Senator Leno, Mayor Lee Announce Legislation to Arrest Speculative Evictions in San Francisco
Senator Mark Leno today joined San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, other elected officials, tenant advocates, labor groups and business leaders to introduce legislation closing a loophole in the Ellis Act…
Environmental Groups Laud City Action to Resume Work on CleanPower SF Program
Local environmental and community organizations today lauded the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (SF LAFCo) decision last Friday to complete the unfinished clean energy build-out plan for the city’s…
A (not so) Dream Vacation in La Belle
America has become La Belle in many aspects. Take the food system, for example. Rather than fresh food being delivered from farms to consumers, we have created this complex web…
GOP Senators Kill Paycheck Fairness Act
The entire cast of Republican Senators voted June 4 to kill the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), equal pay legislation intended to close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act (EPA), first…
Why I’m Supporting SaveKPFA in KPFA’s Board Election
This month, KPFA is going through what will probably prove to be one of the most important elections of its 10-year experiment with democracy.
Breed Responds to SEIU 1021 “Hit Piece”
London Breed, a leading candidate in the race for District 5 Supervisor, pledged Friday in an interview with Fog City Journal to protect tenant’s rights and to oppose any attacks…