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DA candidate wants to pursue wrongful convictions

Haley Keizur - May 5, 2019

Two thousand, four hundred thirty-three prisoners. A total of 21,290 years lost. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, that's how many people nationwide have...

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Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

Calvin Welch - May 2, 2019

State Sen. Scott Wiener is promoting his housing bill, SB 50, as an example of environmental progress, since the measure is pushing transit-oriented development...

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Hello Kitty to ‘Happy Cleaners’: Asian American film shines at CAAMFest

Dennis Harvey - May 1, 2019

From SF’s own Chinatown to the crisscrossing currents of transnational adoption, this year’s CAAMFest—formerly known as the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival—covers the...

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Tech IPOS will radically increase housing costs and inequality, report shows

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2019

The six tech IPOs that are likely to happen in the next year could drive up housing prices as much as 11 percent –...

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The Patty Hearst kidnapping and the rise of community-based organizations in SF

Calvin Welch - April 25, 2019

UPDATED, see the end. The 1974 kidnapping of Patricia “Patty” Hearst, granddaughter of the founder of the Hearst media empire, was a dramatic chapter in...

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Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2019

The Board of Supes will discuss two very different issues this week that are actually closely related and could inform some productive discussion about...

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BREAKING: Breed’s Rent Board appointee resigns

Tim Redmond - April 19, 2019

Reese Isbell, Mayor London Breed’s recent appointment to the Rent Board, resigned that position this afternoon, meaning the full Board of Supes won’t be...

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Supes vote on Breed’s Rent Board appointee will be political test

Tim Redmond - April 18, 2019

The full Board of Supes will be voting Tuesday/23 on the appointment of a supporter of Mayor Breed who has little connection with the...

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Campaign against dark money kicks off Wednesday

Tim Redmond - April 16, 2019

The campaign to shed sunlight on dark money in San Francisco holds its kickoff Wednesday/17 at Manny’s on 16thStreet. Sup. Gordon Mar, former Assemblymember Tom...

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48hills sues MTC over secretive housing policy operation

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2019

48hills filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court today asking a judge to order the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to release full reports of how...

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DA candidate wants to pursue wrongful convictions

Wiener’s ‘transit-oriented development’ bill screws public transit

Hello Kitty to ‘Happy Cleaners’: Asian American film shines at CAAMFest

Tech IPOS will radically increase housing costs and inequality, report shows

The Patty Hearst kidnapping and the rise of community-based organizations in SF

Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

BREAKING: Breed’s Rent Board appointee resigns

Supes vote on Breed’s Rent Board appointee will be political test

Campaign against dark money kicks off Wednesday

48hills sues MTC over secretive housing policy operation

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