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Caltrans: New Bay Bridge is safe, well-tested

By: Malcolm Dougherty 06/22/12 2:29 PM
A recent Sacramento Bee story omitted important facts and context in a way that misleads the public about the safety of the new Bay Bridge. Read More

Lee’s business tax reform proposal would help to boost S.F.’s revenues

By: Steve Falk 06/21/12 9:44 PM
San Francisco is closer than ever to reforming its business tax code to better encourage job growth. Today’s system, which levies a 1.5 percent payroll tax on all businesses with a total payroll in excess of $250,000, has been scrutinized, studied and challenged for a decade, yet no alternative has come close to becoming a reality — until now. Read More

S.F. Homes for Heroes campaign to help house 50 veterans in 100 days

By: Ed Lee 06/14/12 4:00 AM
I can’t think of a more patriotic thing to do than to find a homeless veteran a home. I’ll be the first to say that despite all our successes — our economy is growing, unemployment is down — housing is expensive. In order to house our homeless veterans, we need the partnership and support of our landlords and property owners. Read More

Secrecy has no place in state’s budget dealings

By: Dan Walters 06/12/12 8:12 PM
As California’s Legislature churns toward Friday’s deadline for a new state budget, the macro-issues are well known, such as whether health, welfare and child care services should be slashed by billions of dollars to close the deficit. However, other aspects of the budget wrangle go largely unnoticed, such as the march into secrecy — or, more accurately, sneakiness. Read More

State’s famed highways crumbling into disrepair

By: Dan Walters 06/11/12 8:24 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to fast-track an initial section of a bullet train system, perhaps by partially exempting it from environmental impact laws, even though there’s no financing on the horizon to complete the project and even though a new poll shows that most Californians don’t want to build it. Read More

Mar ignored nonprofit’s overtures to museum workers in contract dispute

By: Michele Gutierrez-Canepa 06/07/12 10:28 PM
Last week, Supervisor Eric Mar took the curious step of publicly standing with union members who are locked in protracted contract negotiations with what he acknowledged in an opinion piece are two of The City’s “crowning jewels” — the de Young and Legion of Honor museums. Read More

Supervisors must heed voter support for safer hospitals and CPMC project

By: Steve Falk 06/06/12 10:13 PM
San Francisco is close to moving The City’s health care system into the 21st century. Read More

Bay Area leading sustainable-food efforts

By: Danielle Nierenberg and Dr. Camillo Ricordi 06/05/12 4:00 AM
The food system is broken. In San Francisco and around the world, vast amounts of food are wasted while many go hungry. One-third of greenhouse-gas emissions come from agriculture. Food-related diseases are on the rise. Read More

Museum workers deserve fair pay

By: Eric Mar 05/31/12 9:57 PM
The de Young and Legion of Honor museums are crowning jewels of our city. San Francisco not only provides services such as parks and street maintenance, but also helps fund these gateways to art, community, history and pop culture. Behind these priceless collections of art and artifacts are hundreds of hard-working men and women who make these exhibits possible and show us new ideas and worlds. Read More

New voting rules alter campaigning

By: Dan Walters 05/29/12 9:18 AM
This year’s California elections will test the theory that having independently drawn districts and a top-two primary ballot will result in a less polarized, more collegial and relevant political structure.That’s just theory, but it’s already evident that these changes are altering campaign dynamics, making the June 5 primary a political junkie’s dream and a bonanza for hired guns. Read More
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