Brandon Harami November 11, 2021 (medium.com) The San Francisco Berniecrats were early supporters of Buttar, and as Chair I spoke at numerous events in his favor. During the primary, we made the largest investment in election support in our organization’s history to help ensure Bernie won San Francisco and that… Continue reading
‘We’ve made history’: Flint water crisis victims to receive $626m settlement November 11, 2021 (theguardian.com) ‘We’ve made history and hopefully it sets a precedent to maybe don’t poison people,’ one Flint resident said. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP A federal judge has approved a $626m settlement for victims of the lead water crisis… Continue reading
November 11 ARTICLES: A. Promoting World Peace, Not Glorifying War – November 11, 2021 https://consortiumnews.com/2021/11/11/promoting-world-peace-not-glorifying-war/ B. Kaiser faces potentially crippling strike as unions representing about 100,000 plan walkouts – May 11, 2021 https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article255737926.html C. Health Care Coverage Axed for Striking WVa Hospital Workers – November 11, 2021 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/west-virginia/articles/2021-11-11/health-care-coverage-axed-for-striking-wva-hospital-workers D. The… Continue reading
Posted on November 11, 2021 by SF Forest Alliance (sfforest.org) San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SFRPD) is cutting down more trees. Several supporters alerted us to warning notices on eight large, beautiful trees at Stow Lake that have been marked for destruction. Why? Apparently to repair the perimeter path and bring it into… Continue reading
In most high-housing cost cities — Portland, Seattle, Culver City and Minneapolis — zoning reformers and rent control advocates overlap. Los Angeles and San Francisco are the big exceptions. (Shutterstock) It’s time to bridge the YIMBY-tenant advocate divide Nov. 9, 2021 8:30 a.m. (SFExaminer.com) NEWS NEWSLETTER OPINION THE CITY By… Continue reading
If you spend $1.4 million, you can qualify almost anything—but this will be a big test for the integrity of elections and SF’s political leadership. By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 9, 2021 To the surprise of nobody, the supporters of the effort to recall Chesa Boudin turned in enough signatures to… Continue reading
NOVEMBER 10, 2021 (counterpunch.org) BY WILLIAM HARTUNG – MANDY SMITHBURGER Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the Biden administration, a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has outlined three different ways to cut $1 trillion in Department of Defense spending over… Continue reading
September 30, 2021 6.45am EDT (theconversation.com) Authors Daniel MerinoAssistant Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast Gemma WareEditor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast Interviewed Chantal Sullivan-ThomsettPhD Candidate in German and Politics, University of Leeds Charles James StewardPhD Candidate, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University… Continue reading
Bob Egelko Nov. 9, 2021 (SFChronicle.com) As a three-term U.S. Senate member from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act, the post-9/11 law that expanded the government’s power to examine Americans’ phone and email records, financial documents — even their library accounts. Along with… Continue reading
