Some scores are indeed settled. And the zingers do fly. But more than anything Tom Ammiano confirms one maxim about politics in his memoir: your political ally one day can turn into your frenemy the ...

Seated at his kitchen table, gay political leader and comedian Tom Ammiano began to recount his life story in July 2018 to journalist Tim Redmond and Jon Golinger, a political consultant and author.

San Franciscan Tom Ammiano is no stranger to the standup comedy scene -- or to the tenacity that being a queer comic requires. "The more s-- you give us, the stronger we get. And every good comic will ...

In a move reminiscent of the crew members of the Bounty bellowing “Take us with you!” to the escaped-to-a-better-place Mr. Christian, progressive supervisors are imploring Assemblyman Tom Ammiano to ...

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has introduced another drug-friendly bill this week. But this one would provide immunity from prosecution to anyone who calls 911 for a drug overdose. applies to both the ...

SACRAMENTO -- With just a week left in session, the Legislature has added a new thorny issue to its to-do list: regulating the state’s medical marijuana industry. Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A bill aimed at providing a framework for overseeing and regulating California's notoriously free-wheeling medical marijuana industry squeaked out of the state Assembly on Thursday ...

Proposition 13 made property taxes predictable and, for many California homeowners, affordable. It's no wonder that there's a fierce backlash whenever anyone suggests rethinking any aspect of the 1978 ...

Legislators intervene in hopes of bringing an end to the hunger strike. Sept. 4, 2013— -- As a hunger strike across California prisons enters a third month, two state legislators are vowing to ...