Chavez to Sheehan: “We are not anti-American,
we are anti-Imperialism”
By Cindy Sheehan March 6, 2010 My request to interview President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela was finally granted March 2nd while we were down in Montevideo, Uruguay with President…
Newsom Highlights Efforts to Save Jobs and Services
From the Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom Editor’s Note:Â We welcome and laud Mayor Newsom’s renewed efforts to close an unprecedented $522 million budget shortfall while preserving jobs and services.Â…
Thousands Amass to Protest Education Budget Cuts
Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 5, 2010 As many as ten thousand students, parents, school faculty and union members took to the streets of San Francisco yesterday…
Time for a Study of the Effects
of San Francisco Rent Control
All San Francisco properties with a first Certificate of Occupancy that was issued prior to June 13th, 1979 are subject to rent control. If a rental unit was in regular…
Not “The Great Transit Oriented Development Swindle?”
In a world threatened by Peak Oil, Transit Oriented Development is a development concept aimed at encouraging the development of housing and commercial centers around mass-transit systems. By Marc Salomon…
ICE Grants Washington Family 60-Day Reprieve
Charles Washington’s wife and his Australian-born 13-year-old stepson (not pictured) won a 60-day reprieve yesterday from deportation proceedings following a reexamination by federal immigration authorities of the family’s legal status.…
Daly Pens Letter Urging Support
of Tenant Financial Hardship Measure
Cartoon by Jose Luis Pavon By Luke Thomas March 2, 2010 In a letter addressed to Board President David Chiu, Supervisors David Campos, Ross Mirkarimi and John Avalos, District 6…