San Francisco food-service worker John Chisholm asked his boss, his boss’s boss and then their boss to reimburse him for medical expenses covered under city law; every time, he was told he did not have health care benefits. It wasn’t until Chisholm marched into the vice president of human resources’ office that the company finally acknowledged that it was aware of the law and he was covered. But the ordeal wasn’t over. Chisholm had to contact the owner of the company directly, months later, to finally get a check.

San Francisco voters will decide the future of the controversial “Civil Sidewalks” or sit-lie ordinance, Mayor Gavin Newsom is using his executive privilege to place the item on the November ballot.

Some Mission residents are finding fliers on their homes saying that “lead hazards have been found on the outside of this building”.

San Francisco officials called for a citywide boycott of Arizona and businesses based there to protest the passage of SB 1070.

Invisible subgroups — monolingual Spanish speakers, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered individuals, and persons infected with HIV — within the homeless community face greater disadvantages. Now efforts are being made to give them the resources they need.