Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: Mark Leno

Kim and Breed file; Herrera doesn’t. The race is on

Sups. London Breed and Jane Kim both filed to run for mayor this morning, and City Attorney Dennis Herrera did not, so we know...

Leno files for mayor, promises ‘fundamental change’

Mark Leno formally filed his nomination papers for mayor this morning, and promised a “fundamentally new direction for City Hall.” He told a group of...

Ed Lee’s development legacy and the end of ‘balanced growth’

There is one defining fact about Ed Lee's years as mayor that has been missed in all that has been written about his legacy:...

The Agenda, Jan 8-16: A critical rent-control vote, and the power struggle at City Hall

The most important and dramatic change in state rent control law in 20 years is up for its first hearing at a state Assembly...

What the new mayor’s race poll really shows

The first poll on the 2018 mayor’s race offers some surprises – and a lot of information that is really not surprising. I’ve obtained a...

The Agenda, Jan 2-9: The mayoral issues

Five months from Friday – that is, on June 5th – San Franciscans will choose a new mayor. The campaigns are already under way,...

Some sunshine for the mayor-go-round

If we can say anything about the process for choosing the person who will run San Francisco’s executive branch for the next five months,...

Can Breed be both mayor and supervisor? Maybe not

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

The next mayor has to promise real, dramatic change

Unless Acting Mayor London Breed does something really bad (and she’s way too smart for that to happen), or the Board of Supes feels...

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

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...