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examiNation SF: To what extent is race a factor in Barry Bonds' indictment?
- Some scholars are saying that given how widespread doping is in sports and the nation's uneasy relationship with black superstars, race cannot be ignored as a factor in Barry Bonds' indictment on charges of lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement with steroids.
examiNation SF: What do you think of filing criminal charges against the crew of the ship that crashed into the Bay Bridge?
- Federal investigators were considering Monday whether to file criminal charges against crew members of the container ship that crashed into the Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of toxic fuel into the bay.
examiNation SF: How do you feel about clamping down on squatters in city parks?
- Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed new laws that would prohibit the construction of natural shelters and ban cooking devices in city parks. Anyone sleeping in the park between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. would also be subject to citation or arrest.
examiNation SF: What do you think of paying tolls to drive on congested city streets?
- San Francisco is studying the feasibility of charging tolls and higher parking fees to ease congestion on crowded streets, but business leaders fear that a restriction on cars would drive businesses — and customers — away.
examiNation SF: How do you feel about changing your lifestyle to help alleviate regional climate change?
- Fifty percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the Bay Area comes from transportation — a bigger chunk than in all of California or in the United States, according to data from the California Climate Action Team and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
examiNation SF: How do you feel about plugging a loophole that allows graffiti vandals to avoid prosecution?
- Graffiti vandals in The City would be tagged with more court punishment if California's "civil compromise" tactic did not allow suspects to avoid prosecution by negotiating a settlement directly with property owners.
examiNation SF: How do you feel about schools handing out birth control to kids without parental consent?
- The national furor over a controversial decision to hand out birth control pills to 11- and 12-year-old girls in Maine without their parents’ consent has sent a message to other school systems around the country: Don’t even think about it.
examiNation SF: What do you think of lifting the inner city booze ban for large grocery stores?
- San Francisco supervisors are considering exempting large grocery stores from the ban on liquor sales in at-risk neighborhoods to try to stop supermarkets' flight -- and bring local stores back -- to the inner City.
examiNation SF: What new routes would you like to see at SFO?
- San Francisco International Airport has added new flights to Europe and Asia and are considering adding even more.
examiNation SF: How do you feel about your tax dollars funding a facility for users to shoot drugs?
- San Francisco health officials are backing a government-sponsored facility where users can inject drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine and crack cocaine to battle The City’s high incidence of fatal drug overdoses.
examiNation SF: How do you keep up with the Bay Area's high cost of living?
- A new study from the California Budget project shows that San Francisco's basic subsistence (poverty) level is $72,000 per year for a family of four — four times the amount established by the federal government.
examiNation SF: How do you feel about prosecuting parents whose schoolchildren are chronically truant?
- District Attorney Kamala Harris said she is prepared to prosecute parents whose children, especially those at the elementary level, have more than 10 unexcused absences from San Francisco public schools during a school year. Last year more than 5,400 students fell into that category.
examiNation SF: How do you feel about turning off your lights for an hour to send a message about global warming?
- Lights Out San Francisco activists, concerned about wasted energy and its weather-changing consequences, handed out free low-energy light bulbs Sunday and urged San Franciscans to switch their lights out for one hour next weekend.
