1. Your census information is confidential. Census workers are legally bound to federal confidentiality laws. Census workers can face $250,000 in fines and/or five years in prison if they violate the confidentiality laws. 2. The Census Bureau cannot share your personal information with any other local, state or federal agency. The Census Bureau provides general […]
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Gloomy outlook for City’s transportation services
On March 2, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency considered options to prepare for the coming $56.4 million and $45 million budget gaps in the next two fiscal years.
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Amendment to sanctuary ordinance at an impasse
Attempts to modify San Francisco’s sanctuary ordinance, which would allow for greater protection from deportation of undocumented youth accused of criminal conduct, has stalled due to a conflict between the Board of Supervisors and the mayor’s office.
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A Day of Action for Education
On March 4, thousands of students, teachers and activists concerned with the budget cuts to the California public school system protested in vigilant defiance towards the state on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. Protesters and labor unions alike came together to demand that a quality educational system be reinstalled in the state.On […]
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Indigenous activists seek solidarity against mining companies
Guatemalan indigenous leader Pascual Bernabe Velasquez declared, “When one community is contaminated in Guatemala or Central America, the whole world is contaminated,” to an audience of 70 packed into Sunrise Restaurant on Feb. 25. He was speaking at a panel discussion on resistance to mining in Latin America, hosted by the Network in Solidarity with […]
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Poetry enthusiasts honor City’s newest lyricist supreme
San Francisco Poet Laureate, Diane di Prima
San Francisco poets and artists gathered for a special poetry reading to honor Diane di Prima, the city’s new Poet Laureate, and author of 44 books of poetry and prose, at the Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts on Feb. 19
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Pelando el Ojo – Rupert Garcia, Dolores & Garfield Park, Valentines
A BIG warm hug to our dear friend, Rupert Garcia, the internationally known artist, who has been commissioned to produce an installation for the lobby entrance of the San Francisco General Hospital new Acute Care Unit. Rupert will be the lead artist for the project approved by the San Francisco Arts Commission. The project is […]
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The Mission gears up to count the neighborhood
In an attempt to count those left out in the nationwide census ten years ago, the Mission has instituted a committee geared towards including the traditionally undercounted—communities of color.
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Chronicles of real-world scholarship
POOR Magazine, a non-profit arts and media organization, holds writing and journalism workshops teaching students “revolutionary forms of media.”