The GOP and the John Galt Factor
Vice President candidate Paul Ryan once remarked, "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be…
A “Guinea Pig” in the “Twilight Zone”: Commission Sustains Reduced Charges Against Suspended Sheriff
The San Francisco Ethics Commission Thursday sustained two of six charges of official misconduct lodged against suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi by Mayor Ed Lee, a decision reached after the quasi-judicial…
SF Democratic Party Endorses Candidates, Ballot Measures
The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee tonight voted on the party's endorsements for local candidates and propositions that will appear on the Nov. 6, 2012 Consolidated General Election ballot.…
League of Pissed Off Voters Calls for Sheriff Mirkarimi to be Reinstated
Over a couple weeks of discussion among our steering committee members, we wrote this letter which we sent to the SF Ethics Commission asking them to reinstate Ross Mirkarimi as…
Creative Historic Reuse Inspires Urban Planning
An image of historic art deco buildings, not too unlike San Francisco’s mid-Market in its prime, illuminated a slideshow introduction to a long-running revitalization effort that has transformed a once-blighted…
Is the League of Women Voters Disenfranchising Candidates?
The 150,000-member strong League of Women Voters - whose motto is “Making Democracy Work” - sent an email Friday to candidates running for elected office in San Francisco telling them…
Gascón Outlines Plan to Ramp Up Neighborhood Prosecutor Initiative
At his quarterly neighborhood newspaper briefing Friday, District Attorney George Gascón announced plans to ramp up the Neighborhood Prosecutor Initiative as part of his vision to make San Francisco the…