AltWeeklies Wire
Will San Francisco's Sunshine Ordinance Finally Get Some Teeth?new

On the same evening the Police Commission shot down Chief George Gascón's plan to arm his officers with Tasers, a Sunshine Ordinance Task Force committee reviewed a proposal to give itself a set of tools that could help nail officials that violate public information laws.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-10-2010 |
Politics
Will a Big-Name Dem Run Away With the Attorney General's Race?new
You might intuit Rep. Jackie Speier, the frosh congresswoman from the Peninsula, doesn't like her new job in Washington, D.C. - if, before her first full term is even up, her name is appearing in a poll for another elected office.
Profiles Of Change: President Obama's Call for Citizen Action Is Already Resonatingnew
"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America," President Barack Obama told US citizens on his Inauguration Day. That rang in the ears of people who changed their lives in response to his call.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
01-21-2009 |
Politics
Election '08: The People's Electionnew

On (almost) every level, the grassroots beat the establishment and the progressives beat the big money.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
11-12-2008 |
Politics
San Francisco's Class of 2000new
Eight years after being swept into office, a once-disorganized band of neighborhood leftists tries to create a citywide political machine.
The End of San Fran's Progressnew
Art Agnos, one of the city's last remaining progressive hopes to confront incumbent Gavin Newsom in November's mayoral election, has determined San Francisco's become so twee a place that it's not worth his time and energy.
Sign of the Cult-Busternew
An outspoken ex-Moonie, lawyer and anti-cult crusadeer, Ford Greene has gotten in trouble with the town of San Anselmo, Calif., for putting up signs making statements like "Christmas Is No Fun in Fallujah."
Bay Area Political Groups Get Out the Nation's Votenew
A massive national voter-registration, vote-canvassing and poll-watching operation organized by Bay Area political groups will have an unpredictable effect on the presidential election.