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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

Evictions, displacement and a discretionary review on the edge of Chinatown

Tim Redmond - August 21, 2022

Plus: Will there be real civilian oversight of the Sheriff's Office? That's The Agenda for Aug. 21-28

Opinion

SF’s economic recovery plan: Trumpism on the local level

Calvin Welch - October 13, 2020

It's all about governmental deregulation and public subsidy of private profit -- while ignoring the manifest needs of everyday people.

Campaign Trail

The money—and endorsements—in District Five

Tim Redmond - August 10, 2020

One of the most interesting elements of the D5 supervisorial campaign is challenger Vallie Brown’s website. Check out the tab that says “endorsements.” Most people...

News + Politics

Public toilets—and public corruption

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2020

The deepening public works scandal, which now involves political connected permit expediter Walter Wong, appears to have links to a big corporation that has...

Campaign Trail

Preston leads in D5 fundraising

Tim Redmond - February 1, 2019

The first fundraising reports are in for the District 5 race for supervisor, and challenger Dean Preston has collected more money than incumbent Vallie...

News + Politics

Behind the battle for board president

Tim Redmond - December 10, 2018

When I was a young reporter at the Bay Guardian, the editor, Bruce Brugmann, told me not to bother writing stories about how “the...

The Agenda

The odd ad in the Chron, the mayor and the homeless sweeps ….

Tim Redmond - May 7, 2018

I know that good newspapers keep the editorial and ad departments separate. Good publishers don’t tell their editors to favor one store or restaurant...

News + Politics

Conway funds nasty attack ad on Jane Kim

Tim Redmond - April 24, 2018

Ron Conway, the tech titan, plutocrat, and political bully, said in March that he was “too busy” to get involved in the SF Mayor’s race....

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: DCCC backs Leno and Kim

Tim Redmond - March 28, 2018

The Democratic County Central Committee Wednesday night voted to endorse Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim for mayor, leaving the third spot vacant after...

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

Evictions, displacement and a discretionary review on the edge of Chinatown

SF’s economic recovery plan: Trumpism on the local level

The money—and endorsements—in District Five

Public toilets—and public corruption

Preston leads in D5 fundraising

Behind the battle for board president

The odd ad in the Chron, the mayor and the homeless sweeps ….

Conway funds nasty attack ad on Jane Kim

Campaign trail: DCCC backs Leno and Kim

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