By John Upton
San Francisco Examiner

The heavens will power Grace Cathedral — with help from The City — if supervisors vote to bankroll solar-panel installations, according to an environmental and religious leader who joined others Tuesday in endorsing the program. The City’s public utilities commissioners Tuesday unanimously endorsed the proposed solar incentive program, announced last month by Mayor Gavin Newsom. If approved by the Board of Supervisors, the program will provide grants of up to $10,000 per building to help meet solar-panel installation costs. “We’ll be taking advantage of it,” the Rev. Sally Bingham, environment chair of the diocese of California and president of California Interfaith Power and Light, told commissioners before their vote. “We are looking right now at putting solar on our Grace Cathedral roof at the top of Nob Hill.”

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San Franciscans are leading the way on health care -- and California and the nation are watching as we implement Healthy San Francisco. Now, it's time to tell our elected officials in Washington, D.C. to act boldly like San Francisco to resolve the health care crisis. Earlier this week President Bush denied health insurance to approximately 5.8 million children when he vetoed a bill that would have expanded the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). If we can get 2/3 of Congress to stand up to President Bush, we can override his veto. Take action to provide health insurance for millions of uninsured American kids and stand-up to the Bush administration. Contact your members of Congress today. Read more »