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This blawg analyzes San Francisco and national politics by looking at proposed laws and actions with an eye toward statutory construction, legislative intent and common sense.

Author: Melissa Griffin is labor and employment counsel at San Francisco-based Bechtel Corp.

Blawg Related Categories: Benefits/ERISALabor & EmploymentLegislation & LobbyingStatesCaliforniaIn-house Lawyer


Recent Posts from Sweet Melissa

  • Wednesday Cookys

    Are We We Gonna Have to Separate You Two? As you may recall, in January of this year, it came to light that there were some staff members in the Mistermayor’s office and the Office…

  • Apparently, the "C" stands for Crack

    Constant Readers, I promise this will be my last post about a Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) meeting. My friends staged an intervention yesterday and I’ve decided to quit cold turkey. I will still write…

  • Bored of Supervisors - 8/12/08

    1. The Mark of the Beast In Tuesday's meeting, the Board voted down an ordinance proposed by Supervisor Daly that would require "every lobbyist or person who is acting on behalf of a lobbyist" to…

  • Making Y'all Jealous - UPDATE

    UPDATE: Ahsha sent a very nice apology and a totally self-effacing response to my story. (See comments section.) Also, for those of you who want to use the chart at the end at your endorsement…

  • Excuse Me, But I Think You Need To Learn Some Manners

    Constant Readers, Maybe it's because I grew up in Georgia. Maybe it's because, in my family, neglecting to say "Sir" and "Ma'am" was the same as saying, "Please, Mom, give me a beating right here…

  • Wherefore Art The Song For Distrcit 11?

    Constant Readers, It's Friday. It's August. And no one needs a lot of heaviness today. I went to YouTube to see about some interesting videos for y'all - so I typed in "San Francisco" and…

  • Bored of Supervisors - 8/5/08

    Bicyclists - 1; Local Businesses - 0 In a close vote that split the usual voting blocks of Supervisors Peskin-Daly-Mirkarimi on one side and Alioto-Pier-Chu-Elsbernd on the other, the Board failed to pass a resolution…

  • Aides Benefit

    Constant Readers, In the course of writing about local SF politics, I am happy to report that I have become friends with a number of current and former aides to members of the Board of…

  • Bored of Supervisors - 7/29/08

    Welcome to Smoke Freecisco In the first of three planned blows to the sale and use of tobacco in SF, the Board yesterday voted 8-3 to ban the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies. (Ordinance…

  • Get On The Bus

    Constant Readers, I haven't done much coverage of Presidential politics. Mostly because it seems like for the last 2 years, every time a candidate has a hair out of place, media outlets scrutinize it like…



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