Meko Qualifies for Public Campaign Financing

June 24, 2010 | 6 Comments

Meko joins Jane Kim, Debra Walker and Elaine Zamora as the only D6 candidates to date to be authorized eligible to receive public campaign funds.

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SF Young Dems to Hold Restricted D6 Candidates Debate

SF Young Dems to Hold Restricted D6 Candidates Debate

June 23, 2010 | 3 Comments

The 800-member strong SF Young Democrats (SFYD) has scheduled to hold a restricted District 6 candidates debate this evening at the South Beach Yacht Club.The winner of the debate will garner SFYD’s endorsement.

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High Times at the Premier Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco

June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

The two-day expo event attracted thousands of medical marijuana users, cultivators, activists and cannabusiness entrepreneurs, all eager to test new cannabis strains, consume edibles, attend seminars and parties and introduce new cannabusiness products to a market segment with revenues outstripping the US automobile industry.

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Tenderloin Halfway House Fire Displaces 123

Tenderloin Halfway House Fire Displaces 123

June 18, 2010 | 4 Comments

The three-alarm fire, first reported to emergency services at 5:45 pm, was extinguished by the heroic efforts of the San Francisco Fire Department at approximately 7 pm.

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Herrera Seeks Immediate Halt to PG&E’s SmartMeter Fiasco

Herrera Seeks Immediate Halt
to PG&E’s SmartMeter Fiasco

June 17, 2010 | 3 Comments

Mounting evidence points to disturbingly high error rates with the devices, which are supposed to measure power usage and wirelessly transmit the data to PG&E. But since the SmartMeter deployment program began last summer, increasing numbers of PG&E ratepayers have blamed the new devices for dramatic and inexplicable spikes in their utility bills, and PG&E has itself acknowledged problems with the meters.

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Meko, Keys Close to Qualifying for Public Financing

Meko, Keys Close to Qualifying for Public Financing

June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

Meko’s campaign submitted the necessary forms to the San Francisco Ethics Commission yesterday, according campaign manager Jamie Whitaker. Keys, who is finalizing the necessary paperwork, should be in a position to submit within the next two days, he said. Both Keys and Meko are supportive of the Progressive Primary sponsored by Supervisor Chris Daly though Meko has expressed concerns with the Progressive Pledge.

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Momentum: Mandelman

Momentum: Mandelman

June 15, 2010 | 21 Comments

Rafael Mandelman is a near consensus progressive candidate for Supervisor. He’s already endorsed by most progressive elected officials, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, the Sierra Club, SEIU 1021, the CA Nurses Association, and the SF Labor Council. He will certainly add the Tenants Union and SF Bay Guardian to that mix. Why then would a progressive like Paul Hogarth cast aspersions on the Mandelman campaign?

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