FCJ Interview with Jeff Adachi on Pension Reform
Last year, Mr. Adachi attempted to address pension and healthcare reform via the ballot and failed. After listening to those who support pension and healthcare reform but who did not…
Supes Approve Twitter Tax Holiday
Without Community Benefits
The legislation was passed by an 8-3 vote amid concerns of gentrification impacts and without a promised Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) in place. The legislation’s sponsor, Supervisor Jane Kim, who…
SF Progressive Movement Needs a Shot in the Arm
There were no protests in the streets the other day when the Board of Supervisors passed, by an eight-to-three vote, legislation to give Twitter and other companies six-year tax breaks…
SF Unions Rally to Support Wisconsin Workers, Condemn Corporate Greed
The rally, organized by the San Francisco Labor Council and part of a nationally coordinated "We are One" AFL-CIO campaign, began at the San Francisco headquarters of Bank of America,…
Bait and Switch: A Walk Down Twitter Lane
(Part Two)
The corporate hucksters have really piled it on since I wrote my March 23 Fog City Journal article about the Great Twitter Tax Break. Predictably, once it became clear that…
Overheard in Fog City: Avalos Considering Mayoral Run, Peskin and Campos Out
The development provides former Supervisor Chris Daly a temporary reprieve on following through on his pledge in February to enter the race should no other leading progressive candidate enter the…
Marketing and Promotion of Tobacco Products
Smoking is linked with lung cancer, emphysema, and other diseases. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year about 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or…