Henry FaberThe angry white women at Mothers Against Drunk Driving helped to shove another unnecessary law through the state legislature recently. A new rule would require grocery stores and markets to use human-run checkout counters for alcohol sales and ban booze and beer at automated self- ... More >>
Fiona.The same day that the family of a teenager who died of an ecstasy overdose after attending an L.A. rave filed suit against public officials, San Francisco state assemblywoman Fiona Ma saw her raves-safety bill pass the legislature. It just needs Gov. Jerry Brown's signature to go into l ... More >>
Fiona.The same day that the family of a teenager who died of an ecstasy overdose after attending an L.A. rave filed suit against public officials, San Francisco state assemblywoman Fiona Ma saw her raves-safety bill pass the legislature. It just needs Gov. Jerry Brown's signature to go into l ... More >>
HBOBada Bing.California lawmakers are usually way too busy doing absolutely nothing to fight. But it finally happened late Wednesday when two Southern California assemblyman got into a shoving match in Sacramento. It popped off as the assembly was debating a bill that would eliminate redevel ... More >>
libcom.orgWould you take this job for an extra 50 cents?While the State Assembly committee readies itself to vote tomorrow on San Francisco Assembywoman Fiona Ma's proposals to 1) increase minimum wage from $8 to $8.50 and 2) allow for nine paid sick days per year in the California workplace, ... More >>
SF Weekly photo illustrationFiona Ma, center, as a raver.Updated after the jump: Fiona Ma officially waters down her bill, calls it the "Raves Safety Act." A state assembly committee passes the bill. It looks like a proposed ban on raves at state-owned venues will be watered down and allow t ... More >>
Drew Ressler / Rukes.comBeyond Wonderland was not beyond comprehension for Fiona Ma.Updated after the jump with 13 people taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. With a storm approaching and an army of cops and DEA agents, one woman named Paris Hilton, and even a few politicians in the h ... More >>
Rick Caruso.Rick Caruso, developer of the Grove mall and a member of the public commission that oversees the L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena, told the Weekly Wednesday that he'll likely ask his fellow officials to ban raves at the venues in coming months. Caruso has been the biggest critic of ... More >>
Raver Fiona: They used to call it "empathy," you know.Update: The bill was "read" on Monday and remains on "active" status. See the deets here First posted at 1:03 p.m. Despite reports elsewhere, the Anti Raves Act of 2011 bill by San Francisco Democrat Fiona Ma is moving forward, her spokes ... More >>
Her raver name is Assembly Speaker Pro Tempor-E.Fiona Ma, the San Francisco assemblywoman who wants to ban raves at publicly owned venues in California, is going raving. That's according to our sister publication SF Weekly, which reported last week that the Democrat, who would outlaw the par ... More >>
Why Los Angeles politicians embrace a growing Ecstasy phenom that kills
Ravers at Electric Daisy Carnival, held at the publicly owned Coliseum.Updated after the jump with responses from the lawmaker herself. First posted at 8:38 a.m. Ravers got on their feet this week to "protect your right to dance" after a state lawmaker proposed a ban on raves at public venue ... More >>
Sasha Rodriguez.The L.A. Coliseum Commission voted earlier this month to let the raves go on at the publicly run Coliseum and Sports Arena. A San Francisco assemblywoman begs to differ when it comes to the safety of the events. Legislation introduced this week by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, a D ... More >>
If you followed the election fine print - those ballot measures having nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain or Mitt Romney, you might be wondering what killed Proposition 93, the plan to alter California Term Limits for the first time since voters overwhelmingly passed the l ... More >>
