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Supes vote to delay layoffs, but mayor vows to cut jobs

Submitted by Michael Winter on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 19:32

The Board of Supervisors voted this afternoon to reallocate $1.2 million in the Health Department's budget to keep about 100 unionized nurse assistants and support staff from being laid off until a

In ‘Deep East’ Oakland, youths pegged as criminals say police harassment spurs more violence

Crosscurrents on KALW Public Radio — Oct 7 2009 - 3:39pm

For many, the police are here to serve and protect. The men and women in blue are those we call when we’re in trouble. And no part of Oakland is more in need of policing than the streets between the East 70s avenues and the East 100s avenues — stretching from the base of the hills to the bottom of the flatlands — or what residents call the “Deep East.”

It is where over one-third of the city’s 124 homicides occurred last year. But many of the youths living on these dangerous streets don’t welcome the police as protectors — they consider them the enemy.

City starts marking new bike lanes after court ruling

Submitted by Jerold Chinn on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 15:56

A San Francisco Superior Cout judge ruled Friday that the city may continue with several bike projects after he found that the city was in compliance with enviromental reviews of traffic and parking problems.

The decision by Judge Peter J. Busch allows the city to start implementing the Bicycle Plan Program, which includes adding more bike lanes on city streets. The plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors 2005, but an injunction was placed the following year, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

Video quilt stitches together stories of HIV/AIDS battle

Theresa Seiger, SF Public Press — Jun 21 2010 - 1:32pm

In the store it doesn’t look like much, but inside the booth on Castro Street something bigger is going on. Generations HIV, part of the HIV Story Project, aims to get conversation flowing about how HIV/AIDS have affected different generations by allowing people to record questions, answers or stories about the diseases within the booth.

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Perry v. Schwarzenegger stretches into overtime

Submitted by Kristine Magnuson on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 19:08

 

Don’t expect a ruling on Perry v. Schwarzenegger — the suit against California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage — anytime soon, even though courtroom proceedings began on Jan. 11 and testimony wrapped up on Jan. 27.

Protesters urge Feinstein to take lead on immigration reform

Christopher D. Cook, SF Public Press — Mar 25 2010 - 2:18pm

Capping a wave of national immigration-rights actions across the country, local organizers turned this week to urging Sen. Dianne Feinstein to support comprehensive reform. About 2,000 Bay Area immigrants and others rallied Wednesday in front of Feinstein’s San Francisco office. The nationwide effort — including a march of 200,000 in Washington, D.C. — is aimed at pressuring Congress to support reforms Immigration reform leaders are pressing Congress for “humane comprehensive immigration reform” to protect undocumented immigrants while moving them toward legal status, prevent immigrant families from being split apart by deportations, and other goals.

City to carve out more contracts for ‘micro’ businesses

Monica Jensen, SF Public Press — Feb 3 2010 - 5:13pm

In a bid to make it easier for local businesses to grow in a down economy, San Francisco supervisors want to give more small, city-based firms a competitive edge in city contracts.

Commodity of Hope

Submitted by C. Nellie Nelson on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 17:24

 Artist Shepard Fairey, best known as the creator of the Obama campaign’s “Hope” graphic, has seen his share of ups and downs this year.

Craigslist founder rejects link between site, crimes

Stephen Robert Morse, The Public Press — Oct 21 2009 - 9:03pm

Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, said he does not believe his Web site is to blame for crimes committed by those who use the Internet to lure their victims.

“People might use our site, much like they might use the phone, or a car, or the roads, and I can’t find a reason for any of us to feel guilty about it,” Newmark said during a wide-ranging interview with the Public Press’ Stephen Robert Morse.

546 city workers get layoff notices, but many will be rehired, paid less

Kevin Stark, Oct 1 2009 - 11:57am

The city has sent layoff notices to 546 health and clerical workers, but that doesn't mean the public payroll will shrink by 546 jobs come mid-November. City officials are still deciding how many workers will be reclassified and then rehired at lower pay. The SEIU claims Mayor Gavin Newsom has reneged on a deal to save all the jobs.

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