By Adrienne Fong Please hold the following people in your thoughts: Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications Jackie Barshak, battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, as she continues chemo therapy. Melvin Starks – Still needs housing! Rodger Scott as he gains strength. Open site to see telephone number Meal Train for Rodger Scott… Continue reading
Image via screengrab. Brandon Gage October 18, 2022 (alterneg.org) During a House of Representatives hearing on Wednesday, United States Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-California) grilled Mike Konczal, the director of Macroeconomic Analysis at the Roosevelt Institute, over the primary cause of inflation in the post-COVID-19 economy. Equipped with one of her… Continue reading
Resignations Won’t Fix a Broken System. Instead, Let Everyday Citizens Take Charge Columnist Joe Mathews makes the case for why a citizens’ assembly should replace the Los Angeles City Council. Rather than relying on a broken institution, he writes, Angelenos should take democracy into their own hands. Courtesy of AP Newsroom. by JOE MATHEWS | OCTOBER 18, 2022… Continue reading
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:40:28 +0000 (UTC)From: Allison SessoSubject: RIP Medical Debt Won an NYC Imagine Award! I am thrilled to share that RIP Medical Debt has won the NYC Imagine Award for Innovation!This is a competitive award with hundreds of nonprofit applicants and only four finalists. We were surprised and… Continue reading
President Nixon in a nationally televised address in 1973. (Photo: Bettmann / Getty Images) When you compare Trump’s cons with the $50 trillion that the GOP has swindled out of the American working class and given to the top 1 percent since 1980, Trump looks like a piker. THOM HARTMANN October 20, 2022… Continue reading
20 OCTOBER 2022/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) We in San Francisco all are vaguely aware that not everyone who owns a house or condo in SF actually lives here full time, or even part time. But did you know that there are actually tens of thousands of housing units, rentals included,… Continue reading
Column OCTOBER 20, 2022 (DemocracyNow.org) This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Early voting in the 2022 midterm elections has begun in many states, and inflation, the economy and recession are top concerns for most voters, according to polls. Democratic… Continue reading
November 2022 Endorsements August 25, 2022 San Francisco General Election – November 8, 2022 Thank you so much for your participation and involvement in our November 2022 endorsements process! We heard from a ton of incredible candidates during our August meeting and heard about their plans and priorities, and how… Continue reading
NOVEMBER 2022 ENDORSEMENT INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES November endorsement campaign interviews were held on Saturday, August 6 (recording). Submitted campaign questionnaires are posted below. Candidate / Proxy Office / Measure Interview Time Questionnaire Patrick Cochran (proxy) “Vacant Residential Unit Tax” (local measure) 10:30 – 10:40 Questionnaire … Continue reading
October 19, 2022 (TheGuardian.com) Biden vows to codify Roe if Democrats win midterms President casts election as a choice between Republicans who seek to impose a nationwide abortion ban and Democrats who aim to protect it. Plus, how to have a better funeral Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Democratic… Continue reading
