“Students across the country have organized campaigns to divest, borrowing a tactic from the anti-apartheid movement.”
Students celebrate SF resolution to divest from fossil fuels [SFBG]

“Trips to the Middle East — and Midwest — gave The City’s legislative branch a break from business as usual this week, and more elected officials are scheduled to go abroad later this month.”
Jet-setting supervisors seek new ideas around the globe [Ex]

“Sup. London Breed has not filed her disclosure with the commission and she is on the same junket to Chicago as Yee, with the tab being picked up by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.”
Where in the World is Supervisor London Breed? [Petrelis]

the author

Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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