A survey of the U.S. government's response to the homeless crisis has found the prevailing view in Washington to be that the problem is best left to local government, private agencies and families. When the federal government has played a role, its efforts have been characterized by bungling and waste.
A survey of the U.S. government's response to the homeless crisis has found the prevailing view in Washington to be that the problem is best left to local government, private agencies and families. When the federal government has played a role, its efforts have been characterized by bungling and waste.
A version of the first in-depth report on an alleged problem pregnancy 'clusters' among VDT operators, exposing the government's poorly conducted investigation of this and other 'clusters.' Originally appeared in San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 1985.
Reports of problem pregnancies among video display terminal operators are causing expectant mothers to think twice about spending 8 hours a day in front of a VDT. 'Clusters' of miscarriages and birth defects have cropped up among VDT workers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
A survey of the US government's response to the homeless crisis has found the prevailing view in Washington to be that the problem is best left to local government, private agencies and families. When the federal government has played a role, its efforts have been characterized by bungling and waste.
A survey of the US government's response to the homeless crisis has found the prevailing view in Washington to be that the problem is best left to local government, private agencies and families. When the federal government has played a role, its efforts have been characterized by bungling and waste.
New management of a large apartment building near Lake Merritt requested rent increases of up to 100% and more. The tenants, claiming there had been no cost increments sufficient to justify the proposed new rents, organized to fight the increases before the Oakland Rent Board.
The San Francisco AIDS/ARC vigil, begun in October 1985, has drawn a wide array of protestors, chaining themselves to the federal building in the city's UN Plaza, in an effort to secure awareness of their problems and needs.
