Julian Davis

Davis Releases Statement, “Sets the Record Straight”

October 17, 2012 | 35 Comments

Julian Davis, a leading progressive candidate running in the race for District 5 Supervisor, today released a statement that, in his words, “sets the record straight.”

Posted in News, Politics

D.A. Gascón, Department of Elections Announce Creation of Elections Fraud Hotline

October 15, 2012 | 16 Comments

Following on the heels of a fruitless criminal investigation by the district attorney’s office into alleged vote fraud during last year’s race for mayor, District Attorney George Gascón and San Francisco Department of Elections Director John Arntz announced today the creation of an election fraud hotline.

Posted in Crime, News, Politics

TNDC Celebrates Wet and Wild 20th Annual Celebrity Pool Toss

October 11, 2012 | 2 Comments

A banker, a model, a former mayoral candidate, Miss Yvonne from the Pee-Wee Herman show, and a guy in a Lou Seal costume – what could these folks have in common? They all participated in last night’s 20th annual Celebrity Pool Toss, an only-in-San Francisco fundraising tradition started by the Tenderloin Housing Development Corporation with proceeds benefiting after school programs for low-income families.

Rally for Ross Mirkarimi at Noon Today at City Hall

October 09, 2012 | No Comments

Join Sheriff Michael Hennessey; Mayor Art Agnos; Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of the UFW & Medal of Freedom Recipient; Supervisors Sophie Maxwell, Harry Britt, Doris Ward, Willie Kennedy and Carol Ruth Silver; Public Defender Geoff Brown and others in calling for the reinstatement of Sheriff Mirkarimi this Tuesday before the Board of Supervisors Vote.

Posted in Events, Politics

Former Mirkarimi Girlfriend, Evelyn Nieves, Speaks Out

October 08, 2012 | 13 Comments

For months, I’ve watched as Ross Mirkarimi has been slandered as a “wife beater”—by the Mayor of San Francisco, no less—and vilified in the press based on lies, half-truths and innuendo. It has been heart-breaking, nauseating, to witness.

Posted in Opinion, Politics

NoPa+/Divisadero Merchants Association Release D5 Debate Video

October 05, 2012 | 11 Comments

NoPa+ and Divisadero Merchants Association today released video of their spirited public debate between candidates vying to be the next elected District 5 Supervisor.

Posted in News, Politics

Video: Third Party Candidates Break the Sound Barrier As Obama-Romney Spar

October 04, 2012 | 5 Comments

As President Obama and Mitt Romney squared off for the first time on Wednesday night, Democracy Now! broke the sound barrier by pausing Obama and Romney’s answers to get real-time responses from candidates Jill Stein of the Green Party and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party.