July 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
A San Francisco Superior Court judge yesterday threw out a voter initiative headed to the November ballot that would have outlawed the circumcision of males younger than 18, with jail or fines as penalties. Judge Loretta Giorgi found that the ballot initiative, even if passed by voters, could...
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July 18, 2011, 12:05 AM
The ACLU of Northern California filed a court brief Friday supporting an effort to block a ballot measure that would ban juvenile male circumcision in San Francisco. The friend of the court brief bolsters the arguments of a coalition of Jews and Muslims who filed suit in June asking a...
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October 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
Issiah Downes died in a padded room at the San Francisco County Jail after sheriff’s deputies worked to restrain him. And now, questions about what caused the inmate’s death have focused on the conduct of those at the scene. Those questions gained greater attention in September...
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July 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
Five electricians who worked for the city of San Francisco are accused of running a private contracting business on city time, moonlighting for other government agencies and billing the cost to taxpayers, according to court records. They also hired prostitutes for sex parties on their isolated work...
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July 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
Crew leader Donnie Alan Thomas is accused of preparing fake invoices to the city for $235,000 in personal expenses, including a barbecue grill, cell phones, custom auto accessories and work on remodeling to his homes in Martinez and Danville.
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July 2, 2010, 5:40 PM
Bored and unsupervised, five highly paid electricians working for the city of San Francisco spent years allegedly stealing from taxpayers during a remarkable binge that involved sex parties with prostitutes, moonlighting on city time and fraudulent billing to pay for their suburban lifestyles.
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June 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
After San Francisco banned the use of plastic bags in 2007, it took a few years for the idea to catch on throughout California. Just a few weeks ago, though, the state Assembly passed a bill calling for a similar ban, suggesting that it's perhaps carrying forward the will of the people. ...
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June 5, 2010, 7:58 PM
Hundreds of marijuana delivery services are circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries, bringing marijuana directly to people’s homes, offices and more unconventional locations across the state.
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January 2, 2010, 9:10 AM
Years ago, on a visit to Zurich, I noticed the entire city seemed to be hung with political posters, declaring, in German, “No on Dog Law!” The Swiss were having a national referendum on a new regulation involving pets – leashes, or spaying, or something over which the...
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