Crisis in the California Courts
Last year, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, and San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi made statements on the importance of adequate funding for…
Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility
December 23rd, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?
U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda
The U.S. should cut off aid to Uganda over its anti-gay crackdown.
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…
San Francisco Residents Protest Corporate Tax Breaks Following Twitter IPO
Impacted by sky-rocketing rents and evictions, San Francisco residents demonstrated Thursday outside Twitter headquarters following the social media company’s highly anticipated first day of trading on the New York Stock…
Officials Address D5 Community Concerns Over Recent Spate of Violent Crimes
Public officials including Supervisor London Breed, SFPD Lieutenant Bruce Delahunty and Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, gathered Monday with community members at the Korean American Center in District 5 to address public…
Commentary on Senator Feinstein’s Defense of NSA Surveillance
Senator Dianne Feinstein recently wrote an op-ed defending NSA surveillance programs. In her op-ed, Feinstein disingenuously assures us the NSA does not conduct surveillance, but rather it merely collects information…