Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: Katy Tang

Supes vote to protect arts space after some disingenuous whining

The Board of Supes put a measure to protect artist workspace and blue-collar jobs on the ballot yesterday after a long discussion about why...

The Agenda, June 27-July 4: Why Kim really won, helping victims of the Mission fire …

  The supporters of Sup. Scott Wiener are trying to downplay the stunning victory of Sup Jane Kim in the primary of their state Senate...

Mayor Lee faces questions on police violence — and has no real answers

Mayor Ed Lee was forced to answer a series of questions about his embattled police chief and department today, and he took the opportunity...

The case for the youth vote

The Board of Supes met with the Youth Commission Tuesday, and the biggest question around a potential charter amendment allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to...

Wiener votes with cops, against Leno accountability bill

There was a strange moment at the Board of Supervisors today that shows just how powerful even the discredited law-enforcement lobby can be. The supes...

The Agenda, April 4-10: Changing the DCCC rules (again), the first Kim-Wiener debate ….

Let us start this week with Airbnb. The company has finally decided, after many years, to help the city crack down on what everyone...

Supes won’t override mayoral veto on transit funding

Pretty much every transit advocacy group supported Sup. John Avalos’ long-shot move to get the supes to override Mayor Lee’s veto of a transit-funding...

The Google bus program is in trouble

The Google bus program is in a bit of trouble. And that reflects a significant new dynamic on the Board of Supervisors. The supes were...

The Agenda, Jan. 18-24: Police violence …

The Police Commission hasn’t approved the use of Tasers for SF cops, but the issue is almost certainly going to come up Thursday/21 when...

Supes reject anti-immigrant measure

Pro-Sanctuary-City law passes unanimously after "reactionary" alternative is tabled, 6-5, with Sup. Christensen voting to keep it alive By Tim Redmond OCTOBER 20, 2015 -- The...