Melissa Griffin archive page
Supes hunt for SEIU budget dollars
Back in August, I wrote that state budget cuts and worse-than-expected property tax revenue would...
Officials loathe to follow sanctuary law
‘To the extent permitted by state and federal law,” reads the final nine words of San...
Newsom doesn’t need California
Aloha, Mistermayor! I have heard from several people close to your campaign that you hate...
Do you know your city measures?
You may remember that Tuesday is Election Day. With City Attorney Dennis Herrera and City...
City’s cash going overseas
At Tuesday’s board of Supervisors meeting, the supes voted 8-2 to appropriate $50,000 to...
MTA in a bind for already-spent cash
Back in high school, my friend Jason had a "parking angel" named Stacks that sat on his...
Sanctuary shift may lead nowhere
An overflow room had to be set up in the North Light Court at City Hall on Monday because Room...
The invisible, thankless job
Imagine answering your phone on a Sunday afternoon only to be greeted by an angry caller...
How slick was Willie’s Newsom nod?
Last week, we learned that President Bill Clinton will be endorsing San Francisco Mayor Gavin...
Commission kicks up (fake) debate
At Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, the supes considered whether to approve...
Fate of past projects hangs in limbo
I’ve been writing for The Examiner for about a year now, and a number of topics,...
‘Sanctuary’ will amount to nothing
‘What’s going to happen?” my mother asked. And with those few words, she had me...
BART board eclipses incompetence
The BART board of directors appears to have scored another victory in the war against...
Griffin: BART police in for world of reform
Since the tragic death of Oscar Grant III at the hands of a BART police officer on New...
Was resignation a money issue?
‘Hey, can you explain this Arts Commission thing?" read an e-mail from my best friend,...
The City still has a gun to its head
You may recall that City Attorney Dennis Herrera recently recommended that the Board of...
