Kicking 17,474 San Francisco City Workers to the Curb
San Francisco is not exempt from the financial challenges affecting the entire nation. However, the new blame game directed at unionized city workers is unprecedented. San Francisco has a proud…
San Francisco Rallies to Support CCA,
Against PG&E Misinformation Campaign
CleanPowerSF will provide San Franciscans with tangible environmental and consumer benefits that individual households and businesses could not otherwise obtain. The program aims to inject an element of competition into…
Constitutional Convention Needed
to Address California Budget Crisis
Cartoon courtesy Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com By Ralph E. Stone March 22, 2010 Fasten your safety belts. It’s budget time again in Sacramento. Prepare for a repeat of last year’s contentious…
Kucinich Capitulation: The Death of American Populism
Single payer healthcare stalwart Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he flipped his support for President Obama’s healthcare legislation to save his presidency. Photo by Luke Thomas By Stephen Lendman March 20,…
San Francisco, Municipalities, Sue to Strike
Prop 16 from June Ballot
Dubiously self-entitled the "Taxpayers Right to Vote Act" by its proponents, despite having no bearing on taxation or government spending, the California Attorney General recently re-entitled the measure, "New Two-Thirds…
Israel’s Snub of US, Mid-East Peace
Heard Around the World
Vice President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Photo: Flash 90 By Ralph E. Stone March 14, 2010 In President Obama’s June 2009 Cairo Islam speech, he called for a…
Tenderloin Allure on the Rise:
Newsom Announces Historic Preservation Initiative
The initiative, which includes $15 thousand to fund the design, purchase and installation of historic building plaques, is aimed at revitalizing and restoring the Tenderloin’s historic identity. The program funds…