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Supes approve memorial for Alex Nieto

Tim Redmond - December 13, 2016

The Police Officers Association lost a significant vote today, further isolating the organization from the mainstream of San Francisco politics. Despite an effort by Sup....

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Free City College passes 9-1 — will Mayor Ed Lee defy the board and the voters?

Tim Redmond and Sana Saleem - December 13, 2016

The Board of Supes, by a 9-1 majority, directly challenged Mayor Ed Lee today and appropriated funding to make City College free for all...

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The SF election: What happened?

Calvin Welch - December 2, 2016

The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the...

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Dramatic vote could slow Mission development

Tim Redmond - November 16, 2016

A remarkable, stunning vote happened at the Board of Supes Tuesday: By a 9-0 margin, the members agreed that a big market-rate housing project...

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Corporate Democrats, nationally and at home

Tim Redmond - November 15, 2016

I am not an expert on national politics or the national Democratic Party. But I think at this point we ought to be able...

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Defending San Francisco values

Tim Redmond - November 13, 2016

You have to go back to 1972, and the landslide victory of Richard Nixon, to find a moment where so many people were so...

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The Agenda, Nov. 14-20: Post-Trump SF, Week One

Tim Redmond - November 13, 2016

The first week of post-Trump San Francisco begins Monday/14 when Mayor Ed Lee calls the commissioners and supes together for a “unity rally” at...

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Now, more than ever, San Francisco matters

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2016

Eight years ago, I rode home from Election Night parties on my bicycle and had to stop, over and over, because people were out...

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Election night: High turnout, nasty ads … and has the mayor killed his own homeless measures?

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2016

My polling place was crowded this morning, and I saw crowds at precincts all over the Mission. And when I voted this morning, a...

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Why won’t SFMade support Prop. X?

Zelda Bronstein - November 3, 2016

A seeming anomaly of San Francisco’s current election season is the opposition to Prop. X, which seeks to preserve manufacturing space in the city,...

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Supes approve memorial for Alex Nieto

Free City College passes 9-1 — will Mayor Ed Lee defy the board and the voters?

The SF election: What happened?

Dramatic vote could slow Mission development

Corporate Democrats, nationally and at home

Defending San Francisco values

The Agenda, Nov. 14-20: Post-Trump SF, Week One

Now, more than ever, San Francisco matters

Election night: High turnout, nasty ads … and has the mayor killed his own homeless measures?

Why won’t SFMade support Prop. X?

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