05 11 / 2008
The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed
I was surprised at the seemingly low energy around the city this morning; on the train, on the sidewalks, everyone seems drained and docile. Probably just hungover, without a drop of celebration left in us. Or maybe sheer elation has been tempered with disappointment at the ass-backwardness of the passage of Prop 8 (how, when more progressive measures passed easily with big margins?) But then I walked into my office building, where lawyers and real estate brokers and insurance drones spend the days, in staid dress and moderate politics surrounded by beige and inside voices, as a professionally dressed middle aged white woman shrieked and bounded across the lobby to embrace our grinning, brimming security guard (an African-American woman of about 40) and they hugged and cried and again, as last night, I was awash in the jubilation of restored faith and the excitement of possibility. I don’t know how I’m going to keep it together today.
Rejoice!
SF PROP J - Independent Historic Preservation Commission (!!)
580 out of 580 precincts (100.00 %)
Votes Percent
Yes 114,935 56.57 %
No 88,231 43.43 %
CA PROP 2
02 - Standards for Confining Farm Animals
YES: 6,113,393 63.3%
NO: 3,555,798 36.7%
