Scott Weiner

26 Sep 2024

Is Mark Farrell Pro-Housing Or Just Pro-Developers?

Mark Farrell’s proposed policy to reduce affordable housing requirements in San Francisco has been criticized for not addressing the serious housing shortage and not providing enough funding for affordable housing projects.

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23 Sep 2024

Why Silicon Valley Is Trying So Hard to Kill This AI Bill in California

California’s Senate Bill 1047, which offers protection to whistleblowers and citizens, has been met with opposition from tech companies, startups, and investors, but is supported by prominent AI researchers and whistleblowers.

Guest Writer 0
08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

BAS Editorial Team 0
06 Oct 2021

Bill Signed to End Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenses in CA

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, that ends mandatory minimum jail sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Wiener said Senate Bill 73 will help end mass incarceration and what he called the state’s war on drugs. “Our prisons and jails are

Bay City News 0
04 Nov 2016

Why is Samuel L. Jackson Calling San Francisco voters?

You won’t believe who called me the other day, Samuel L. Jackson, yes, the famous Hollywood film actor.  Well, he didn’t exactly call me but the robo-call I received from him urging me to vote for the incumbent supervisor of District 5 may have been illegal: Most of us know

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17 Sep 2014

Go, Team, Go: Join David Campos’ PrEP Rally This Thursday!

Image from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation Okay, there won’t be a colour guard flag dancing to Total Eclipse of the Heart, nor will a bevvy of tight-sweatered cheerleaders rush in and form a pyramid while holding sparklers in their teeth.  And whereas you may not want to piant your

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0