San Francisco's Mayoral Election - 1999
Signs of the Times -- MetroActive, Nov 15, 1998
Who's Afraid of Tom Ammiano? -- PlanetOut, Nov 12, 1999
Debucking politics -- SF Examiner, Nov 7, 1999
Economic Justice
San Francisco Anti-MAI Resolution -- Economic Justice Now
SF DIVORCEMENT PUSHED BACK -- California Service Station Automotive Repair Association, June 17, 1998
Living Wage
Study would delay vote on living wage: Teng wants analysis of Ammiano measure -- SF Examiner, May 25, 1999
Civil Rights
Candidate Requests Peltier Clemency -- AP Nov. 9
Die-Hard Liberal Soars in City Left of Center -- NY Times June 17, 1999
San Francisco turns back Marines -- Federal Computer Week, Jan 29, 1999
Vendors Catching Heat On Myanmar -- Wireless Week, Oct 1996
Covering a Culture Clash: Three Sides to the Story (Teng vs Ammiano vs. language barrier vs. media) -- NewsWatch Project, SFSU, 1998
City Supe seeks fat bias law -- AP, via BayInsider, Feb 19, 1999 Environment
Healthy Air and Smog Prevention -- Sierra Club website, July 19, 1999
San Francisco plan targets cars, perfume (OK, I don't know about the perfume, but everything else sounds worthwhile) -- AP, via Seattle Times, July 11, 1997
Sustainable City Website: Working through the 5-year Sustainability Plan for the City of San Francisco
San Francisco Tomorrow Website: An Urban Environment Organization
HIV
AIDS Summit shifts focus as deaths drop but some controversial measures on the agenda -- SF Chronicle, via Accountability Project website, Jan 27, 1998
Mt. Zion / UCSF-Stanford Merger
Saving Mount Zion: Mayor says beds could aid Laguna Honda -- SF Chronicle, Sep 19, 1999
Business
The Mayor's Multimedia Summit: Mondo Marketing 2000 ("You don't have to build it, and they'll still come") -- SF Gate Tech
ATM Fees
ATM Fees -- KRON, February 10, 1999
Steelworkers Go After Wells Fargo ATM Fees -- The Phony Express, Nov 24, 1998
TCI Cable
Ammiano challenges AT&T on Net access -- SF Examiner, June 24, 1999
AOL Loses in Fight to Pry Open Cable in San Francisco -- The Industry Standard, July 27, 1999
AT&T wins S.F. vote on high-speed access -- SJ Mercury News, July 27, 1999
S.F. Puts Off Decision on Open-Access Cable Lines AT&T holds reins on high-speed Net service -- SF Chronicle, July 27, 1999
AT&T wins San Francisco cable access showdown -- CNET, July 26, 1999
Supes balk at TCI cable rate hike -- SF Examiner, March 4, 1999
Domestic Partnership
Campaign To Boycott United Launched -- Airwise News, Dec 20, 1998
Homeless and Elderly Suffer In the Name of "Homosexual Rights." -- The Salt Server, 1998
Bishop battles city official in San Francisco -- Catholic World News, July 13, 1998
Salvation Army Takes A Biblical Stand -- Family Watch Newsletter, July 19, 1998
San Francisco to offer domestic partner benefits -- AP, via Nando.Net, April 7, 1997
United may expand employee benefits -- AP, via Daily Iowian, Jan 27, 1997
FIRST-EVER DOMESTIC PARTNER ORDINANCE -- Christian Alert Network, Feb 7, 1997
San Francisco's Historic 'Unmarried' Partners Law -- Dallas/Fort Worth Heritage, March, 1997
LGBT
Ammiano Won't Give Thanks to Any Anti-Gay Military Bigot -- Gay Today website, Nov 26, 1997
Clinton may face gay protest - San Francisco mayor urges him to stay away -- CNN, June 8, 1996
Clinton to campaign in San Francisco despite gay opposition -- Gannett News Service via The Detroit News, June 8, 1996
San Francisco considers licensing 'sex clubs' -- CNN, Oct.19, 1996
San Francisco Sex Clubs Under Fire Again -- Cuir Underground, Jan 1997
Them Dems: San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and the Flags Flying Over City Hall -- CA GOP website, June 22, 1999
Housing
Residential Builder's Association Website -- Builders of all those lovely and expensive new live/work lofts...
The Election's Over! What Next? - San Francisco Progressive Challenge Holds Public Forum -- SF Progressive Challenge, Nov 1998
Resolution by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco in Opposition to H.R. 3206 -- SF Board of Supervisors, March 1998
CUOMO ANNOUNCES $41 MILLION IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR SAN FRANCISCO -- HUD Press Release, May 28, 1998
Homeless
Facts about Homeslessness -- National Coalition for the Homesless website
Fighting the Good Fight, for Families -- Street Sheet, Oct 1998
A BITTERSWEET VICTORY FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES -- Street Sheet, Oct 22 1998
Homeless Advocates Decry New Arrests: Food Not Bombs in tussle with S.F. cops -- SF Chronicle, Nov 10, 1999
S.F. Mayor Race Turns Into Fight for Homeless Votes -- SF Chronicle, Nov 10, 1999
San Francisco's homeless dying at record rate -- World Socialist Web Site, Dec 19, 1998
Homeless In San Francisco -- Richard Cohen of Washington Post, Dec 2, 1997
Homeless Unfazed by S.F. Cart Crackdown -- SF Chronicle, Oct 9, 1999
Opposition To Welfare Reform Is Suppressed In San Francisco -- Food Not Bombs Press Release, June 23, 1997
Transportation
MUNI: Hell on Rails -- Comprehensive list of SF Examiner stories about MUNI
Rescue MUNI Website
Philly's transit chief to head Muni -- SF Examiner, March 15, 1999
Riders upset by paratransit -- SF Examiner, June 21, 1999
Friday Night Skate -- SF Skaters website, Aug 7, 1996
SF Skating Goes Legal -- Skating.com, Oct 3, 1998
Willie Brown, Chief Lau, Deputy Chief Holder, and the SFPD - A public record of arrogance, incompetence, corruption, and brutality -- From Critical Mass website
News Media Blackout on the Facts About the Critical Mass Police Riot -- From Critical Mass website
SF Supe Wants More Bike Lanes -- Bay Insider
Stadium
Officials: No mall means no bonds -- SF Examiner, March 17, 1999
49ers owners agree to talk: Pushed by judge, DeBartolo and York put lawsuits aside for now -- SF Examiner, May 18, 1999
Comedy
Tom Ammiano — an appreciation - The Only Elected Official I Trust is a Gay Comic -- Gay / Lesbian Comedy website
Election Sites:
Department of Elections (includes election results)
SF Gate (includes election results)
SmartVoter (project by League of Women Voters)
FAQvoter.com
Bay Guardian
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