Alioto-Veronese ends Senate District 3 campaign
Joe Alioto-Veronese has withdrawn his candidacy from the Senate District 3 race. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 7, 2008 5:45 p.m. San Francisco Police Commissioner Joe Alioto-Veronese…
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…
Committee sets tone for a bloody budget season
Heads down: A newly appointed Budget and Finance Committee convened yesterday to begin the unenviable task of reconciling a $251 million 2008/2009 budget shortfall. Photos by Luke Thomas By Nicholas…
55 Laguna Project makes progress
An artist’s impression of the proposed 55 Laguna Project development. By Nicholas Olczak The Board of Supervisors approved an Environmental Impact Review of the 55 Laguna Project this week, moving…
Commission approves cuts in city health services
By Ari Burack March 5, 2008 The San Francisco Health Commission yesterday approved budget cuts to city health services, in an effort to trim down the city’s estimated $233 million…
SF Entertainment Listings: March 7 – 16
By Khalida Sarwari March 5, 2008 Music Listings THE INDEPENDENT The Heavenly States, Citay, The Botticellis, March 7. $12. Crystal Castles, HEALTH, March 8. $16. Gavin DeGraw, Landon Pigg, March…
California high court appears divided on marriage equality
Marriage equality activists and religious groups convened on the California Supreme Court in San Francisco today ahead of an historic hearing on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage as it relates…