Tag: San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi

This weekend was the conference on Dirty Energy and Clean Solutions. ​Ironically, the conference in San Francisco came at the same time that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee proposed to cut the entire $19 million dollar budget that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors had set aside to create a renewable power option for city residents looking for an alternative to PG&E power.

San Francisco the leader in county jail inmate registration and voting in the state of California. In the November 2011 election, over 90 percent of the registered voters in our jails actually voted. For much of our incarcerated population, this registration drive is the first time they have been engaged in the voting process.