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  • SAN FRANCISCO: Keeping families and kids in town

    06/26/2011 10:51:30 AM PDT · by SmithL · 39 replies
    SFGate: City Insider ^ | 6/26/11 | Heather Knight
    Our recent story about the increasing trend of families leaving the city once their kids hit school age garnered a lot of attention inside and outside City Hall. As we noted, despite years of policy initiatives by city and school officials, new census figures show 5,278 fewer kids living in the city in 2010 than in 2000. That means just 13.4 percent of San Francisco residents are kids - one of the lowest percentages of any city in the country. Is it just a given that not many kids will grow up in the city, or can more be done?
  • Before Obama's Afghanistan speech, protests already scheduled in SF for Wednesday

    12/01/2009 12:25:13 PM PST · by SmithL · 6 replies · 572+ views
    SFGate: Politics Blog ^ | 12/1/9 | Joe Garofoli
    <p>As President Obama's plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan leaks out, protests are lined up for Wednesday in San Francisco and around the Bay Area.</p> <p>From 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, there will be a demonstration outside the military recruitment center in Capitola to protest the "escalation in Afghanistan." It is sponsored by Peace Movement of Santa Cruz County.</p>