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DA candidate wants to pursue wrongful convictions

Haley Keizur - May 5, 2019

Two thousand, four hundred thirty-three prisoners. A total of 21,290 years lost. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, that's how many people nationwide have...

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Tenant representation and spy technology

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2019

The Board of Supes Rules Committee will consider Monday/15 two items with both immediate and long-term policy and political significance – Mayor Breed’s latest...

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Large, enthusiastic crowd welcomes Bernie Sanders to San Francisco

Haley Keizur - March 25, 2019

Adults, teens, children and their pets gathered in Green Meadow Park near Fort Mason on a sunny Sunday afternoon March 24. Sen. Bernie Sanders...

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Community celebrates the life of Jeff Adachi

Tim Redmond - February 27, 2019

On Monday, March 4, Mayor London Breed will host a formal City Hall memorial for Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Politicians (some of whom were...

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Public Defender Jeff Adachi dies

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2019

Jeff Adachi, who built the San Francisco Public Defender's Office into one of the best in the country, has died at 59. His death, apparently...

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An ethics pledge for the district attorney race

Larry Bush - February 23, 2019

Two candidates for district attorney, Chesa Boudin and Leif Dautch, have created an ethics pledge for the campaign, and it takes us further toward...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Dig deeper into ‘made in China’ at SFMoMA film series

Dennis Harvey - January 16, 2019

One of the world’s largest movie markets, China nonetheless has an odd relationship towards the international film market. Stringently limited number of foreign films...

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A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2019

Since the day George Gascon announced he’s not running for re-election as district attorney, progressives involved in the criminal justice system have been wondering...

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Gascon will step down — but who will step up?

Tim Redmond - October 3, 2018

A lot of people in the San Francisco political world were stunned when District Attorney George Gascon announced he would not be running for...

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Rape Culture and the Kavanaugh hearings

Bianca Rosen - September 28, 2018

The Brett Kavanaugh hearing yesterday showed that even during a period of heightened public consciousness around sexual assault, rape culture wins out. Rape culture is...

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