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S.F. Archbishop Reaches Out to Gay Catholics, Backs Immigration Reform

12.16.2013
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By Scott Shafer, KQED News Fix
In a recent  interview with “KQED Newsroom,” San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone talked about sports, gay marriage and the power of Pope Francis, who was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Cordileone had a rough landing in famously liberal San Francisco when Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop last year. Cordileone was a leading supporter of Prop. 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California until the Supreme Court threw it out, and his appointment generated anger and concern in the LGBT community. In 2008, when Cordileone was still a bishop in San Diego, he helped organize efforts to get Prop.

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Summer Youth Employment Stretches San Francisco Job Statistics

12.13.2013
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has repeatedly proclaimed that a city-sponsored youth employment program “created” more than 5,000 jobs last year. This year the same program, Summer Jobs+, placed more than 6,800 young people in new positions. As the city prepares to issue its scorecard for 2013, we can expect more claims of jobs created, including “permanent” ones. » Read more

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Abused Sex Workers Can Now Tap Into State Fund for Victims

12.12.2013
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By Scott Detrow, KQED News Fix
If you are the victim of a violent crime, you can apply for money from the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board. The grant can be used to pay for things like treatment and medical equipment. But up until the board repealed a controversial rule, prostitutes assaulted on the job were not eligible for that money. The board’s rules denied funding to a crime victim if an assault, rape or other crime was “a direct result of . .

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Big Businesses Use State Tax Fund to Train Their Own Staff

12.12.2013
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Some subsidies, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, are awarded to multinational corporations valued in the billions
State subsidies for vocational training might provide a windfall to large corporations already able to offer similar instruction, if a planned expansion of a program funded through a tax on all businesses in California moves forward. » Read more

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The People Behind the Press: The Skeptic

12.12.2013
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We’re grateful for support that we’ve received this past year. We want you to know what you’re getting for your donation by introducing you to some of the talented freelance writers, editors, photographers and multimedia journalists who make our newspaper possible. Make a donation today to make sure that our journalists can continue to bring you more serious public-interest reporting in 2014. The Skeptic: Michele Anderson
Michele Anderson brings her dry wit, prodigious vocabulary and keen editorial eye to her work at the San Francisco Public Press. As print edition editor, Michele contributes to the Public Press in ways that extend far beyond her title. With a background in law, journalism and nonprofits, she wears many hats in our growing organization.

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San Francisco to Look Into Banning Commercial Butterfly Release

12.11.2013
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By Alessandra Bergamin, Bay Nature
San Francisco is the first U.S. city to consider banning the release of commercially raised butterflies at ceremonies such as weddings, funerals and charity events. But the idea, which made headlines around the country, is still a long way from seeing a vote. In a recent meeting, the S.F. Commission on the Environment approved a resolution directing the Department of the Environment to research the issue with scientists, state and federal agencies, and other stakeholders before pursuing legislative action. “Can you imagine going to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a building opening, and everybody releases 40 squirrels?” said Liam O’Brien, a local lepidopterist who has spearheaded the effort to legislate a ban. “We laugh at the ridiculous notion of doing that; but for some reason, we continue to do just that with this group of creatures.”
Read the complete story at Bay Nature. 

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Google Bus Protest: Angry Confrontation Apparently Staged

12.10.2013
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By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix
Update, Tuesday 5:15 p.m.: More from the Bay Guardian on Monday’s Google bus protest and on the union organizer who, apparently on his own, decided to act the part of the enraged Google employee telling anti-eviction activists they need to get out of San Francisco: “Why’d you do it?” we ask fake Google employee Max Bell Alper. We posted earlier on this morning’s Google bus protest in the Mission District: San Francisco “Displacement” Activists Take to Street and Block a Google Bus. Then our attention was drawn to a San Francisco Bay Guardian video of a great moment of street theater the protest provoked: an angry man confronting the activists. We updated our original post with the video and the following description:
“…Let’s show the only thing most people will remember about the protest: The San Francisco Bay Guardian video of an angry apparent Google employee, who declares he’s lived in the city for six months, who urges the activists to just get out of the bus’s way.

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Questions Again Arise About Durability of Steel Parts on New Bay Bridge

12.09.2013
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By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix
The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge has been open for three months. It’s still shiny and novel enough that we don’t quite take it for granted. Just this morning, the driver in my carpool was praising the nice wide shoulders on the roadway. But all the disquieting news that came spilling out  in March when a crucial set of metal rods started to snap? When’s the last time you thought about that?

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Online Payment Firm Acteva Acknowledges Multimillion-Dollar Debt to Charities, Blames Cash-Flow Problem

12.09.2013
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The top executive of Acteva, a San Francisco-based payment processing company, says he has a plan to dig out of $4 million to $5 million in debt and repay online donations owed to nonprofit organizations across the country.
Still, some creditors — including a community college, an environmental group, an agricultural cooperative and a regional journalism organization — said they were owed tens of thousands of dollars each, and questioned whether the business will ever refund the money. » Read more