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
Super Tuesday Lessonsnew
Barack Obama wins San Francisco with a late surge of diverse supporters, but can he prevent the superdelegates from tapping Hillary Clinton?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones, G.W. Schulz and Sarah Phelan |
02-13-2008 |
Politics
New Database Could Make it Tougher to Track Illegal Spendingnew
San Francisco's recent move to a privatized electronic campaign finance database will make it more difficult to track amendments to reports on political spending, a change that has caused a conflict between top-level staffers at the Ethics Commission.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
01-23-2008 |
Politics
Money and Politics in San Francisconew
Corporations buy influence using big donations and sneaky tactics.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
10-31-2007 |
Politics
Anemic Debut for San Fran's Public Mayoral Financingnew
Only two of the candidates made the deadline -- and one has since dropped out.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
09-12-2007 |
Politics
Bringing Environmental Justice Issues to San Fran's Mayoral Racenew
Candidate Ahimsa Porter Sumchai is setting her sights on bringing about change by debating issues that otherwise aren't being voiced on behalf of folks whose needs and concerns are being neglected.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
09-05-2007 |
Politics
San Fran's Budget Blowbacknew
After some high-profile distractions, the city's supervisors start reversing Mayor Newsom's spending cuts.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
06-27-2007 |
Politics
Mayor Chickennew
Mayor Gavin Newsom is terrified to face real political debate -- that's bad for the entire city.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Sarah Phelan |
01-10-2007 |
Politics
The Destroy California Initiativenew
Proposition 90 is being marketed as a way to stop Big Brother from taking your home -- it might actually destroy everything that makes California livable.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
11-01-2006 |
Politics
Clean Money, Bipartisan Enemiesnew
Does the answer to California's lobbying and fundraising scandals lie in an initiative that just qualified for the November ballot?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
07-19-2006 |
Politics
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