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The Avoidable Tragedy of California's Prop 8

William Bradley | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yes on 8, Civil Rights, Ron George, George W. Bush, Dianne Feinstein, Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown, Same-Sex Marriage, John Kerry, Red States, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Frank Schubert, No on 8, California Supreme Court, Ohio, Gay Marriage, Religious Voters, San Francisco, 2004 Presidential Race, Politics News
William Bradley

The California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 is all the more tragic in that the initiative never should have passed in the first place.

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The Road from Here to Marriage Equality

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gavin Newsom, Lesbian, President Obama, Gays, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Today we must turn anger into action. With five states already on their way to marriage equality, it's our job to make sure history moves faster towards equality here in California.

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Swings Mysteriously Appear On San Francisco Trains

treehugger.com | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Trains, San Francisco, Train Swings, Moving America, BART Swing, Bart, Transportation, San Francisco-California, Green News

Somebody decided to make the world just a little bit more interesting, and three red swings appeared on the BART Public Transit System in San Francisc...

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Jeez, This Place Is A Dump (PHOTO)

Getty Images | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Waste, San Francisco, Green Technology, California, San Francisco-California, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 12: Trucks dump garbage into a pit at Sunset Scavenger May 12, 2009 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom...

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Scaling San Francisco's Universal Health Care Program

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Congress, Gavin Newsom, Health, Tom Harkin, President Obama, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Jobs, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Mayor Newsom, Obama Health Care, Health Care, San Francisco, California, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Our experience in San Francisco is proving what most Americans already know -- it is much less expensive to keep people well than it is to treat their sickness.

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Letter From Paris: Travels with My Daughter

Beth Arnold | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Marshall Store, Blair Graves, Marshall California, Sea Ranch Lodge, Tony's Seafood Restaurant, Expatriates, BBQ Oysters, Bodega BAy California, San Francisco, Expat, Pacific Ocean, Barabecued Oysters, Living News
Beth Arnold

What we've realized is that our home is wherever we are together, no matter where in the world that is. No matter where our lives take us. Those are the happiest mother's days for me.

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Let Us Rejoice (And Rock Out): The Jews On Vinyl Revue

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Miami Beach, Idelsohn Society, Sammy Davis Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers, Ron Cey, Roger Bennett, Lincoln Center, Jews on Vinyl Revue, Burton Sisters, Johnny Yune, Reboot Stereophonic, Irving Fields, They Call Me Bruce?, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, Hava Nagilah, Josh Kun, Bagels and Bongos, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

As the 93-year-old pianist and the Korean singer launched into a high-octane take on "Hava Nagilah," the sold-out crowd went wild, swaying, shimmying and stomping to the beat.

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Bicing: Barcelona's Communal Bicycle Program Has Transformed The City (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Elizabeth Khuri Chandler | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Barcelona Bicing, New York, France, Bikes, Washington DC, Bicing, Bicycling, Spain, Cycling, Us Public Transportation, Bicycles, Barcelona, Public Transportation, Bicycle, Shared Bikes, Europe, Bike, San Francisco, Shared Bicycles, Video, World News

By Elizabeth Khuri Chandler and video content by Kirsten Dirksen of faircompanies.com On an unusually hot afternoon this spring, the streets of Barce...

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2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weaponry, Atomic Bomb Dome, Delhi, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, United Nations, Takeshi Araki, Sri Lanka, Boston, World Peace, Thought Leaders, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, Denver, Global Citizens, Seattle, Nagasaki, 2020 Vision Campaign, Prague, Mayors for Peace, Tanzania, Tadatoshi Akiba, Aaron Tovish, Philadelphia, Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Santo Domingo, Mathew Luce, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Haiti, Japan, New York, Hiroshima Peace Park., Federation of the American Scientists, Tipping Point, Thousand Origami Cranes, San Francisco, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol, Orphans International Worldwide, Senbazru, Lome, Galle, Moshi, Manado, Jacmel, World News
Jim Luce

It is possible to disarm all nuclear weaponry by 2020. It is do-able. For the sake of our orphans, for the sake of your own families' children, let us commit ourselves to believing this.

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Portland Mayor To SF Mayor: We're Better At Electric Cars

gas2.org, Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Sam Adams, Green Cars, Gavin Newsom, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Cars, Poll, Portland, San Francisco, Green News

The electric vehicle smackdown has begun in earnest. Portland Mayor Sam Adams is responding to the perhaps higher-profile San Francisco Mayor Gavin...

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The Race to an EV Future: Being First to an Electric Vehicle Grid

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gavin Newsom, Green Jobs, Portland, President Obama, Electric Cars, Green, Environment, Jobs, Cars, San Francisco, Mayor Newsom, California, Video, Green News
Gavin Newsom

Portland and San Francisco have been battling for the title of the most sustainable city for years. We welcome Portland's latest challenge and hope that this EV competition will spread across the country.

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Hate-talk Radio's Michael Savage's Real-life "Streets of San Francisco" Encounter with SFPD, Film Crew

Bill Mann | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Cops,, San Francisco, Right Wing Talk Radio, Michael Krasny, Kgo, Michael Savage, Sfpd, Herb Caen, San Francisco-California, Media News
Bill Mann

I've had the sad journalistic duty of writing about this pathetic-but-popular hatemonger longer than anyone, ever since this braying bigot first surfaced on San Francisco's top-rated radio station.

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Parties, John McCain, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Secession, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Dick Cheney, Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama, Iowa, San Francisco, Rick Perry, Steve Schmidt, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, New Labour, Democratic Party, Britain, Tories, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Politics News
William Bradley

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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It's Official...I am Running for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Jobs, 2010 Elections, Health, Environment, Jobs, San Francisco, Green Living, Green Energy, Mayor Newsom, Health Care, California, Gavin Newsom Governor, San Francisco-California, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

In San Francisco, we're showing what can be accomplished when we stop looking back and start looking for solutions. We can't keep returning to the same old, tired ideas and expect a different result.

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Power America With Ocean Energy

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, President Obama, Gavin Newsom, Economy, Green, Wind, Jobs, San Francisco, Green Living, Mayor Newsom, Barack Obama, Wave, California, Video, Wave Energy, Ocean Energy, Green News
Gavin Newsom

We need to invest in the technology to make America the world leader in renewable energy. Offshore wind power is one promising source of energy that is commercially viable today.

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The Art of Duplicity

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Sara-Jane-Moore, Art, Assassination, San Francisco, U.S. Parole Commission, Jail, Living News
Geri Spieler

I got an E-mail from her new lawyer two months ago. He told me that unless I return her art immediately, which is rightfully her property, he said, he was authorized to sue me.

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Some Hard Truth About Hard Times

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: History, Economy, Poverty, Political Humor, Economic Downturn, Crisco, Depression, Flappers, Alphabet Soup, New Deal, Economic Crisis, Scrimping, Franklin Roosevelt, Speakeasies, Recession, Fdr, Silver Tea, Redwood City, Great Depression, Rice, Saving, Norman Rockwell, Jazz Age, Bailout, New-Deal, San Francisco, Gilded Age, Politics News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Using the Depression as a baseline for discussions of national prosperity ignores an important historical truth: for millions of average citizens, money was tight prior to the 1930s.

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The Bay vs. the Bag: Only One Side Can Win

David Lewis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, San Francisco Bay, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bag Tax, Plastic Bags, San Francisco, Save the Bay, Bay Area, Green News
David Lewis

Plastic bag pollution is growing, and its impact on our rivers, bays and oceans is well documented. The answer to "paper or plastic?" is "neither -- here's my reusable bag!"

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Gay Marriage in Iowa? Come on, San Francisco!

Nato Green | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, California Gay Marriage, Ballot Initiative, Humor, Satire, Vermont Gay Marriage, Mormons, San Francisco, Comedy, Gay Marriage, Harvey Milk, Politics News
Nato Green

If it's not worth it to win marriage equality, to unite to spite the right, it's definitely worth it to stop the insurgent Iowan and Vermontian hubris and salvage our street cred among freaks.

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BBQ. Oysters. Happiness.

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 05.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Sauvignon Blanc, Oysters, Food, Dining, San Francisco, Restaurants, Barbeque, Style News
Robert Rosenthal

Oysters at Tony's bring together completely distinct, but brilliant ends of the food spectrum to produce something that is immeasurably better than the sum of its parts.

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A Conversation About Expanding Health Care Access

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Economy, Health, President Obama, San Francisco, Jobs, Universal Health Care, Mayor Newsom, Health Care, Health Reform, Healthcare, California, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

The need for bold programs addressing the health care crisis was brought into focus by a new report showing that more than 500,000 Californians have lost their health care since the start of the recession.

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Being a Woman Veteran

Kayla Williams | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Iraq Veterans, US Soldiers, Army, Women's Issues, San Francisco, Veterans, Living News
Kayla Williams

Last Wednesday, I was honored and proud to be invited to the SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans show put on in San Francisco by Swords to Plowshares.

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Obama's California: The Arnold Alliance and More

William Bradley | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Solar, Antonio Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Poizner, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles, Jerry Brown, Orange Country, Steve Westly, Green Tech, Barack Obama, Reagan Country, George W. Bush, Electric Cars, Bill Clinton, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, John McCain, John Garamendi, Hollywood, Politics News
William Bradley

President Barack Obama is back in the east after a whirlwind visit to California which pointed up his strengths and suggested some things he can do differently.

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Greening Buildings to Create Jobs

Gavin Newsom | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green Jobs, Solar, Gavin Newsom, Academy of Sciences, Economy, President Obama, Environment, Green Building, Green, San Francisco, Jobs, Mayor Newsom, California, Green News
Gavin Newsom

New construction typically represents less than one percent of San Francisco's built environment in any given year. Greening existing buildings is more challenging than new construction.

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Everyone Goes to Washington but Gavin "Waldo" Newsom -- Here's What He Missed...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Economic Stimulus Package, Gavin Newsom, Phil Bronstein, San Francisco, Politics News
Phil Bronstein

Where was Waldo? Campaigning for governor in Oakland and applying for an upgrade on his high profile tech credentials by visiting Twitter. Stuff like that.

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