Posts Tagged ‘Edwin M. Lee’
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Well, here’s the news:
“Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced today that the City’s minimum wage will be adjusted to $10.24 per hour from $9.92 per hour, reflecting a change of 3.2 percent, effective January 1, 2012.
“This wage increase will help the City’s lowest paid workers to keep pace with inflation and also protect consumer spending of San Francisco’s working families, which will be a boost to our local economic recovery efforts,” said Mayor Lee.
The Minimum Wage Ordinance, passed by the voters in November 2003, calls for annual rate adjustments based on the previous year’s Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area.”
So, San Francisco having the highest minimum wage in the land is a good thing? Really, it’s unalloyed good? It’s great that our minimum wage is going up into double digits (and making national headlines) during this Great Recession? So why not make it $15 or $20 an hour if high minimum wages are so good?
Since Mayor Ed Lee does what his mentors tell him by crowing about jobs jobs jobs all the time, why then is he in favor of this law, which is, obviously, a “job-killer?” Are there other considerations on his mind?
Anyway, this is the first time I’ve seen the Mayor lose his monomaniacal focus on jobs.
Just saying.
Tree, Stairwell, Mayor, by Artist Unkown
And he’s having a press conference for this why? I don’t know. It’s not his idea. But maybe he wants to be associated with something pro-labor for a change? I don’t know
Wage Boost for San Francisco’s Lowest Paid Workers to $10.24, Starting January 1st
12/6/11—Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced today that the City’s minimum wage will be adjusted to $10.24 per hour from $9.92 per hour, reflecting a change of 3.2 percent, effective January 1, 2012.
“This wage increase will help the City’s lowest paid workers to keep pace with inflation and also protect consumer spending of San Francisco’s working families, which will be a boost to our local economic recovery efforts,” said Mayor Lee.
The Minimum Wage Ordinance, passed by the voters in November 2003, calls for annual rate adjustments based on the previous year’s Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area
Comparatively, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour and the California minimum wage is $8.00 per hour. Employers must pay San Francisco’s higher minimum wage for all covered work performed within the City.
“Across the country, take-home pay, adjusted for inflation, has fallen in the last year. Workers in San Francisco are fortunate that our minimum wage rate is indexed to keep pace with inflation,” said Office of Labor Standards Enforcement Manager Donna Levitt.
This month, the City will be mailing updated multilingual posters announcing the new rate to 45,000 registered businesses with employees. Employers are required to post the notice in their workplace.
More information about San Francisco’s Minimum Wage Ordinance can be found at www.sfgov.org/olse/mwo or by calling the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement at (415) 554-6292.
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Our Teatro ZinZanni has a new home, but Sarah Duxbury says that some heavy lifting still needs to be done.
No matter, TZ’s cabaret performers were on hand all smiles yesterday at the news conference* in the “50 Broadway” parking lot near the Embarcadero. This location will be ZinZanni’s new home, if everything works out.
(I’ll tell you, I can’t tell the difference betwixt Gavin Newsom running the Newsom Administration and Ed Lee running the Newsom Adminstration, fundamentally. I mean, Ed Lee is not an impetuous asshole, so that means he behaves better, he tends to show up at these kinds of functions with a smaller entourage and less drama. That’s good, I s’pose…)
Oh, there he is, to the right of the gorgeous Martian(?) lady:
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See how this will work? The famous European tent they use will go behind the new building:
All the deets after the jump.
And get over to highly-rated ZinZanni (if you can still get tickets, perhaps on a Wednesday or Thursday) before they shut down on the night of December 31, 2011. It really is quite an experience.
* I didn’t stick around for the Bauer’s “Intelligent” Transportation part of the presser. You know, you really need to work hard at sucking to get a Yelp rating this low.** But Bauer’s is well-connected to SFGov, so there you go, there’s your bidness model.
**Even with the work of shill reviewers avec their bogus five-star ratings…
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Surprised that MayorLee.com is still up and running.
This one-page website gives me a headache, so I don’t have the patience to watch it to see if it loops its catchphrases in order or if it makes them appear randomly.
Anyway, take a look for yourself, below – you’ll get the idea of the attitude of the person(s) what put it up.
Here are some of the standouts:
Ed Lee is unrelated to Ex-Supervisor Ed Jew (now in federal prison)
Ed Lee is best buds with Willie Brown and Rose Pak
Ed Lee never hesitates to embarrass his daughters in public: Tania and Brianna, Daddy loves you XOXO
O.K. fine.
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All the text, it goes on and on. It’s like living February 2011 all over again. Enjoy:
Ed Lee was progressive before progressive was cool
Ed Lee once administered all of San Francisco for 5 years
Ed Lee led the first ever rent strike against the SF Housing Authority
Ed Lee helps little old ladies cross the street
Ed Lee loves serving San Francisco so much he’s willing to be mayor
Ed Lee is a liberal Democrat
Ed Lee puts the American in Asian-American
Ed Lee won’t go Donkey Kong on San Francisco
Ed Lee is liked by everyone at City Hall
Ed Lee puts his kids through college
Ed Lee is not a drama queen
Ed Lee can cook
Ed Lee rocks a hella clean, next level mustache
Ed Lee totally ran the Olympic Torch
Ed Lee is Totally Progressive
Ed Lee wants to be your friend
Ed Lee is an old school activist
Ed Lee is a patron of the art of Chinese cuisine
Ed Lee was born with a full mustache
Ed Lee likes the Banh Mi around Tenderloin the best
Ed Lee thinks that the squiggly part of Lombard street is kind of strange
Ed Lee once wrestled a Cable Car with his mustache
Ed Lee only drinks milk tea with boba
Ed Lee voted Obama
Ed Lee is a good guy
Ed Lee doesn’t throw mud on other people’s faces
Ed Lee is a regular on the front of Chinese newspapers
Ed Lee say city works for you
Ed Lee knows how to pack a lot of work into a short interim term
Ed Lee owns the Free Parking spot in Monopoly
Ed Lee shook the earth when he became mayor
Ed Lee got 90.9% of the votes when he became mayor
When the city’s in trouble, they put on the Ed-Signal
Ed Lee: first asian mayor of SF with a truly awesome mustache
Ed Lee: Asian Mayor
Ed Lee has the sweetest ‘stache
Ed Lee brings double happiness to grateful San Francisco
Ed Lee makes San Franciscans pay attention to local politics
Whispering “Ed Lee” brings good luck
Ed Lee bridges East and West
Ed Lee, international globetrotter
Ed Lee knows how to get hyphy
Ed Lee ties his tie using his mustache
Ed Lee uses the phone book
Ed Lee is not a demagogue
Ed Lee is huge in Japan
When the Board of Supervisors gets in a fight, Ed Lee plays the grown up
When Ed Lee was sworn in as mayor, tears of joy fell from the sky
Ed Lee rolls his sleeves up when he walks into City Hall
Ed Lee is a karaoke god
Ed Lee’s mustache will answer questions at Question Time
Ed Lee is loved in San Jose
Ed Lee can shoot lasers from his mustache
Cats prefer Ed Lee’s mustache over catnip
Ed Lee cannot resist glazed donuts
Ed Lee is secretly Jack Bauer
Chinese Fathers Are Superior only when speaking of Ed Lee
Ed Lee was progressive before progressive was cool
Ed Lee’s so green, he can’t ride in hybrid SUVs
The M is Edwin M. Lee stands for Mayor
Ed Lee is not a 70′s pornstar
Ed Lee’s mustache is so huge, the city got rid of its fleet of street sweepers
Ed Lee is unrelated to Ex-Supervisor Ed Jew (now in federal prison)
Ed Lee invented a shoe that removes gum from sidewalks
Ed Lee: Short name, huge impact
Ed Lee is obviously a NINJA. No one saw him coming!
Ed Lee thinks the rent is too damn high
Ed Lee is best buds with Willie Brown and Rose Pak
2011 – The Year of Ed Lee
Ed Lee rides a bike to work
Ed Lee is a man of mystery
Ed Lee mustache is manlier than Chuck Norris
Ed Lee has a cat named spot
Ed Lee is a four time Academy Award winner
Ed Lee is a longtime collaborator with Dr. Dre, Ice T, and Eminem on Grammy winners
Ed Lee rocks it old school
Ed Lee suggests that we be excellent to one another and party on, dudes
Ed Lee was preceded by his mustache
Ed Lee makes decisions
Ed Lee loves his used hybrid Ford Fusion/p>
Ed Lee loves Mission Chinese Food (who doesn’t!?)
Ed Lee helped himself to seconds at the White House State Dinner
Ed Lee is related to Spike Lee
Ed Lee is taking Rose Pak to the Prom
Ed Lee can never tell a lie
Ed Lee can do more push-ups than Willie Brown
Ed Lee’s favorite watering hole is Buck’s Tavern
Ed Lee is bringing sexy back to room 200
Ed Lee’s favorite movie is “Eat, Pray, Love”
Ed Lee is My Valentine
Ed Lee loves Lady Gaga
Ed Lee and Jean Quan are best buddies
Ed Lee thinks the 49ers should have drafted Aaron Rodgers
Ed Lee is Mayor of San Francisco on foursquare
Ed Lee is a lame duck
Ed Lee only drinks straight Everclear
Mayorly Lee
Ed Lee is Mayor of San Francisco, Edinburgh, and Leeds
Ed Lee cares about black people
Ed Lee rode motorcycles with Ponch and John
Ed Lee = Totally Hot
Ed Lee is a Gleek
Ed Lee gets shit done!
Ed Lee has a HELLA SICK STACHE
Ed Lee backwards is Eel De
Ed Lee is the Asian Chuck Norris
Ed Lee turns into Bruce Lee if you make him angry
Ed Lee is History
Ed Lee Rhymes With Me
Ed Lee’s so SF, his underwear is colored International Orange
Ed Lee won a beauty contest against Jane Kim
Ed Lee moonlights as a backup artist for Tainted Love
Ed Lee won’t drop it if it’s hot. But he will drop it like it’s hot
Ed Lee will teach you how to Dougie
Ed Lee’s name is so short, SF will save millions in stationery costs
Ed Lee is a Champion Cha Cha Dancer
Ed Leeeeeeeeeee Tulibu Dibu Douchoo
Ed Lee is the home room teacher you wish you had
Ed Lee packs a mean left hook…in his mustache
Ed Lee is Bringin’ Feng Shui Back
Ed Lee wears a red tie because he’s comfortable with who he is
Ed Lee for President
Ed Lee = 李孟贤
Ed Lee + Jean Quan = Asian Bay Bridge
Ed Lee = community attorney and activist = Barack Obama
Ed Lee comes from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
In the event of a water landing, Ed Lee’s mustache can be used as a flotation device
Ed Lee’s mustache is structurally sound
Ed Lee’s satellite-dish equipped car is officially known as the Stachemobile
Ed Lee taught Sara Lee how to bake
Ed Lee’s mustache keeps SF safe from tidal waves
If Ed Lee sues you, you’ve already lost
Ed Lee secretly likes Chop Suey
Ed Lee invented Web 2.0
Ed Lee will not hesitate to service you, publicly
Ed Lee receives official mayoral telecommunications through his mustache
Ed Lee can do 218 clap pushups with his mustache
Ed Lee waits an hour to read the Sing Tao Daily for free at the public library
Ed Lee always picks the fortune cookie with winning lotto numbers
Ed Lee does not need your vote
Ed Lee: The San Francisco Treat
Ed Lee loves Twitter so much he won’t let them out of the city
Ed Lee is the founder of AAAM: Asian-Americans Attempting Mustaches
Ed Lee’s Favorite Vegetable: Parse-Lee
Ed Lee’s Favorite Fruit: Lee-Chee
For Mayor Lee, it really is as easy as riding a bike
Ed Lee’s mustache soaked up the bay oil spill
Ed Lee is De-LEE-cious!
Ed Lee never hesitates to embarrass his daughters in public: Tania and Brianna, Daddy loves you XOXO
Run Ed Run!”
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Well it’s the talk of the town: August 6, 2011 is Virgin America Day at AT&T Park, so all attendees will get a Virgin America 2 for 1 flight voucher. So if you’re into the Phillies…
But dynamic pricing appears to be at work, so don’t be looking for any of those $1 seats (that come with $10 in fees) that the Giants offer sometimes.
And, oh yes, August 8th, 2011 is Virgin America Day in the 415, so that’s why City Hall will turn red at night for a few days. (Just a guess, but I don’t know how else you’ll be able to tell it’s VA Day 11.)
And Virgin A will is a having a $49 a ticket sale on some flights. All the deets, and there are plenty, are below and after the jump.
Call sign REDWOOD transports the Trophy in first class without a seatbelt.
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Virgin America Day – Saturday, August 6
All fans receive 2 for 1 flight voucher
Valid for travel Main Cabin between 8/16/11-10/27/11.
Blackout dates are 9/2/11 and 9/5/11.
Must book by 8/31/11, with two passengers travelling on one itinerary.
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Let me tell you, if you ever get a chance to visit Recology at 50 California, well, their offices are fantastic.
And everybody’s so friendly – you’ll have gaggle of attractivas in the their 20′s and 30′s coming up to you to just say hi, just like you’re a rock star or a Nordstrom’s customer or something.
And the party swag, don’t get me started on the party swag.
Anyway, guess who showed up at today’s Run Ed Run rally at City Hall. It’s the melon-farming Recology garbage truck! See?
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Ouch:
“In the summer of 1999, Lee, who had been tapped by Brown to head the Department of Public Works in 1996, came under public criticism after proposing a 44 percent rate hike for residential garbage collection. Although the rate was lower than the 52 percent hike proposed by Norcal (as Recology was then known), it was substantially higher than the 20 percent increase recommended by his staff, said Quentin Kopp, a former supervisor and state senator and a retired judge who advocated against the rate hike at the time.”
Doesn’t Recology know enough to not to have their trucks roll down Polk Street during an Ed Lee rally, you know, at this particular juncture?
Apparently not.
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
[UPDATE: Oh, and look who else was on the scene - it's famous Steve Rhodes:
"Run Ed Run rally to push @MayorEdLee to break his promise #SFmayor and it looks like he will (though probably not til next week)
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Well, here they come, straight outta C-Town, coming across Polk Street just after being bused in, it’s the main body of today’s noontime Run Ed Run rally at the steps of City Hall:
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Are you up to speed on this one?
Bruce Begin: Legal questions overshadow an Ed Lee mayoral run
Gerry Shih: The Machine Behind ‘Run Ed Run’ - San Francisco’s garbage company, a long-time Willie Brown ally, tied to efforts to keep Ed Lee in office
Heather Knight: What happens if Lee breaks his promise?
John Cote: SF Mayor Ed Lee’s rivals seek probe of his backers
How’s that, for starters?
Oh, and here’s the latest:
Gerry Shih, from the campaign trail today: “I’m not anticipating anything at this point,” Lee said with a smile…” And here’s a bon mot from Board of Supervisors President David Chiu:
“Chiu continued to allege “unethical” and “possibly illegal” activity by Progress For All. ‘San Franciscans want answers and deserve a full investigation of what happened,’ Chiu said.”
Yowzer.
All right, back to today’s political theatre. Is this the “grass roots?” These people are, quite literally for a few of them, the same people who were bused in for the Save Ed Jew rallies from back in the day:
They were all directed off the sidewalk and up the cattle chute to City Hall by the man in the yellow hat, well, that’s what I call him, anyway, seen here, at camera center, without a hat:
Oh, this van was not actually driven (see comments) by the ringleader, you know, the fellow who told the easily-cowed grandmothers and the misled youth what to do.
After that, it was time to rehearse the scripts…
…and collect “spontaneous” supporters for the rally. There were 100+ on hand, all told:
Oh well.
We’ll know more about the people behind Run Ed Run and the like soon enough, perhaps as early as tonight.
Stay tuned…
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
As a matter of fact, yes, the 14 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV’s) what Chrysler Group LLC is going to give to the City and County of San Francisco tomorrow all have Hemi engines, monstrous V8, 5.7-litre Hemis, to be precise.
But, these big rigs also have an extra battery and electric motor for hybrid functionality PLUS members of the “City Family” will be able to plug in to the power grid to charge up the battery as well.
It’s going to look a little something like this, garish graphics and all:
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Now, if City workers are really careful, they’ll probably be able to go 15 miles about town solely on electric power, assuming that the battery is all charged up at the beginning of the day.
But what San Francisco probably really wants is an electric truck without a gas engine at all. Oh well. (It’s the same way with Mayor Ed Lee’s official staff car – why have them put the gas engine in at all if you don’t want it and you aren’t going to use it?)
BTW, Chrysler was a-gonna to build plug-in hybrid pick-em-ups like these in mass production for people living in Flyover Country, but then Big C realized that a project like this would lose money. Big Money. The More You Build, The More You Lose, kind of thing. Well, that idea got the kibosh.
But then the Feds said, well, here’s a few tens of millions of dollars we’ve got sitting around, so why don’t you take that money to build just 140 units instead, and then give these trucks away to America’s mayors?
And, since San Francisco is special, so very special, we’re getting 10% of the national supply.
Hurray?
“Who:
Edwin M. Lee, San Francisco Mayor
Abdullah Bazzi, Senior Manager – Chrysler Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Project, Chrysler Group LLC
Joe Roos, Assistant Vehicle Chief Engineer – Chrysler PHEV, Chrysler Group LLC
Steve Sokolsky, Calstart
Where:
Civic Center Plaza
San Francisco
Details:
Following the press conference, Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles will be available for photo opportunities and a ride-and-drive around a city driving course. Media parking available in parking structure just off the Civic Center plaza.”
UPDATE: Well, it turns out that Sacramento is going to get 14 big rigs as well, so maybe we’re not all that special. In mitigation, Los Angeles and Fun Diego and the rest of SoCal, they’re getting nothing! Zero free trucks from Chrysler and Uncle Sucker. Eat it, L.A!
Ever more deets, after the jump.
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
The long-anticipated Huffington Post San Francisco has just gone live.
See?
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You’ve already met the crew – what do you think of the website?
Here are some noteworthy bits:
Consensus Pension Reform Plan* by Mayor Edwin M. Lee
A Progressive Decade in the Balance by former Supervisor Chris Daly
Bringing the Entrepreneurial Spirit Back to City Government by second-tier “Progressive** Independent” Mayoral Candidate Joanna Rees
No Time for Retreat on Homelessness by second-tier Mayoral Candidate Michela Alioto Pier
And here are a few bits from the RSS feed:
Why We Should Care Where Our Food Comes From* by District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen
Episode 38 of Necessary Conversation: SF Pride
And there you have it.
*Wow, this is _so_ not written by the purported author.
**Cough
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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
Released today:
“STATEMENT: SF AND LA CITY LEADERS SPEAK OUT ON FAN VIOLENCE”
“The following statement was issued today by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, SFPD Interim Chief Jeff Godown, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, San Francisco Giants Managing Partner Bill Neukom and Los Angeles Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt in regard to the assault that occurred after Thursday’s Opening Day game at Dodger Stadium:
“This attack is unconscionable behavior that will not be tolerated in either of our ballparks or in either of our cities. Once apprehended, the attackers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Public safety is the top priority for all of us and even one act of random violence is unacceptable.
Baseball is a family sport that has unified our country after times of crisis and tragedy. This senseless act of violence has no place in our society and certainly not in our national pastime.
The Giant/Dodger rivalry is one of the most storied in all of sports, dating back to when the teams played across town in New York City before their moves to California. This is a great rivalry between teams competing on the field of play. That’s where it must stay.
We call on our respective citizens to stand together in honor of that rivalry as you have done throughout the years. Root hard for your teams, and do so with civility and common decency.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim Bryan Stow and his family. The best thing that we as a community of baseball fans can do to support Bryan and his family is to rise above this outrageous act and exercise good sportsmanship and mutual respect for each other.”
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