Stories about Peskin
Finally, a city study says public power makes perfect sense
San Francisco could buy out PG&E's local distribution system, provide cleaner, cheaper energy, and make money in the process.
Uber’s plans include attacking public transit
Documents filed for IPO reveal plans to privatize transportation, getting riders off public buses and trains and onto "Uber buses."
Activists warn of a new landlord scam: Seismic upgrade evictions
Hearing on Telegraph Hill building sheds light on a potential threat to thousands of SF renters.
Tenant representation and spy technology
Supes committee to vote on Breed's Rent Board appointee -- and on a measure to control surveillance in San Francisco (which the cops are trying to derail). That's The Agenda for April 16-21
Supes reject plan that would shadow Soma park
In direct rebuke to mayor, board says that a developer can't buy off the city when it comes to blocking sunshine in a crowded neighborhood.
Two oversight hearings sidetracked when mayoral staffers don’t show
Peskin says it's "bizarre and unacceptable" that the Mayor's Office couldn't get a key person to a committee hearing.
How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …
... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17
Preston launches campaign with energetic event
Vallie Brown is the incumbent, but it appears that Preston is the front-runner in the D5 race.
Supes put dark money measure on November ballot
Mar and eight colleagues support plan to limit pay-to-play and secret independent-expenditure campaigns.
Will the state Democratic Party support public power?
Plus: Kicking the NRA out of the SFPD, protecting the rights of minors to have a lawyer when they are questioned by the local cops -- and a Right of First Refusal for nonprofits to buy multi-family housing. That's The Agenda for Feb. 11-17.