Elizabeth Lesly Stevens
Law

Local Novelist Fights Hollywood, and Faces Long Odds

In 1998, Joe Quirk, a Bay Area novelist, wrote “Ultimate Rush,” a thriller about an adrenaline-fueled messenger who tears through ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    8/20/11 12:18 p.m. PDT
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Elections 2011

It’s Not Easy Being the Conservative One

Being the conservative outsider in the San Francisco mayoral race, the position staked out by Tony Hall, is a lonely ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    8/06/11 11:32 a.m. PDT
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Taxes

A Tax Policy With San Francisco Roots

Henry George, the 19th-century political economist, spent his seminal years in San Francisco. He is no longer a household name, ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    7/30/11 3:21 p.m. PDT
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Census 2010

City's Children Vanish, and City Hall Wonders Why

For Leslie Kossoff, an artist who lived in San Francisco for nearly two decades, her decision to leave the city ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    7/23/11 10:12 a.m. PDT
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Economy

After Losing $1 Billion, Flamboyant Financier Forges Ahead

Victor B. MacFarlane was a winner. Then he was a loser. Now, like many others brought low by the financial ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    7/09/11 10:44 a.m. PDT
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Taxes

Complaints About Proposition 13? It Depends on Who’s Not Paying

Tom Ammiano, who represents San Francisco in the California State Assembly, is bravely venturing where few politicians dare. He advocates ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    7/02/11 8:27 a.m. PDT
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Taxes

Tax Increases Before Layoffs? Only in San Francisco.

When Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco unveiled his $6.8 billion budget earlier this month to a standing ovation from ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    6/23/11 11:41 p.m. PDT
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Firefighting

After Contretemps at Funeral, a Glimmer of Hope?

Jeff Adachi blithely shows up, uninvited and unwanted, at the June 10 funeral for two city firefighters who died in ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    6/18/11 10:19 a.m. PDT
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Government

City's Perpetual, No-Bid Garbage Contract Comes Under Attack

Garbage is, obviously, a dirty business. But for Recology, the outfit that has had a monopoly on handling San Francisco’s ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    6/09/11 5:16 p.m. PDT
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