Bye Bye Buster
Buster’s Place, a drop-in center that offers a temporary respite for San Francisco’s homeless population, is slated for closure March 31 due to budget cuts. Photos by Luke Thomas By…
Supervisors Chu and Elsbernd
support Chinese government oppression
Supervisors Carmen Chu and Sean Elsbernd yesterday derailed a resolution authored by Supervisor Chris Daly that condemns the Chinese government’s willful acts of oppression against the people of Tibet. Photos…
Supervisors freeze wheelchair ramp funds
By Nicholas Olczak March 21, 2008 The Budget and Finance Committee Wednesday decided that funds for a wheelchair ramp in board chambers should not be re-allocated to counterbalance mid-year cuts…
Out of the Limelight
District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly Photos by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly March 18, 2008 Gavin Newsom continues to enjoy unusually high polling numbers in the LGBT community. Gavin generated…
Supes reject Alioto-Pier effort to stifle accountability
Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier’s efforts to repeal a 2006 voter mandate requiring the mayor of San Francisco attend Board of Supervisors meetings, was effectively killed yesterday. Photos by Luke Thomas By…
Basic Brown: How The Game Was Played
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown signs a copy of his latest book, Basic Brown. Photo by Luke Thomas By el Greco, special to Fog City Journal March 11, 2008…
Grassroots affordable housing petition
passes muster for June ballot
By Luke Thomas March 6, 2008 A grassroots ballot initiative requiring half the housing constructed by Lennar at Hunters Point and Candlestick Point to be affordable, has qualified for the…