Senior Escort: Black Panther History Month celebration in Oakland
THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY for Self-Defense, founded Oct. 15, 1966, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, is a movement that continues to resonate 36 years later. From the free breakfast programs, community schools, senior escort service, medical clinics and alternative schools to the celebrated community policing program, the BPP addressed sustainable development in low-income, mostly black neighborhoods.Although the black berets, leather coats, slacks and shotguns drew the attention of youth who...
Senior Escort: Rebecca Stark
A memorial will be held today for Rebecca Stark, who was prominent in senior assistance programs, including the San Francisco Crime Prevention Council and the Senior Escort Program. Ms. Stark, who died Monday in San Francisco, was born in Loreauville, La., on Nov. 22, 1917.Last year, on her 81st birthday, she was honored by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who proclaimed Rebecca Stark Day in the city.She worked for 17 years as a nurse at San Francisco General Hospital.She is...
Senior Escort: BOARD WATCH
At their weekly meeting yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors: Approved: -- A motion concurring with Mayor Frank Jordan on the continued need for a declaration of emergency in connection with the city's needle exchange program, which provides clean needles and AIDS education materials to intravenous drug users. The declaration of emergency is one way the mayor can sanction needle exchange. (Vote: 11-0. In favor: Hallinan, Migden, Shelley, Conroy, Bierman, Hsieh,...
Senior Escort: SAN FRANCISCO
Police Budget Has Room for New Officers
The Police Commission last night approved the San Francisco Police Department's proposed $193 million budget for the 1994-95 fiscal year, marking a $20 million increase from this year. Lieutenant Lawrence Ryan said most of the additional money would pay for 270 new officers that the department is hoping to add to its ranks during the next two years.The department also is seeking about $1.5 million for 110 new vehicles, as well as $225,000 for new mobile video terminals.The...
Senior Escort: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CITY UNIONS HURT NONPROFITS' SERVICES Editor -- I was very pleased to see The Chronicle editorial on "City Hall and Labor Gang Up on Nonprofits" (Sunday, July 5). We need to find a way out of the squeeze that elected officials and unions are putting on nonprofits. In recent years we have seen that some city employee unions will seek wage increases to the point that services provided are drastically reduced to pay for the increases in salaries. The Senior...