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textAlice Griffth Public Housing - the truth. Who is help the poor? by Francisco Da Costa
Alice Griffith Public Housing has been targeted - to remove poor folks and make room for some vested interest. Behind the scene are Lennar Corp, Communities of Opportunity (COO), Mayor Gavin Newsom, the SF Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) and sell outs mostly Black the likes of Sophie Maxwell. Time will tell but it will not be easy to fool all the people all the time....
Posted: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 4:17pm PST
textOpponents of Muni Discounts Miss the Point by Peter Lauterborn, Beyond Chron (reposted)
Supervisor Ed Jew made a rookie mistake in the way he approached disagreeing with the proposal to provide discount MUNI passes for 18-24 year olds. The Examiner’s veteran columnist, Ken Garcia, has no such excuse....
Posted: Sat, Mar 3, 2007 9:23am PST
audioHomelessnes Marathon in Fresno Audio of event Chapter One (audio/mpeg 13.8MB) by Tim Rumford
Audio of the Homelessness Marathon in Fresno. Each audio link is 30 minutes....
Posted: Fri, Mar 2, 2007 8:23am PST
textAssemblyman Mark Leno Announces Major Fee Reduction for State Medical Marijuana ID Card by Shannan Velayas
Fee increase reduced to $66, down from $142...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 2:38pm PST
textNCPCs (SNITCHES) Are Behind Oakland Housing Authority Lawsuit by Lynda Carson
Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (SNITCHES) Are The Driving Force Behind Recent Lawsuit Against The Oakland Housing Authority!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 3:46am PST
textWhy are there so many undercover cops at Homeless Connect? by Naomi Graffiti
Undercover police abound throughout the event state witnesses...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 8:37pm PST
textNews Flash: Berkeley's Section 8 Tenants To Subsidize Landlords by Lynda Carson
HUD Funding Shortfalls Result In Berkeley's Poor Being Made To Subsidize Wealthy Landlords!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 12:25pm PST
textBayview Hunters Point file suit against San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) by Francisco Da Costa
It has been some months now since we filed a suit in Sacramento against the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA). One Gloria Young the Clerk of the Board from City Hall is named. Of course the main culprit is Marsha Rosen who has done a lot to adversely impact thousands. Time will tell. Other called to question Sophie Maxwell, Dennis Herrera, and Aaron Peskin....
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 7:09am PST
videoPortable Toilets for Fresno Homeless? (video/x-ms-wmv 10.7MB) by Mike Rhodes
Fresno City council member Jerry Duncan today made a formal request to the City Manager’s office to put portable toilets near the homeless encampments in the downtown area. The lack of facilities has been a significant problem for both the homeless and business owners. Hear Duncan’s proposal in the 3 minute video clip (below)....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 3:42pm PST
textSusan Leal from SFPUC falters into a cesspool of a series of inept decisions by Francisco Da Costa
Susan Leal is NO engineer but she heads the SF Public Utilities Commission and is paid over $300,000 a year plus perks. Under her ineptness, the Hetch Hetchy project that had four major pipes bringing water from Hetch Hetchy near Yosemite has been reduced to 3 pipes. We have yet to attend to the 900 miles of sewer pipes and over 1900 miles of clean water pipes - all over 70 years old and leaking, all over San Francisco. How can the SFPUC drinking water be clean when the pipes that bring it to...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 6:24am PST
textStop the Manhattanization of Telegraph Ave by STAND
Two important upcoming meetings on PLANNING & ZONING in north Oakland: Wednesday, February 28th and Thursday, March 1st...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 1:31am PST
text49ers should stay away from Candlestick Park and the surrounding pollution by Francisco Da Costa
49ers should stay away from Candlestick Park and the surrounding area it is too polluted. It has been for many, many years. The City and County of San Francisco and Mayor Gavin Newsom should clean up the area. Complete, with the State Park near by that was once a garbage dump site. The near by Yosemite Slough that is full of PCBs. The Shipyard that is a Superfund Site. When it rains the Parking Lot surround Candlestick Park floods - much of the water - polluted....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 6:37am PST
textBad Conditions at Tenderloin Playground Keep Families Away by Ben Malley‚ Beyond Chron (reposted)
“The new children’s playground is a jewel in the heart of the city’s Tenderloin district, traditionally one of San Francisco’s densest and toughest neighborhoods. Children growing up in the neighborhood are often faced with having very few safe, open space areas in which to play. Turk-Hyde Mini-Park will help alleviate the problem by offering youth an enclosed, modern play area…” - Press release by SF Rec. & Parks Dept., 2001...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 6:27am PST
imageDeveloper Russell Shaw Hit With CEQU Requirements For Oxford Valley
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by brightpathvideo
For a few years now, Russell Shaw has been trying to build about 26 luxury homes on fragile watershed acerage in San Rafael, that contains significant Miwok archeological sites. He recently withdrew his initial plan and submitted a single home construction plan on the Oxford Valley site that many in the neighborhood viewed as an attempt at skirting CEQA requirements....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 2:56pm PST
document1st Annual Homeless Awareness Day at UC Davis
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by Richard Cipian
Dear Readers, This article is about an event activists and college students are planning at UC Davis for Feb 27th, 2007 at noon at the MU on the quad. Students and anti-poverty allies are putting together the 1st annual Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Day. The day has the goal of educating students at the UC Davis campus as well as community members about the needs of the homeless population as well as those who are impoverished in the Davis community. At the event we will have a rally co...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 1:44am PST
textTake Action for Health Care in California! by via Breast Cancer Action
1. Day of Action for SB 840 – Universal Health Care Act of 2007 2. San Francisco Forum on Health Care, February 23, 2007 3. Women LEAD – Women’s Voices in the Health Care Reform Debate...
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 10:23pm PST
imagePoor People Gonna Rise Up!
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by Mike Rhodes
The Homelessness Marathon put a spotlight on Fresno and the way this city treats its homeless residents. The story that follows is about a one hour panel that was held during the event. The Homelessness Marathon was 14 hours long. The photo below is from the first panel, which included Cynthia Greene, Joanna Garcia, Pamela Kincaid, Jeremy Alderson, and Alphonso Williams. Jeremy Alderson is the host and producer of the Homelessness Marathon. The guests are all a part of a lawsuit against ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 1:41pm PST
imageHumanity For Homeless now partially funded by the homeless
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by Tim Rumford
Update on the status of Humanity for Homeless, a loose nit organization that feeds and provides cloths to the homeless as well fighting for their rights. Idea for Poor Peoples Union discussed....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 9:28am PST
textSister Bernie Does it Again by Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron (reposted)
As we reported yesterday , the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing has decided to transform a long-vacant office building at 150 Otis Street into low-income housing. This represents a reversal in the city’s prior plan to sell the site to the highest bidder, and another major victory for Sister Bernie Galvin of Religious Witness With Homeless People. Galvin used her position on the Surplus Property Committee to vigorously fight to transform 150 Otis into affordable housing, and the Mayor’s...
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 6:23am PST
textMcGoldrick Seeks to Bring 2-Unit Building Under City Inclusionary Law by Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron (reposted)
San Francisco Supervisor Jake McGoldrick introduced legislation on February 13 that could potentially require builders of two or more units to provide a higher percentage of discounted units than builders of luxury downtown highrises. Prior to July 2006, the city’s inclusionary housing law covered only buildings of ten units or more. McGoldrick sponsored the law reducing this number to the current five, and now wants to reduce the number to two. Ironically, McGoldrick is also carrying legisla...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 9:26am PST
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