Monthly Archives: March 2010

Anyone attending last week’s District 8 Supervisor debate at the Noe Valley Democratic Club would have to say Rebecca Prozan won. Scott Wiener and Rafael Mandelman sniped at each other with predictable attacks of “moderate vs. progressive” – while Prozan<br> Read More »

Late April brings to the Castro Theatre, the Clay Theatre, the Sundance Kabuki, and the Pacific Film Archive the arrival of the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival. Rather than exhaustively list every event at the upcoming festival, consider the<br> Read More »

As a key Senate committee ramps up efforts to draft a new long-term transportation bill, Transportation for America today released poll results demonstrating overwhelming American support for increased access to public transportation and safe walking and biking. Central to the<br> Read More »

Frank Rich’s Sunday column in the New York Times drew the same conclusion I have made about recent acts of violence aimed at Congress for passing health care reform. Namely, that the Teabaggers who last week called John Lewis a<br> Read More »

A lot of attention in recent months has focused on the “pay to play” problem in Washington D.C., with political leaders holding health care reform hostage for months in no small part because of the campaign contributions they receive from<br> Read More »

Last week the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee reviewed proposals to create programs that would make our homes and buildings substantially more energy efficient. Specifically, the committee held hearings on the Home Star residential retrofit program, which if passed would<br> Read More »