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Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

Tim Redmond - July 19, 2020

For the first time in history, San Francisco will soon have a permanent monument to a person of color killed by the police. I was...

COVID

Tenants harassed by construction work during COVID

Garrett Leahy - July 15, 2020

In her 27 years as a tenant on Leavenworth, Andrea Carla Michaels has had few issues with any of her landlords. Now she is the...

News + Politics

Supes are driving the political agenda in SF

Tim Redmond - July 15, 2020

The center of public policy in San Francisco has so clearly shifted from the Mayor’s Office to the Board of Supes that nearly every...

Business + Tech

Big reforms could be headed for fall ballot

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2020

The Board of Supes Rules Committee will hold a special meeting Thursday/9 to consider a series of City Charter amendments for the fall ballot...

News + Politics

Anatomy of a corrupt $125 million city contract

Tim Redmond - July 2, 2020

In a remarkable and highly unusual hearing today, the Government Audit and Oversight Committee dug into the anatomy of a multimillion contract that Sup....

News + Politics

Public toilets—and public corruption

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2020

The deepening public works scandal, which now involves political connected permit expediter Walter Wong, appears to have links to a big corporation that has...

Housing

Supes reject Police Commission nominee, approve tenant protections

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2020

The Board of Supes rejected one of Mayor Breed’s Police Commission nominations and the other withdrew, sending a clear message to the mayor that...

News + Politics

Sharply divided board allows curfew to continue — for now

Tim Redmond - June 2, 2020

A deeply divided Board of Supes allowed Mayor London Breed’s curfew to stay in effect for two more days after advice from the City...

Housing

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

Tim Redmond - May 21, 2020

At the end of the Board of Supes meeting Tuesday, we got some dramatic clarity on why the Department of Public Health isn’t pushing...

Housing

Supes look to protect SRO residents

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2020

The Board of Supes Finance Committee approved today emergency legislation aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in single-room occupancy hotels. The measure by Sup....

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Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

Tenants harassed by construction work during COVID

Supes are driving the political agenda in SF

Big reforms could be headed for fall ballot

Anatomy of a corrupt $125 million city contract

Public toilets—and public corruption

Supes reject Police Commission nominee, approve tenant protections

Sharply divided board allows curfew to continue — for now

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

Supes look to protect SRO residents

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