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The Agenda

Police chief undermines his own department’s reform agenda

Tim Redmond - February 6, 2022

Bill Scott voided an MOU that was a key part of a federal-level effort to improve accountability; will the commission let this stand?

City Hall

Supes grill PG&E exec on how the company is holding SF hostage

Tim Redmond - February 3, 2022

The company is basically saying 'Screw You' to the city, and is unapologetic about wanting to block SF from using its own clean public power.

Opinion

Flush with significance: Why reopening a BART bathroom is a very big deal

Marke B. - February 3, 2022

Surveillance state overreach, homophobia, anti-homeless hysteria—sometimes a toilet isn't just a toilet.

Remembrance

Trailblazing lesbian publisher Kim Corsaro was ‘wondrous, determined’

Tim Kingston - February 3, 2022

Remembering the larger-than-life leader of the Bay Times, who radicalized local gay journalism and famously got a police chief fired.

Elections

Big, big millionaire money is almost entirely funding the Boudin recall

Tim Redmond - February 2, 2022

New filings also show where the influence lies in the state Assembly campaigns.

Housing

Ten percent of SF housing is vacant, a new report shows

Tim Redmond - January 31, 2022

The number of condos that are sold but never occupied has soared in the past five years, suggesting that letting developers build freely doesn't really help the crisis.

The Agenda

How many apartments are vacant in SF—and what can we do about it?

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2022

The major reform measures made it through their first round at the Rules Committee last week and will be back Monday/31 for what should...

City Hall

Why the mayor’s proposals keep getting defeated by the supes

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2022

To make progress in SF, you need to have an open process with all the stakeholders. London Breed prefers to do things her own way, behind closed doors.

Remembrance

Peter Haberfeld, lawyer, organizer, and legendary community activist, dies

Stephen Bingham - January 30, 2022

Advocate for civil rights, labor rights, and the power of the people, was 80.

Elections

Reform measures move forward as supes talk about the real ‘power grab’

Tim Redmond - January 27, 2022

The power of the mayor (and developers) and the failures of the news media are the issues as the Rules Committee considers Charter amendments for the June ballot.

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