AltWeeklies Wire
Gang Leader Blames PTSD for Killingsnew
Defense attorneys will argue that a violent upbringing left Down Below Gang leader Emile Fort, who is accused of 30 federal crimes, with cognitive defects and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which positioned him to commit and attempt murder in self-defense.
SF Weekly |
Ashley Harrell |
02-18-2009 |
Crime & Justice
San Francisco's Flawed System for Counting the Homelessnew
San Francisco's biennial homeless count has long been used as an indicator of how well the city is dealing with homelessness, which would all be fine and good, if it weren't for one small and inconvenient fact for everyone involved: It is a meaningless charade.
SF Weekly |
Ashley Harrell |
02-04-2009 |
Policy Issues
Nurses' Union Joins Antidevelopment Forces to Prevent a New Hospital from Being Builtnew
There's something to be said for exploiting the process of issuing building permits for squeezing public amenities like parks from companies. But in San Francisco, participants in these sorts of tactics sometimes lose sight of all that's at stake.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
02-04-2009 |
Housing & Development
Whose Side Are the Angels On?new
A new generation of activists is fighting to clean up the Tenderloin -- frequently dubbed San Francisco's worst neighborhood. The neighborhood’s churches are standing in their way.
San Francisco Mayor's Budget: More Hungry Homeless People, More Deaths at SF Generalnew
On the ground, the budget cuts San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is proposing translate into staggering losses in services that segments of the city's most disadvantaged populations rely on.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7986&catid=4 |
02-04-2009 |
Economy
Tags: San Francisco, economic issues
Hope, Change, and Parking: Support for a Modest Condo Project in San Francisconew
San Francisco faces a life-or-death question: Are we willing to behave like a dynamic city and grow, or even flourish? The debate over the Valencia Street project serves as an indicator as to how the city might answer that question.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-21-2009 |
Housing & Development
Exporting The Dead in San Francisconew
With 36 percent of the city's residents born outside the United States, a significant portion of the city sees funeral homes as a mere way station before shipping the deceased to graves in their homelands.
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
01-21-2009 |
Immigration
New Stimulus Plan Falls Short on Housing Moneynew
Homelessness is on the rise across urban America. And in nearly every big city, public housing projects are crumbling, suffering from years of federal neglect. But you wouldn't know that to look at the latest stimulus package coming out of Washington, DC.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe |
01-21-2009 |
Housing & Development
San Fran's Plastic Bag Ban Has Left the City with More Pollution and Costnew
It has become apparent that many of the rationales used to justify the ban -- such as its benefiting the environment and alleviating the city's litter problems -- are not playing out in the real world.
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
01-07-2009 |
Environment
The Scalawags of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharfnew
With its criminals and poachers, its deviants and scalawags, Fisherman's Wharf is in fact a far more interesting -- if disquieting -- place than any travel brochure would have tourists believe.
SF Weekly |
Ashley Harrell |
12-17-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Will San Francisco Be the First U.S. City to Implement Congestion Pricing?new
The city could raise $35 million to $65 million for public transit improvements annually by charging drivers $3 to cross specific downtown zones during peak travel hours, according to a San Francisco County Transportation Authority study. But the plan requires approval from both local officials as well and the state legislature.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
12-04-2008 |
Transportation
Public Transit Agencies May Pay Billions for Risky Deals with Bankersnew
San Francisco is suddenly at risk of paying $140 million to bankers who six years ago convinced the city to use its Muni trains in a $1 billion sham tax shelter. Cities such as Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and New York are suddenly facing similar potential payouts.
Victims Whose Deaths Remain Unclassified in San Fran Are Stiffednew
Amidst all the murders in San Francisco, some suspicious deaths are hidden in a secret burial ground of bureaucracy.
SF Weekly |
John Geluardi |
09-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
SF's Clean Energy Act Could Mean Lower Carbon Emissions and Lower Electric Billsnew
The Clean Energy Act, which will appear as Proposition H on the November ballot, mandates that the city undertake a study to determine the most cost effective and expeditious way to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2040.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-11-2008 |
Environment
Reclaiming San Francisco -- From Carsnew
The city's first ciclovia will open a car-free Embarcadero to cyclists this weekend.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Janna Brancolini |
08-28-2008 |
Transportation
