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San Francisco Gun Show Limiting Bill May Face a Senate Vote

January 27, 2020 5:27 pmJanuary 27, 2020 5:27 pm

A bill that would ban gun shows from being held at the historic Cow Palace on the San Francisco and Daly City border could reach a Senate vote in the coming months depending on the outcome of the amendments made...

State of California Joins Decade Long Battle Over San Mateo County Beach

January 6, 2020 5:17 pmJanuary 7, 2020 12:48 pm

For over a decade Sun Microsystems founder Vinod Khosla has been involved in a dispute over a road to a beach that has made international headlines. The fight over Martins Beach At the center of the conflict is Martins Beach,...

Homeless-related Violence Continues as More Money is Thrown at Housing

December 11, 2019 2:34 pmDecember 12, 2019 12:12 pm

The past few weeks has seen violence from the transient community that can only be compared to something out of a horror film. What could be considered the most devastating of incidents occurred two weeks in Seattle when a family...

Apple Promises $2.5 billion In Affordable Housing And Homeless Initiatives

November 5, 2019 2:18 amNovember 5, 2019 11:52 am

Following the billions of dollars worth of donations already promised by Google and Facebook, Apple became the latest tech giant to fund affordable housing and homeless programs in California, pledging a total of $2.5 billion. Apple, who is teaming up...

BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2019 10:36 amOctober 7, 2019 1:10 pm

The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...

Cow Palace Under Heavy Fire

August 29, 2018 3:56 pmAugust 30, 2018 9:34 am

In pushing a district-focused bill, Senator Scott Wiener (D-11, San Francisco) today presented SB 221 to the Senate Public Safety Committee for concurrence in Assembly amendments to prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Cow Palace. The Cow...