Thursday, March 30, 2017 Remember that old song describing the wonders of living in a “little grass shack” in Hawaii? Those days are long gone. Why? Because there are almost no little grass shacks left in Hawaii any more (probably due to building codes) — and as a result,… Continue reading
March 9, 2017 (SFGate.com) Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP. Shriya Gupta of Cherokee, N.C. strikes a pose with a statue titled “Fearless Girl”, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in New York. The statue was installed by an investment firm in honor of International Women’s Day. NEW YORK (AP) — A new statue… Continue reading
January 19, 2017 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she’s for a single payer Medicare for All, everybody in, nobody out health care system. But she refuses to co-sponsor single payer legislation in the House (HR 676) or to organize to build support for it. Ralph Nader has now written… Continue reading
An internationally renowned all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble: this is Sweet Honey in the Rock, whose name was derived from a song, based on Psalm 81:16, which tells of a land so rich that when rocks were cracked open, honey flowed from them. “Would you harbor me” was written by… Continue reading
The 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 26 March 2017 for the 5th term of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (CE), the highest office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Former Chief Secretary for AdministrationCarrie Lam beat former Financial Secretary John Tsang and retired… Continue reading
March 26, 2017 The mayor proposed a plan to deal with the homeless crisis (not homelessness crisis) that did not include any homeless input. Here is the communities input. Please share to the city council and mayor. I am unable to do so from this page. First They Came for… Continue reading
January 29, 2017 by Dave Welsh It was the first time I’d ever attended a Police Review Commission meeting in Berkeley, a university town near San Francisco. Together with nine other community members, we went to express our opposition to three terrible policies of the city government and its police… Continue reading
Indybay.org March 22nd Governments need to take a serious look at how we have succeeded – and how they could help us succeed better. They need to take stability seriously. They need to allow an environment where stability can exist. And that means cities need to change how they are… Continue reading
First they came for the homeless March 20, 2017 I just got the heads up that council member Ben Bartlett is making moves to get us removed. He is citing trash and neighborhood complaints, according to the email. We know why this is happening. We called the city out for… Continue reading
