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Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco supes today refused by one vote to put a measure on the ballot creating a public advocate to focus on public...

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,...

News + Politics

Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

Tim Redmond - July 19, 2020

For the first time in history, San Francisco will soon have a permanent monument to a person of color killed by the police. I was...

Business + Tech

Big reforms could be headed for fall ballot

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2020

The Board of Supes Rules Committee will hold a special meeting Thursday/9 to consider a series of City Charter amendments for the fall ballot...

News + Politics

Culture of casual corruption faces political reckoning

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2020

The city controller and city attorney released a report this week showing how a lack of oversight and loopholes in ethics laws allowed the...

News + Politics

Public toilets—and public corruption

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2020

The deepening public works scandal, which now involves political connected permit expediter Walter Wong, appears to have links to a big corporation that has...

News + Politics

Wearing a mask is a political statement—that you care about community

Tim Redmond - June 22, 2020

Donald Trump has – no surprise – turned a basic public-health practice into a political issue, putting millions of lives at risk. Trump has consistently...

Housing

Supes reject Police Commission nominee, approve tenant protections

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2020

The Board of Supes rejected one of Mayor Breed’s Police Commission nominations and the other withdrew, sending a clear message to the mayor that...

The Agenda

Breed’s choices on cops and homeless face challenges

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2020

The full Board of Supes will decide Tuesday/8 whether to reject Mayor London Breed’s two nominees to the Police Commission. The vote will come as...

News + Politics

Sharply divided board allows curfew to continue — for now

Tim Redmond - June 2, 2020

A deeply divided Board of Supes allowed Mayor London Breed’s curfew to stay in effect for two more days after advice from the City...

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Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

Big reforms could be headed for fall ballot

Culture of casual corruption faces political reckoning

Public toilets—and public corruption

Wearing a mask is a political statement—that you care about community

Supes reject Police Commission nominee, approve tenant protections

Breed’s choices on cops and homeless face challenges

Sharply divided board allows curfew to continue — for now

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