Activists Rally for EIR: No Free Ride for AT&T Utility Boxes
Representatives from Walk SF, Sierra Club, and the Duboce Neighborhood Association spoke of the need for an EIR. At the center of the debate is a key decision related to…
Avalos Kicks Off Campaign for Mayor
It was the mother of all mayoral campaign kickoffs, attracting as many as 400 San Franciscans of all stripes and colors to Victoria Manalo Draves Park, named after the Filipina…
Group Calls on Herrera to Recuse Himself
from Pension Reform
Citing a “conflict of interest,” San Franciscans for Pension Reform contend Herrera cannot impartially discharge the duties of his office given his involvement in developing competing pension reform proposals and…
Sierra Club Calls for Environmental Impact Report
on AT&T Utility Boxes
This issue is up for a final vote by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Up to this point, neither AT&T nor Planning Commission have offered any objective and transparent…
Parody: Why George Gascón Kicked Off His Campaign
in the Castro
In the skit, Gascón, a former Republican turned independent turned Democrat, is dressed in a police uniform asks his campaign consultant to "remind me again why we are having my…
City Attorney Reveals Partiality to Union Interests
Over Pension Reform
The comments by Herrera, the mayoral candidate, reveal a bias towards the unions in their opposition of Proposition B, a controversial pension reform measure sponsored by Public Defender Jeff Adachi…
Gascón “personally opposed” to the Death Penalty
Gascón made the comment yesterday following his appearance at the 2011 Justice Summit organized by Public Defender Jeff Adachi where he was one of four panelists discussing the future of…