Art Agnos Archives

Campaign Trail

Massive Peskin kickoff sets up an epic race for mayor of SF

Tim Redmond - April 7, 2024

Billionaire 'protest' is a total bust as huge crowd packs Portsmouth Square for a candidate who might be able to build a winning coalition in mostly right-wing field

Lit

In ‘Portal,’ John King tells the strange and wondrous saga of the Ferry Building

Marke B. - December 13, 2023

Beloved landmark came with surprising amount of drama and alternate realities, vividly detailed in Chron critic's new book.

News + Politics

What all this talk about giving the mayor more power really means

Tim Redmond - November 3, 2023

It's all about giving Big Money more ability to control San Francisco. That has always been a disaster.

Elections

Preston campaign kickoff draws large and diverse crowd

Tim Redmond - August 17, 2023

District 5 is one of the critical seats progressives will try to win in 2024

City Hall

Mayor’s budget: The real scrutiny starts

Tim Redmond - June 14, 2023

Gut the Ethics Commission. Defy the Housing Element. Undermine collaborative code enforcement. The supes are not happy.

Movies

Screen Grabs: At SFFILM Fest, local looks from Steph Curry to Boots Riley

Dennis Harvey - April 9, 2023

Our picks from the 66th edition, which kicks off in Oakland and presents plenty of global visions (plus Rose Pak).

News + Politics

Some New Year’s resolutions for SF politics

Tim Redmond - December 28, 2022

I'm always happy to take the time as 2023 dawns to tell everyone else what to do.

Development

UCSF’s new hospital: A pretty building, but in the wrong place

Calvin Welch - January 12, 2022

The school's plans will make one part of the city more unlivable and the other part less healthy and wealthy.

City Hall

After more than a century, PG&E is finally on the ropes in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - August 1, 2021

The city's moving to establish a public-power system—but we should also talk about accountability for the politicians and media that enabled an illegal monopoly for so long.

Campaign Trail

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

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