Articles Posted by FCJ Editor

  • The Sierra Club is calling on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to authorize an environment impact report before granting AT&T the right to install their U-Verse VRAD boxes.

    Sierra Club Calls for Environmental Impact Report
    on AT&T Utility Boxes

    by FCJ Editor on May 20, 2011 | 3 Comments

    This issue is up for a final vote by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Up to this point, neither AT&T nor Planning Commission have offered any objective and transparent review process to ensure that the installation would not block our sidewalks and increase “tagging” right where we walk.

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • 2011 Justice Summit: Justice By The Book

    by FCJ Editor on May 16, 2011 | No Comments

    Public Defender Jeff Adachi, Police Chief Greg Suhr and DA George Gascón will join bestselling authors, law professors, prominent defense attorneys and civil rights experts on Wednesday, May 18 for the free forum, which is open to the public. The 2011 Justice Summit will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium in San Francisco Main Library. Seating is limited and all attendees must register at sfpublicdefender.org.

    Posted in Events, Politics

  • Mayor Lee Celebrates Bay to Breakers 100th Anniversary

    Mayor Lee Celebrates Bay to Breakers 100th Anniversary

    by FCJ Editor on May 13, 2011 | 3 Comments

    The 100th running of Bay to Breakers is sponsored by Bay Area micro-retailer Zazzle. Mayor Lee honored race organizers on this historic occasion with a proclamation declaring May 13-15, 2011 as Bay to Breakers Weekend in San Francisco.

    Posted in Culture, Events

  • Mayor Lee Celebrates Bike to Work Day

    Mayor Lee Celebrates Bike to Work Day

    by FCJ Editor on May 12, 2011 | 5 Comments

    This year’s Bike to Work Day had 12 different commuter convoys from around the City organized by the 12,000-member San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) with Mayor Lee, Supervisors, City Departments, and key business leaders participating.

    Posted in News

  • Mayor Lee Welcomes Mozilla to San Francisco

    by FCJ Editor on Apr 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

    “San Francisco offers Mozilla the ideal location for bringing together their global software development community to collaborate and innovate on big ideas,” said Mayor Lee. “Mozilla joins San Francisco’s robust and growing tech industry, and I am thrilled to welcome Mozilla to San Francisco.”

    Posted in News, Politics

  • Mayor Lee and Supervisors Form Technology Advisory Council

    Mayor Lee and Supervisors
    Form Technology Advisory Council

    by FCJ Editor on Apr 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

    Mayor Lee helped convene the group to evaluate how San Francisco’s current tax structure impacts companies’ ability to successfully grow jobs in San Francisco and to propose improvements to the current tax structure, while still ensuring everyone pays their fair share for City services.

    Posted in News, Politics

  • SF Progressive Movement Needs a Shot in the Arm

    by FCJ Editor on Apr 07, 2011 | 6 Comments

    There were no protests in the streets the other day when the Board of Supervisors passed, by an eight-to-three vote, legislation to give Twitter and other companies six-year tax breaks to move into the mid-Market/Tenderloin area which could effectively gentrify neighborhoods where the city’s poorest folks (many of them queer, transgender, immigrant and/or of color) currently reside. Three of the eight votes were cast by Supervisors who call themselves “progressives.” (Supervisor Jane Kim, David Chiu and Eric Mar). The three progressives Supervisors who opposed Twitter deal were John Avalos, David Campos, and Ross Mirkarimi.

    Posted in Opinion, Politics