Gavin Newsom
As any visitor who takes an antique streetcar through the mid-market district finds out, there’s much more to San Francisco than just tourist attractions. Many mayors have tried to revitalize the area but none have succeeded.
The stretch is dominated by vacant buildings, Single Room Occupancies (...
Today, San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey announced that he wants to opt out of Secure Communities, a growing federal program that uses digital fingerprints to check the immigration history of everyone booked at local jails.
Earlier this month, KALW reported on how the program run by...
There are a number of ways to enjoy Spring this weekend, and one of the best celebrations of the great outdoors is the San Francisco Green Festival, taking place both Saturday and Sunday at the SF Concourse Exhibition Center on 8th and Brannan St. To honor the upcoming 40th anniversary of Earth Day...
California's low-income earners have been among the hardest hit by they recession. But today, in San Francisco, there was some good news---construction…in the Bayview nieghborhood. The long-awaited renovations at the Hunters View public housing complexes officially began this morning.
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Some San Francisco city supervisors have been known to sit at neighborhood cafes in their districts and hold informal office hours. Others prefer to leave their office door open at City Hall once in a while so that people can drop in.
But at the beginning of this year, Board President David...
Golden Gate Park founder and Arboretum designer John McLaren and Helene Strybing must both be rolling in their graves! McLaren, who had envisioned a vehicle- and building-free oasis, would be aghast at the high ticket prices and corporate commercialism of our museums, the ugly gashes marking...
It looks like federal education standards may change, as the Obama administration has released a 41-page outline proposing revisions to the No Child Left Behind Act. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act would replace the goal of proficiency in math and language arts with ensuring kids are on...
Has the gloomy month of March got you calling in sick with seasonal effective disorder? Warm up with this week's economic news.
First, the foggy state of our state finances, which have some talking full-on bankruptcy for California. The Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) is forecasting a $20 billion...
In January, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his goal to reduce the number of homeless people on San Francisco’s streets by 50% and the city’s overall homeless count by 30% by the end of 2010. And he vowed not to leave office before his goals were met. Newsom’s New Year’s resolution is an ambitious one...
On Thursday, February 25th, San Francisco's local and state elected leaders came together with education experts and school officials before an audience of 1,000 people to discuss how to bridge the San Francisco Unified School District's projected budget gap of $113 million. Moderated by Michael...
Carletta Sue Kay
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