Articles Posted in the Politics Category
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Social Safety Nets and the Budget Crisis
California’s economic crisis is forcing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to impose catastrophic budget cuts to life-sustaining social safety net programs, cuts that will greatly impact the most vulnerable in society. Photo by Luke Thomas By Ralph…
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No Justice From Our Justices
By Jill Chapin May 29, 2009 Proposition 8 has been upheld in California to legally prevent two people in love from marrying each other, for the sole reason that they share the same genitalia. Don’t…
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San Francisco Reacts to Prop 8 Decision
A performance artist stood on the ledge of the Martin Luther King Memorial at Yerba Buena Gardens during an evening rally following the California Supreme Court’s decision that upheld Proposition 8. Photos by Luke Thomas…
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Stay Tuned: MUNI & Me
Mind the MTA budget gap: Swing vote Supervisor Sophie Maxwell took a bold step Tuesday when she joined her Progressive colleagues and voted for a continuance of the MTA budget. Photos by Luke Thomas By…
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Nichols: Unified Approach Needed
to Address Climate ChangeBy John Han May 22, 2009 The California Air Resources board shed some light Thursday on the “challenges, lessons, and opportunities” for creating California’s clean energy future. The event in San Francisco came just days…
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Shared Sacrifice Budget Proposal
Would Save All City Jobs and ServicesBy Luke Thomas May 21, 2009 While the City and County of San Francisco faces an unprecedented $438 million budget deficit in the next fiscal year that begins July 1, a new “shared sacrifice” budget…
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Hampton and Garamendi Shine
in CA-10 Candidates ForumCA-10 Democratic Party candidates Adriel Hampton, Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (represented by her son), Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, Anthony Woods, Anthony Bothwell and Lt. Governor John Garamendi, attended a candidates forum yesterday seeking the endorsement of the…
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