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Campaign Trail

Campaign notebook: The dizzying web of big-money influence

Tim Redmond - February 11, 2024

Plus: Remarkable hype, Lurie's money, and why Breed's allies want to control the Democratic Party.

Elections

Here come the billionaires: Election 2024

Tim Redmond - December 24, 2023

Big money goes into measures attacking poor people and eroding police oversight. It's really about Breed's re-election and the oligarchs controlling the city.

The Agenda

Supes push back on state-mandated housing disaster

Tim Redmond - November 26, 2023

Plus: An honest discussion about the cops and budget priorities. That's The Agenda for Nov. 26 to Dec. 3

News + Politics

What all this talk about giving the mayor more power really means

Tim Redmond - November 3, 2023

It's all about giving Big Money more ability to control San Francisco. That has always been a disaster.

City Hall

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

Calvin Welch - August 28, 2023

Ignore the realities of SF politics. Ignore a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Just go after district elections. That's what the Rose Institute, funded by Michael Moritz, is doing.

News + Politics

GOP donors and allies pour more big money into the Chesa Boudin recall

Tim Redmond - August 3, 2021

Trump and McConnell Allies put up $450,000 last month in money that's been moving through a series of front committees aimed at ousting the progressive DA.

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.

Crime

Majority of Boudin recall money comes from one big corporate PAC

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2021

Records show very limited grassroots support; it's just one big-money group organized to attack progressive causes and candidates.

Housing

A sneak attack on rent control and affordable housing in Sacramento

John Elberling - June 4, 2021

Little-noticed state bill would allow local government agencies to overturn ballot initiatives that protect renters or limit bad development.

News + Politics

Three key takeaways from the mayor’s budget proposal

Tim Redmond - June 2, 2021

Breed is proudly proclaiming she will fight homelessness -- with money from a ballot measure that she opposed.

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Campaign notebook: The dizzying web of big-money influence

Here come the billionaires: Election 2024

Supes push back on state-mandated housing disaster

What all this talk about giving the mayor more power really means

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

GOP donors and allies pour more big money into the Chesa Boudin recall

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

Majority of Boudin recall money comes from one big corporate PAC

A sneak attack on rent control and affordable housing in Sacramento

Three key takeaways from the mayor’s budget proposal

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