Articles Tagged “ballot measure”

  • Supporters Rally to Rename SFO After Gay Civil Rights Leader

    by Luke Thomas on Feb 23, 2013 | 7 Comments

    As many as two-hundred supporters representing a growing coalition of organizations convened Friday on the steps of City Hall to rally support for the renaming of San Francisco International Airport in honor of Harvey Milk, the slain civil rights leader and LGBT icon.

    Posted in News, Politics

  • City of Berkeley Seeks to Criminalize Homelessness

    by FCJ Editor on Nov 01, 2012 | 4 Comments

    Nearly half of America is poor or “near-poor,” government statistics show—below or near the poverty line, barely making ends meet. Anywhere from 1.5 million to 3.5 million Americans are homeless, and one in six children go hungry. Yet here in Berkeley, California, one of the country’s most famously liberal cities, business leaders aim to fine homeless people $75 for sitting on the sidewalk in commercial strips.

    Posted in Homelessness, Opinion, Politics