In the green
The SF Weekly reports that the SF Department of the Environment has been searching for new ways to spend some green since Mayor Gavin Newsom’s GreenFinanceSF program was shut down, leaving the agency with a couple mil to put towards environmental efforts in our city. Show me the money!
- No matter what enviros say, GreenFinanceSF was a bad policy (SF Weekly) 07/21/10
- Unique green-loan program starts in The City (Examiner) 04/13/10
- Loan plan rewards homeowners for green upgrades (Examiner) 07/21/09
The Examiner profiles Supervisor Eric Mar and his family, and the path he took to get to City Hall.
The Examiner columnist takes a look at the budget approval process, noting its ahi smell and questioning who exchanged what for what and when, but why? Plus, for those of us who were not following Twitter or Supervisors’ Facebook updates, Ms. Griffin offers takeaways and memorable quotes from Tuesday’s meeting.
Our new Board visits the Mayor in his home, and everyone gets along swimmingly - and then much of our new Board celebrates the acendancy of three Asian American Supervisors. Pity the poor schedulers at City Hall - everything is double-booked!
The Examiner’s Joshua Sabatini looks at the four new Board members - David Campos, Eric Mar, David Chiu, and John Avalos - and talks with a few folks about what they see in their crystal ball.
Allie Herson