SF News Plastic Bag Manufacturers Ready To Delay, Undo California's New Bag Ban In a move that surprised no one today, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB270, aka "California's plastic bag ban" into law. Just as unsurprisingly, the folks who make plastic bags are pissed, and say
SF News Election Winners (SF Propositions, Gavin Newsom) And Losers (287,000 Voters) As the (twitter, booze, whatever) hangovers from yesterday's primary election fade, the winners and losers become (somewhat) clearer. Local wins include those for a waterfront development proposition and an earthquake bond measure, while
SF News Robot Cars To Get California Licenses Starting in September, the California DMV will begin issuing special licenses for driverless vehicles and their human test pilots/passengers. The news means Google's chrome-plated future, wherein robot cars are widely available and
Arts & Entertainment Video: Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom Debate Legal Weed, Homelessness With A 26-Year-Old Alleged Sinatra progeny and 26-year-old MSNBC on-air personality Ronan Farrow is tackling some tough issues on his recently launched talk show Ronan Farrow Daily. He's already asked Kenyans what they think of President
SF News Jerry Brown To Run For Historic Fourth Stint As Governor Taking out papers to run for re-election. http://t.co/3n0YKjRU9r pic.twitter.com/b8pNupZ0ts— Jerry Brown (@JerryBrownGov) February 27, 2014 Doing so with heaps of "humility," California Governor Jerry Brown filed papers
SF News Governor Brown Declares Drought Emergency In California After two years that have left reservoirs parched, Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency on Friday morning. Brown's State of Emergency declaration also comes on the heels of the Obama administration marking
SF News California Governor Signs Nation's First $10 State Minimum Wage Into Law Governor Jerry Brown signed a new measure into law on Wednesday, one that makes California the first state to raise its minimum wage to the $10 mark. Noted as the first minimum-wage hike
Arts & Entertainment 7 Illustrated Quotes From The L.A. Times Profile Of Gavin Newsom In the Los Angeles Times this week, the SoCal paper of record has an interesting profile of erstwhile San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom. In it, the reluctant Lieutenant Governor vents his many frustrations
SF News Gov. Brown On Bay Bridge Bolt Screwup: 'S**t Happens' The latest in the fiasco surrounding the roughly 1,200 bolts on the new Bay Bridge span that may or may not be too brittle to withstand an earthquake is that Governor Jerry
SF News Gov. Brown Announces $1.5 Billion Chinese Investment For Oakland's Waterfront From the American Embassy in Beijing today, Governor Jerry Brown announced a $1.5 billion deal from a Chinese investment group to fund development of Oakland's 65-acre Brooklyn Basin project. The project sits
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Why Won't Anybody Give This Old Guy A Seat On BART? Jerry Brown, the esteemed Governor of the great State of California and one sprightly septuagenarian, took a ride on Bay Area Rapid Transit this afternoon. And not a single rider heeded that message
SF News Gov. Brown To Oakland: Solve Your Own Problems When it comes to the recent surge in violent crime in Oakland, California Governor and Oakland Hills homeowner Jerry Brown told his told his home city to just deal with it, basically. Oakland
SF News Governor Jerry Brown's Office To Fox News: Please Stop Lying [Update] Last week, the journalistic stalwarts at Fox News printed a striking piece claiming California's 2012 budget deficit would hit $28 billion and cause an exodus of high wage earners from the state. Unfortunately
SF News Jerry Brown Becomes America's Oldest Governor To Ride In A Robot Car Earlier today Governor Jerry Brown stopped in to Google's Mountain View headquarters to sign a bill that will soon allow Californians to be even more apathetic while behind the wheel of a car.
SF News High Speed Rail: 'World Is Full Of NIMBYS And Fearful Men,' Says Gov. Brown After signing an $8 billion funding measure on Wednesday that will start construction on "the country's fastest rail system," Governor Jerry Brown climbed atop platform at the burgeoning Transbay Terminal in downtown San
SF News June Is Totally Gay Pride Month, Proclaims Governor Brown You guys, it's Pride month. And how could you not tell what with all of the rainbow flags adorning Market Street, not to mention this provocative move on the part of Coca-Cola Corporation.
SF News Gov. Brown Wants to Cut $1 Billion From California Welfare On Thursday, Monsieur Moonbeam prosed slashing a jarring "$1.4 billion in welfare and child care aid for the destitute "while holding voters liable for $5 billion in education funding with a November
Arts & Entertainment Gov. Jerry Brown's Amazingly Passive-Aggressive State Senate Memo Well, now this is just delightful: Jerry Brown's passive aggressive note to the California State Senate back in September of this year, in which the Governor explains his support for SB 769 but
SF News Jerry Brown Wants Tax Hikes On 1% Gov. Jerry Brown's new measure will ask voters to raise taxes on the wealthy over the next five years. His tax initiative, slated for the November 2012 ballot as soon as Friday, could
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Willie Brown: Calculating Kamala Harris' Age and Da Mayor's Fried Chicken Endorsement Willie reveals a lot of hidden truths about politicians in this week's Willie's World column, starting with the point that Oakland Mayor Jean Quan needs to realize she's no longer a street activist.
SF News Brown Bans Tanning Beds for Kids In a move poised to stave off children looking like white trash, Governor Jerry Brown banned kids from using tanning beds. The legislation, singed over the weekend, makes California the first state to
SF News Gov. Jerry Brown Signs California Dream Act Governor Jerry Brown today signed the controversial California Dream Act, which will make it legal for undocumented immigrant college students to get public financial aid. The Sacto Bee notes: "The California Dream Act
SF News Gov. Brown Signs Bill to Block Circumcision Bans Citing anti-freedom of religion sentiment, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill over the weekend blocking any and all circumcision bans in the state of California. Assembly bill 768, penned in response to San
SF News Ca. Schools Must Teach Gay History, Says Jerry Brown California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation today that would require state schools in include gay history in the curriculum. "The legislation, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, was approved in the Legislature
SF News Red Pen/Black Pen: Jerry Brown Signs State Budget After Slashing Another $24 Million The state budget that no one seems particularly pleased with got Jerry Brown's John Hancock on it earlier this afternoon —but not before the governor got a chance to spill some red ink
