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2013/05/23 02:57
2013/05/23 02:57
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Avalos has very flexible hate-speech standards
On Aug. 24, 2011, I moderated a debate among mayoral hopefuls at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. The event was sponsored by the Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club and I wasted no...
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2013/05/23 02:25
2013/05/23 02:25
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Trans Latinas seek city funds
As transgender Latinas increasingly speak out about the discrimination and harassment they experience in San Francisco's Mission district, a nonprofit is asking city officials to fund its work to...
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2013/05/22 20:47
2013/05/22 20:47
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San Francisco considering surcharge for major eve...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco supervisor Tuesday asked for a study of a proposal that would add a small surcharge to tickets for large-scale sports and entertainment events to help fund the city's...
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2013/05/22 00:15
2013/05/22 00:15
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SF officials upset over anti-Israel bus ads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Several San Francisco supervisors want the city transit agency to donate revenue from an anti-Israel bus ad campaign to the city's Human Rights Commission after the agency did the...
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2013/05/21 01:57
2013/05/21 01:57
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City might hit mute on street acts | Personalities
The sound of music coming from street performers in and around Union Square and other neighborhoods could be silenced if legislation expected to be discussed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday is...
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Department of Public Health
Kevin Carroll
Scott Wiener
Board of Supervisors
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2013/05/17 01:31
2013/05/17 01:31
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Muni to Begin Replacing Aging Fleet of Buses
The city is hoping a combination of new and rehabilitated buses will improve Muni's reliability. The Municipal Transportation Agency wants to buy 45 low-floor hybrid-diesel buses and upgrade 80...
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Paul Rose
Muni
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Scott Wiener
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2013/05/16 19:24
2013/05/16 19:24
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Petrelis quiet at hearing
Gay San Francisco blogger Michael Petrelis's legal trouble stemming from an incident last fall in which he photographed gay Supervisor
Scott Wiener
in a City Hall restroom inched toward a conclusion...
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Scott Wiener
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Stephanie Lee
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2013/05/10 01:01
2013/05/10 01:01
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Commission approves soccer project but pushes the...
The California Coastal Commission today upheld San Francisco’s plan to replace the Beach Chalet grass soccer fields at the west end of Golden Gate Park with artificial turf and high stadium lights...
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2013/05/09 02:25
2013/05/09 02:25
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Gay supervisors, mayor
hold budget town hall
At a budget town hall for District 8 and 9 residents in San Francisco, transgender activist Jovana Luna took to the microphone to implore city leaders to award funding to the 7-year-old El/La Para...
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2013/05/09 02:25
2013/05/09 02:25
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Sidewalk project includes
Jane Warner Plaza u...
The Castro's pedestrian plaza will be upgraded as part of a larger project to widen the sidewalks along a two-block stretch in the heart of the city's gayborhood. The changes are set to be revealed...
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2013/05/08 03:57
2013/05/08 03:57
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Condo conversion legislation suffers setback at S...
An effort to allow building owners to bypass the annual condo conversion lottery suffered a setback Tuesday when the Board of Supervisors sent the proposal back to committee for further debate. The...
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Mark Farrell
David Chiu
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Ed Lee
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2013/05/07 19:24
2013/05/07 19:24
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Terminal, not airport, to be named for Harvey Milk
Rather than naming San Francisco's entire airport after slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk, the city is instead looking at naming a terminal for him. When first proposed in January by gay District 9...
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George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Ed Lee
San Francisco
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2013/05/07 18:01
2013/05/07 18:01
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Condo bypass legislation now before the full board
Controversial condominium lottery bypass legislation -- sponsored by Sups. Mark Farrell and
Scott Wiener
but substantially modified by tenant group that strongly opposed the original legislation, with...
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Mark Farrell
Scott Wiener
Board of Supervisors
David Chiu
Jane Kim
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2013/05/07 04:57
2013/05/07 04:57
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SF lawmakers’ move to reform CEQA narrows, is sti...
The gap narrowed Monday between dueling proposals to change rules for environmental appeals of construction projects, but weighty issues remain unresolved. For weeks now, a debate has raged at the...
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Jane Kim
Scott Wiener
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2013/05/07 01:01
2013/05/07 01:01
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The warriors arena: How are you going to get ther...
The Warriors and the all-star lineup of nearly every political consultant in town launched a new public relations offensive this week with the release of a new, spiffy set of drawings and a rewritten...
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2013/05/03 02:57
2013/05/03 02:57
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Jet-setting supervisors seek new ideas around the...
Trips to the Middle East — and Midwest — gave The City’s legislative branch a break from business as usual this week, and more elected officials are scheduled to go abroad later this month. The big...
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David Chiu
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Jerusalem
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2013/05/01 06:01
2013/05/01 06:01
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A win for the tenants
EDITORIAL In a stunning victory, tenant advocates have managed to derail a terrible piece of condo-conversion legislation — and replace it with a compromise that actually improves the current...
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2013/04/25 20:05
2013/04/25 20:05
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BLOC OR TO BLOCK CONDO CONVERSIONS
Supervisor Mark Farrell of heavily homeowner District 2 (Pacific Heights/Marina) is facing prospect of voting May 7 against his own affordable homeownership legislation to clear backlog of 2,000...
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2013/04/25 04:57
2013/04/25 04:57
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San Francisco Recreation and Park Department look...
As the Recreation and Park Department works to climb out of an era of service cuts, operations remain hampered by severe staffing shortages, officials said Wednesday. Department head Phil Ginsburg...
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2013/04/25 00:57
2013/04/25 00:57
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Three activists found guilty of violating San Fra...
Three nudity activists have become the first to be found guilty of violating San Francisco’s nudity ban that went into effect in February. Russell Allen, Oxane “Gypsy” Taub and George Davis were...
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