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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...

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Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?

Scott Soriano - May 31, 2020

This morning I made the dire mistake of reading twitter comments on a San Francisco Chronicle report of protesters at SF Mayor London Breed's...

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Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

Dennis Harvey - May 12, 2020

Many everyday things have been notable for their absence during the shutdown, so something that stood out was construction—because it never seemed to stop,...

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Latest person caught up in scandal was a major political player

Tim Redmond - March 13, 2020

Another major player in San Francisco politics in in serious trouble in the ever-widening City Hall scandal. Rodrigo Santos, an ally of former mayors Willie...

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Final, final results: Progressives win three judges, DCCC

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2020

The results of the March 3 San Francisco election are finally (almost) final; the Department of Elections reports all but about 1,500 ballots have...

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DBI director suspended in widening corruption probe

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2020

As the City Hall corruption scandal widens, Tom Hui, the director of the Department of Building Inspection, was put on administrative leave today, Mayor...

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Mohammed Nuru’s worst offense

Sam Lew - February 4, 2020

A $2,070 bottle of wine from a Chinese billionaire, a $5,000 bribe to an SFO airport commissioner, and a John Deer tractor for his...

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A culture of corruption at City Hall

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2020

I was in a taxi the night that the feds announced they had arrested DPW director Mohammed Nuru, and the driver wanted to talk...

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FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

Sam Lew and Tim Redmond - January 28, 2020

The criminal complaint against Mohammed Nuru and Nick Bovis, and information from an FBI press conference, allege that the director of the Department of...

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The Chron’s bizarre (but predictable) attack on Chesa Boudin

Tim Redmond - January 14, 2020

To read the San Francisco Chronicle headlines, a rather routine decision by the new district attorney to bring his own staff to leadership positions...

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Culture of casual corruption faces political reckoning

Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?

Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

Latest person caught up in scandal was a major political player

Final, final results: Progressives win three judges, DCCC

DBI director suspended in widening corruption probe

Mohammed Nuru’s worst offense

A culture of corruption at City Hall

FBI complaint alleges widespread corruption by DPW chief

The Chron’s bizarre (but predictable) attack on Chesa Boudin

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