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Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2019

When the San Francisco Chronicle runs an editorial saying that a PG&E bailout bill is a bad idea because it might undermine the city’s...

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Fewer’s racial-equity plan could change the way SF makes policy

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2019

The Government Audit and Oversight Committee will hold a special hearing Thursday/11 to consider an ordinance by Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer that could have...

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What if the ‘moderates’ are wrong, about everything?

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2019

The New York Times went crazy this week with stories about the terror “moderates” are feeling about the direction of the Democratic Party. It...

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Gig economy horror stories frame supes hearing

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2019

The litany of horror stories at today’s hearing on the gig economy was alarming. One Uber driver said he used to get paid $50...

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Oakland budget fight focuses on city revenue

Carroll Fife - June 23, 2019

On June 24, Oakland's City Council will be six days away from the June 30 deadline to pass the next two-year budget. A special...

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Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation

Hydee Feldstein - June 18, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener, as predicted here, has taken an uncontroversial bill about cosmetology licenses and turned it into a complex and detailed piece...

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The absurd, failed economics of the jobs-housing linkage fee

John Elberling - June 11, 2019

The long-awaited Nexus Study documenting how much affordable housing is actually needed for the added workforce of new office developments has finally been released...

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Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

Tim Redmond - June 11, 2019

Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer yesterday called for the city to “blow up” its current taxi permit system, find a way to pay back drivers...

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SF seizes homeless people’s property — and they rarely get it back

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2019

An advocacy group for homeless people has just released a stunning set of videos that demonstrate how police and city workers are taking away...

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What the vaping ballot initiative is really about

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2019

You can’t walk around San Francisco these days without running into somebody gathering signatures to “raise the legal age for vaping products” or to,...

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Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Fewer’s racial-equity plan could change the way SF makes policy

What if the ‘moderates’ are wrong, about everything?

Gig economy horror stories frame supes hearing

Oakland budget fight focuses on city revenue

Wiener quietly turns barber bill into major housing legislation

The absurd, failed economics of the jobs-housing linkage fee

Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

SF seizes homeless people’s property — and they rarely get it back

What the vaping ballot initiative is really about

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