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Air Quality District Approves Fees
for Greenhouse Gas PollutionBy Ari Burack May 21, 2008 The regional air quality management district approved a proposal today at a meeting in San Francisco that will impose fees on Bay Area businesses that emit greenhouse gases. The…
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Supes Power Plant Vote Stymied Again,
Review Of Alternatives SoughtBy Ari Burack May 20, 2008 San Francisco supervisors today agreed to once again delay a vote on the contentious proposal to build new power plants in the city’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, while detractors scramble…
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S.F. Health Plan, Herrera Sue McKesson
for Pharmaceutical Price-Fixing SchemeSan Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Photo by Luke Thomas City Program is First Government Plaintiff in Federal Suit Alleging Multimillion Dollar Conspiracy to Hike Prices on Consumers, Providers From the Office of City Attorney…
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Bay Area News Briefs
Bay City News May 20, 2008 City’s Plastic Bag Ban Extends Tuesday To Chain Pharmacies San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation ban on plastic bags broadens today from large supermarkets to chain pharmacies, in an environmental initiative that…
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Affordable Housing Activists
Prepare for Final Stand Against Proposition GSan Francisco affordable housing activists and advocates attended a ‘Yes on Proposition F’ and ‘No on Proposition G’ campaign rally held Friday at the Balazo Gallery in the Mission District. Photos by Luke Thomas By…
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Peter Magowan Announces His Retirement
San Francisco Giants Managing General Partner Peter Magowan yesterday announced his retirement. Photo by Luke Thomas By Maya Strausberg May 17, 2008 The San Francisco Giants will be losing one of their own at the…
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San Francisco Labor Council
Pens Affordable Housing Agreement with LennarFrom the San Francisco Labor Council May 16, 2008. 5:00 p.m. Agreement will create 3,500 units of New Housing Affordable to very low-income and Working Families What: The San Francisco Labor Council, along with its…
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