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06 May 2016

What will it take to Recall Mayor Lee?

Guest Post by Amy Farah Weiss Recall Fever on Social Media Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez’s latest Examiner column provided the first media mention of burgeoning efforts to place a recall vote of Mayor Lee on the upcoming November 2016 ballot. When “Rise of the Recall” was posted on the Vote 1-2-3 Facebook

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10 Mar 2016

Hey Ed Lee, Don’t be a Jerk! Sign the State of Emergency on Homelessness!

Of all the bullshit that Ed Lee will remembered for, his handling of San Francisco’s homelessness crisis will have a place of honor in the annals of bullshittery. Homelessness has been steadily getting worse citywide and in some neighborhoods, like SOMA and The Mission, it has reached public health crisis

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02 Dec 2024

The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

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12 Feb 2016

Low-Income Tenants Stopped Their Eviction and Kept Their Rent-Controlled Homes

Finally there’s some good news for a change. San Francisco Community Land Trust & Mission Economic Development Agency successfully negotiated the sale of five buildings, actively under Ellis Act Eviction, spread across the Mission, SoMa, Duboce Triangle and the Western Addition. Thirteen lower income households comprised of artists, seniors, Latino families,

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07 Feb 2016

Next Step for the #TackleHomelessness Super Bowl Protest

Remember last week how we got thousands of people out in the streets to for our Tackle Homelessness Super Bowl Protest? And remember how we made #TackleHomelessness trend on twitter. And remember when nearly every major publication in America wrote about it and showed the world the fuckery perpetrated by Mayor

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29 Jan 2016

Super Bowl 50: The Good, the Bad…the Free Stuff.

Super Bowl 50! The chaos and glory of football has descended onto Downtown SF and created a storm of happy and angry people alike. I love football. A LOT. So, I’m not one of the SB50 dissenters. It is known that San Francisco heinously mishandled the NFL and SB50 Host Committee negotiations. Ed

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29 Jan 2016

Mayor Lee Says Homeless Dogs Must Leave Streets For Puppy Bowl

Guest Post by Adrian Spinelli San Francisco, CA – Next week, San Francisco will transform itself into the epicenter of the nationally recognized Puppy Bowl Festivities and newly re-elected Mayor Ed Lee has a message for all of San Francisco’s homeless dogs: Get out! “They’re going to have to leave,”

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21 Jan 2016

Super Bowl Protest: Tackle Homelessness

Mayor Ed Lee told homeless people they “have to leave” for the Super Bowl. Our response: “Hey Mayor Ed Lee, No Penalties for Poverty” We, the people of San Francisco, demand that Super Bowl City and Ed Lee pay and invest $5 million right now in housing – we could

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08 Jan 2016

An Open Letter to City Hall in Support of the Bike Yield Law

Dear Mayor Lee and the Board of Supervisors, We ride bikes in San Francisco as our main form of transportation, and we write to you as constituents who care about making San Francisco a livable city for everyone. This is why we support the Bike Yield Law proposed by Supervisor

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