Actions for Wed. Feb. 16: Trial of SFPD’s Stengal & SF Police Commission mtg re Chief of Police intent to Withdraw from MOU with DA’s office (from Adrienne Fong)

2nd Action is Police Commission meeting – Crucial to Call-In. A couple articles + DA Boudin’s 2 min. comment in last Wed. meeting is included as well as site for last meeting 2 ACTIONS for WEDNESDAY Trial of SFPD’s Terrance Stengal (Case # 20013301) Wednesday, February 16 9:00am SF Hall… Continue reading

SAN FRANCISCO ELECTION PREDICTIONS: ASSEMBLY, SCHOOL BOARD RECALL

by Randy Shaw on February 14, 2022 (beyondchron.org) Will AD 17 Turnout Be Unexpectedly Low? February 15 is Election Day in San Francisco. Until last week I expected a much larger voter turnout  than is typical in special elections. After all, voters were mailed absentee ballots, the D17 Assembly race is competitive and… Continue reading

Younger Workers Lead Starbucks Union Organizing Effort

By JOE MANISCALCO February 10, 2022 (DCReport.org) Starbucks Workers United organizer Richard Bensinger (speaking) Photo Credit: SBWorkersUnited ‘Gen U’ See Corporations Running Lives and Ruining the Planet; Not Waiting for Reform of Labor Law At last count, the Starbucks unionization drive has spread to more than 50 stores in nearly 20… Continue reading

Rather Than Sink Main Street by Raising Interest Rates, the Fed Could Save It. Here’s How. 

Rather Than Sink Main Street by Raising Interest Rates, the Fed Could Save It. Here’s How. 

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Ellen Brown (ellenbrown.com) Inflation is plaguing consumer markets, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to tighten the money supply. But as Rex Nutting writes in a MarketWatch column titled “Why Interest Rates Aren’t Really the Right Tool to Control Inflation”: It may be heresy… Continue reading