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Tagged with: Mayor

Our most-read stories of 2017

This was a truly unsettling year, from the election of Donald Trump and the resurgence of white supremacist movements to the sudden death of...

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...

More housing. Higher prices. That’s what a new city report shows

At the Ed Lee memorial Sunday, a string of politicians who are not at all humble talked about the humble side of the late...

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...

Lee’s death shocks the city

Mayor Ed Lee’s death last night shocked the city. He was relatively young, had no apparent health issues, and showed no signs of slowing...

No questions for Ed Lee? What has happened to the idea of robust debate?

Mayor Ed Lee appears before the Board of Supes Tuesday/12 for Question Time, but according to the agenda, no supervisor from an even-numbered district...

Chiang wants to be governor, but is a bit vague on some key issues

State Treasurer John Chiang brought his campaign for governor to San Francisco today, and in front of a fairly modest media crowd accepted the...

Why workers had to strike in Oakland

I shouldn’t be surprised that the mainstream East Bay news media are, to say the least, unsympathetic toward the Oakland city workers’ strike. The...