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The strangest BART Board race ever
By Tim Redmond
NOVEMBER 3, 2014 – The Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors is not one of the more distinguished public agencies...
The (next) crisis for City College — the November election
By Tim Redmond
Now that the lawsuit against the City College accreditors is moving forward, and the college is entering a new accreditation process, and...
When Gavin Newsom sells out the disability community
By Bob Planthold
JULY 8, 2014 -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote an op-ed piece June 16th in the Sacramento Bee that focuses on the innovation...
SF does almost noting about corruption, grand jury says. Anyone seriously disagree?
By Tim Redmond
The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury is the latest group in this city to have lost faith in the ability of the...
Privatization, Hollywood, and Robocop
(In which we take a break from local politics for a moment to reflect on popular culture and the politics of a Hollywood failure)
By...
Politics on Tuesday: The missing issue in the campaign for Superior Court judge
By Tim Redmond
MAY 27, 2014 -- I think it’s safe to say many of the people voting June 6th barely understand why there’s a...
Why consumers – and tenants – should be happy about the Leno cell-phone bill victory
State Sen. Mark Leno's cell phone bill could be a sign that Ellis Act reform is also possible.
By Tim Redmond
MAY 12, 2014 – The...
Politics on Tuesday: Fall campaigns begin March 17
By Tim Redmond
FEB. 25, 2014 – The campaigns for supervisor and state Assembly get real March 17, when the first seriously controversial housing bill...
Politics on Tuesday: Lee, unemployment, and Pelosi
By Tim Redmond
Tenant advocate Dean Preston posted a note on Facebook yesterday that sums up how a lot of people feel, even after the...
City Beat: Has Feinstein found a loser of an issue?
By Tim Redmond
Senator Dianne Feinstein, once the mayor of SF, has always been among the state's most popular politicians. She won her first Senate...