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Avalos Continues Appeal for Evictions Control

3 hours ago ago from Mission Loc@l -- San Francisco Mission District's News, Food, Art and Events

In a move to appease concerned property owners, Supervisor John Avalos amended proposed legislation today to extend just cause eviction protections to tenants living in units built after 1979. The legislation, chiefly sponsored by Avalos, aims to protect tenants living in the estimated 16,000 to 20,000 units in San Francisco built after 1979 when rent-control legislation went into effect. These tenants currently are not protected from ...

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Board Votes to Pay Up for City Lawsuits

3 hours ago ago from Mission Loc@l -- San Francisco Mission District's News, Food, Art and Events

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to settle several lawsuits against the city for alleged sexual harassment by members of the San Francisco Police Department, excessive force by jailhouse sheriffs and a claim of injury after an accident in front of a public library. Collectively these settlements amounted to $639,500. The first lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department was settled for $217,000 on behalf of Ernest Henderson, ...

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Tenants, Landlord Square Off in West Harlem Affordable Housing Fight

1 day ago ago from The Uptowner

Some residents at 3333 Broadway using housing subsidies believe they’re not receiving the same treatment as tenants paying the market rate, but the landlord rejects the idea. Photo: Andrew Keshner The 35-story brick building towers over the West Harlem skyline at the corner of 135th Street and Broadway; a seven-story banner urges, “Rent now.” On nice days, residents stand in the front courtyard and on the sidewalk, catching up and ...

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David Miller denies he has plum environmental job lined up

16 hours ago ago from Posted Toronto

By Philippa Croome, National Post Toronto Mayor David Miller denied today he has a plum job waiting for him in the environmental arena when he leaves office next year. “Nobody has offered me a job of any kind whatsoever – whether environmentally or otherwise,” he told reporters in a conference call from Copenhagen today, where he is attending the global climate change conference as chair of the C40 – a group of the world’s largest ...

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Liberal Intolerance #129: 9th Circus Upholds San Fransisco Hate Resolution Against Catholic Church | Political Vindication

8 hours ago ago from Political Vindication

Life Site News has the details A San Francisco City Board’s resolution condemning the Catholic Church because of its moral teachings on homosexuality does not violate the Constitution’s prohibition of government hostility toward religion, says a panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The anti-Catholic resolution, adopted March 21, 2006, was challenged by the Thomas More Law Center, a national Christian legal advocacy group based ...

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