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Campaign money and what it shows: District 7

Tim Redmond - August 2, 2020

The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some...

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Big money from the cops is becoming politically toxic

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2020

One of the positive results of the past week of in-the-streets outrage is the increased focus on politicians who take money from law-enforcement organizations...

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Teacher’s Union endorses Wiener opponent for state Senate

Jeantelle Laberinto - January 20, 2020

The March State Senate primary in San Francisco is heating up. Jackie Fielder, the Indigenous-Mexicana queer activist who has been involved in the campaign for...

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Campaign finance loophole allows more big money in D5 race

Tim Redmond - October 1, 2019

Because of a strange loophole in the city’s campaign finance laws, the spending limits for both Sup. Vallie Brown and her D5 opponent, Dean...

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Here’s who’s getting rich from tobacco money

Tim Redmond - September 29, 2019

The latest campaign-finance numbers are in, and they include some surprises – and some information that should surprise nobody. Juul Labs has spent $11.5 million...

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As Amazon burns, Democratic leaders deny climate-change debate

Christopher D. Cook - August 26, 2019

As the Amazon rainforest blazed into blackening skies in Brazil, further intensifying the climate crisis, activists’ months-long push for a Democratic Party presidential debate...

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After 50 years, SF poised to move on public power

Tim Redmond - July 28, 2019

The Chron kicked off the annual media week of stories on homelessness Sunday with a long, detailed, Q&A – readers submitted questions, and Editor...

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Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

Jeantelle Laberinto - June 2, 2019

On Saturday afternoon, eight Democratic presidential hopefuls appeared for MoveOn’s “Big Ideas Forum” in San Francisco. Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Beto O’Rourke,...

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Does more density bring down housing costs? Come to the debate

Tim Redmond - May 26, 2019

The biggest change to housing law in California in decades – state Sen. Scott Wiener’s AB 50– is on hold, for the moment. But...

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Ethics Commission rejects plan to eliminate spending caps

Tim Redmond - February 18, 2019

The San Francisco Ethics Commission decided Friday not to propose rules that would have in effect abolished spending caps for local campaigns. The proposal from...

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Campaign money and what it shows: District 7

Big money from the cops is becoming politically toxic

Teacher’s Union endorses Wiener opponent for state Senate

Campaign finance loophole allows more big money in D5 race

Here’s who’s getting rich from tobacco money

As Amazon burns, Democratic leaders deny climate-change debate

After 50 years, SF poised to move on public power

Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

Does more density bring down housing costs? Come to the debate

Ethics Commission rejects plan to eliminate spending caps

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