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Behind the big money influencing City Hall

Lobbyists spent more than $12 million seeking to influence San Francisco City Hall in just the first six months of 2019, according to a...

SF Democrats side with mayor’s candidates for supe, DA

The progressive majority on the Democratic County Central Committee splintered last night. Although a reform slate was elected in 2016 specifically with the mandate to...

Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

48 hills’ “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth shadow government that’s reshaping California...

‘The Great Hack’: They’ve got your data, and yes they’ve used it

Social network Facebook has faced fierce criticism for its dubious privacy practices for years. In the beginning, it was tracking user activity via "Like"...

The stunning corruption that shows why supporters are pushing a Dark Money initiative

The Board of Supes Rules Committee heard today why the city needs to seriously upgrade its campaign-finance disclosure laws in an era when dark...

Kaiser workers prepare for strike over mental-health staffing

Mental-health workers at Kaiser’s French Campus on Geary are launching a one-day strike Wednesday/10 to focus attention on the massive health-care operation’s failure to...

Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

On Saturday afternoon, eight Democratic presidential hopefuls appeared for MoveOn’s “Big Ideas Forum” in San Francisco. Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Beto O’Rourke,...

Warren steals the show at Democratic Convention

It’s remarkable how much the mainstream of the Democratic Party has shifted since Bernie Sanders shook up the party three years ago. This year,...

UPDATED: Resolution on undocumented participation derailed — then finally passed — at Dem Convention

This morning, the San Francisco Democratic Party asked the California Democratic Party one question: Will you stand with immigrants? At a press conference this morning,...

Two oversight hearings sidetracked when mayoral staffers don’t show

Two hearings called by Sup. Aaron Peskin were sidetracked last week when two officials from the Breed Administration didn’t show up. Peskin wanted to know...