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Will the city’s Climate Plan ever happen? Plus: Election Day, tech-worker dorms …

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2022

... and shelter politics, the cost of cops, and an embarrassing NYT story. That's The Agenda for June 6-13.

News + Politics

Some local Democrats oppose the Newsom recall—but not the Boudin recall

Tim Redmond - August 9, 2021

Here are the people who argue that Newsom should stay in office—even if they have policy disagreements—but won't say the same about Chesa Boudin.

News + Politics

GOP donors and allies pour more big money into the Chesa Boudin recall

Tim Redmond - August 3, 2021

Trump and McConnell Allies put up $450,000 last month in money that's been moving through a series of front committees aimed at ousting the progressive DA.

News + Politics

Supes panel appoints three community-based progressives to redistricting panel

Tim Redmond - July 19, 2021

Move will counter the Elections Commission's appointments, all of whom are allies of the mayor, in what could be a major gerrymandering fight.

News + Politics

The future of the Board of Supes is on the line as redistricting moves forward

Tim Redmond - July 16, 2021

A city task force will draw new district lines for the next decade. The mayor's allies already have members. The supes pick three this week.

Crime

The big GOP, real-estate, and tech money behind the Boudin recall effort

Tim Redmond - July 5, 2021

Many of the same individuals and corporations who tried to defeat the progressives last year -- including Trump allies -- are now trying to oust the elected DA

Campaign Trail

Following the money in D1

Tim Redmond - August 6, 2020

District One has always been a key political battleground, a part of town that’s around 60 percent tenants and 40 percent homeowners and that,...

News + Politics

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...

News + Politics

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...

News + Politics

Some surprising political analysis from the local election results

Tim Redmond - March 5, 2020

The voter turnout is up to 55 percent in San Francisco now, and will exceed 60 percent once the last 54,000 ballots are counted....

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Will the city’s Climate Plan ever happen? Plus: Election Day, tech-worker dorms …

Some local Democrats oppose the Newsom recall—but not the Boudin recall

GOP donors and allies pour more big money into the Chesa Boudin recall

Supes panel appoints three community-based progressives to redistricting panel

The future of the Board of Supes is on the line as redistricting moves forward

The big GOP, real-estate, and tech money behind the Boudin recall effort

Following the money in D1

Latest person caught up in scandal was a major political player

Final, final results: Progressives win three judges, DCCC

Some surprising political analysis from the local election results

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