Plan to Increase Tenderloin Policing is Stalled

Posted May 15, 2014 by Randy Shaw

A plan to sharply increase the number of Tenderloin police offers on the streets has stalled despite broad support. And the neighborhood’s seniors, children, disabled residents and working people are paying the price. I described on March 26 how SFPD
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An RD Explains Why All Foods Don’t Fit in a Healthy Diet: Andy Bellatti

Posted May 13, 2014 by Dana Woldow

Are America’s nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big Food? That’s the question posed by public health lawyer Michele Simon’s 2013 report “And Now a Word From Our Sponsors“. Simon examines the apparently cozy relationship that exists between the food
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A New President Will Not Stabilize Egypt

Posted May 13, 2014 by Carl Finamore

Egypt remains in a heightened state of political turmoil. Since the mass popular revolt in Feb. 2011 that toppled the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, there have been four governments, three votes on revised constitutions, two parliamentary elections and one presidential
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The Minimum Wage Loophole That’s Screwing Over Waiters and Waitresses

Posted May 13, 2014 by Dana Liebelson

As Republicans stonewall President Obama’s initiative to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour by 2016, some state lawmakers have taken the matter into their own hands, passing legislation that increases the salaries for
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Why SF Needs New Commissioners

Posted May 13, 2014 by Randy Shaw

Regularly changing the composition of San Francisco’s commissions brings fresh perspectives and limits the coziness between appointees and the agencies they oversee. But some San Francisco activists now see these appointments as virtual civil service jobs. According to the SF
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Campos-Chiu Race Offers Clear Choice

Posted May 12, 2014 by Randy Shaw

For all the mailers, endorsements, and negative attacks on both sides, the Assembly race between David Campos and David Chiu offers an unusually clear choice. There is nothing complicated about the race for Assembly between Supervisors Campos and Chiu. Unlike
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Soda Tax Myths: Do All Foods Really Fit in a Healthy Diet?

Posted May 12, 2014 by Dana Woldow

Saturated fat will kill you – wait, no it won’t. A big glass of orange juice is a healthy way to start the day – or maybe not. It feels like every week brings some new revelation that turns formerly
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Berkeley City Council Votes for a Flawed Minimum wage Ordinance

Posted May 12, 2014 by Harry Brill

If further proof were needed that Berkeley has drifted from its reputation as a “People’s Republic,” the City Council’s passage last weak of a weak minimum wage law makes this clear. In the year 2000, the Berkeley City Council voted
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