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The Agenda

Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission

Plus: Who wins when transit loses—and another giveaway to market-rate housing developers. That's The Agenda for Sept. 8-15

The middle class is getting priced out of fun

Plus: A big labor day rally, a tax cut for telecoms, and gearing up for a major fight over West Side upzoning ... That's The Agenda for AUG. 31 to Sept. 6

The big (GOP) money attacking Newsom’s redistricting plan

Plus: Democratic Party to vote on recall—and on Lurie's upzoning plan. That's The Agenda for August 24-31

SFPD surveillance unit’s close ties to crypto billionaire

Plus: A better plan to fund transit, the next step in Lurie's upzoning plan, and the politics of the Engardio recall ... that's The Agenda for Aug. 17-24

Why isn’t Haney in more political trouble?

Plus: The cost (to taxpayers) of market-rate housing, and the DCCC weighs in on the Engardio recall. That's The Agenda for Aug. 10-17

Tinfoil hat conspiracy—or a sign of how local politics actually works?

Why did Engardio delete a meeting with Abundant SF director from his calendar?

The looming threat to hundreds of small businesses in San Francisco

Plus: The real (billionaire) grifters, an attack on the Equal Benefits Ordinance .... and will Lurie stand up to Elon Musk? That's The Agenda for July 27-Aug 4

Lurie’s silence on Sanctuary City, the fees you will pay so billionaires don’t have to ….

... Plus siting homeless shelters on the West Side of town .... That's The Agenda for July 20-27.

Supes approve billionaire budget, 10-1

This is not 'shared sacrifice.' Plus: the mayor gets control over Prop. C housing money

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Tests for the supes: The budget, protecting rent-controlled housing ….

... and an RV ban that could force families onto the streets. That's The Agenda for July 13-20

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

Plus: A crackdown on RV parking that will make more families homeless, and will the Police Commission do a real national search for the next chief? That's The Agenda for July 6-13

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6

Supes, mayor at budget impasse

Layoffs, housing money at issue as Lurie won't back down on cuts

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The silly ‘red scare’ over New York’s leading candidate for mayor

Mamdani's platform is just common sense, and it worked; is the Democratic Party Old Guard even paying attention?

Protesting the Lurie budget—and talking about long-term progressive solutions

Plus: Will the board defy a district supe and let Lurie shift money from housing into shelters? That's The Agenda for June 23-30

The supes will at last have a serious discussion about income inequality and taxing the rich

Chen measure would ask the state Legislature to allow a local income and wealth tax on the richest San Franciscans

Massive protests: Against Trump—and against the Lurie budget

Millions all over the country, including red states, oppose Trump. Plus: Brutal city budget comes down to the final weeks. That's The Agenda for June 15 to 22

The brutality of the Billionaires Budget starts to unfold

Here are some of the critical services on the chopping block—and why this doesn't need to happen

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