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SF General nurses told not to provide bilingual services

December 1, 2019

When Lauren Cook heard that the new contract her union, SEIU 1021, had negotiated with San Francisco General Hospital included provisions to streamline the...

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Accounting trick hides real cost of admin raises at City College

October 1, 2019

Most City College administrators will see a 10 percent increase in their next paycheck – plus back pay retroactive to July 1 – after...

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City College panel wants to slow down big administrative salary hikes

September 20, 2019

Two members of the City College Board of Trustees recommended Thursday putting the brakes on a salary raise for administrators that has been heavily...

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Judge rejects Juul’s ballot argument effort

September 6, 2019

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has rejected Juul’s attempt to remove language from November’s ballot saying Proposition C “may” overturn the City’s ban...

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Juul sues over ballot handbook language

August 27, 2019

Will Proposition C, Juul’s ballot measure to overturn the city’s e-cigarette ban, also have the effect of overturning the ban on flavored e-cigarettes, passed...

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Last search warrant on reporter’s cell phone records voided

August 16, 2019

A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled Friday to quash the last remaining search warrant police obtained against freelance journalist Bryan Carmody while investigating...

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Juul fails in effort to change ballot language

August 9, 2019

Juul failed today in its effort to get the city to change substantially the language that will describe the company’s initiative in the November...

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SF cops, judge knew search warrant subject was a reporter

August 7, 2019

Newly unsealed court documents show the San Francisco Police Department Internal Affairs officers investigating departmental leaks were aware the target of a search warrant...

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Judges agree to quash search warrants in Adachi leak case

August 2, 2019

In a marathon of court hearings following months of delays, three different San Francisco Superior Court judges ruled Friday to quash and unseal three...

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SFPD didn’t tell judge that reporter in Adachi case was a journalist

July 23, 2019

Court documents unsealed Tuesday morning show the San Francisco Police Department failed to inform a Superior Court judge that the target of a search...

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SF General nurses told not to provide bilingual services

Accounting trick hides real cost of admin raises at City College

City College panel wants to slow down big administrative salary hikes

Judge rejects Juul’s ballot argument effort

Juul sues over ballot handbook language

Last search warrant on reporter’s cell phone records voided

Juul fails in effort to change ballot language

SF cops, judge knew search warrant subject was a reporter

Judges agree to quash search warrants in Adachi leak case

SFPD didn’t tell judge that reporter in Adachi case was a journalist

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