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Newsom’s agency folds on waterfront case

Michael Toren - February 22, 2018

The proposed settlement agreement announced Wednesday in the State Lands Commission’s lawsuit to overturn Proposition B represents a near-total concession by the state. It also...

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Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

Tim Redmond - February 22, 2018

Sharen Hewitt, who for generations define fiery, loving activism in San Francisco, has died. Hewitt, who described herself as a “grandmother for social change,” ran...

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: Kim gets progressive endorsements, Breed wants Tasers …

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2018

While Mark Leno is getting a lot of press attention for his campaign, and a growing number of organizations are doing a ranked-choice strategy...

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Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2018

The SF Ethics Commission blew up last week as President Peter Keane abruptly announced his resignation after failing to get the four votes to...

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Leno, Kim backers adopting ranked-choice voting strategy

Tim Redmond - February 18, 2018

The established progressive leaders and organizations in San Francisco appear to be leaning toward dual endorsements of Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim for...

Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2018

SuperPAC money has been one of the defining issues of the early parts of the mayoral campaign. Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim have...

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Peskin takes on superPACs

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2018

Sup. Aaron Peskin today introduced what he called emergency legislation that would require donors to superPACs to disclose all of their financial interests in...

The Agenda

Perhaps, a real mayoral debate

Tim Redmond - February 11, 2018

Tom Ammiano called me this morning to say he was going to dial 911. “I just realized I agree with Willie Brown,” he said. That...

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Ethics, supes in showdown over reforms

Tim Redmond - February 6, 2018

The San Francisco Ethics Commission could be facing a showdown with the Board of Supes in the next two weeks over a detailed, complex...

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The first salvo in the mayor’s race is a superPAC attack ad

Tim Redmond - February 5, 2018

If the first political ad of the 2018 mayor’s race is any indication, this is going to get ugly, fast. The ad put out by...

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Newsom’s agency folds on waterfront case

Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

Campaign trail: Kim gets progressive endorsements, Breed wants Tasers …

Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Leno, Kim backers adopting ranked-choice voting strategy

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

Peskin takes on superPACs

Perhaps, a real mayoral debate

Ethics, supes in showdown over reforms

The first salvo in the mayor’s race is a superPAC attack ad

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