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Now, more than ever, San Francisco matters

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2016

Eight years ago, I rode home from Election Night parties on my bicycle and had to stop, over and over, because people were out...

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The Agenda, Election Day issue: Will Big Tech take over SF politics?

Tim Redmond - November 7, 2016

There’s not much going on in San Francisco government this week, because everyone is focused on Election Day. A few thoughts: We have no idea who...

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Berkeley City Council candidate Nanci Armstrong-Temple arrested at homeless encampment

Sana Saleem - November 4, 2016

UPDATE Saturday November 5: Nanci Armstrong-Temple was released at 2am this morning on bail. Bail was set at $55,000. Nanci will appear in court...

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Why won’t SFMade support Prop. X?

Zelda Bronstein - November 3, 2016

A seeming anomaly of San Francisco’s current election season is the opposition to Prop. X, which seeks to preserve manufacturing space in the city,...

Arts + Culture

Thrills and frills

Marke B. - November 2, 2016

ONSTAGE The first thing you should know about the New Conservatory Theatre Center's spiffy new makeover is that there's a cocktail named after a...

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The Agenda, Oct. 23-30: Does the Eastern Neighborhoods plan even work any more?

Tim Redmond - October 23, 2016

There’s more and more evidence that the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, which since 2008 has guided development in a large swath of San Francisco, is...

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The Agenda, Oct. 16-23: Airbnb threats …

Tim Redmond - October 16, 2016

Did anyone catch the not-at-all-veiled threat in the Chronicle story on new efforts to limit Airbnb rentals? The measure, sponsored by Sups. London Breed and...

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The Agenda, Oct. 10-17: Should we celebrate the Twitter tax break?

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2016

I am glad, I suppose, that there’s nice art coming to mid-Market to “spur curiosity and connection.” Five years after the Twitter tax break,...

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Why is SF tolerating Airbnb’s bad behavior?

Tim Redmond - October 6, 2016

The way the Chronicle spun the new study on Airbnb was just fine: The platform does, indeed, hurt the city’s hotel industry (and hospitality...

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Real estate forces fail to force a DCCC revote in D11

Tim Redmond and Sana Saleem - September 28, 2016

More than 70 community leaders from the Mission and Excelsior showed up to tell the local Democratic Party not to make a last-minute change...

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