Keep Informed

January 2008

• UK -- Climate 'could devastate crops'
• LOS ANGELES -- To Preserve (or Not)—City of L.A.’s Industrial Land Use Policy
• CALIFORNIA -- Prop.93: How 42 Politicians Could Cash In
• CALIFORNIA -- Propositions 94, 95, 96 & 97
• SEATTLE -- 'Drowning' in mortgage cost? City offers help
• OPINION -- Should California Restrict Driving In Order To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
• OPINION -- Haight neighbors recycle anger about homeless
• LOS ANGELES -- Mayor unveils his plan to get traffic moving
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo to shed 1,000 jobs after profit slips
• SEATTLE -- Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products
• NEW YORK -- ‘Green’ Buildings Don’t Have to Be New
• OAKLAND -- A Shelter Is Built Green, to Heal Inside and Out
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Free ride? Fat chance: Muni fares will stay
• NEW YORK -- Drivers going in circles - and that's good
• CANADA -- Homeless plan: $3.2 billion
• OPINION -- Rights of the homeless
• LOS ANGELES -- Solar power to the richest
• WASHINGTON -- New home sales dropped in 2007 by a record amount; prices posted weakest showing in 16 years
• U.S. -- Plan to Close Prisons Stirs Anxiety in Rural Towns
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Sixth Street keeps trying to make a comeback
• LONG BEACH -- Teachers get 4.5% retroactive pay raise
• BELLFLOWER -- Bellflower takes up RV issue
• U.S. -- Economic stimulus a big break for home buyers
• NEW ORLEANS -- Chronically Homeless See New Woes in New Orleans
• U.S. -- Surface Transportation Commission’s Pro-rail
• Section Disappears from Report
• LOS ANGELES -- Red Tape Busters team takes on L.A. bureaucracy
• LOS ANGELES -- Prop. S: The Revolution May Be Taxed
• CALIFORNIA -- Prop. 93: Nunez's Term-limits Scam
• CALIFORNIA -- Poll tough for term limit, gambling props
• U.S. -- Tips for surviving a recession
• SACRAMENTO -- How Núñez rose to power so fast
• CALIFORNIA -- Voters register for hot primary
• PHILADELPHIA -- Promoting bike-sharing in Philadelphia
• U.S. -- StreetFilm: Crosswalks #1
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Imagining San Francisco 100 years from now
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Gamed by the System: Wherein Willie Brown details his valiant attempts to conquer homelessness and bring Muni into submission
• U.S. -- Abortion still hotly debated as Roe v. Wade turns 35
• CALIFORNIA -- Thermostat-control scheme blocked by political heat
• CARSON -- Farce in Carson
• VENTURA -- Report reveals details about county's homeless
• SEATTLE -- Homeless get 48 hours to leave
• SAN FRANCISCO -- S.F. mayor hires top staff at high pay, despite big city deficit
• OLYMPIA -- White House official touts unpopular 'No Child Left Behind'
• U.S. -- 'Darkest ever' material created
• LOS ANGELES -- Neighborhood councils seek to introduce motions
• LOS ANGELES -- Buying furniture takes a back seat in housing crisis
• DETROIT -- Libraries balance patrons, homeless
• WASHINGTON -- Reaching Out to Homeless Veterans
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Bayview revitalization comes with huge price to black residents
• WASHINGTON -- Washington starts up online voter registration
• EUROPE -- Warning on stealthy Windows virus
• OPINION -- Showing cyclists the money
• OPINION -- Homelessness: Good for the soul
• OPINION -- Middle-income housing prohibited
• SACRAMENTO -- Governor's budget proposes deep spending cuts, including in schools
• U.S. -- Recession fears, rising oil prices send markets into tailspin
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Appeals court allows S.F. to enforce health care law
• U.S. -- Americans turn to online videos
• FORT WORTH -- What “Free” Parking? Downtown developers are parking millions of tax dollars in their garages
• CALIFORNIA -- Who Said Building a Railroad Was Easy?
• LOS ANGELES -- Hurdle rising for small-lot mansions
• SACRAMENTO -- Governor's budget idea gets cold response
• NEW YORK -- Commuting by Road, but Not by Car
• BALTIMORE -- City considers easing laws on treatment center placement
• ILLINOIS -- Board member: Drinking, nudity don't mix
• U.S. -- Where Workers Go, Do Jobs Follow?
• PARIS -- Paris offers drivers electric cars to beat pollution - for a small charge
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Newsom takes oath - promises homeless shelter reform
• SEATTLE -- Housing homeless saves money
• LOS ANGELES -- Funds for Skid Row's most vulnerable
• SACRAMENTO -- Pensions a ticking time bomb
• PORTLAND -- After six deaths, Portland rolls out plans for 'bike boxes'
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Mayor's new homeless policy guru is eager for change
• WASHINGTON -- Realtors group maintains upbeat housing forecast as November index of pending sales slips
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Newsom ousts 3 of 7 on transit board
• SEATTLE -- Web site a direct link to taxi drivers
• UK -- Grass biofuels 'cut CO2 by 94%'
• CHARLESTON -- Helping Homeless Women Veterans
• OPINION -- Extreme Government Makeover
• OPINION -- Back to the future to cure the mortgage scandal?
• OPINION -- Homeless, With a New Loss: Identity
• SACRAMENTO -- State's falling revenue presents governor with biggest problem yet
• SACRAMENTO -- Arnold's budget expected to limit policy initiatives
• SEATTLE -- Bike racks being removed from many Metro buses
• KANSAS -- Kansas City to Require LEED-Platinum City Buildings
• BOSTON -- Homeless numbers down, but homeless families increase
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Mountain View's Meraki proposes free Wi-Fi network for S.F.
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Cameras to nab illegal parkers in S.F. bus lanes
• IOWA -- Democrats may draw more independents
• IOWA -- Latest Iowa Caucuses News
• LOS ANGELES -- L.A. crime lowest in 40 years
• U.S. -- Mortgage crisis takes a bite out of states and cities
• PORTLAND -- Federal rules prefer buses over streetcar expansion
• SEATTLE -- More red-light cameras coming
• BALTIMORE -- Baltimore awarded $18M to help homeless
• UK -- Cyber thieves target social sites
• OPINION -- The Hudson Yards Proposals: Plenty of Glitz, Little Vision
• OPINION -- Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007
• SACRAMENTO -- New laws for 2008: car smoking ban, minimum wage hike and more