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Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2020

Most start-up political organizations like a splash. They hold news events, press conferences, big galas to say: We have arrived. This is who we...

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Berkeley youth march to defund police

Garrett Leahy - July 14, 2020

On Monday afternoon, more than 100 high-school aged youth marched through Shattuck Avenue and Adeline Street in Berkeley, parading behind a truck blasting “Fuck...

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Defunding the police: There’s big money there

Tim Redmond - June 12, 2020

As activists around the country, and here in San Francisco, talk about defunding the police, it’s worth taking a moment to look at exactly...

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The misleading reports (and reporting) on Prop. E

Tim Redmond - February 2, 2020

I was around in 1986, when the San Francisco Chronicle, along with most of the political power structure of the city, argued that Proposition...

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SF pays $58,000 for Uber and Lyft rides

Tim Redmond - June 3, 2019

San Francisco spent almost $58,000 in the past year reimbursing city employees for rides on Uber and Lyft, public records show. Records obtained from the...

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Tech IPOS will radically increase housing costs and inequality, report shows

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2019

The six tech IPOs that are likely to happen in the next year could drive up housing prices as much as 11 percent –...

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Mar seeks to fund Free City College without ballot campaign

Michael Toren - March 26, 2019

Sup. Gordon Mar is exploring ways to fund the Free City College program for the next decade without going to the ballot. For two years,...

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A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

Tim Redmond - January 13, 2019

The new Board of Supes starts its real work this week, and one of the opening events will be Question Time. The mayor can...

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Dirty desperate lies about Prop. C

Jennifer Friedenbach - September 18, 2018

Proposition C to appear on November’s ballot is a long time coming. It’s San Francisco’s opportunity to tackle the humanitarian crisis of homelessness while...

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Mayor’s sweeps are a failure, new study shows

Tim Redmond - May 25, 2018

Mayor Mark Farrell’s homeless sweeps have not taken people off the streets and complaints about homeless encampments have only increased since the new policy...

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Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

Berkeley youth march to defund police

Defunding the police: There’s big money there

The misleading reports (and reporting) on Prop. E

SF pays $58,000 for Uber and Lyft rides

Tech IPOS will radically increase housing costs and inequality, report shows

Mar seeks to fund Free City College without ballot campaign

A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

Dirty desperate lies about Prop. C

Mayor’s sweeps are a failure, new study shows

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