Indefensible: How SF DA wastes tax money trampling rights of poor

On May 27, Joseph Smith, his wife Terrie Anderson and about a dozen other homeless San Francisco residents were awakened at 5 a.m. by police officers who ticketed them for sleeping on Hippie Hill at Golden Gate Park. Joe and his companions have pockets full of citations. When...

San Francisco Converting Restaurant Grease to Bio-Diesel

San Francisco will become the first city to institute a program to convert "brown grease" from restaurants into bio-diesel. Mayor Gavin Newson announced the $1.2 million pilot program, which will collect about 10,000 gallons of grease a week from city-wide restaurants. This...

Example of Ad Monopoly in San Francisco That Has Destroyed Once Positive Comm...

When BART/MUNI Stations (and other public locations and thoroughfares)  were first designed and 'sold' to us we were promised ample space for local ads, public service announcements, etc. and some corporate advertising.    A reflection of widespread...

SF Shelter Standards of Care Hearing - Investment vs. Class Action Suit

So, we are 'down to the wire'.   Its time for this City of San Francisco to 'come clean' with it.   Either we invest money that should have been put in place 15 years ago,  to make Standards of Care to enable and protect our homeless, as a meager...

SF Shelter Standards of Care Hearing - Investment vs. Class Action Suit

So, we are 'down to the wire'.   Its time for this City of San Francisco to 'come clean' with it.   Either we invest money that should have been put in place 15 years ago,  to make Standards of Care to enable and protect our homeless, as a meager...

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