Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • This is currently a hot topic

    Putting Some Perspective
    on San Francisco’s Budget Cuts

    By Greg Kamin June 19, 2009 Last Tuesday, I went down to City Hall because I wanted to give the Supervisors some perspective on the budget. I went there because it struck me as nonsensical…

  • An Evidence-Based Report on the San Francisco Community Justice Center

    An Evidence-Based Report
    on the San Francisco Community Justice Center

    San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Photo by Luke Thomas By Jeff Adachi, Special to Fog City Journal Editor’s Note:  An independent report and analysis of CJC efficacy is available here. June 18, 2009 Now…

  • Iran’s Election and U.S.-Iran Relations

    President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. By Ralph E. Stone June 18, 2009 After the dust has settled, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will again be the president of of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Why and how was…

  • The Right Side of the Road

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    The Right Side of the Road

    A community divided over what to do about an unprecedented fiscal crisis. On the one side, public health and human service advocates are seeking an equitable budget that shares budget cut pain across all City…

  • Supes Pass Interim Budget

    Supes Pass Interim Budget

    Following several hours of impassioned testimony Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7-3 to deappropriate $82 million from Mayor Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June 17, 2009…

  • Buchanan Kicks Off Campaign to Replace Tauscher

    Buchanan Kicks Off Campaign to Replace Tauscher

    Assemblymember Joan Buchanan Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June 16, 2009 Democratic Party Assemblymember Joan Buchanan kicked off her campaign Sunday to replace Rep. Ellen Tauscher in the tenth congressional district. “The reason…

  • Iran’s Lesson to U.S: Wake Up, Democracy

    By Adriel Hampton June 15, 2009 Many of the readers here have no doubt participated in political activism, protest and dissent. For those of us who marched against the U.S.’ heinous Iraq war, we remember…