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Serious Civics Apps a Big Deal in San Francisco

Craig Newmark | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Craig Newmark

People are using the Net for civic purposes in increasing numbers for all sorts of useful stuff. Now, the City of San Francisco has a civic apps store.

Jerry Brown To Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate's aftermath. "I was the new sp...

San Fran Mayor Wants Mandatory Recycling

New York Times | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 05.15.2008 | Business


Mayor Gavin Newsom is competitive about many things, garbage included. When the city found out a few weeks ago that it was keeping 70 percent of its d...

SF Mayor: End The War On Drugs And Crime Will Drop By 70 Percent

CBS 5 San Francisco | Hank Plante | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom proclaimed the nation's war on drugs a total failure and insisted the crime rate would go down if the government spen...