Just before midnight on Friday, lawmakers in Sacramento agreed upon and passed onto Gov. Jerry Brown a package of legislation that promises to regulate…
In San Francisco, a city so awash in venture capital we'll soon need a startup just to tend to the unicorns, it's disconcerting to…
It's been a good week for weed. Oregon and Alaska legalized on Election Day, as did Washington, D.C., and on Sunday, news came that…
Drugs bring people together. So does shoplifting, petty theft and other small-time crimes. An uncommon cadre of well-heeled individuals have coalesced over the crimes…
Who's Behind It: The state's most powerful people: Gov. Jerry Brown, the Legislature, et al. Who Stands to Benefit: According to proponents, the average…
Who's Behind It: The Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Watchdog, Sen. Barbara Boxer, and the California Teamsters Public Affairs Council. Who Stands to Benefit:…
June 23 will see the premiere of The Case Against 8, HBO's riveting documentary about the lawsuit which resulted in the tossing of Proposition…
Muni Vs. Muni Don't forget labor history: I stand united with the bus drivers [“No Free Rides,” Joe Eskenazi, Sucka Free City, 5/28]. People…
It's remarkable how giddy this state's more left-leaning voters — and that'd be most of us — get whenever even the most tepid announcement…
During Game Five of the 2010 World Series, my dad and I sat side by side at a sushi bar in my Central Coast…

