Here's something those newly evicted Occupy protesters can do with themselves.
This evening, bitter folks will gather around Bank of America in San Francisco to protest the bank's three-day loan modification customer outreach event. Specifically, the "struggling families," aka protesters, will be there to remind everyone of BofA's poor customer relations.
Of all the do-gooders at San Francisco City Hall (what few are left), County Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting would be the very last person we'd expect to see caught up in nefarious politicking. We're talking about a man who got upstaged by Lenny the Service Dog, a guy who thinks Long Island Iced Teas are craaaaaazy good.
Still, there are people out there who believe Ting isn't entirely straight-laced, especially when it come to running a clean campaign. Jim Reilly, an active supporter of Ting's opponent, Michael Breyer, is accusing Ting of illegally using taxpayer money to fund his own state Assembly campaign. According to the complaint, filed with the Ethics Commission, Ting funneled monies from his 2011 mayoral campaign to pay for his 2012 Assembly campaign.
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Anyone still on the fence -- and especially anyone still on the fence in the medical or healthcare fields -- ought to sit down and listen to UC San Francisco professor Donald Abrams talk about how marijuana has saved lives.
And looky here, they can do so next month.
Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as archbishop of the San Francisco Archdiocese.
CBS News brings us this insane report about another iPad robbery, and this is one story reporters didn't have to chase.
The incident started at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, when an unidentified man hopped out of a Mercedes SUV and ripped a backpack, with an iPad inside, from a woman sitting outside a Peet's Coffee shop in Lower Pacific Heights.
The thief got back inside the car, with two others inside, and sped off.
That makeshift Occupy camp that had become a fixture in downtown San Francisco is no more. According to press reports, some 70 police officers raided the small camp late last night, arresting 20 or so protesters.
The drama started about 11:35 p.m., when police surrounded the campsite on Market Street outside the Federal Reserve Building.
Before you start whining again about how San Francisco seems to have more cock rings than parking spaces, read this piece of great news: S.F. was just voted the best city in America -- yes, even better than New York.
As our sister blog the Exhibitionist notes, Businessweek put together a slideshow of the top 50 cities in
America, concluding that we're the boss, and here's why:
Also See: S.F. or L.A.: Which City Is More Hip?
The Examiner recently ran an article that tells you much of what you need to know about the Ethics Commission's place in this city -- but not everything.
One year after suggesting the mayor remove Library Commission President Jewelle Gomez, Ethics put together a letter to ask how the hell that's going. But the full story is even more maddening.
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