2011 Justice Summit: Justice By The Book
Public Defender Jeff Adachi, Police Chief Greg Suhr and DA George Gascón will join bestselling authors, law professors, prominent defense attorneys and civil rights experts on Wednesday, May 18 for…
Mayor Lee Celebrates Bay to Breakers 100th Anniversary
The 100th running of Bay to Breakers is sponsored by Bay Area micro-retailer Zazzle. Mayor Lee honored race organizers on this historic occasion with a proclamation declaring May 13-15, 2011…
Lobbygate: Dennis Herrera Fires Alex Tourk
In the video, Herrera asks for Tourk's resignation over alleged campaign ethics law violations.
Mayor Lee Celebrates Bike to Work Day
This year’s Bike to Work Day had 12 different commuter convoys from around the City organized by the 12,000-member San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) with Mayor Lee, Supervisors, City Departments,…
Video Reveals Illegal Searches, Police Brutality
The footage, the latest in a string of videos revealing serious police misconduct, prompted Adachi to renew his call for police to employ a zero tolerance policy for officers who…
Campos Calls on Mayor Lee to Uphold Sanctuary City Law
A 2009 amendment, sponsored by Campos, to the city’s voter-approved 1989 Sanctuary City Ordinance, explicitly mandates undocumented youth first be convicted of their alleged crime in a court of law…
The Future of U.S. Nuclear Power
While we shouldn't forget Three Mile Island and Chernobyl and the recent disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, we need a rational discussion about the future of nuclear…