Daly Wins City Hall Cake Bake Throwdown
By all accounts it was a perfect event to allay any residual hard feelings between Supervisors Avalos and Daly who were at odds over how best to secure a balanced…
Who’s Afraid of Proposition 13?
California cannot continue to engage in battles each budget season. Because it could not find a supermajority to raise taxes, the state had to cut or reduce many of the…
Thoughts on the Budget Process
Over the last 10 years, I have been involved in the City's budget process, first as the organizing director of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, then as staff for…
Newsom Dumps Jaye?
What is clear, Eric Jaye’s campaign style is soooo 2007 and Newsom, who is behind Jerry Brown in the polls, has not been able to raise much in the way…
City Attorney Visits Daly
Despite all the media kerfuffle surrounding the purchase of two properties in Fairfied, Daly said he “spends more time in San Francisco than Gavin Newsom.â€
Solidarity Rallies Call For End to Abuses in Iran
Several elected officials including California Attorney General Jerry Brown, California Senator Mark Leno, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, Mayor of Brisbane Sepi Richardson and DCCC Chair Aaron Peskin, joined in unity with…
California Democratic Party adopts Irish Reunification
as Official Party Policy
The Irish American Democratic Club is one of the largest political clubs in The City and takes its role as the voice of the Irish in San Francisco politics very…