Articles Tagged “california”
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Climate Change Ushers In Early California Fire Season
California’s wildfire season began early this year as nearly a dozen fires fueled by record high temperatures and extremely low water levels broke out across the state during the first week of May.
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California Community Battles Climate Change to Save Water-Starved Habitat
For the residents of Whitethorn, a California community nestled among the coastal redwoods 200 miles north of San Francisco, the impacts of climate change have been a reality for over a decade.
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Social Engineering’s Solution to Gridlock a la Santa Monica
For those of you suffering severe traffic problems where you live, you might want to know what is evolving in the southern reaches of our state, specifically, in what is sometimes referred to as the Socialist Republic of Santa Monica.
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Time to Re-Examine Prop 13
In his November 11 “Willie’s World” column in the San Francisco Chronicle, Willie Brown suggests Gov. Jerry Brown’s next “bold move be to enlist Warren Buffett for a joint effort to reform Proposition 13.” No matter what you think of Willie Brown, he is politically savvy.
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The Defeat of Prop 37 – Californians Defending Their Right NOT to Know
Sometimes you have to wonder why otherwise intelligent citizens vote against their own best interests. Proposition 37 was simply about our right to know when foods have been genetically engineered. It’s about the label, not the food.
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Prop 37: David vs. Goliath
Some of the biggest corporations are spending millions of dollars to defeat Proposition 37, a controversial initiative on the California November ballot calling for the labeling of food and beverages that contain GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms.
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California State of Mind: An Intimate Portrait of Pat Brown’s Legacy
Gov. Jerry Brown is making a ‘hail Mary’ pass to save California’s public schools from $6 billion in budget cuts with Proposition 30, a measure on the November ballot that will temporarily increases taxes for the state’s highest earners.
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Tax the Rich for Schools and Services – Don’t Let Them Silence You!
On November 6th, with two statewide initiatives, we will decide whether to reverse decades of tax policy that has enriched the wealthiest while starving basic public services, or we could pass a deceptive measure that will eliminate unions’ ability to fight for our priorities.
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The Fierce and Fighting World of Photo Freelancing
After 9/11 panic caused advertisers to pull a lot of their work, fearing the unknown climate of what people might find alluring or offensive. Now, buyers dictate pricing for work and often ask photographers to accomplish the impossible. Two-day shoots must be done in a day.
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Volunteers Prepare Emergency Food Aid for Global Consumption
Hundreds of volunteers, young and old, donned hair nets and gloves June 27 in an effort to reach an ambitious goal of preparing 100,000 emergency food aid packages in ten hours for national and global distribution and consumption.
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California’s Gamble on Obamacare Pays Off, But State’s Uninsured Still Suffer
Even before the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, California has been expanding health care coverage to the uninsured under a program called “Bridge to Reform.”
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California State Assembly
to vote on Severance Tax initiativeTeachers, families, union leaders and elected officials held a rally yesterday in San Francisco to protest education budget cuts proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photos by Luke Thomas By John Han March 12, 2008 The…
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Weakening dollar contributes to record gas prices
A taxicab driver fuels up in San Francisco yesterday as record petrol prices test $4 per gallon. Photo by Stephen Dorian Miner By Laura Dudnick March 12, 2008 The average price for a gallon of…
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Groups outline same-sex marriage arguments
ahead of California Supreme Court hearingBy Julia Cheever March 2, 2008 One gay rights group appearing before the California Supreme Court in historic marriage arguments on Tuesday has told the court that “the freedom to marry the person of one’s…
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Nader-Gonzalez ticket and the Green Party
Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez Photo by Luke Thomas By Susan King, special to Fog City Journal Editor’s Note: Susan King is an elected member of the San Francisco Green Party County Council and a…
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All Aboard: Why California Needs High Speed Trains
Assemblymember Fiona Ma By Fiona Ma April 17, 2007 Earlier this month, I took the ride of my life on a high-speed train that broke the world speed record. A French TGV (train à grande…
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