SF News Mirkarimi Supporters Circulate Talking Points as Legal Team Appeals to Delay Supervisors' Vote It's time for your requisite Ross Mirkarimi update for the week: The embattled sheriff, who has been suspended without pay since this past winter and who faces the permanent loss of the job
SF News D7 Candidate Norman Yee 'Made Mistake' Photoshopping John Avalos Like nothing more than elbow fat off a frail Cosmo cover model, District 7 supervisor candidate Norman Yee photoshopped Supervisor John Avalos out of a recent mailer. Melissa Griffin (we strongly recommend you
SF News John Avalos Contacted Harvey Milk's Ghost Using $29 Board Game This seems perfectly normal: San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos tells the San Francisco Chronicle that he and his aides contacted Harvey Milk's ghost regarding a vote on a non-binding resolution to name a
SF News John Avalos Releases Statement on Election Results After holding out for those uncounted ballots for a couple days, the Avalos for Mayor camp has finally given up the ghost. This afternoon, Team Avalos released a concession letter of sorts. Observe:
SF News Avalos Will Wait for Outstanding Ballots, Won't Concede Just Yet Despite every daily paper calling this Mayor's race for interim Mayor Ed Lee, John Avalos continues to stick it to the man, as it were. Although Lee promised to call every one of
Arts & Entertainment Twentysomething: Mayoral Candidate John Avalos Our second Pieces candidate (!) John Avalos has a rabid fan base compared to the other mayoral contenders. The notably progressive supervisor represents District 11, which consists of Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, Ingleside, Oceanview, and the
Arts & Entertainment And Now, Here's Supervisor John Avalos' Halloween Costume Not that we generally traffic in these types of paparazzi-esque photos, but here's District 11 Supervisor and candidate for mayor John Avalos with the Avalos for Mayor Party Bus outside The Cinch in
SF News John Avalos Discusses Occupy SF with Keith Olbermann [Video] After finally getting to the bottom of what Occupy Wall Street wants last week, Keith Olbermann turned his attention to the movement's expansion to San Francisco's Financial District last night. To lend some
SF News Occupy SF Encampment Moving to Civic Center? The current population of Occupy SF campers down in front of the Federal Reserve on Market Street appear interested in shifting things uptown a bit -- the Examiner reports on a request put
SF News John Avalos Releases Statement on Occupy SF Supervisor and mayoral candidate John Avalos released a statement following last night's Occupy SF tent city closure by SFPD. Avalos was at the brouhaha, and negotiated with authorities to keep the tent city
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Mayoral Candidate Car Wash Jeff Adachi, John Avalos, David Chiu, Bevan Dufty, Dennis Herrera, Joanna Rees, Phil Ting, and Leland Yee will all sport their finest bikinis (or not) during this Saturday's fundraiser car wash for McKinley
SF News S.F. Bike Coalition Endorses John Avalos In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, the San Francisco Bike Coalition endorsed visibly progressive candidate John Avalos for San Francisco mayor. In a press release sent out to media, SF Bike Coalition
SF News SFGate Commenters Up In Arms Over David Chiu's $700,000 Wheelchair Ramp The most popular story on the 'Gate right now? That would be Matier and Ross's column about the wheelchair ramp to the Board President's chair, currently being constructed in the Board of Supervisors
SF News Democratic Club Endorses Avalos and Herrera for Mayor, Snubs Ed Lee and Gascón Last night, the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee voted on their party's official endorsements for November's local elections and judging by the results, the DCCC wants to put some fresh meat in
SF News Another Candidate Throws Hat In the Mayor's Race Ring, Bringing Total to 16 The already stupidly crowded to become Mayor of San Francisco just got more crowded, as the Ex reports on the candidacy of Emil Lawrence, a San Francisco cab driver who paid the $5,
SF News Mayoral Cameo: DJ John Avalos to Appear at The Knockout Tomorrow Night Tomorrow night, popular retro-dive hangout The Knockout is getting a special guest DJ. According to the Examiner and the event's Facebook page, D11 Supervisor/Mayoral hopeful John Avalos will be taking a turn
SF News Which S.F. Mayoral Hopeful Didn't Vote in 24 Elections? Venture capitalist Joanna Rees, that's who. According to an excellent article in the Examiner published today, one that "broke down the voting history of the mayoral hopefuls," the Jason Lewis-approved candidate missed most
SF News SFist Attends: Last Night's SF Mayoral Open Government Forum Arriving late to the Pier 38 offices of Automattic yesterday evening for a mayoral candidate forum on Open Government, we caught the tail end of opening remarks from a panel comprised of the
Arts & Entertainment Weekly Mayoral Candidate Cameos: Dufty Bar Crawl, Progressive Forum, Pancake Breakfast John Avalos: While the progressive's top choice for mayor won't be in attendance, you can check out the first in a series of (presumably pro-Avalosian) SF Bay Guardian-sponsored mayoral forums starting tonight. "The
SF News Mayoral Candidates Trade Words Over Pay Raises [Mayor Fight!] The Examiner's Ken Garcia might be bored by the Mayor's Race, but over at the Chronicle the mud has started to fly. After last week's news that some city officials will be getting
SF News John Avalos, The Great Prog Hope, To Run For Mayor District 11 Supervisor John Avalos, 47, will announce today his plan to run for Mayor of San Francisco. A California native (a rarity within progressive circles), Avalos was born in Wilmington in Los
SF News Supes Grill SFMTA on Crappy J-Church, 14-Mission Service, NextBus Inaccuracies Part of yesterday's Neighborhood Services Committee meeting included supervisors Wiener and Avalos' joint hearing on J-Church and 14-Mission service. During the hearing, the two supervisors called on SFMTA Transit Director John Haley to
SF News Ed Lee to Possibly Get Screwed Out of His Admin Job? Interim Mayor Ed Lee, as many of you know, only took the job on the promise that the law could be changed allowing him an exception from the rule that says that mayors
SF News S.F. Cell Phone Users Should Get Ready for More Dropped Calls New legislation, proposed by Supervisors David Campos and John Avalos and inspired by a fight over a new cell phone tower in Bernal Heights, may make it more difficult to place a call
SF News Booze Tax? Supervisor John Avalos has a plan to help fund cash-strapped San Francisco. He wants to tax alcohol. According to SF Examiner, Supervisor John Avalos plans to ask our city attorney to draft legislation
