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Matt Smith: Leno Accuses Migden of Wrongly Using $1 million

Leno, Migden, the Courts and Money: WTF?

Bonds' Steroids Satire Prompts Laughs, Snarls: New Stories Published

Bill Protects Employment Rights of Medical Marijuana Users

Mark Leno is First to Get Senate Campaign Ad On the Air

And the Primary Results are In

Leno Says He'll Have Measure on Ballot to Kill 2/3 Threshold for State Budget Votes By 2010

Sen. Mark LenoMark Leno just told SF Weekly he's slept two hours out of the past 48 and he may or may not be hallucinating. He's tired, he's angry, and he's about to cash in some of his political connections and kick start a fund-raising drive to ensure it never happens again. The San Francisco Stat ... More >>

Cantankerous Comic Book Store Guy Faces Closure, Gets By With a Little Help From His Super Friends

Al Kizziah of the eponymous Al's Comics on Market Street is facing the BIFF! SOCK! POW! of the current economy, suffering from a bad bout of Kryptonite, or any other comics cliche you can toss his way. A longstanding problem with some bad debt has formed a tag team alliance with the new (non-) econo ... More >>

Mark Leno: End Illegal Amnesty (for Billboards)

Perhaps it's time to go, palDid you know that it's currently against the law for a California city to remove an illegal billboard -- provided said billboard has been in place (again, illegally) for five years without showing up on law-enforcement's radar? Who knew that, in a state where so many folk ... More >>

The New Kid

Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

Stealth Bloggers

Posing as journalists, bloggers got paid to write positively about Mark Leno.

Gay Weddings We’d Really Like to See

Posing as journalists, bloggers got paid to write positively about Mark Leno.

For Whom the Bridge Tolls

Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

Embattled Harvey Milk Democratic Club prez Brian Basinger starts another Democratic Club

Politicians want pork to pay for Golden Gate increases, but the money should be paid by drivers instead.

All-Ages Clubs Could Catch a Break from the ABC

Arturo J. PaniaguaOver the weekend, the Chron reported that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) was allegedly going after all-ages clubs like Slim's, Bottom of the Hill, Cafe du Nord, and Great American Music Hall for reasons the clubs are calling unreasonable (i.e. totally unrelated ... More >>

Leno's Hemp Screen

Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

Fight Club

Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

I Wish I'd Written That

Deceased journalist Joe Dignan led coverage of California's movement toward gay equal rights

Letters to the Editor

Deceased journalist Joe Dignan led coverage of California's movement toward gay equal rights

Dumb as a Potted Plant

Why is someone as smart as Mark Leno sponsoring genuinely stupid legislation to legalize hemp cultivation?

Anus, Already

Uniquely positioned to exert positive influence on public debate, San Francisco's business lobbies instead choose to act like, well, assholes

The New California Adventure

Uniquely positioned to exert positive influence on public debate, San Francisco's business lobbies instead choose to act like, well, assholes

Gimme Two Steps

Gay, lesbian, country, and western

Letters to the Editor

Week of January 22, 2002

High Quality

If the city starts growing and selling its own dope, will it be any, uh, good?

The Horror

If the city starts growing and selling its own dope, will it be any, uh, good?

Letters to the Editor

If the city starts growing and selling its own dope, will it be any, uh, good?

Letters to the Editor

If the city starts growing and selling its own dope, will it be any, uh, good?

Mark of Effectiveness

If the city starts growing and selling its own dope, will it be any, uh, good?

Power Politics

Two major S.F. energy projects are in the works. Do we need both? The question isn't really being discussed.

Letters to the Editor

News Flash; Sex Change and the City; Defining Dance

Et Tu, Mom?

News Flash; Sex Change and the City; Defining Dance

Warning: Deconstruction Ahead

The Village Voice thinks postmodern deconstructionism explains the S.F. Board of Supervisors; but why invoke Derrida, where ignorance will serve?

Trojan Horse

In a city that loves to hate chain stores, plans for a new Pottery Barn in the Castro are scarcely raising a peep. The neighborhood may regret it.

Cothran

In a city that loves to hate chain stores, plans for a new Pottery Barn in the Castro are scarcely raising a peep. The neighborhood may regret it.

Cothran

In a city that loves to hate chain stores, plans for a new Pottery Barn in the Castro are scarcely raising a peep. The neighborhood may regret it.

Mark Leno Says Lobbyist Intentionally Snubbed Him When Circulating Letter Regarding Hunters Point Pollution -- And Boy Is He Angry

State Senator Mark Leno is not amusedMark Leno's signature was conspicuously absent from a letter signed by the rest of San Francisco's Sacramento contingent regarding pollution from Lennar's cleanup of Hunter's Point Shipyard -- and the State Senator says that's no accident. Leno angrily accused th ... More >>

Outdated rules threaten the life of local all-ages clubs

State Senator Mark Leno is not amusedMark Leno's signature was conspicuously absent from a letter signed by the rest of San Francisco's Sacramento contingent regarding pollution from Lennar's cleanup of Hunter's Point Shipyard -- and the State Senator says that's no accident. Leno angrily accused th ... More >>

Mark Leno Introduces 'Joint Resolution' Urging End to Crackdowns On Medical Pot. We Are Not Making This Up.

Sen. Mark Leno today announced he has introduced a "joint resolution" to end the federal crackdown on medical marijuana use in California. While this is a matter of serious legislation, one can't help but notice the howler of a marijuana-related "joint" resolution. Leno's spokeswoman, Ali Bay, confi ... More >>

Pride Rides: Leno, Mirkarimi Give Shout-Out to City Car Share, Daly Gives Us The Finger

There's no legal argument Dennis Herrera can make to convince us this car ain't a beaut...Yesterday we began answering the eternal question: If a tree fell in the forest and no one was there to hear it -- what kind of cars would your elected representatives ride in Sunday's Pride Parade? Our persona ... More >>

Willie Brown Declares London Breed a Contender for Mark Leno's Seat

There's no legal argument Dennis Herrera can make to convince us this car ain't a beaut...Yesterday we began answering the eternal question: If a tree fell in the forest and no one was there to hear it -- what kind of cars would your elected representatives ride in Sunday's Pride Parade? Our persona ... More >>

For Entertainment Purposes Only

There's no legal argument Dennis Herrera can make to convince us this car ain't a beaut...Yesterday we began answering the eternal question: If a tree fell in the forest and no one was there to hear it -- what kind of cars would your elected representatives ride in Sunday's Pride Parade? Our persona ... More >>

Mark Leno's Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' In Support of Medical Pot Passes Senate Committee

Last month, we reported on a Mark Leno bill introduced simultaneously in the Assembly and Senate -- a "joint resolution." The moniker was especially fitting, however, because the resolution supported medical marijuana users, and called for an end to the federal crackdown on dispensaries. Well, when ... More >>

Chronic City: Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' Succeeds; California Senate Urges Change in Federal Medical Marijuana Rules

​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

S.F. doesn't abide by its own translation requirements

​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

BayView Newspaper Tells Mark Leno Where He Can Put His Op-Ed

Newspaper to Leno: Buzz off! ​Earlier this week, Sen. Mark Leno's press office sent several community newspapers including the San Francisco BayView an op-ed on senate bill 792, the legislation that will give 23 acres of Candlestick Point State Recreation Center to Lennar Corporation for developme ... More >>

Transblazer

Newspaper to Leno: Buzz off! ​Earlier this week, Sen. Mark Leno's press office sent several community newspapers including the San Francisco BayView an op-ed on senate bill 792, the legislation that will give 23 acres of Candlestick Point State Recreation Center to Lennar Corporation for developme ... More >>

Weekend Planner: Slow Food SF's Annual Crab and Oyster Fest Hits This Saturday

​Saturday marks Slow Food San Francisco's third annual Slow Crab and Oyster Festival, 6-9 p.m. at Potrero Hill Neighborhood House (953 De Haro at Southern Heights). Live acoustic blues? Check. Fine wines and craft beers? Check. Local Dungeness and oysters? Double check. Tickets are $65 general ... More >>

Sparking Interest: The Year in Marijuana Reporting

In San Francisco, marijuana is always a topic of interest. This past year saw the city dealing with the ins and outs of medical marijuana and grappling with a debate over decriminalization. Here are some of our most read posts on the issues.Get Up, Stand Up: Ammiano Introduces Marijuana Legalization ... More >>

And the 'Gayest City in America' Is ... Atlanta?

Not gay enough, apparently​As the ongoing Proposition 8 trial begins its second week today, the mayor of the "Gayest city" in California will take the stand to testify in favor of marriage equality. That mayor, of course, is Jerry Sanders. And the gay-friendly realm over which he reigns is -- San ... More >>