 10th Congressional District candidate Adriel Hampton (D-Dublin) is calling on Congress to quickly pass Senate Bill…

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NCSL in the House

March 24, 2009 | No Comments

California Assemblymember Fiona Ma goes to Washington to advocate for stimulus funding. By Assemblymember Fiona Ma March 25, 2009 How exciting to get invited to the White House! It wasn’t for a social occasion, but…

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City, SFUSD, DHS, See Win-Winwith JROTC and SERV Program Combo

City, SFUSD, DHS, See Win-Win
with JROTC and SERV Program Combo

March 24, 2009 | 8 Comments

h. brown Photo by Luke Thomas By h. brown March 24, 2009 Pretty much everyone agrees that San Francisco will experience a disaster, natural or man-made, and that we’ll need some kind of paramilitary force…

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Stay Tuned: Impressive and Progressive

Stay Tuned: Impressive and Progressive

March 24, 2009 | 3 Comments

Hope Johnson Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson March 24, 2009 King Solomon’s threat to split the baby wouldn’t prevent District 9 Supervisor David Campos from remembering there’s more than one way to make…

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“Down the Memory Hole,” Alan Greenspan Style

March 23, 2009 | 2 Comments

Alan Greenspan Photo: AFP/Stephen Jaffe By Stephen Lendman March 23, 2009 Alan Greenspan is back and in denial in a March 11 Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined: “The Fed Didn’t Cause the Housing Bubble.” He…

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