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Behind the big money influencing City Hall

Haley Keizur - September 15, 2019

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

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Who’s paying for a D5 poll aimed at attacking Preston?

Tim Redmond - September 12, 2019

Somebody has paid for a poll in the D5 supes campaign that is clearly testing messaging that might be used against challenger Dean Preston...

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Will Breed make a real change at City Planning?

Tim Redmond - September 9, 2019

This is the way the announcement about the future of the SF Planning Department arrived: Mayor London Breed and Planning Director John Rahaim announced today...

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

Tim Redmond - August 29, 2019

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...

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Will progressive Democratic Party slate collapse over D5 race?

Tim Redmond - August 27, 2019

The San Francisco Democratic Party will decide Wednesday night who to endorse in the fall elections – and there’s a schism in what was...

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Behind the ‘dark money’ in the DA’s race

Tim Redmond - August 26, 2019

Suzy Loftus, a candidate for district attorney, just sent out a fundraising email complaining that a “dark money” group is pouring money into the...

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Planners keep wanting to streamline approvals for housing that won’t get built

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2019

The Board of Supes isn’t back from vacation yet, but the Planning Commission is – and on Thursday/22 the panel will hear a report...

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Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - August 17, 2019

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...

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Mayor Lee’s ‘jobs agenda’ made life worse for many San Franciscans

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2019

The late Mayor Ed Lee called it the “jobs agenda.” When he took office, the city was coming out of the recession, and he...

Arts + Culture

Joan Jett Blakk for President, perpetually!

Johnny Ray Huston - August 6, 2019

“Hunny, I cannot tell you, it’s so weird being history.” Terence Alan Smith, aka Joan Jett Blakk, is over at my apartment for lunch, and...

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