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Candidates Respond to Daly’s Progressive Primary
Of the twenty-five declared candidates solicited for comment, eleven candidates have responded, expressing a collective thumbs down on the primary. Robert Jordon is the only candidate to express a willingness to endorse the winner of the primary.
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Media Alert: SF Sit/Lie Ordinance to Get Third Airing
“When pressed by Supervisor Campos, neither the Mayor’s office nor the police could cite any language in the existing laws or in the SFPD General Orders that prevent the police from enforcing those laws to address problem behaviors on sidewalks. If proponents cannot provide an explanation for why this new ordinance is needed, then it is clear we should not pass sit-lie into law,” said Andy Blue of the Stand Against Sit Lie Coalition.
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Laguna Honda Hospital Flack
Refuses to Stop Touching I-Team ReporterIn a video posted by the I-Team, Noyes repeatedly asks Slavin to stop touching him. Slavin repeatedly ignores Noyes’ request and later in the video, Slavin prevents the I-Team videographer from documenting the confrontation.
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Newsom Lashes Out at Board,
Transportation Workers Union“There is no more time for political theatrics,” Newsom wrote in terse statement released to the press. “The moment to step up is now. The Board of Supervisors has said repeatedly said no. TWU has repeatedly said no. But now it’s time for them to say yes. It’s time for the Board of Supervisors and TWU to say yes to restoring service, to say yes to keeping our buses running, and to say yes to reaffirming our commitment to a Transit First city.”
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Keys Wins Hungry Hearts During D6 Candidates Forum
Billed as “Neighborhood Silver Tsunami 2010,” the ‘meet the candidates’ forum was hosted by several organizations dedicated to improving the lives of senior citizens including The Coalition of Agencies Serving the Elderly, SF Veterans Equity Center Planning for Elders, Senior Action Network, SOMCAN, Open House, Seniors Organizing Seniors and Episcopal Community Services-Canon Kip Senior Center.
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Daly Announces D6 Progressive Primary Election Details
In a letter addressed to progressive allies who Daly hopes will sign on to become an election co-host or an observer, Daly wrote: “Even though District 6 is a progressive district, there is a very real risk that, even with ranked choice voting, the progressive vote could split and not transfer to the strongest progressive candidate. Our political opponents sense this as an opportunity for a pick-up. We have a responsibility to prevent that from happening and do what we can to hold the District 6 seat!”
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Solar Project Fails to Deliver
on Green Jobs Hiring AgreementWhen San Francisco’s Sunset Reservoir solar project is completed later this year it will be one of the largest solar installations of its kind in the country. The project, a 5-megawatt sea of 25,000 solar panels in San Francisco’s Sunset District, was approved in June after a revised commitment from the developer, Recurrent Energy, to hire no less than 21 workers from San Francisco’s most economically disadvantaged communities; 30 percent of the project’s workforce.
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