Archive for the ‘SFT News’ Category

City Props H, L, and M

October 5th, 2016 No Comments »

Prop H – YES. Public Advocate – Charter Amendment The city does not currently have an entity that oversees how city departments interact with the public. The Controller’s office operates the whistleblower program, and the OCC investigates charges of police […]

City Props B, C, D and E

October 5th, 2016 No Comments »

Prop B – YES. City College Parcel Tax Raises the amount CCSF gets in annual parcel tax from $79 to $99. They’ve received lots of money already but they need more to ensure they pass the final do-or-die shutdown test […]

Recycle or Not To Recycle

June 15th, 2016 No Comments »

When I worked for the San Francisco Department of Social Services my boss suggested I go to a seminar on recycling. At the seminar, I mentioned to a man I was having coffee with that this kind of event would […]

Housing: Solutions vs. Palliatives

May 21st, 2016 1 Comment »

Image source: Arise for Social Justice Two major reasons for the destructive inflation besetting our City are being effectively ignored.  First, San Francisco properties have become pawns in the global economy.  We are a piggy bank for cheap, mostly offshore […]

Voters’ Right to Know Update

May 10th, 2016 No Comments »

First, the bad news. In March, the petition drive to place the Voters Right to Know Act (VRTK) – intended to address systemic issues in California’s campaign finance and disclosure laws – on the November 2016 ballot was suspended. Jim […]

Awards Dinner coming up!

May 1st, 2016 No Comments »

Vote YES on Measure AA and feel good!

April 29th, 2016 No Comments »

Photo: Leah Millis, The Chronicle Measure AA will provide desperately needed funds for the restoration of wetland habitat around San Francisco Bay. Too often our votes seem to be making the best of not so great alternatives, either people or […]

Vote NO on Proposition B

April 28th, 2016 No Comments »

Keep control over our Parks and Recreation! Déjà vu all over again Are you willing to give up all outside control on how the Department of Recreation and Park spends its money?  You will, if you vote to support Proposition […]

SFT’s June Endorsements

April 20th, 2016 No Comments »

Proposition B – Open Space set-aside – No Proposition D – OCC review of police shootings – Yes Proposition E –  Paid sick leave revision – Yes Proposition AA – Bay Restoration Fund – Yes Supervisor, District 3 – Aaron […]

M Streetcar Reconfiguration

April 14th, 2016 No Comments »

The most recent reconfiguration of the M streetcar plan, presented in February, is a great improvement over the elevated solution that preceded it.  With the M and K streetcars now going underground, congestion is relieved at both the Ocean Avenue […]