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Some New Year’s resolutions for SF politics

Tim Redmond - December 28, 2022

I'm always happy to take the time as 2023 dawns to tell everyone else what to do.

Development

UCSF’s new hospital: A pretty building, but in the wrong place

Calvin Welch - January 12, 2022

The school's plans will make one part of the city more unlivable and the other part less healthy and wealthy.

City Hall

After more than a century, PG&E is finally on the ropes in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - August 1, 2021

The city's moving to establish a public-power system—but we should also talk about accountability for the politicians and media that enabled an illegal monopoly for so long.

Campaign Trail

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

Campaign Trail

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

Calvin Welch - October 6, 2019

A story is unfolding in the District Five supervisor race, ignored by the news media, that illustrates the contradiction between narrative and fact that...

News + Politics

Planners keep wanting to streamline approvals for housing that won’t get built

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2019

The Board of Supes isn’t back from vacation yet, but the Planning Commission is – and on Thursday/22 the panel will hear a report...

Campaign Trail

Vallie Brown’s big real-estate money

Tim Redmond - August 2, 2019

The campaign contribution filings for the first six months of 2019 are now public, and the most dramatic news involves the D5 supes race. For...

Campaign Trail

Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2019

Dean Preston officially launched his campaign for District Five supervisor Friday night with a party that brought together a broad spectrum of the progressive...

Campaign Trail

Election winners and losers in SF

Tim Redmond - November 7, 2018

First, we don’t really know anything for sure yet. There are, according to the Department of Elections, an astonishing 139,000 ballots still to be...

Opinion

OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

Steven Hill and Tom Ammiano - July 18, 2018

Calvin Welch has been a dedicated housing activist and progressive leader for decades, but we have consistently disagreed with him about Ranked Choice Voting...

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Some New Year’s resolutions for SF politics

UCSF’s new hospital: A pretty building, but in the wrong place

After more than a century, PG&E is finally on the ropes in San Francisco

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Talking Yimby, acting Nimby in District 5

Planners keep wanting to streamline approvals for housing that won’t get built

Vallie Brown’s big real-estate money

Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Election winners and losers in SF

OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

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