Mayor Ed Lee Archives

Housing

Arrogant developer infuriates Mission activists

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2023

A community meeting erupts in anger when the person calling the shots on a big luxury project doesn't bother to show up.

City Hall

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

Calvin Welch - August 28, 2023

Ignore the realities of SF politics. Ignore a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Just go after district elections. That's what the Rose Institute, funded by Michael Moritz, is doing.

News + Politics

Why is the city paying to evict tenants from supportive housing?

Tim Redmond - July 30, 2023

Plus: Some tough questions (and a missing interest group) in the robotaxi regulation discussion. That's The Agenda for July 31 to August 7.

News + Politics

Finally, Walton will get to ask Breed about reparations

Tim Redmond - April 16, 2023

Plus: Next steps for the Castro Theater, the farce of 479 Stevenson, and how the city in once again screwing over cab drivers. That's The Agenda for April 17-24

Music

30 years of wild Noise Pop nights and ‘talent beyond genre’

Joshua Rotter - February 21, 2023

Festival co-owner Jordan Kurland on filling the city with independent music and his favorite live moments

Elections

Breed School Board appointee is now losing to progressive challenger

Tim Redmond - November 14, 2022

Alida Fisher will likely replace Ann Hsu; Mar's hopes are dimming in D4.

News + Politics

Scooter companies can keep riders off the sidewalk, but won’t spend the money

Tim Redmond - October 19, 2022

Furious supes demand action, but the Breed Administration's love of Big Tech prevents any real change. We've seen this so many times before.

Business + Tech

The Uber files just confirm what local critics have been saying for years

Tim Redmond - July 20, 2022

SF let this rogue company get started and prosper; now the city needs to take responsibility for violence against drivers.

News + Politics

Scathing new city report repudiates Lee, Breed policies on Uber, Lyft

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2022

Planners say TNCs have caused terrible problems because the city didn't regulate them. Plus, on housing: It's capitalism, stupid.

News + Politics

Don’t blame progressives for problems like homelessness, drugs, and crime

Tim Redmond - December 13, 2021

Neoliberal mayors and their failed market-based policies have created the crisis that the left is now trying to solve.

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Arrogant developer infuriates Mission activists

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

Why is the city paying to evict tenants from supportive housing?

Finally, Walton will get to ask Breed about reparations

30 years of wild Noise Pop nights and ‘talent beyond genre’

Breed School Board appointee is now losing to progressive challenger

Scooter companies can keep riders off the sidewalk, but won’t spend the money

The Uber files just confirm what local critics have been saying for years

Scathing new city report repudiates Lee, Breed policies on Uber, Lyft

Don’t blame progressives for problems like homelessness, drugs, and crime

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