Tony Hall Running for Mayor
“to Return Local Government to the People”
Hall’s five-point platform includes job creation, budgetary responsibility, administrative accountability, public safety and sanitation - as well as providing San Franciscans “with a local government that is honest, open, transparent,…
Civil Rights Groups Pen Letter
Opposing Tasers in San Francisco
In a February 11 letter sent to the San Francisco Police Commission ahead of a rehearing tomorrow on the use of Tasers, the groups urge commissioners to "vote 'no' on…
Adachi Appoints Matt Gonzalez as Chief Attorney
The appointment marks Gonzalez’s return to the San Francisco Public Defender’s office, where he served as a deputy public defender from 1991 to 2001. He successfully tried many cases while…
Revolution Handbook for Americans
n many ways the uniquely American form of dictatorship is far more sinister, indiscernible and powerful than classic dictatorships where one recognized person, military junta or family rules ruthlessly.
Is Qaddafi’s Libya Next?
Demonstrations led to the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia. There are protests in Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria and new demonstrations in…
FCJ Interview with Supervisor Jane Kim
And in the first test of her political independence since her swearing in to the Board of Supervisors in January, Kim supported the appointment of Richard Johns, the husband of…
Mayor Lee Announces Strong Federal Support
for Central Subway Project
Environmental clearance for the project was granted by the FTA in November 2008. The project team has completed the design plans for the Guideway Tunnel which is the largest construction…