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Supes send tax hike plans to full board

San Francisco voters are likely to be asked in November to weigh in on two measures aimed at imposing hefty taxes on downtown businesses, wealthy homeowners and law firms. A Board of Supervisors committee voted Monday to send the measures to the full ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Gavin Newsom

Maybe they should examine their must-publish list

(07-14) 19:13 PDT -- For the first time in recent memory, the weekly San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting will be canceled Tuesday - because a local newspaper forgot to publish a notice announcing the meeting. City law requires that all public ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  14 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Aaron Peskin

Car-free parties planned for Embarcadero

San Franciscans will be dancing in the streets - literally- after Mayor Gavin Newsom's office obtained the necessary permits this week to shut down 6 miles of thoroughfare during two Sundays this summer and turn the pavement into a party zone. Starting ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  12 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Gavin Newsom,  World Economic Forum

Newsom's chief of staff resigns

(07-10) 11:04 PDT SAN FRANCISCO - -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's chief of staff, Phil Ginsburg, announced his resignation today, and the mayor's one-time point man on homelessness, Trent Rhorer, will assume the job. Ginsburg is the second chief ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  10 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Gavin Newsom

SAN FRANCISCO / 3 million calls to city's 311 help line

Mayor Gavin Newsom marked the 3 millionth call to San Francisco's 311 line, saying Wednesday that even more call-takers need to be hired to meet the high demand of calls from residents requesting everything from bus schedules to information about city ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Gavin Newsom

S.F. political players' role in Villaraigosa reception raising funds as well as eyebrows

(06-24) 18:34 PDT -- A who's who of San Francisco political players will be hobnobbing Wednesday evening at a swanky fundraiser in the Neiman Marcus rotunda to honor a big-city mayor who is considered a superstar in the state Democratic Party. The ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  24 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Fiona Ma,  Kamala Harris,  Antonio Villaraigosa,  Neiman Marcus,  U.S. Democratic Party

Report: Many managers added to S.F. city staff

San Francisco has added hundreds of highly paid government managers to the payroll since Mayor Gavin Newsom took office four years ago, a new city report has found - a revelation that frustrates labor union leaders as they brace for scores of low-level ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  24 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Gavin Newsom

SAN FRANCISCO / No mechanical flaws in Muni train crash

San Francisco transit officials said Monday that a June 14 Muni train crash near the Giants ballpark, which injured 16 people, was not the result of a mechanical failure. A T-Third train may have been traveling nearly six times the speed limit when it ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  24 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE / A TOWN WHERE IT'S HARD TO SAY 'GAY' / Little Orland voted overwhelmingly against same-sex nuptials 8 years ago - and not much has changed there since

Every day at 6 a.m., the same old-timers in this small Northern California farm town begin wandering into the Kountry Kitchen, where regulars have their favorite seats at the counter and a spunky waitress named Fran serves up the usual. On a recent ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  14 Jun 2008
Related Topics: John Young,  U.S. Republican Party,  Ronald Reagan,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush

Rush to get married in Bakersfield before county clerk closes shop

(06-12) 19:51 PDT Bakersfield, Kern County -- Amanda Camerer and Jorge Mujica got married on such short notice that the bride had trouble finding something borrowed and blue in time for their ceremony this morning in the Kern County Clerk's ...

From CECILIA M. VEGA, San Francisco Chronicle,  12 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Brandon Davis

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