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Preston leads in D5 fundraising

Tim Redmond - February 1, 2019

The first fundraising reports are in for the District 5 race for supervisor, and challenger Dean Preston has collected more money than incumbent Vallie...

News + Politics

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Zelda Bronstein - January 3, 2019

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has been planning a coup. Not the putsch kind of coup, where armed insurgents overthrow a duly constituted government, but an...

News + Politics

The wolves of Wall Street, here in San Francisco

Jessica Lindquist - September 10, 2018

Nicole has resorted to storing her wages in an office desk drawer at her place of work after funds she was saving for a...

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...

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: Alioto, Breed seek GOP support …

Tim Redmond - May 13, 2018

Angela Alioto’s surprising announcement that she wants to radically weaken the city’s Sanctuary ordinance has already cost her political support. Mark Leno announced Friday that...

News + Politics

BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - March 22, 2018

On March 8, the BART Board voted 5-4 to support SB 827 – state Sen. Scott Wiener’s housing bill -- with undetermined amendments that...

Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2018

SuperPAC money has been one of the defining issues of the early parts of the mayoral campaign. Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim have...

The Agenda

The Agenda: A new mayor (maybe?) and and end to fossil-fuel investments

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2018

The Board of Supes will finally decide Tuesday/23 whether London Breed will remain in charge of both branches of government, or take over as...

News + Politics

Can Breed be both mayor and supervisor? Maybe not

Tim Redmond - December 20, 2017

Dean Preston, a lawyer and District Five resident, is asking city attorney Dennis Herrera to rule on whether London Breed can act as both...

News + Politics

The next mayor may serve for 10 years. And candidates have 27 days to decide

Tim Redmond - December 12, 2017

It was very strange to go to the Board of Supes Question Time today and not see Ed Lee. I’ve concluded that under Lee, the...

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Preston leads in D5 fundraising

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

The wolves of Wall Street, here in San Francisco

OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

Campaign trail: Alioto, Breed seek GOP support …

BART Board votes to endorse Wiener housing bill

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

The Agenda: A new mayor (maybe?) and and end to fossil-fuel investments

Can Breed be both mayor and supervisor? Maybe not

The next mayor may serve for 10 years. And candidates have 27 days to decide

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