Tag: Tom Ammiano
Ellis Act reform effort starts in Sacramento
By Tim Redmond
FEB 21, 2014 -- Efforts to reform the Ellis Act -- one of the key demands of the tenant rally this week -- are now underway.
Assemblymember Tom...
Transparency is key to City College future
By Li Lovett
FEB. 21, 2004 -- A student I advised at City College of San Francisco said to me recently, echoing the experience of others who found their path...
Politics on Wednesday: Tony Kelly files, Ammiano fights for Healthy SF … and the rock band that makes (much)...
(So, I was up in Sacramento on the tenant bus yesterday. This week, the Politics on Tuesday Column is called Politics on Wednesday.)
FEB. 19, 2014 -- It was no...
Statewide tenant movement comes alive in Sacramento. Where was Leland?
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (center) addresses the tenant rally, with State Sen. Mark Leno (left) and Supervisors David Campos and John Avalos (behind Ammiano) looking on.
By Tim Redmond
Last year, when...
City Beat: On Michael Sam’s “lifestyle”
By Tim Redmond
Most of everything written in the local press about Michael Sam has been supportive, wonderful, just what Bay Area media coverage of the person who could soon...
Politics on Tuesday: Can we take back City College?
By Tim Redmond
Everybody knows that state officials have taken complete control of City College – and show no signs of returning the school to the elected Board of Trustees....
First Assembly debate defines the candidates – and the shape of the race
By Tim Redmond
The gloves came off, quickly, in the first debate between Sups. David Chiu and David Campos Thursday night, as the candidates presented very different pictures of their...
Politics on Tuesday: Campos, Chiu, the bus “fee” and a worry for Greg Suhr…
By Tim Redmond
Sup. David Campos got the early endorsement of the influential teacher's union in his bid for state Assembly. And for reasons that I think have nothing to...
Why is the SF DA trying a 14-year-old as an adult?
By Tim Redmond
On June 24, 2103, an SUV pulled up near a Muni shelter at West Point Road and Middle Point Road in Hunters Point. According to video images...
TOM’S TOWN: Ammiano, the Pope, and BART
By Tom Temprano
Thanks to an article in 48 Hills, “Run Tom, Run” mania is in full swing! A poll by the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, whose president, full...
