SF News Progressive On Progressive Violence So how entertaining for us to find out we were in fact part of a huge juggernaut of people supporting people who support Mark Leno in a proxy fight between him and Carole
SF News State Senate Shenanigans Well, the latest rumor (from the Bay Area Reporter) is that folks have heard tell that Aaron Peskin is now thinking about running for the State Senate seat as well. Whaaaaa? The tea-leaf
misc State Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Case How did we get here? Let's go take the Way Back Machine and see. We start in 2004 when Gavin (gaw-- that was one wife and at least three girlfriends ago) decided to
SF News Who Wants To Be The Mayor (Maybe) Okay, so we've covered the people who aren't running against Gavin Newsom for mayor in 2007, and we've covered the people who are. Who next but the undeclareds? Here's your list of the
SF News Update on Josh Wolf Oh wait, where were we. The event will start 7:30pm at the Balazo Gallery on 2183 Mission Street. Speaking will be Assemblyman Mark Leno, SF Bay Guardian Publisher Bruce Brugmann, (attention SFist
SF News It's Tuesday-- Do You Know Where Your Team Is? Okay, here's today’s team on a move recap: As for things in Oaktown, the repercussions of the A's possible move to Fremont has mainly been a shrug and a cry of "so
SF News Odds and Ends Next up: Bush Ter Down! As promised, those wacky World Can't Wait kids tied up traffic on Market Street protesting the war. As our waggish commenters noted, it did indeed rain -- but
SF News California Catches Impeachment Fever Anyways, the bill has made it through the California Assembly Rules Committee which voted to approve the bill so they can consider it later. Huh? Actually, the vote was to amend a previous
SF News Fiona v. Janet: Bring It On! Anyone who's played one-on-one against Mayor Newsom's gotta have some game! Look at the fire in Fiona's eyes in this picture! Bring! It! On! After a fairly moribund start (for our purposes, "moribund"
SF News With Arms Wide Open Anyways, a couple of days before the big doings, your San Francisco Board of Supervisors decided to weigh in and issued a resolution condemning the rally as an “act of provocation" by an
misc Good one, Judy. A trainload of subway riders was startled and a little starstruck Saturday afternoon when Assemblymember Mark Leno stepped on board at Civic Center heading toward Embarcadero. "Look who it is!" yelled a guy
SF News No Huey, Just The News Wow, so much going on today! We're so inundated with news today that we're going to just give it to you in bullet form! (Those of you who are muttering darkly about the
SF News AB 849 Passes Senate! Well, we're one step closer to being ahead of the curve on yet another issue here in California thanks to the efforts of State Senator Mark Leno, D - San Francisco. The farm
misc Marriage = 1 Whomever + 1 Someone Else Possible benefits of gender-neutral weddings: "over $100 million in increased business revenues" for California, including $7 million for the state in sales tax, according to the not-at-all impartial Institute for Gay and Lesbian
SF News AB 849 Clears Early Hurdle Funny, we didn't see this in the Examiner, Chron or Sacramento Bee. Yesterday, the state's Senate Judiciary Committee passed Assembly Bill 849, the "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act," by a vote
misc Domestic Partnership Law Affirmed Sunny day! The California Supreme Court affirmed without comment the state appellate court's decision that the California domestic partnership laws do not violate the "marriage is between a man and a woman" Proposition
SF News Frameline 29: <i>Crustaces et Coquillages</i> Okay, okay, the 'English' title (and the one on the program) is , but this is the first time we can remember that a distributor actually chose an alternate title in the same language
misc The Blacks and The Jews get Behind the Gays "On behalf of Equality California," EQCA Public Education Manager Sylvia Rhue said in a statement, "thank you NAACP and the ADL. We are humbled by your tenacity and bravery, and we will certainly
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Closing Time Assemblymember Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) tried to get similar legislation passed several years ago, with the approval of the Board of Supes, but used an economic argument instead. His idea was that if
SF News Meet the New Ethics Boss. Same as the Old Ethics Boss? Hansen is well known in the city for being an activist in the usual assortment of progressive causes, including being the co-founder of the People’s Budget Collaborative, a role that led Frank
SF News Get Off Your Ass...Or Whoever's Ass You're Currently On As everyone knows, gays and lesbians spend their free time seducing children with tales of cross-dressing necrophiles. But for the first time ever, they'll be taking a break from all that on Sunday,
