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Economist: Gay Marriage Ban Costs City
| Jan.31 |
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SFPD Chief Vows 20% Cut In Violent Crime |
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| Feb.2 |
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Veto of eviction law stands, override fails
| Feb.6 |
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Mayor To Make Retrofits Mandatory
| Feb.17 |
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Newsom Files Papers In Lt. Governor Race
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SF Police Commission Considers Tasers |
| Feb.21 |
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America's Cup Team Gets Key To City
| Feb.23 |
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Newsom Testifies In Computer Case San Francisco Mayor testified in the trial of Terry Childs, telling how he visited the defendant in jail to compel him to give up a secret p...
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| Mar.2 |
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Newsom To Reduce Hours Of SF Workers Gavin Newsom announced a plan to reduce the hours of thousands of city employees; a move which he said will stave off mass layoffs
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Chamber urges Newsom to remain mayor |
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Police Commission Nixes Taser Proposal The San Francisco Police Commission voted down a proposal by police Chief George Gascon to explore the use of Tasers by the department.
| Mar.5 |
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Union Rips, Newsom Defends SF Layoffs |
| Mar.13 |
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Newsom Announces Lt. Gov. Run San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom officially announces his campaign for lieutenant governor on CBS 5's Early Edition newscast | |
| Mar.19 |
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Chief Making SFPD Crime Lab Changes |
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Newsom Delays City Worker Layoff Plan
| Mar.26 |
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Newsom, Unions Reach Furlough Agreemt San Francisco Mayor announced a tentative agreement with city employees' unions to institute 12 furlough days over a two-year period. It's an alternative to the mayor's proposal to ... | |
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Nightclub ordered closed following violence |
| Apr.3 |
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SF To Face Soaring Deficits
| Apr.5 |
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Taxes sought from banks' takeovers
| Apr.6 |
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Feinstein Endorses Newsom For Lt. Gov. |
| Apr.14 |
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Public defender wants help with crime lab |
| Apr.19 |
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SFPD Addresses Supes Over Crime Lab |
| Apr.21 |
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Deal Expected To Mean Fewer SF Layoffs
| Apr.27 |
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Ex-City Tech Worker Guilty Of Hacking A SF jury convicted former city of network engineer Terry Childs of felony computer tampering for withholding passwords to the city's main network | |
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| May.4 |
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Hundreds Of Asians Call To Stop Violence Hundreds of Asians chanted and waved banners, calling for action against what they consider racially motivated violence by young black men
| May.6 |
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Fed Program Nixes Sanctuary Policy City is set to join a program next month that will automatically check the immigration status of anyone arrested or booked for a misdemeanor...
| May.7 |
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Newsom Blames Drivers As Cuts Begin |
| May.22 |
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Pot Club To Open Despite Opposition
A medical marijuana dispensary will open on a busy street despite heavy opposition from residents. The city's Planning Commission voted 5-1
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| Jun.1 |
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Newsom Proposes Budget, Close Deficit |
| Jun.2 |
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Ex-city worker arrested on fraud charges |
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Mayor's Proposes Job, Program Cuts Gavin Newsom has unveiled his $6.4 billion budget proposal, including cuts to substance-abuse and mental health programs
| Jun.8 |
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Supes Reject Newsom Sit-Lie Proposal |
| Jun.15 |
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Cell Phone Radiation Law Gets OK The supervisors voted to give preliminary approval to the ordinance, which would require stores to provide each phone's measure of radiation
| Jun.18 |
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S.F. seeks SmartMeter delay |
| Jun.21 |
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City public power plan hits snag The Public Utilities Commission was negotiating a contract with Power Choice LLC. The commission will recommend seeking new bids
| Jun.23 |
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San Francisco May Impose Booze Tax |
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| Jul.3 |
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SF To Close Willie Brown Academy |
| Jul.10 |
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Pet Sale Ban Idea |
| Jul.16 |
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SF Continues To See Drop In Crime
| Jul.19 |
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Barcelona is newest sister city for S.F.
| Jul.21 |
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SFPD Probes Brutality Claim In Arrest
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Giant Redevelopment Project Approved The Board of Sups approved a project to turn the abandoned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard into a 700-acre residential and commercial center
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Crowd Celebrates Overturning Of Ban |
| Aug.6 |
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Computer Network Hacker Gets 4 Years Terry Childs is a former city network engineer convicted of withholding passwords to the city's main computer network he built
| Aug.7 |
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45 Bike Lane Projects Approved |
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Plan Would Send Trash To Yuba Co. San Francisco environmental officials are pushing a proposal to have the city's trash sent to a landfill in Yuba County
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| Sep.5 |
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San Francisco Considering Liquor Fee
| Sep.13 |
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5 Hurt In Crash Near SF City Hall. 94102
| Sep.14 |
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Lawmakers Pass Alcohol Services Fee The Board of Supervisors approved a fee on alcohol distribution to recover the cost of dealing with drinkers, but the measure faces a mayoral...
| Sep.15 |
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Newsom: S.F. has cut homeless by 12,000
| Sep.16 |
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Police present plan to curb club violence |
| Sep.19 |
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14 candidates compete for SF supervisor
| Sep.21 |
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Supes OK expanded tobacco sales ban
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Mayor Newsom vetoes fee on alcohol |
| Sep.23 |
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Mayor steps in as Jobs Now cash dries up
| Sep.25 |
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Hearing set on SF restaurant toy ban
| Sep.29 |
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America's Cup: Big S.F. fundraising push
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| Oct.3 |
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City Hall sets new rules on parties
| Oct.5 |
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S.F. to start college savings plan
| Oct.6 |
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Supervisors voted to host America's Cup
| Oct.7 |
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Lt gov candidates spar over label SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and incumbent Abel Maldonado are trying to dispel notions that they are moderates cut from the same political cloth
| Oct.18 |
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Prop 8's aim was to remove 'stature'
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| Nov.3 |
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People staking out spots for Giants parade |
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Newsom projected to win lt. gov race Gavin Newsom is way ahead of incumbent Republican Abel Maldonado. Newsom has 50 percent of the votes to Maldonado's 39 percent | |
| Nov.9 |
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City ban toys in unhealthy fast-food meals San Francisco has passed a law barring fast-food restaurants from giving away toys with children's meals that do not meet nutritional guidel...
| Nov.14 |
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Uncertainty reigns over replacing mayor Board president David Chiu, a Chinese American, will become interim mayor if Newsom resigns before Jan. 8 and the board doesn't chose a succ...
| Nov.23 |
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Healthier kids' meals ordinance approved SF lawmakers have voted to pass a law prohibiting restaurants from including toys with children's meals that do not meet nutritional guidelines | |
| Nov.24 |
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Supervisors propose full-time school board |
| Nov.28 |
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City credits law for more composting bins
| Nov.30 |
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Port approves America's Cup agreement |
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| Dec.2 |
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S.F. approves biodiesel plant
| Dec.14 |
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SF stays on track to host America's Cup San Francisco supervisors today gave unanimous approval to the city's bid to host the America's Cup regatta in 2013
| Dec.23 |
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49ers to stay at Candlestick until 2014
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City to enact law requiring local hires SF is to enact one of the nation's toughest ordinances requiring city officials to hire locally, over the objections of neighboring counties